Painterly
A self-study acrylic painting course that helps you loosen up and tell your story.
Three modules of instruction and actionable assignments.
Learn to use your hands, head, and heart to create your best work.
Does This Sound Familiar?
- You second guess your creative choices and tend to overwork your paintings.
- You lack creative confidence and have a fear of making mistakes that holds you back.
- You want to loosen up and have an effortless look to your painting style but don't know how.
If you can relate, I created this course just for you!
I'm Amanda Hilburn, a self-taught professional artist, and I've been right where you are! I've been painting for over a decade and I've learned that you need three things working well together to create your best work...your hands, your head, and your heart.
I would love to help you transform your creative process and move...
...from a tight, unsure artist
...to a confident, impressionistic artist who can gather inspiration and create art from your heart!!
This course includes:
- Video instruction with artist Amanda Hilburn.
- A community for sharing your progress with other students.
- Exercises to help you loosen up and create your best work.
- Painting instruction with a palette knife and a brush using acrylics.
- Explorations with florals, landscapes, inspiration, originality, and tackling creative blocks.
"The Painterly course was great! It was easy to use, what I expected and more ...a real help in furthering me on my artist journey." ---Tiffany S.
"It unlocked many ideas I want to try going forward."---Bonnie D.
"The route that you took through the information was very helpful for me. I had never been a part of an artist presenting more intellectual type of information & relating it directly back to how we prepare to translate that in our visual language."---Diane M.
Module 1 : Use Your Hands
Using your hands is all about technique and skills. This part of the creative process is what we most often focus on as we begin learning to create art.
In this first module, you will explore ways to loosen up as you create your acrylic paintings.
Learn tips and tricks and paint expressive flowers and landscapes!
Module 2: Mind Your Head
Your mindset is more important as an artist than anything else (in my opinion). When your head works together with your hands, you will begin to create some amazing work!
Learn to trust yourself and find ways to gather inspiration.
Module 3: Follow Your Heart
The last piece of this puzzle is your heart. This is where you lean into your style, your story, and your individuality. Without using your heart, you'll just be recreating other artists' work.
Learn to create paintings that tell your story. This module will help you paint with purpose, explore individuality, and use tools to get inspiration from other artists, adapt it, and make it your own.
Course Module Outline
Module 1: Hands
Lesson 1: Loosen up your hands
Lesson 2: Painting Waterlilies
Lesson 3: Loose Florals
Lesson 4: Blind Contour Drawing
Lesson 5: Remember the Basics
Module 1 Assignments
Module 2: Head
Lesson 1: Loosen up your mind
Lesson 2: Get new ideas by mind mapping
Lesson 3: Create an inspiration board
Lesson 4: How to stay positive
Module 2 Assignments
Module 3: Heart
Lesson 1: Sharing your heart
Lesson 2: Scamper my painting
Lesson 3: Paint your feelings
Lesson 4: Look inside
Lesson 5: Create in Collections
Lesson 6: Write Your Artist Statement
Module 3 Assignments
Don't miss out!
This course will change the way you think about your creative process and help you grow as an acrylic painter in so many ways!
FAQs
Is this course for me?
Painterly is designed for those who are already creating and have some experience with acrylic painting. The course content assumes that you know the basics and are ready to learn more.
Are we painting together?
The main course content is prerecorded and can be watched anytime! This course was launched in September of 2024 and was introduced with live sessions. The recordings of those 3 live sessions are now available for you to watch but this version of the course is self study with no live painting sessions scheduled.
Is there a community?
Yes. There is a Facebook group where students may interact with each other and share their progress.
Is there a supply list?
This course is not limited to a specific list of supplies. I’ve created these lessons with the intermediate artist in mind who should have paint, brushes, and substrates to paint on.
Do students have lifetime access?
Yes. If you purchase this course you keep access to this version of Painterly for the life of my business.
Is this included if I am a CC member?
No. This course is separate from my Creative Community membership and you do not have to be a CC member to participate.
