Portrait Painting in Acrylics - The John Godber Centre, Hucknall - Adult Learning

About this course

Unleash your inner artist as you create stunning contemporary portraits, capturing the essence and personality of your subjects. This course shows you how working quickly and pushing false colours can add impact to a portrait. You will be taught the spontaneity of mark and an instinctive approach to colour and tone to achieve an expressive portraiture painting in acrylic. Join us for a fun and inspiring journey into the world of contemporary portrait painting. 

No prior experience is needed—just bring your enthusiasm and creativity, and let’s start painting! 

Learn the foundational techniques of acrylic painting, from mixing colours to applying energetic brush strokes: 

• Selecting appropriate photo references 
• Analysing examples of portraiture painting in the work of different artists 
• Using different tools to create mark-making 
• Painting techniques: layering, glazing and impasto 
• Complete a painting in an expressionist style 

By the end of the course learners will complete at least one drawing in ink. They will become more confident in painting cityscapes in acrylics.

Resources required:

• Acrylic / Watercolour paper/sketch pad, white gesso, a range of synthetic paint brushes, photo reference, metallic palette knife, acrylic paint 
• Red (Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red,  
• Yellow (Lemon and Cadmium 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. 

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, 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

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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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