Online courses
Creative Painting Online (Autumn 2025)
A new online course in art for beginners to intermediate levels
Course dates: 23/09/25 to 02/12/25 (half term 28/10/25)
Delivery: Online, Zoom and written feedback by email
Course length: 10 weeks, every Tuesday 2:30 - 4:30pm
Price: £150 (fully refundable if cancelled before the course start date).
Course Description
Based on acrylics this course takes students through all the basic skills in painting and acts as a gateway to higher levels. From light and shade to understanding composition, perspective and colour, the course reveals the secrets of making original and captivating art. Beginning with a landscape painting, the course moves on to a portrait in monochrome, then one in colour, a session on figure drawing, abstract and semi-abstract painting, drawing and painting a still life and, finally, a personal project. More experienced students can concentrate on their own personal projects from the beginning.
One place remaining
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Landscape Painting Online (Spring 2026)
A new online course in art for beginners to intermediate levels
Course dates: 08/01/26 to 19/03/26 (half term 19/02/26)
Delivery: Online, Zoom and written feedback by email
Course length: 10 weeks, every Thursday 11:00am - 1:00pm
Price: £150 (fully refundable if cancelled before the course start date).
Course Description
This course gives students the opportunity to move beyond beginner’s level and explore different landscape painting approaches and techniques in a relaxed and supportive environment. Based on acrylics, it explores a range of styles, from the conventional and representational to more experimental and avant-garde approaches. As a highly experienced tutor and practicing artist I give expert guidance on all aspects of painting in acrylics, with practical and supportive advice on colour mixing, tonal variation, acrylic techniques, mark-making and composition. I encourage students to explore their own personal enthusiasms to make individual and original paintings. Source photographs will be provided online but students may use their own photos and other sources.
10 places left
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Portraiture Painting Online (Spring 2026)
A new online course in portraiture for beginners to intermediate levels
Course dates: 13/01/26 to 24/03/26 (half term 17/02/26)
Delivery: Online, Zoom and written feedback by email
Course length: 10 weeks, every Tuesday 2:30 - 4:30pm
Price: £150 (fully refundable if cancelled before the course start date).
Course Description
This course introduces students to the art of portraiture in a relaxed and supportive environment. You will learn how to draw the face, neck and features accurately and then move on to painting portraits in acrylics. The class is ideal for beginners but also acts as a gateway to higher learning. I introduce and demonstrate the basic techniques used in portraiture. Working from enlarged photographs, students first learn to accurately draw the head, neck and face with correct proportions and foreshortening. The course then moves on to colour mixing and acrylic painting techniques before examining the use of light and shade to create a likeness and make expressive and individual portraits. Following logical steps and illustrated with clear handouts, it finishes with a personal painting project.
9 places left
To reserve a place, contact me at:
frankferrie@hotmail.com