Beginner Acrylic Painting Course
This beginner acrylic painting course equips you with essential skills in materials, colour mixing, composition, and lighting to paint expressive everyday scenes. You'll develop strong studio habits through documentation, self-critique, and reflection for confident, polished results.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Discover key tools, safe studio setup, and surface prep in this beginner acrylic course. Learn composition, sketching, and planning simple scenes, plus colour theory, mixing, underpainting, layering, and techniques for light, form, and texture. Track your growth with documentation and reflections to produce confident acrylic artworks.
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Develop skills
- Master acrylic setup: select brushes, surfaces, and create a safe workspace.
- Gain control over colour mixing: create clean palettes, skin tones, and vibrant schemes.
- Render light and form: model shadows, highlights, and textures using acrylics.
- Master layering: use underpainting, glazing, and blocking-in for depth.
- Build reflective habits: document your process, critique work, and improve future pieces.
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