Tint Ladder Painting Certificate

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Mark the end of a painting workshop with a landscape certificate: five ultramarine brush swatches, one per skill, two signatures and a QR code.

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Add your logo and wording, then send it to everyone at once, each with a link anyone can verify.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
Your logo, colours and wording
A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
Matching digital badge in the same design

Updated 7 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Title: Certificate
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: Color mixing, Brushwork techniques, Composition, Layering and glazing and Painting from life
Details: duration, medium and level
Signatures: Lead Tutor and Studio Director

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 297 × 210 mm · 11.69 × 8.27 in
US Letter: 11 × 8.5 in · 279 × 216 mm

Fonts

Instrument Serif: Title, Recipient name
DM Sans: Text, Labels
Mrs Saint Delafield: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#fbf7ef
Ink#222634
Accent#26388a
Second accent#a4532c
Muted text#5d6070

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

This wide layout takes the first colour-mixing exercise as its idea: five flat-brush swatches of one blue, stepped from full strength to a pale tint, each with its mixing note and one skill beneath it. Above the swatches sit the name, the workshop title, a short statement and a column for duration, medium and level. Along the foot run two signatures with their roles, the date of issue and a credential number, with a scannable QR code in the corner for checking. The minimal look suits studios that want the paint itself to be the decoration.

About

Painting Course Certificate Template, Tint Ladder

A painting workshop ends with a finished canvas, and a certificate of completion records what went into it. Art studios, community art centres, adult education colleges and private tutors give one to each student after a short course in acrylic or oil, often at the last session or a small show of the class's work. It names the skills practised along the way, such as mixing color from a limited palette, controlled brushwork, composition, layering with glazes and painting from life.

Wording on the template“Mixed color from a limited palette, laid brushwork with intent, built a painting in layers and glazes, and finished a canvas painted from life.”

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Your painting workshop certificate is ready, name

Hi name,

Thank you for painting with us. Over the course you mixed your own colors, tried new brushwork and took a canvas from the first wash to the last highlight, and it was a pleasure to watch your work grow.

Your certificate of completion is ready. Open it to see it, download a copy to print and hang beside your painting, or share it on LinkedIn or with friends.

Keep painting, and we hope to see you at the next class.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

I just finished a painting workshop and received my certificate of completion. Twelve hours of color mixing, brushwork and layering, and I came away with a finished canvas I am proud of. Thank you to my tutor and to everyone in the class for the encouragement. Time to buy more paint. #Painting #ArtClass

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it on its side, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

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How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.