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Paint at Scale — Layer by Layer, Without Fear

If painting small is starting to feel limiting, the desire to go big is natural. So is the hesitation. This course is Louise's process for getting there — layer by layer.

What You'll Experience

Go inside Louise's Sydney studio as she works on a large-scale painting from first mark to finished surface — through acrylic underpainting, layers, and the messy, beautiful middle where the real painting happens. You can use acrylics or oils.

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What You’ll Learn

Why an acrylic underpainting is the best way to start — and how to use it to warm up

How to layer paint — working with oils or acrylics

Working with paint mediums — mixing, palette knives, and making paint move across a large surface

Navigating the messy middle — what to do when the painting feels lost or overworked

How to ask questions of your painting: reading it, knowing what it needs and responding

When to stop and how to recognise when a painting is fully realised

A layer-by-layer process for any canvas, any scale

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What's Inside

Carefully crafted modules that take you inside Louise's complete process — from the first instinct about colour to a large-scale painting that holds the feeling of a place.

Introduction

Meet Louise and find out what it really takes to go big.

Creative Approach

Louise's mindset before a single mark is made — leading with feeling, working from memory, letting colour reveal the painting.

Arteway | Colour-led landscapes | Inspiration

Inspiration & References

What Louise photographs, what she's looking for, and why she puts the photos away before she starts.

Arteway | Colour-led landscapes | Materials

Tools & Materials

Everything you need — simple, accessible, and most of it from the hardware store.

Underpainting (Acrylic)

How a fluid acrylic layer warms up the surface and sets up everything that follows.

First Layer (Oils)

Louise works across the canvas with bold strokes and palette knives, building colour and instinct before composition.

Second Layer & The Messy Middle

The most important module: how to push through when the painting gets complicated, confused, or feels lost.

Knowing When It's Finished

How to read a painting honestly and recognise when it's fully realised.

Summary

Louise's final encouragement: be brave, test your boundaries, and go big.

Meet The Artist

Louise Knowles

Louise Knowles is a Sydney-based painter known for her luminous colour, layered surfaces, and deep connection to the landscape. Her work — shown in galleries across Australia — sits at the intersection of abstraction and landscape, not trying to represent a place, but to hold the emotional experience of being there.

She returned to painting seriously in her early 50s, and hasn’t looked back.

“I’m painting for me. I’m just so grateful to do what I love.”

She first began working large when her gallery delivered two-metre-square linens to her studio and said, simply, "We'd love to see your work at scale." She had to figure it out. Now she's sharing exactly how.

Who This Is For

Anyone who has stared at a big canvas and felt the fear take over before the first mark.

Artists ready to work physically, intuitively, and with more trust in the process than the plan.

Beginners who want to start with boldness, not precision.

Whatever your starting point, this course will push the boundaries of your practice.

Works with acrylics or oils — use whatever you have.

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What’s Included

Instant & Unlimited Lifetime Access

3+ hours of studio video lessons

Ask Louise questions directly in the comments

Downloadable materials list

Private student community

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Studio Tour

$35 value / FREE!

Step inside Louise’s Sydney studio. See the large canvases from a current series, her materials, and the magic of a working painter’s space.

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Entering Art Prizes

$35 value / FREE!

Louise shares her experience entering art prizes — what to consider, how to select work, and what the process has taught her about her own practice.

Arteway | Colour-led landscapes | Wood panel

Embracing Play and Experimentation

$35 value / FREE!

If you go in with a fixed outcome, you'll be tight getting there, and the painting will show it. In this module, Louise shows why play and experimentation are not optional extras but the whole point, and how to embody that.

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Turning, Tearing & Finding the Painting

$35 value / FREE!

One of Louise’s most freeing techniques: rotating, tearing, and recomposing to find the painting hiding inside the painting. A masterclass in letting go of the outcome.

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FAQ

WHAT MATERIALS DO I NEED?

Straightforward materials — acrylics, oil paints, large brushes, palette knives, and a canvas. Louise is a big believer in using what you have. A full materials list is provided.

Do I need prior painting experience?

No. Louise's process is designed to be accessible no matter where you're starting from.

Can I do this course with acrylics only?

Absolutely. The underpainting stage is done entirely in acrylics, and you can continue working in acrylics throughout if that's what you have. Louise works in oils for the later layers, but the process and principles translate directly — use whatever you're comfortable with.

Do I need a large studio?

You need enough space to step back from your canvas. Louise works with large linens and canvases, but the principles apply at any scale — start with whatever size feels like a stretch.

Is the course live or pre-recorded?

Pre-recorded, so you can work at your own pace, revisit layers as your painting develops, and come back to the messy middle module as many times as you need.

How long do I have access?

Lifetime access — yours to keep.

WHAT IS THE REFUND POLICY?

If you give it a try and feel it’s not right for you, contact us within 14 days of purchase and we’ll take care of you. Enroll with confidence.