Expressive Flower Painting in Acrylics - Mansfield Woodhouse Library - Adult Learning

Mansfield Woodhouse Library, Mansfield Woodhouse

Date	9 September - 14 October 2026
Sessions	Wednesdays: 1pm - 3:30pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	Mansfield Woodhouse Library, Mansfield Woodhouse View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £60

About this course

Discover the joy of painting flowers in a vibrant, expressive style using acrylics. You will learn how to move beyond fine detail and focus on colour, movement, texture, and emotion. Through demonstrations and practical exercises, you'll explore bold brushwork, expressive mark-making, and creative techniques to capture the beauty and essence of flowers with confidence and freedom. Suitable for beginners and developing artists alike.

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:

Use expressive brushwork and mark-making techniques.
Mix and apply vibrant acrylic colours, avoiding muddy tones.
Simplify floral shapes and forms to capture the essence and character of flowers rather than focusing on intricate detail.
Create texture and visual interest using a variety of tools, including brushes, palette knives, and non-traditional mark-making tools.
Complete an original floral painting that reflects individual style and creativity.
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

Booking your place and fee information

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)

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.