Adult Learning
Creative Printing (Indian wood blocks, gel plates & stencil)
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Important update: Bookings will close 7 days before the course starts.
Key details
| Date | - |
|---|---|
| Sessions | Fridays: 9:30am - 12pm |
| No. sessions | 4 |
| Venue | Online Courses, Nottingham |
| For ages | 19+ |
| Group size | 5 - 10 |
| Cost | FREE - £22.50 |
About this course
Now you have the opportunity to paint your own garden! The course 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 as well as how to paint the light and shadows that create depth and dimension in your acrylic painting.
On this course, you will learn how to prepare the surface, to sketch, to draw and how to mix and apply the paint
on the surface using different tools to create an impressionistic style of painting in acrylics. We will cover:
Artist research: Haidee Jo Summers & David Curtis
How to sketch a composition
Simplify and separate tonal values into areas of light and shadow,
How to use contrast, warm and cool colours effectively
How to mix and balance naturalistic greens creating a subtle acrylic palette and a realistic sense of sunlight hitting the leaves and petals.
Painting techniques: dry brush, layering, flat brush, gradient, glazing, visual colour mixing
You will need:
40 x 50 cm Stretched canvas/ Canvas board, acrylic paper, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, and Titanium White acrylic paint, white acrylic gesso, palette, glycerin, spray bottle, a range of synthetic paint brushes, graphite pencils, metal palette knife, silicone spatula, photo reference
As this course is online, a suitable device such as laptop, smart phone, tablet or computer will be required to access the course. Zoom will be used for the live sessions and the link will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.
Booking your place and fee information
To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:
- Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
- Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.
You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.
To book and 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:
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England.
Any questions?
Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:
- By phone: 01623 677 200
- By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk
