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Acrylic Landscape Painting for Improvers NEW

Tom Ransom1

Start date: 2nd Jun 2026

Time: 18:45 - 21:15

Cost: £90

Day: Tuesday

Duration: 5 weeks

Tutor: Tom Ransom

Course code: 26SU074

This class is designed for painters who already have some experience with acrylics and would
like to develop their technique, confidence and personal style.


Working in a relaxed and supportive studio environment, you’ll explore ways to strengthen
your paintings and move beyond the basics.

The course will focus on:

  • Developing stronger compositions
  • Using colour, tone and contrast more effectively
  • Creating depth, atmosphere and a sense of distance
  • Improving brushwork and paint handling
  • Interpreting reference photographs creatively rather than copying them


Through demonstrations, guided exercises and individual feedback, you’ll be encouraged to
experiment, refine your approach and develop your own way of painting landscapes.


By the end of the course, you’ll have produced more confident and expressive landscape
paintings and gained new techniques to continue developing your work.

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Tom Ransom

Tom Ransom

I am a Harrogate based artist and teacher. I work primarily as a painter with a more recent secondary focus in printmaking. I have worked with curators and galleries to exhibit my work.
I grew up in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales in Wensleydale, the natural beauty of my surroundings has always provided me with the inspiration that I need to create.
I have a Degree in Fine Art, an MA in Creative Practice and a PGCE. I have experience teaching art in post-compulsory settings as well teaching a broad range of subjects to individuals with disabilities.

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