Take your painting further in Expressive Landscapes NEXT, a 6-week course designed for those who have completed the beginners programme and are ready to grow in confidence and complexity. This course deepens your understanding of composition, colour harmony, and expressive mark-making while encouraging you to develop a stronger personal style.

You’ll explore more advanced techniques such as working with a limited palette for greater impact, refining perspective and depth, building richer layers, and using palette knife techniques to enhance texture and movement. Through demonstrations, guided practice, and individual feedback, you’ll learn how to create more dynamic, atmospheric landscapes with clarity and intention.

This course is about pushing boundaries, trusting your creative instincts, and evolving your expressive voice as a landscape painter.

Week 1 – Strengthening Composition & Personal Style

Revisit composition with a deeper focus on balance, movement, and focal points. Explore how to make stronger artistic choices and begin refining your individual expressive style.

Week 2 – Working with a Limited Palette for Greater Impact

Learn how to use a reduced colour palette to create harmony and atmosphere. Explore subtle temperature shifts and stronger tonal contrasts to achieve more sophisticated results.

Week 3 – Advanced Depth & Atmospheric Perspective

Develop greater depth using tone, layering, and atmospheric perspective. Learn how to push areas back and bring others forward for more convincing, dynamic landscapes.

Week 4 – Texture & Palette Knife Techniques

Introduce more confident palette knife work to create bold textures and expressive surfaces. Experiment with layering thick paint to enhance movement and energy.

Week 5 – Light, Drama & Emotional Impact

Focus on capturing dramatic light and mood. Learn how to use contrast, highlights, and shadow to create landscapes with stronger emotional presence.

Week 6 – Creating a Signature Landscape

Bring everything together in a final, fully developed painting. Refine your composition, strengthen your expressive marks, and complete a landscape that reflects your evolving artistic voice.