Expressive Landscape Painting in Acrylics - Hucknall Library - Adult Learning

This course shows you how gestural brushstrokes and mark-making gives the impression of spontaneity in your compositions. You will benefit from this course as your style of painting will become looser, full of energy and colour. Experiment the pure joy of mark-making by playing with colour and texture using non-traditional tools.

What You Will Learn

Gestural Techniques: Learn how to use expressive, free-flowing brushstrokes to bring life and movement into your work.

Mark-Making Methods: Explore a variety of tools—beyond the brush—to create dynamic textures and spontaneous marks.

Colour Exploration: Gain confidence in using bold and unexpected colour combinations to evoke emotion and energy.

Layering and Texture: Discover how to build depth and interest through layering acrylics and experimenting with different mediums and materials.

Letting Go of Perfection: Develop a looser painting style by embracing imperfection and trusting your intuition.

By the end of the workshop, learners will create an expressive landscape painting using acrylic techniques while actively developing social skills through collaborative discussion, constructive peer feedback, and shared reflection on creative choices.

Resources you need to bring:

Acrylic paper/sketch pad, A4 canvas, white gesso, a range of synthetic paint brushes, photo reference, metallic palette knife, acrylic paint (student grade)

Red (Magenta, Cadmium Red)

Yellow (Lemon and Cadmiun Yellow),

Blue (Ultramarine, and Cerulean),

Titanium White

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.