Capture the ever changing space where the land meets the sea, where water washes over dark rocks and the tide draws in and out using both acrylics and oils. 

How do you capture the essence of the coast; the energy, tension and mystery of two elements meeting? This course teaches you to build free, abstract landscape paintings with sweeping marks and shadowy layers that echo the movement of water over land.

Artist tutor Amy Albright divulges her unique tips and techniques for creating layers of interest. Using both water and oil-based media, these work to build the ethereal sense of the coastline.

Spend time making notes and sketches by the water, absorbed in the constant motion of tumbling waves, fizzing tides and rivers trickling back to the sea. These studies will bring richness and power to your paintings later.

The course introduces you to abstraction in a unique way, using it to evoke both serene calm and intense energy. Look more closely at colour mixing. Learn to build up layers, working wet on wet, adding luminosity and revealing and adding to subsequent layers of paint.

Amy shows you how to create harmony between deeper layers inspired by jagged rocks and glassy glazes that diffuse light on the surface. Oil glazing was particularly favoured by Dutch masters, who used the technique to bring a milky translucence to the skin of portraiture subjects. Amy demonstrates how to use glazing to create the liquid skin of sea lapping the shore.

Full of discovery and revelation, this course presents unique processes and perspective. Capture the entrancing energy of the shoreline with truly inspiring teaching in a spectacular setting.

What will I learn?

1. Learn to create exciting experimental paintings that build layers of interest.
2. An opportunity to build your confidence using oils, loosen up and widen your painting repertoire.
3. Tips on loosening up when drawing the coast, including new techniques to make drawing fun and expressive.
4. Learn how to use abstraction when working with landscape to create a painting full of depth and intrigue.
5. Technical knowledge of colour mixing to evoke subtle changes in tone and temperature.

Who would this course suit?

If you’re wondering if this course is for you, have a look at Amy’s own work – either on her tutor page or her own website. If you’d like to gain technical insight into combining materials to create intriguing effects, as well as how to have more control in your colour mixing, this course is a wonderful place to learn. It is a fun opportunity for painters interested in the coastline to engage with it in a free and experimental way.

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