Painting the Sky - Next Steps - Hucknall Central Methodist Chruch - Adult Learning
Schedule
Wed Nov 06 2024 at 12:00 am to Wed Dec 11 2024 at 11:59 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Hucknall Central Methodist Church | Hucknall, EN
About this Event
Key details
- Date: 6 November - 11 December 2024
- Sessions: Wednesdays: 10am - 1pm
- No. sessions: 6
- Venue: Hucknall Central Methodist Church, Hucknall
- For ages: 19+
- Group size: 5 - 12
- Cost: Free
Whether you are a beginner eager to explore your artistic potential or an experienced painter looking to refine your techniques, this course will provide you with the skills and inspiration needed to create stunning sky scenes in acrylics. Join us in "Painting the Sky" and embark on a creative journey where the sky is not the limit, but the beginning of endless artistic possibilities. Let your imagination soar and your brushes fly as you capture the ever-changing beauty of the sky on canvas..
Explore the different elements that make up the sky, such as clouds, sunsets, and the subtle variations in light and colour, focusing on subjects like colour mixing, painting techniques and composition:
- Analysing examples of sky paintings and different styles
- Colour mixing and composition studies
- Surface preparation and sketching
- Painting techniques: layering, impasto, the dry brush
- Complete a painting on canvas
- Protect your painting by varnishing it
Learners will create their own sky-themed artworks under expert guidance. By the end of the course learners will complete at least one work on canvas. They will have fun by experimenting with techniques and tools and become more confident in using acrylics.
Resources required:
- Acrylic paper/sketch pad, A4 canvas, white gesso, a range of synthetic paint brushes, photo reference, metallic palette knife, acrylic paint (student grade)
- Red (Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red,
- Yellow (Lemon and Cadmiun Yellow),
- Blue (Ultramarine, and Cerulean),
- Magenta , Turquoise, Titanium white
The art materials are to be discussed during the first session of the course when the tutor will cover the topic.
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, AND
- 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
Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:
- By phone: 01623 677 200
- By email: [email protected]
Where is it happening?
Hucknall Central Methodist Church, Hucknall Central Methodist Church, Hucknall, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00 to GBP 63.00