Dramatic Sunsets, Nottingham

£90.00

Date: 01.06.2026 – 06.07.2026
Time: 09.30 – 12.30
Venue: 71 Friar Lane, Nottingham, NG1 6DH

Available

Capture the beauty and intensity of dramatic sunsets in this engaging 6-week acrylic painting course. Designed for beginners and improvers, this course guides you step-by-step through creating a striking sunset painting from start to finish.
You’ll explore how to build rich, luminous colour layers, achieve glowing light effects, and simplify landscapes into bold, expressive shapes. Along the way, you’ll develop confidence in using acrylics while learning techniques that bring atmosphere and depth to your work.
By the end of the course, you’ll have completed a finished sunset painting and gained skills you can apply to a wide range of landscape and seascape subjects.

Week 1: Foundations & Materials

  • Understand essential acrylic materials and tools
  • Learn basic colour mixing for sunset palettes
  • Explore simple composition and horizon placement

Week 2: Blocking In Shapes

  • Simplify landscapes into strong, readable shapes
  • Establish sky, land, and focal areas
  • Begin working with tonal contrast

Week 3: Building Colour Layers

  • Develop depth through layering techniques
  • Mix rich, harmonious sunset colours
  • Control opacity and transparency in acrylics

Week 4: Creating Light & Glow

  • Use colour transitions to create glowing skies
  • Learn blending techniques for soft gradients
  • Introduce highlights and atmospheric effects

Week 5: Adding Drama & Detail

  • Enhance contrast for a more dramatic impact
  • Refine silhouettes (trees, hills, water)
  • Balance detail with simplicity

Week 6: Finishing & Varnishing

  • Complete a final sunset painting
  • Make compositional adjustments for impact
  • Sign and varnish your painting

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