Painting a la Klimt - High Pavement Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Fri Jun 06 2025 at 09:30 am to Fri Jul 11 2025 at 12:30 pm UTC+01:00

High Pavement Learning Centre | Sutton-in-Ashfield

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Painting a la Klimt - High Pavement Learning Centre - Adult Learning
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About this Event

Key details
  • Date: 6 June - 11 July 2025
  • Sessions: Fridays: 9:30am - 12:30pm
  • No. sessions: 6
  • Venue: High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield
  • For ages: 19+
  • Group size: 5 - 15
  • Cost: FREE - £63



About this course

Discover the vibrant world of acrylic painting with our "Painting à la Klimt" course. In this course, you will learn how to paint like the Austrian artist, Gustave Klimt. He created beautiful paintings with varied designs using bold colours and gold. He is best know for his figures with flowing dresses filled with patterns and designs. You’ll be encouraged to create your own version of a Klimt painting step-by-step. We will start with a drawing, transfer it then add paint. Adding gold is the last step. You will finish with a figure with beautiful dress and a patterned background. The course is suitable for anyone who likes to paint.

Your will be guided step-by-step in order to build your skills and confidence, focusing on subjects like colour mixing, painting techniques and understanding the decorative style of painting:

  • Klimt style of painting research
  • Colour mixing and composition studies
  • Surface preparation and sketching
  • Painting techniques: layering and glazing
  • Complete a painting in the style of the artist
  • Protect your painting by varnishing it

Resourcesrequired:

  • Acrylicpaper/sketch pad
  • A4canvas
  • Whitegesso
  • Arange of synthetic paint brushes
  • Photoreference
  • Metallicpalette knife
  • Gold Foil
  • Acrylicpaint (student grade)
  • Red(Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red
  • Yellow(Lemon and Cadmiun Yellow)
  • Blue(Ultramarine, and Cerulean)
  • Magenta,Turquoise, Titanium White

The art materials are to be discussed during the first session of the course when the tutor will cover the topic.



Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

  • Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
  • Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:


  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
  • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
  • Greater London
  • Greater Manchester
  • Liverpool City Region
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
  • Tees Valley
  • West of England
  • West Midlands
  • West Yorkshire



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High Pavement Learning Centre, High Pavement House, Sutton-in-Ashfield, United Kingdom

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