Discover painting trees in acrylics using large, expressive brushstrokes, vibrant flashes of colour, while avoiding drawing every leaf. You will be shown how to create a more impactful, impressionistic painting by choosing a colour scheme, applying large blocks of paint at the start, using ‘negative shape’ techniques and understating details. You’ll also discover the unique qualities of painting in acrylics, from drying times to understanding colour shifts.  There will be practical demonstrations and one to ones to guide you all the way.

The course is suitable for beginners and more advanced painters wishing to take on new ideas. Attendees will leave with a greater appreciation of painting portraits in acrylics and a portrait painting of their own.

Hashim Akib is a professional artist and has written five art books, including the best-selling ‘Painting Portraits in Acrylics’ for Search Press. He has won numerous awards, showcases his artwork in galleries around the country and has written features for Artist and Illustrator magazine for over ten years. He has a best-selling course on Domestika and has two paintings in the UK’s National Art Collection.

Tickets £65 (15 Places)

Tickets go on sale through the website at 10am on 15th March, and 1 week earlier for festival benefactors who benefit from priority booking.

Materials List:

Reference materials will be provided and a hairdryer

• Acrylic paint, ideally heavy body
• Cadmium Yellow Medium
• Cadmium Red
• Yellow Ochre
• Sap Green or Hooker’s Green
• Phthalo Blue
• Titanium White
• Brushes: Flat Head Brushes, various sizes (something like a 2 and 1inch, 1.5inch, 1/2inch)
• Supports
• Acrylic pad or 1 or 2 canvas or boards about A3 size
• Water pot, mixing tray or scrap paper

Hashim Akib: