Garden Painting in Acrylics - Online Courses - Adult Learning

The garden painting course for Beginners guides you through the process of painting with acrylics to create a colourful, vibrant and unique composition. The tutor will help you offering instruction and demonstration on how to use colour, texture and perspective to achieve a painterly, Impressionistic style. With practical advice on colour mixing, techniques and exploring composition ideas, learners can develop the necessary skills to approach a painting using acrylic paint to achieve exciting and dramatic effects.

You’ll work from photo references, completing several small paintings while learning key techniques, such as color mixing, layering, and capturing the fine details of flowers. This course is designed to guide you through the process of painting flowers in acrylics, using photographic references to develop your skills and confidence in nature painting. With practical advice on colour mixing, techniques and exploring composition ideas, learners can develop the necessary skills to approach a painting using acrylic paint to achieve exciting and dramatic effects.

By the end of the course, you will have completed at least one painting and gained a toolkit of acrylic techniques to continue exploring nature-themed art independently. Most importantly, you’ll leave with a greater appreciation for flowers and a growing confidence in your artistic abilities.

Research contemporary floral artists

Artist research: Soraya French

Sketch and draw a composition

Simplify and separate tonal values into areas of light and shadow,

Use contrast, warm and cool colours effectively

Mix and balance naturalistic greens creating a subtle acrylic palette and a realistic sense of sunlight hitting the leaves and petals.

Develop and implement a marketing plan using at least 3 different channels (e.g., social media, email marketing, and local events) to promote their products. (MARKETING SKILLS)

What you will need to bring to the course:

An A4 acrylic / watercolour or mixed-media sketching pad, A4 canvas, acrylic white gesso, a range of synthetic paint brushes, photo reference, acrylic paint (student grade)

Red (Magenta, Cadmium Red),

Yellow (Lemon and Cadmiun Yellow),

Blue (Ultramarine, and Cerulean),

Titanium white

Vibrant Acrylics: A contemporary guide to capturing life with colour and vitality by Hashim Akib

Contemporary Flowers in Mixed Media, Soraya French