6 OCTOBER - 16 NOVEMBER 2025

E X P L O R E A B S T R A C T S I

A transformative six-week journey.

Over the course of six modules, you'll have permission to spend time exploring line, texture, shape, form colour and form value to create artworks. Experimenting with colours and layering techniques with different kinds of acrylic paints, mediums and mixed media techniques.

"Abstract" means to separate or withdraw something from something else and this was one of the guiding principles when Explore Abstracts was conceived in 2024, as a journey to cover techniques and processes that deserved their own space within a broadly-themed course.

In need of some creative inspiration? Tired of simple 'painting by numbers' courses? Ready to challenge yourself?

You're in the right place. Read on to find out about Explore Abstracts

About Explore Abstracts I

Hi, I'm Esté MacLeod, I'm an artist + designer and since 2015 I've been sharing my passion for art and creativity through online courses. These offerings have covered a wide array of subjects, from still life and collage to florals and botanicals, showcasing various techniques with different materials.

Over the past years, I've spent my time experimenting, exploring creative processes, and mastering techniques in acrylics and water-based media. This journey has led me to develop this course, one focused on the captivating world of abstract art.

Explore Abstracts I is a transformative six-week journey. Each week, we'll delve into different themes and immerse ourselves in colours. Within each module, you'll find four projects, presented in easy-to-digest portions, one per day, building up to a bigger assignment at the weekend.

We'll explore a multitude of techniques in acrylics and other media, each tailored to the theme of the module.This structured approach is designed to not only build your skills, but also to guide you in strengthening your own creative voice with a closer connection to your imagination.

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What's covered in the course?

Module One

On Your Marks

Materials
Number Drawings
Shapes & Expressive Marks
Compositions in Squares
Weekend Assignment: Monochromatic Artworks

Module Two

Colour Bounce

Split Primary Colours
Yellow Mixes
Red Mixes
Blue Mixes
Weekend Assignment: Colour Bounce

Module Three

Boldly Go

Shapes & Layout
Complimentary Colours
Texture & Layers
Paint Application Techniques
Weekend Assignment: Grid Layers + Colours

Module Four

Love Letters

Contour Drawings
Carbon Copy Drawings
Fluid & Chalky
Subtractive Painting & Collage
Weekend Assignment: Flowing Lines

Module Five

Impressions

Letter Drawings
Monochromatic Compositions
Expressive Marks
Mono Printing with Paper
Weekend Assignment: Mono Print Artworks

Module Six

Elements

Colours
Contrasts
Depth & Space
Radiate
Weekend Assignment: Canvas Transformation

Why join?

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Learn innovative painting methods that push creative boundaries.

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Develop your unique artistic vocabulary through expressive mark-making.

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Master professional colour mixing and layering techniques.

New Possibilities

Transform your art in six weeks. In Explore Abstracts I there's a focus on developing and refining individual approaches with an introduction to the Creative Leap Method™ where handwriting and letters are used to develop a vocabulary of shapes, textures and forms.

Comprehensive Content

Explore Abstracts I consists of six modules. Within each module, you'll find four projects presented in easy-to-digest portions, one per day, building up to a larger assignment to conclude the module. So that's thirty projects in total, each designed to kickstart ideas and to promote original and imaginative thinking.

Simplified Processes

Being both a pragmatist and a visionary I decided to focus on simplified concepts for composition, with a broader list of materials that will enable the discovery of different creative processes and concepts to created rich, layered paintings.

Colour Moods

Colour is an essential element of all art and is at the heart of this course. I'll be guiding you to make new discoveries, with different colour moods explored in each module.

Challenge Yourself

Explore Abstracts I is filled with content that will push individual creativity and strengthen your own unique way of seeing and creating.

Permission to Play

Finding Inspiration

Develop Skills

Suitable for all levels of experience

Expand your creativity and develop a stronger sense of colour, pattern and form with this dynamic course.

Amplify your Voice

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Six Modules

Thirty projects in total plus additional bonus content.

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Pre-recorded Lessons

Almost seventeen hours of pre-recorded and edited video lessons with subtitles in English and Spanish.

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Skill Enhancement

Expand your creativity and develop a stronger sense of colour, pattern and form

Comprehensive Professional-Level Training

You'll gain access to Esté's extensive expertise in layered painting techniques using the same high-quality Golden paints and professional materials she uses in her daily art practice. The course offers a complete vocabulary of new shapes, expressive textures, and innovative painting techniques that combine fluid, watery methods with solid, chalky surfaces - skills that typically take years to develop independently.

Authentic Creative Development for All Levels

The course is specifically designed to help you develop your own authentic artistic voice through "outside the box" thinking and experimental techniques. Whether you're a beginner or experienced artist, the emphasis on playing and exploring with alternative techniques, combined with inspiration from nature and asemic drawing methods, ensures you'll discover new creative directions rather than just copying existing styles.

These reasons emphasize the unique value proposition of professional guidance, structured flexibility, and personal artistic growth that your course offers.

Structured Yet Flexible Learning Experience

Unlike overwhelming self-paced courses, this "live" format releases projects daily in digestible 25-45 minute videos, building systematically over six weeks. You get the benefit of a structured learning path with dedicated Facebook group feedback, but with the flexibility to access all content for a full year - allowing you to learn at your own pace while staying connected to a supportive community.

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Pat S

Many thanks Esté for a great introduction to Abstract Concepts and Design! I appreciate all the time that you provided for this course. The explorations will continue!

Lisa W

After all the courses I have done with Esté I feel I am at a stage to apply all the techniques I love, slowly developing intuitive painting and hopefully turning them into my own style. It's really enjoyable to me and so relaxing, quiets down my mind and makes me calm. ☺️

Gudrun M

I find this was the sparkling diamond on my chain of courses with you. Did I say I am not really into abstracts? Well, I was wrong. I thank you VERY much

Lori B

I don’t think I’ve ever painted so much in such a short timeframe before! Este, thank you so much for this fabulous course!

Judith M

I am really enjoying the way this course is structured. Even part way through a piece there is so much experienced and learned and much enjoyment in seeing the work unfold.

Louise B

Finally finished this very challenging but super interesting course. Esté I love your teaching style - it is energizing and inspiring and has enabled me to produce paintings I never thought possible.

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Explore Abstracts I

£587 GBP

6 October - 16 November 2025

Six modules. six weeks, thirty inspiring projects.
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One years unlimited access
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