Name: Acrylic Beginners Mini Course
Price: 35 GBP
Availability: InStock

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<section style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);">In this course learn to paint animals, how to use composition, add atmosphere and life to your subject using a dark background and carefully placed detail. Build tone and use brush techniques to paint fur, feathers and other features. &nbsp;The class is a complete lesson, but follows on quite nicely from the drawing animals course to further your learning! &nbsp;Using the pre recorded video allows more time to really grasp the fundamentals of a subject, giving your painting the opportunity to progress to another level!</p></section><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><section fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></section></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><section style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);"><div itemprop="text" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div></section></div><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">


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In this course learn to paint animals, how to use composition, add atmosphere and life to your subject using a dark background and carefully placed detail. Build tone and use brush techniques to paint fur, feathers and other features. The class is a complete lesson, but follows on quite nicely from the drawing animals course to further your learning! Using the pre recorded video allows more time to really grasp the fundamentals of a subject, giving your painting the opportunity to progress to another level!
As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!


Discovery Art Class

Painting animals dogs in acrylic and techniques in acrylic paint.

Painting Animals in Acrylics

General Admission

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Be it a beloved pet or wildlife, drawing animals takes you through all stages and techniques to create an animal image.Learn to draw and proportion, use tone and texture to create fur and all kinds of creature details.
As an added extra we’ve included a Moving Animals video, a quick 10 mins drawing exercise, to help you simplify and familiarise the shapes a moving animal makes! 






drawing animals in graphite and pencil art course.

Animal Drawing in Graphite

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Learn to paint and draw beautiful flowers large scale!
Learning to decipher tone and colour value is key when drawing flowers, where do the lights and darks fall? any transparency on the petals? any changes in texture?
Sometimes its hard to see with colour involved! So in this video I have chosen to use monochrome, to simplify the shapes and really work out the tonal values first before we move on to colour. Using a larger scale makes it easier to draw, and charcoal encourages to you to be bold!






Drawing

Large scale tulip flower charcoal drawing course

Large Scale Flower Drawing

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The basics of watercolour step by step video will give you all the practical info you will need, with guidance on materials, studio set up and technique demonstrations.
Course includes:
1 Basics of Watercolour video



Watercolour Painting

Complete mini watercolour course for all levels practising cloud painting  - watercolour techniques - wet in wet, washes and white gouache.

The Basics of Watercolour

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<div id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div itemprop="text" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41);"><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);">Figure and portrait drawing are traditionally recognised as a focus for artists because of the sheer range of elements covered from proportioning to emotive connection. This is why many artists practise life drawing all their lives! there is always something new to learn!&nbsp;</span></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Head foreshortening refers to the challenge of capturing heads from various angles, as they can move in multiple directions. Ever drawn a face at an angle and wondered how to place the eyes? the nose? the mouth?</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Following on from our basic Face Alignments video, this drawing video will show you step by step how to construct a face at different angles. A useful set of markers to enable you to draw from life.</p></div></section></div></div><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">


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Practise the facial elements and how to mix skin colour and tone.
Following on from our basic Face Alignments video, and taken from our popular portraits course,  this video will show you step by step how to construct the tones of the face. A useful set of markers to enable you to draw from life.



Life Drawing & Portraiture

Painting Portraits - colour mixing skin tones and facial features.

Portraits - Colour and Tone

Head Studies - in this 2 part video lesson you will practise all the elements of drawing, face alignments, colour mixing, facial features and more!
Following on from our basic Face Alignments video, and taken from our popular portraits course,  this video will show you step by step how to construct the tones of the face. A useful set of markers to enable you to draw from life.



Painting Portraits - planes of the head - tonal values for the contours of the face art course.

Portraits - Head Studies

Figure and portrait drawing are traditionally recognised as a focus for artists because of the sheer range of elements covered from proportioning to emotive connection. This is why many artists practise life drawing all their lives! there is always something new to learn! 
Head foreshortening refers to the challenge of capturing heads from various angles, as they can move in multiple directions. Ever drawn a face at an angle and wondered how to place the eyes? the nose? the mouth?
Following on from our basic Face Alignments video, this drawing video will show you step by step how to construct a face at different angles. A useful set of markers to enable you to draw from life.


Drawing Portraits and profiles in graphite and pencil art course.

