Beginner Acrylic Painting Course
This Beginner Acrylic Painting Course equips aspiring artists with essential skills in materials, colour mixing, composition, and lighting to craft expressive everyday scenes. It emphasises clear documentation, self-critique, and reflection to enhance your studio practice and produce confident, polished acrylic artworks.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course introduces vital tools, safe workspace setup, and surface prep, progressing to composition, sketching, and planning simple daily scenes. Learners explore colour theory, mixing, underpainting, layering, and techniques for light, form, and texture. With structured documentation and reflection, you will track growth and complete assured acrylic paintings.
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Develop skills
- Master acrylic setup: select brushes, surfaces, and create a safe, efficient workspace.
- Gain control over colour mixing: create clean palettes, skin tones, and vibrant schemes quickly.
- Render light and form: model shadows, highlights, and textures using acrylics.
- Master layering: use underpainting, glazing, and blocking-in to build depth.
- Develop reflective practice: document your process, critique work, and plan better paintings.
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