Painting Like an Impressionist - Beginners - Mansfield Woodhouse Library - Adult Learning

About this course

Step into the vibrant world of Impressionism in this acrylic painting course inspired by the techniques and vision of artists like Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro. This course will guide you through the key principles of the Impressionist style—loose brushwork, luminous colour, and capturing the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere. You’ll explore how to simplify forms, mix bright, broken colour, and apply energetic brushstrokes to create lively and expressive paintings. Working from photographic references, you'll develop an understanding of how Impressionist painters viewed the world, and how to bring that same freshness and spontaneity into your own work. Each session will focus on a specific theme such as light, reflections, colour harmony, or capturing movement. You’ll be encouraged to take creative risks, respond intuitively to your subject, and gradually build a more confident, personal painting style. By the end of the course, learners will be able to: - Sketch and plan compositions, simplifying subject matter for expressive interpretation in the Impressionist style. - Mix at least five colour palettes, showing awareness of warm/cool contrast and colour harmony. - Use brushwork to represent movement or changing light, in at least two different compositions - Apply a minimum of three Impressionist techniques, such as broken colour, visible brushstrokes, and limited detail. - Create one impressionist-style acrylic paintings, demonstrating an understanding of light, colour, and expressive brushwork. - 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. This course offers a creative and enjoyable way to develop your painting skills while connecting with the joyful, light-filled legacy of Impressionism.

Booking your place and fee information

Booking your place and fee information If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https www.inspireculture.org.uk skills learning funding your courses Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course. To enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years. Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Greater London Greater Manchester Liverpool City Region Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Tees Valley West of England West Midlands West Yorkshire