Portraits - Face and Profile Foreshortening

In this class practise drawing and painting the features of the face, with tips and techniques for shaping the eyes, nose and mouth.
Following on from our basic Face Alignments video, this class will give you practise of drawing and painting the features of the face.




Painting Portraits - facial features elements of the face.

Portraits - Face Elements

Planes of the head: The key to effective portrait painting lies in understanding lighting and how it interacts with the contours of the face. Using an Azarro head for guidance, we can analyse how light hits specific areas of the head, braking it down into tonal values for a more dynamic, realistic result.
Following on from our basic Face Alignments video, and taken from our popular portraits course,  this video will show you step by step how to construct the tones of the face. A useful set of markers to enable you to draw from life.



Portraits - Planes of the Head

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<section style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div data-rel="slideshow-1" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Create a magnificent acrylic painting of a glorious Magnolia bloom, drawing inspiration from the style of Georgia O&#39;Keefe. Working larger scale, learn to add light and shadow to create delicate shades in petals and leaves.</span></div></section><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41);">In addition you have access to our Acrylics reference videos, with lots of useful advice and info on materials and technique demos, and also high quality reference photos to work from. So whether you&rsquo;re a beginner or more experienced, this complete course has everything you need to create beautiful botanicals in acrylic.</span><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><section fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></section></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><section style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);"><div itemprop="text" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div></section></div><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">


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We’ve created this complete mini back to basics course to get you started!
Basics of Acrylic painting– This reference video has lots of useful information on materials, brushes, studio set up and more. Explaining and demonstrating acrylic paint from the very beginning. Suitable for beginners or anyone wanting to brush up on their acrylic techniques.
Acrylics Colour Mixing– An introduction to colour mixing using acrylic paint. Guidance on choosing colours and how to use then effectively. Suitable for beginners or anyone wanting to brush up on their techniques. – This reference video has lots of useful information on materials, brushes, studio set up and more.
Explaining and demonstrating acrylic paint from the very beginning. Suitable for beginners or anyone wanting to brush up on their acrylic techniques.



Painting

Painting Skills & Techniques

Acrylic Painting

Step by step techniques and demonstration acrylic painting videos for complete beginners -  basics of acrylic painting and a colour mixing.

Acrylic Beginners Mini Course

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<div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-size: 16px;">Unusual objects make excellent painting subjects, in this video I have chosen these lovely vintage Japanese glass fishing floats, to practise painting shine, spheres transparency and textures.</span></div><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;Acrylic paint is heavy bodied, water based and extremely versatile. This video aims to cover many of the aspects of painting a still life, giving the confidence and skills to complete your own compositions.</span><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div data-rel="slideshow-1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><section fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></section></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><section style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);"><div itemprop="text" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div></section></div><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">


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Learn to paint birds and snow in this charming winter themed art class, featuring a Robin perched on a snowy branch in acrylic paint!
This video has audio intro and caption instructions at each step.
As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!



Art Teacher

Painting birds and snow in a winter themed art class featuring a Robin perched on a snowy branch.

Snowy Robin Acrylic Painting


Figure and portrait drawing are traditionally recognised as a focus for artists because of the sheer range of elements covered from proportioning to emotive connection. This is why many artists practise life drawing all their lives! there is always something new to learn! If you’ve ever wanted to paint a portrait, but don’t know where to begin, this complete Portraits Acrylic Painting step by step video course will give you the techniques you need!
Nine videos guide you through a series of exercises, from drawing to finishing touches. Learn face alignments, facial elements mixing skin tones, underpainting, tonal values, shading and more. This course includes over 6 hours of video instruction, images, and access to the course resources page – everything you need to learn portraits acrylic painting!
The online courses are designed to be used independently. Individual step by step projects containing over 6 hours of video instruction, supporting reference videos and images. Work at your own pace and replay as many times as you like.
Using the pre recorded video allows more time to really grasp the fundamentals of a subject, giving your drawing the opportunity to progress to another level!





Painting Portraits - A complete portrait painting art class from start to finish.

Portraits - Full Course

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<p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;">This project is inspired by Post Impressionist still life painting. Post Impressionism was an innovative and experimental art movement from the beginning of the 20th century, drawing on many influences and styles.</span><br style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);"><span fr-original-style=" color: rgb(41, 41, 41);" style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); box-sizing: border-box;">Working from real objects where possible, Still life is a great way to improve your observational skills and decision making.</span></p>


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This project is inspired by Post Impressionist still life painting. Post Impressionism was an innovative and experimental art movement from the beginning of the 20th century, drawing on many influences and styles.
Working from real objects where possible, Still life is a great way to improve your observational skills and decision making.


