Absolute Beginners Acrylic Course

On this Absolute Beginners Acrylic Painting Course, I want to engage aspiring artists who have been putting off their creative adventures and build confidence by slowly introducing painting concepts one at a time.

Why do we put off starting the things we’d love to achieve?

#1 You lack confidence

You want your first paintings to look great, but are anxious they might not, so you put off the inevitable and don’t paint at all.

In the beginning, you will make some mistakes. We all do.

But here’s a little secret from my easel.

During every new painting I’m working on, there’s a stage where the painting seems to take two steps back.

It’s part of the process.

If you follow the lessons you’ll begin to develop an intuitive understanding of what you’re doing, you’ll get better and start to see results.

#2 You’re pushed for time

This course has been designed in ‘bite-size’ lessons, each one no longer than 45 minutes. They have been broken down into chapters, so even if you only have 15-minute sessions, you can still learn a key concept.

#3 You’re feeling overwhelmed

Trying to learn a new anything feels so huge! There’s so much to learn and you just don’t know where to start.

Bearing that in mind, I’ve designed this course so each lesson is easily achievable, with a full material list that only uses a few paint colours, 2 brushes and limited other materials.

I’ve included my line drawings for you to work from, so you don’t have to be an experienced draughtsman. Each time I tackle a new technique on the course, I explain why I’m doing it and the results I’m looking for – so you can follow along really easily.

#4 You don’t know what to paint.

You feel like you’re creatively blocked. You want to have moments of inspiration and blurred days without sleeping or eating just painting at the easel, but when you try and think what to paint, your mind goes as blank as the canvas.

For this course, I’ve created 3 demonstrations with downloadable reference images for you to work along from. This will take the pressure off and can often jump-start your own ideas and inspirations. Each demonstration uses a different colour mood and painting techniques, so you can start to explore which style of painting suits you best.

This is a simple, easy-to-follow downloadable video course with over 3 hours of tuition, where you will discover the essentials of how to create an acrylic painting ‘that works’ and is aimed as if you’re completely new to painting.

I come from an art education background where I’ve designed art curriculums for schools, developed interactive learning resources with the National Gallery, London and taught students from all different starting points the principles of how drawing and painting work.

This course has been designed as a step-by-step rounded learning experience bringing together all my knowledge as a student, painter and teacher.

“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself”

Chuck Close, Artist

What’s in the Course?

• 3 x acrylic paintings taking you step-by-step from drawing, right through to the final glazes.
• 7-downloadable video lessons, split into separate chapters that follow on sequentially.
• Over 3 hours of detailed video instruction so that you can follow along at your own pace.
• Downloadable reference jpeg images, line drawings, and a full materials list.
• Lifetime access, downloadable on separate devices.