Beyond Detail: Modern Landscape Painting in Acrylics - Mansfield Woodhouse Library - Adult Learning

Move beyond realistic representation and discover a more contemporary approach to landscape painting in this inspiring acrylic painting course. Using colour, texture, expressive brushwork, and simplified forms, you'll learn how to capture the essence and atmosphere of a landscape rather than every detail.

Through demonstrations, practical exercises, and guided projects, you'll explore modern landscape techniques while developing your own creative style and confidence. This course is suitable for learners who want to loosen their approach, experiment with new ideas, and create bold, expressive landscape paintings.

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

• Research contemporary landscape artists

• Apply at least four acrylic painting techniques,

• Mix and apply a range of colour related to colour theory

• Plan and complete one independent painting project, from reference material through to final artwork, using preparatory sketches or studies.

• Create a minimum of two landscape paintings, demonstrating a developed and personal interpretation of the style.

• Develop social skills to help you with voluntary work / community projects

Resources you will need to bring:

Acrylic or watercolour paper A3 pad, white acrylic gesso, 40x 50cm or A4 stretched canvas, acrylic paint (Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Magenta, Cadmium Red, Titanium White), synthetic brushes

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• North East Combined Authority

• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

• Tees Valley Combined Authority

• West Midlands Combined Authority

• West of England Combined Authority

• West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Hull and East Yorkshire

• Greater Lincolnshire

• Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

• Cornwall Council

• Lancashire Combined County Authority

• Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.