Tea table still life painting art class in acrylic paint in a post impressionist style. 

Tea Table Still Life in Acrylics Course

Figure and portrait drawing are traditionally recognised as a focus for artists because of the sheer range of elements covered from proportioning to emotive connection. This is why many artists practise life drawing all their lives! there is always something new to learn! 
This is the final 2 videos from the Portraits Full Course, putting all the skills together with a final portrait, step by step from start to finish.
This is a 2 part video lesson:
Part 1 - Sketching - practising drawing and alignment skills, features, scaling and composition, underpainting .
Part 2 - painting - practising painting, tonal values and mixing colours, finishing with glazes and final touches.
Using the pre recorded video allows more time to really grasp the fundamentals of a subject, giving your drawing the opportunity to progress to another level!





Portraits - Complete a Portrait

Learn to paint and draw beautiful flowers large scale!
Learning to decipher tone and colour value is key when drawing flowers, where do the lights and darks fall? any transparency on the petals? any changes in texture?
Scale in art – one of the most important elements when deciding on your composition. In this course we will focus on enlarging elements or a single subject. Taking inspiration from Georgia O’Keefe’s Flower Paintings and other artists. Including using a grid effectively, detail on a large scale, colour choices, and tackling a larger canvas without fear!
In addition you have access to our Acrylics reference videos, with lots of useful advice and info on materials and technique demos, and also high quality reference photos to work from. So whether you’re a beginner or more experienced, this complete course has everything you need to create beautiful botanicals in acrylic.




Tulip flower art class painting larger scale flowers using impressionist techniques in acrylic paint.

Scale of Art - Acrylic Painting Course

Kathputli Folklore Puppets– originating from traditional street theatre from Rajasthan, India. A colourful fun project with a different approach using a dark ground, sketching with a brush, techniques for painted wood, vibrant coloured silk, patterned fabric and folds.
As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!



Fun colourful painting art class of Kathputli Folklore Puppets from Rajasthan,  practising wood, fabric, vibrant colours on a dark ground in acrylic paint.

Kathputli Puppets Acrylic Painting

Unusual objects make excellent painting subjects, in this video I have chosen these lovely vintage Japanese glass fishing floats, to practise painting shine, spheres transparency and textures. Acrylic paint is heavy bodied, water based and extremely versatile. This video aims to cover many of the aspects of painting a still life, giving the confidence and skills to complete your own compositions.
As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!


Still life painting art class of Japanese glass fishing floats practising shine and texture in acrylic paint.

Japanese Fishing Floats

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Figure and portrait drawing are traditionally recognised as a focus for artists because of the sheer range of elements covered from proportioning to emotive connection. This is why many artists practise life drawing all their lives! there is always something new to learn! In this step by step video you will learn colour mixing, and how to apply skin tones, while practising facial features in acrylic paint.As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!


Portraits -  Colour Mixing in Acrylic

Taken from our popular Scale of Art Course, in this two-part video series, you’ll follow a complete step-by-step process for painting a palm tree while learning how to plan a composition—one of the most crucial aspects of any artwork. An artist can alter the size of objects to emphasize importance or offer a fresh perspective, as demonstrated in this tutorial.
Part 1: Using a primed canvas board for acrylic painting, resolve composition elements, scale up your design with a grid, and create preparatory sketches.
Part 2: Dive into painting, focusing on mixing and planning colours, layering techniques, and adding intricate details and textures using brushes and palette knives.
So whether you’re a beginner or more experienced, this complete course has everything you need to create a beautiful palm tree in acrylic.
As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!



Palm Tree art class drawing and painting from start to finish on canvas board in acrylic paint.

Palm Tree -  Acrylic Painting

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Artists Studio – In this project we will be using objects close to hand! Emphasis on shadows and how to paint them, drawing with tone, adding the painterly texture and detail with a palette knife or piece of card. Acrylic paint is heavy bodied, water based and extremely versatile. This video aims to cover many of the aspects of painting a still life, giving the confidence and skills to complete your own compositions.
As added content, you also get access to the basics of acrylics videos, with useful information on materials and techniques, perfect for complete beginners or to brush up on your skills!


Still life painting art class of artists studio equipment practising shadows and techniques in acrylic paint.

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