Painting Landscapes in Oils

About

If you’ve ever felt drawn to landscapes but felt overwhelmed by where to begin, to paint them or struggled to translate what you see into a painting — then this course is for you! Painting Landscapes in Oils is a hands-on painting course designed to help you simplify the landscape and paint with greater confidence. Whether you're new to landscapes or looking to strengthen your existing skills, you'll learn through practical exercises, demonstrations, and guided projects while creating a collection of landscape studies and finished paintings. Course Dates (6 sessions × 1.5 hours), Saturdays 3:45pm - 5:15pm 4 July - 8 August 2026. 🌟 What you will learn ➡️ How to simplify complex landscapes into manageable shapes and forms ➡️ Understanding composition and creating strong focal points ➡️ Using value to create depth, atmosphere, and distance ➡️ Colour mixing for natural landscapes, including skies, trees, water, and earth tones ➡️ Creating a sense of light, mood, and season in your paintings ➡️ Techniques for painting skies, clouds, foliage, and other common landscape elements ➡️ Building confidence in planning and completing a landscape painting 🌟 Course Outcomes By the end of the course you will: ➡️ Have completed a collection of landscape studies and a finished painting to take home ➡️ Understand the key building blocks of successful landscape painting ➡️ Feel confident simplifying and planning a landscape composition ➡️ Be able to create depth, atmosphere, and convincing colour in your work ➡️ Have practical painting strategies you can continue using in your own creative practice 🌟 Inclusions ➡️ All painting materials provided throughout the course ➡️ Step-by-step demonstrations and personal attention ➡️ Practical exercises designed to build confidence and skills ➡️ A welcoming and supportive studio environment 🌟 Who is this course for? This course is perfect for: ➡️ Beginners looking for a gentle introduction to landscape painting ➡️ Artists wanting to improve their composition, colour, and observational skills ➡️ Anyone who loves nature and wants to learn to paint! 🌟 Oil Painting Kit to Keep Take home oil painting kits include: ➡️ Basic selection of 6 Art Spectrum artist's oil paints ➡️ Three artist bristle brushes ➡️ Canvas panel ➡️ 1 x 100ml Linseed Oil ➡️ 1 x 100ml Odourless Solvent