Date: Monday 3 August – Friday 7 August
Tutor: Jonathan Newey
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £300
Venue: Beaconsfield Studio
Painting the Seaside with Acrylic –
Painting the Seaside with Acrylic is a five-day creative course exploring the colour, energy, and atmosphere of coastal landscapes using acrylic paint. Participants learn techniques for building texture, blending skies, and capturing movement in waves and shoreline details. Each day focuses on different seaside elements, including sandy beaches, dramatic cliffs, rolling tides, coastal buildings, and changing weather effects. Through demonstrations, guided exercises, and personalised feedback, artists develop confidence in composition, colour mixing, and brushwork. The course encourages both realistic and expressive styles while strengthening observation skills. Suitable for beginners and developing painters, it offers a relaxed, supportive environment for creativity and skill development.
Suggested materials
Surface to paint on:
Either acrylic paper, canvas or canvas board or Watercolour paper 140lb ‘Not’ (cold pressed) surface (standard Bockingford is ideal)
Maximum A3 in size (or equivalent)
If bringing sheets then you will need a board to tape it to (not necessary if bringing a pad)
Paint:
Acrylic tubes or pots:
Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue, Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow, Alizarin Crimson or Cadmium Red, Paynes Grey, Titanium white, Viridian Green
Brushes:
Acrylic brushes vary in size depending on manufacturer so a size 8 from one manufacturer could be a completely different size in another so I have given sizes below as the width of the group of hairs on the brush:
1 x ¼ inch wide round acrylic or oil painting brush
1 x ½ inch wide round acrylic or oil painting brush
A couple of flat or filbert brushes the same size as above (optional)
1 x size 2 or 4 round watercolour brush
1 x palette knife
Palette to mix paint on such as a tear off paper palette or a few paper plates
(or a stay wet palette)
Tissues or rag, 2B pencil, Ruler
Water container, Old shirt to wear when painting
