Floral Painting in Acrylic – Online Course – Community Learning – 15:30-17:30
The Floral Painting course will guide you through the process of creating an Impressionistic floral still life painting in acrylics, recreating the colour palettes of nature from start to finish. You will learn a painterly, Impressionistic approach by using your palette knife and various brushstrokes. Give your flower paintings texture; learn how to paint leaves, stems, branches and petals, as well as how to paint the light and shadows that create depth and dimension in your acrylic painting. The course is suitable for beginners, improvers or more accomplished ones.
Learners will be taught how to simplify and separate tonal values into areas of light and shadow, how to use warm and cool colours effectively and how to mix and balance naturalistic greens creating a subtle acrylic palette and a realistic sense of sunlight hitting the leaves and petals.
By the end of the course, learners will know how to select the art materials, how to prepare the painting surface, how to use media and tools to compose, to sketch, to apply and manipulate the media, using different painting techniques.
- 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
Suggested Reading for the course –
- Colour theory (colour wheel)
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
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/
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:
- 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
Any questions?
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- By phone: 01623 677 200
- By email: [email protected]
Book your place from FREE – £36
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Creating floral artwork with acrylic paints
In this class I will be taking you through the step by step process of creating this vibrant landscape in acrylic. I will discuss composition, colour choices and general techniques of painting in acrylic.
This class is suitable for artists of all levels however some knowledge about painting with acrylic paint will be helpful.
Note: This course is also available on Skillshare. If you have a Skillshare membership please follow this link to log in and view the class.
Limited Palette
I will teach you how to work with a limited palette, mixing colours as we go.
Watch me paint
Each stage is painted in real time so you can see each brushstroke and how the painting is built up in layers.
Paint with confidence
Watch the techniques used and then create your own artwork or paint along with me using my reference.
Frequently asked questions
How long can I access the course?
Forever! Take it at whatever pace you’d like, watch whenever, wherever and as many times as you’d like.
You can use any art materials that you already have, or you can purchase acrylic paint to use. I will outline more information about materials at the beginning of the class, but if you are an artist that has been painting for a while already then I am pretty sure you will already have everything you need.
I have no painting experience at all, can I take this class?
Absolutely. this class is perfect for beginners and I will take you through everything step by step.
You may not sell recreated class projects, as they are my own original artwork + concepts. However, you can use the techniques that you have learned during this course to recreate your own artwork in this style.
Who Am I?
My name is Clair and I have been working as a full time artist since 2013. I am based in Melbourne, Australia. I specialise in loose, expressive acrylic paintings and I love to share my techniques with other creative people to help them to loosen up and explore the versatile medium that is acrylic paint.
I have been teaching both online and in person workshops for the past few years.
