Contemporary Art Academy

Contemporary Art Academy is an online art educational initiative offering courses to practicing artists, co-founded by Zavier Ellis & Mathew Gibson.  

Wild Landscapes with Alastair Gordon

Start Date: 8 September 2026

Day: Tuesday

Time: 18.00 BST | 13.00 ET | 10.00 PT

Duration: 6 weeks

Location: Online

Capacity: 20

Fee: £180

Interest-free instalment payments available with Klarna


 

Course Description 

Step into the wild through expressive watercolour with Alastair Gordon. This course explores intuitive mark-making and the joy of capturing landscape with energy and atmosphere. Alastair will demonstrate his process for working quickly and responsively, balancing observation with instinct, taking his recent paintings of the Outer Hebrides as a starting point.

 

Wild Landscapes with Alastair Gordon includes:

  • Development of watercolour techniques 
  • Understanding of watercolour painting methods 
  • Exploration of painting motifs 
  • Insight into materials and their properties 
  • Investigation of Landscape subject matter 
  • Production of own watercolour paintings 
  • Feedback from professional artist 
  • Peer group chat forum 
 

Timetable:

Session 1: 18:00–20:00 BST | 13:00 ET | 10:00 PTEntering the Landscape: Materials, Flow, and Atmosphere
Session 2: 18:00–20:00 BST | 13:00 ET | 10:00 PTSeeing Differently: Composition, Motif, and Material Choice
Session 3: 18:00–20:00 BST | 13:00 ET | 10:00 PTColour, Light, and Surface
Session 4: 18:00–20:00 BST | 13:00 ET | 10:00 PTLetting Go: Gesture, Abstraction, and Material Play
Session 5: 18:00–20:00 BST | 13:00 ET | 10:00 PTMaking a Body of Work: Integration, Voice, and Practice
Session 6: 18:00–20:00 BST | 13:00 ET | 10:00 PTPresentation, feedback and next steps

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