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Acrylic Painting for Beginners - Eastbourne House - Adult Learning

Thursday 20 April - Friday 26 May 2023 Eastbourne House £45.00 (concessionary: 0.00)

Key details

Date: 20 April - 25 May 2023
Sessions: Thursdays: 1:30pm - 4pm
No. sessions: 6
Venue: Eastbourne House, Sutton in ashfield
For ages: 19+
Group size: 5 - 15
Cost: FREE - £45

About this course

In this course, you will be taught the foundations of working with acrylic paint and how they are the simplest and most effective way for an absolute beginner to learn how to paint successfully. The course covers setup and materials, colour mixing and pigment choice, brush-handling and palette-knife techniques, as well as mediums. You will complete a still-life painting and gain a solid foundation of painting knowledge.

You will learn how to use the acrylic paint and differences between other medias and acrylics. The course is aimed to give learners a good understanding of the processes by using examples and demonstrations, including topics such as:

- Understanding the properties of the materials. How to select and use them

- Prepare the painting surface

- Make a’ stay-wet palette’ and how to layout a palette

- Dilute the paint to the right consistency

- Experiment with colour by mixing the paint on your surface and on palette

- How to use varnish and to maintain your tools

- Health and safety

Resources required:

- 30 x 40 cm Stretched canvas/ Canvas board, acrylic paper/sketch pad, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, Titanium White acrylic paint, white acrylic gesso, palette, glycerin, spray bottle, a range of synthetic paint brushes, graphite pencils, metal palette knife, silicone spatula, baby wipes, cotton rags

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: