Urban Scene Painting in Acrylics - Mansfield Central Library - Adult Learning

About this course

The Urban Scene painting course guides you through the process of creating an expressive cityscape composition in acrylics, with tuition provided through a mixture of demonstrations and exercises according to your needs. The course will help you to develop a personal painting style and to explore the boundaries between representation and abstraction. With practical advice on colour mixing, techniques and exploring composition ideas, learners will approach In this one-day workshop, you will explore how to create a vibrant and expressive urban scene using acrylic paints. Designed for all skill levels, the session focuses on simplifying complex cityscapes into manageable shapes while capturing the unique energy, structure, and atmosphere of urban environments. Key areas of teaching include: Compositional planning: Learners will begin by selecting or being provided with a reference image and will learn how to simplify buildings, streets, and urban elements into strong, clear shapes. Basic sketching techniques will be taught to establish a well-balanced layout. Perspective and structure: The tutor will demonstrate how to apply one-point and two-point perspective to give depth and realism to architectural elements such as roads, rooftops, and facades. Colour mixing and mood: Learners will explore how to mix a range of urban colour palettes—grays, neutrals, and pops of vibrant colour—to reflect different times of day, weather conditions, or moods. Acrylic techniques: Practical instruction will be given in acrylic layering, glazing, dry brushing, and using contrast to build texture and detail in materials like brick, concrete, windows, and sky. Capturing atmosphere: The workshop will cover how to use light, shadow, and scale to suggest movement, time of day, or urban life—even in simplified or stylised ways.

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