Painting Like an Impressionist - Next Steps - Mansfield Woodhouse Library - Adult Learning

Mansfield Woodhouse Library, Mansfield Woodhouse

Date	3 June - 8 July 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

This follow-on course is designed for learners who have already explored the basics of Impressionist painting and are ready to deepen their understanding and personal interpretation of the style. Over a series of structured and supportive sessions, you’ll further develop your acrylic painting skills while drawing inspiration from both historical Impressionists and your own creative vision. Through more complex compositions and expressive techniques, you’ll explore how to use colour, light, and brushwork to convey atmosphere, movement, and emotion. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on a personal project, refine your palette, and experiment with larger-scale or more ambitious pieces.

Whether painting landscapes, figures, or everyday scenes, you’ll be encouraged to respond intuitively to your subject and develop a looser, more confident painting approach. This course is ideal for learners who have completed the beginner Impressionist course or have previous painting experience and want to take their work further in an expressive, light-filled direction.

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

- Create a minimum of two finished Impressionist-style acrylic paintings, demonstrating a developed and personal interpretation of the style.

- Apply at least four advanced Impressionist techniques, such as broken colour, optical mixing, directional brushwork, and expressive light effects, across their projects.

- Mix and apply a range of colour palettes

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

- Analyse the compositional choices in at least two Impressionist paintings (their own or others') and explain how they influence mood, light, or atmosphere.

- 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.

What you will need to bring to the course:

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

If you receive 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 funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

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

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.