Capture the beauty of the coast as you create your own seaside canvas while learning the fundamentals of acrylic painting.

Join us at Liberation Art Gallery for a beginner-friendly painting workshop where you'll be guided step by step to create a beautiful beach-inspired painting on canvas.

Inspired by Brighton's coastline, this relaxed workshop celebrates the calming colours, textures, and atmosphere of the sea. Whether you choose soft pastel skies, turquoise waters, or a glowing sunset palette, you'll be encouraged to personalise your painting and make it your own.

Whether you've never picked up a paintbrush before or are looking to build confidence with acrylics, this gentle workshop is designed to help you enjoy the process of painting while learning essential techniques along the way.

You'll follow a simple demonstration led by your artist facilitator, with plenty of opportunities to choose your own colour palette and add your own creative touches. Every painting will be unique, reflecting your own memories and connection to the coast.

🎨 What You'll Learn

Throughout this 1.5-hour workshop, you'll be introduced to the foundations of acrylic painting, including:

Mixing colours to create harmonious seaside palettes

Choosing the right brushes for different techniques

Painting skies, sea, and shoreline

Creating texture and movement in water

Building layers of paint

Adding highlights and finishing details

Developing confidence with acrylic paints

The session is designed to be enjoyable, accessible, and easy to follow, with guidance provided every step of the way.

🌊 Make It Your Own

Although everyone will follow the same composition, you'll be encouraged to personalise your painting through your own choice of colours and expressive brushstrokes. Whether you're inspired by the golden light of a Brighton sunset, cool coastal blues, or dramatic stormy skies, your finished canvas will be uniquely yours.

🌿 Creativity for Wellbeing

The sea has long been associated with calm, reflection, and wellbeing. Spending time painting coastal landscapes invites us to slow down, notice colour and light, and become absorbed in the creative process.

This workshop offers a welcoming space to unwind, switch off from the pace of everyday life, and enjoy the restorative benefits of painting.

✨ Perfect for Beginners

This workshop has been created especially for people who are new to painting or returning to creativity after a break.

No previous experience is needed—just curiosity and a willingness to have a go. Your artist facilitator will guide you throughout, making the experience enjoyable and pressure-free.

What's Included

1.5-hour guided painting workshop

Step-by-step tuition from a professional artist

Canvas to paint and take home

All acrylic paints, brushes and materials provided

Tea, coffee and refreshments

Suitable for adults and young people aged 16+.

Come along, learn a new skill, and leave with a beautiful hand-painted seaside canvas inspired by the tranquillity and beauty of the coast.

Liberation Art Gallery CIC is a not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making creativity accessible for everyone. Nestled in the heart of Brighton, our gallery and creative workshop and art therapy space reinvests all profits directly back into our community programmes, ensuring quality exhibition space for artists and individuals, families, and young people, especially those facing barriers to education, mental health support, or inclusion, can access high-quality creative and therapeutic experiences. By joining our workshops and events, you’re not only nurturing your own creativity, but actively helping us deliver free and low-cost art therapy, outreach projects, and wellbeing initiatives to those who need it most.

Cancellation Policy:

We understand that plans can change, and we do our best to be fair whilst protecting the sustainability of our workshops.

Cancellations or date changes must be made at least 48 hours before the scheduled workshops

Cancellations made within 48 hours of the workshop or non-attendance on the day are non-refundable

As a goodwill gesture, we are happy to offer a transfer to a future workshop of equal value, subject to availability, when at least 48 hours' notice is given

Workshop credits must be used within 3 months of the original workshop date and cannot be exchanged for cash

We are unable to offer refunds or workshop transfers for same-day cancellations. As materials, artist fees and staffing are already committed.

In rare and exceptional circumstances, please contact us directly. Any discretion offered is at Liberation Art Gallery's discretion.

By booking a workshop at Liberation Art Gallery, you agree to our cancellation policy

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