Young Artist: Fine Art Workshop (12 – 14)

COURSE CODE: SC2404020

COURSE DATES: Monday 14th – Friday 18th July 2025

TUTOR: Usva Inei Alice Perse Clarke

DAYS: 5

TIMES: 10:00am - 4:30pm

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Ages 12-14, All Levels

FEE: £450, £750

LOCATION: Bankside Campus, 185 Park Street, SE1 9BL

Young Artist: Fine Art Workshop is an inspiring five day course for ages 12-14 providing a skills-based experience and expert tuition in a range of materials and techniques. The programme is taught by specialist tutors who are also professional, practicing artists. Access to models and contemporary painting and sculpture techniques provides a unique opportunity to develop new skills. Students develop their painting style encompassing portraiture and mixed media abstraction, along with two days of exploring different sculpture techniques.

During this course we’ll cover the following topics:

  • Expressive drawing of a life/clothed model
  • Understand abstract painting through mixed media
  • Explore the fundamentals of painting, focusing on colour and composition
  • Sculpting the figure in clay
  • Create an abstract 2-D sculpture piece

On the last day, students will have the opportunity to work on a personal project translating ideas and interests from the week into a finished or work in progress piece. There will be a chance for students to present their work in a group discussion.

 

Our Young Artist courses have three booking options for UK Residents, International students and a limited number of scholarship spaces for Free School Meal recipients.
To apply for a scholarship place, please fill out this form and one of the team will get back to you.
For UK Residents we will require a proof of residency within the Parental Consent Form, sent to you on completion of booking.

Recommend booking by: June 30, 2025

COURSE SCHEDULE

Young Artist 12-14

This course is suitable for students between the ages of 12 to 14 and is open to all skill levels.

Please bring old clothes and two jam jars or containers for water.  Please also bring a camera/phone to photo document your work.

Preparation for the Personal Project day: students should bring in a range of images of a place, object, or concept, that excites and inspires them, to help develop their personal project.

Materials, including clay, are included in the cost of the course. You will be offered the opportunity to have your clay pieces fired. Hollowing-out is necessary before a piece can be fired. This is optional and additional hollowing and firing costs will apply.

Firing Fees:

£15 for a small figure

£20 for a portrait head

£20 for a large figure

Hollowing fees:

£15 for a small figure

£20 for a portrait head

£20 for a large figure

ALICE CLARKE (DAYS 1-3)

Alice is a multidisciplinary, London based artist, she makes everything from paintings and sculpture to moving image and sound installations. Her interest is in physical and social infrastructures that support our everyday lives, which comes from her background in engineering. She graduated with a diploma from the Art Academy London in 2018 where she was awarded the Allied World Scholarship.

USVA INEI (DAYS 4 & 5)

Usva Inei is a queer, non-binary visual artist, mainly working with topics of lived experiences of immigration and queerness. They primarily work through mixed media installations, with painting and printmaking being central elements of their practice. Usva’s work is critical, political, and feminist, exploring such themes, as identity politics, acculturation, normative structures, and the role of physical space in directing behaviour. In addition to exhibiting their artwork, Usva regularly teaches both on academic and artistic courses, runs various art-based workshops with museums and charities, and is engaged in academic, art-based research. Usva is a Finnish-born Russian immigrant, currently based in London, UK.

 

Bankside Campus

185 Park Street,London SE1 9BL

tel: +44 (0) 207407 6969

This is our new purpose built accessible campus. Find more information here

Nearest Tube/ Rail: London Bridge or Southwark (both a 10-15 minute walk).

Please note that London Bridge has two exits, the most direct route is to follow signs to “Borough Market”.

Students are welcome to use The Hub during break times, where you can prepare hot drinks and/or food. You must bring your own keep-cup, water bottle or food container to the Academy as mugs, glasses, and containers will not be available in our Bankside campus.

Tea and coffee will be provided by the Academy and is available from the island unit at the end of The Hub.

Terms and Conditions

  • By booking onto one of our courses you agree to our Short Courses Terms and Conditions.

  • You will need to have paid in full before the first session of your class. Your place is not guaranteed until we have received full payment. Please book early in order to guarantee your place on the course.

Materials & Equipment

  • If you purchased a pack online this will be given to you on the first session of your course upon your arrival. Packs can be booked on our Materials Page or on this page when you book the course

  • Please don’t wear your best clothes as there is always a chance you will get messy. If possible bring an apron or overalls.

  • All artwork at the Academy MUST be taken home at the end of each session where possible, with the exception of oil paintings and sculpture works.

  • We cannot store materials at the Academy, so please take these to and from your sessions.

  • Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off or is on silent during the class.

  • Health and Safety Guidelines will be provided to you a week before the start of your course.

Concessions and Discounts

We offer a number of concessions and discounts, please find more information on what we offer here.

Gift Vouchers

If you would like to purchase a gift voucher to be used on our courses then you can purchase these here.

 

 

 

£450.00 – £750.00

Young Artist: Fine Art

£450.00 – £750.00