This seven week course is for those who have already done a bit, are no longer a beginner and would like to move on in their painting. The focus will be landscape and the medium will be acrylics. Acrylics are ideal because they are vibrant like oils, dry like watercolour and are more forgiving than either!
Course structure:
Week1 – Refreshing the basics. Brush and palette knife techniques; the roles of value and temperature; colour-mixing. How we use all of these to convey perspective in a painting
Week 2 – Figures in a landscape. Human proportions; conveying movement and crowds; figures in perspective
Week 3 – Trees. Focus on a single element of a landscape. Shapes, textures, colours
Week 4 – Skies. Focus on another element of landscape. Textures; clouds; colours
Week 5 – Water. Focus on a third element of landscape. Textures; movement; reflection
Week 6 – Preparation for landscape painting. Sketching and small paint studies of an actual landscape. Ideally this will be from life but photos if necessary
Week 7 – Completion of landscape painting. Using all prepared material to paint a finished landscape