Oil Painting with Palette Knife | Impressions of the Wild | Expressive Landscapes

Date: 2nd of May 2026, 10:30-4:30pm

Artist: Charlotte Strawbridge 

Cost: £125

Lunch and refreshments provided.

In this course you will immerse yourself in the landscape through layers of texture and colour. You will experiment with atmosphere, movement, and composition to create intuitive, expressive scenes inspired by nature's moods. Explore wet-on-wet painting and dynamic knife techniques to bring your own sense of place and emotion to life on canvas.

This course is perfect for beginners or those looking to loosen their style, and celebrates the tactile joy and spontaneity of nature in bloom.

Upon arrival, Charlotte will walk you through the tools and materials you'll use, and do a demonstration of tonal underpainting for atmosphere. After the demonstrations she'll guide you through some practices before you will start on your own canvases. This course focuses on building layers to create texture and movement to create expressive landscapes.

You will go home from this course with a palette knife, practice papers, 30x30cm Canvas. 

Most materials for this course are covered, but we do ask you to bring the following with you: 

• Apron or painting clothes
• Box to take the painting away 

Cancellations must be made at least 3 days prior to receive a full refund. If you have any questions or want more information please contact curator@creativestirling.org.