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Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Course Code: SAT2302013 Tutor: Helen Stone Course Dates: Saturdays, 13th January - 23rd March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 From: £345.00This is a well-structured course for those who have never painted before or want to reassess their approach to painting. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate all these elements together in compositions. This course aims to foster self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a fun and stimulating environment.
Working through a series of exercises you will explore the following subjects:
– Tone
– Colour & Abstraction
– Paint application & texture
– Still life
– Portraits
– LanscapesYou will explore a more creative approach to painting whilst encouraging you to establish your own style and identity. You will also have the opportunity to paint from a life model, and complete your own personal projects. This course is a fun and relaxing experience, offering plenty of guidance from the tutor. After completing this course we recommend signing up for Painting: Developing Your Style.
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Friday Open Life – Long Pose
Course Code: EC2302101 Tutor: Usva Inei Course Dates: Fridays, 26th January - 22nd March 2024 Days: 8 Times: 7.45pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £125 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 5th January 2024 From: £100.00The “Open Life Class – Long Pose” is a relaxed and enjoyable life drawing & painting course with a life model for various poses lasting between one and three weeks at a time.
Students will be able to approach the human figure in any way they please and do as many drawings or paintings as they care to pursue with as much or as little instruction as they like. Your experienced tutors will happily guide both beginners and the more experienced painters.
Students should feel free to use whichever materials they enjoy the most, whether that is drawing in charcoal or ink or painting in oils or acrylics. Cartridge paper is provided for the course but please bring your own drawing/painting materials.
You can also attend this class as a drop-in and pay £15 per session via our Eventbrite page.
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Friday Open Life Drawing: Short Pose
Course Code: EC2302001 Tutor: Usva Inei Course Dates: Fridays, 26th January - 22nd March 2024 Days: 8 Times: 6.00pm - 7.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 5th January 2024 From: £100.00The “Open Life Class – Short Pose” is a relaxed and enjoyable life drawing & painting course with a life model. The model will pose for short lengths of time, ranging from 1 minute – 20 minutes.
Students will be able to approach the human figure in any way they please and do as many drawings or paintings as they care to pursue with as much or as little instruction as they like. Your experienced tutors will happily guide both beginners and the more experienced painters.
Students should feel free to use whichever materials they enjoy the most, whether that is drawing in charcoal or ink or painting in oils or acrylics. Cartridge paper is provided for the course but please bring your own drawing or painting materials.
You can also attend this class as a drop-in and pay £15 per session via our Eventbrite page.
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Gavin MaughflingNarrative Painting
Course Code: E2302P019 Tutor: Gavin Maughfling Course Dates: Thursdays: 11th January to 21st March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £630 £630.00You will progress from a series of experimental studies to a final narrative painting which reflects your personal interests and language.
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One Day Taster: Oil Painting
Course Code: TAS2302T01 Tutor: Jess Routley Course Dates: Saturday, 27th January 2024 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am - 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: 105 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £105.00This is a fun day-long taster course in oil painting for those who may be considering a longer evening or daytime course and are wondering how much they will enjoy it. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in hands-on, practical demonstrations to show you how to mix colour and see shape and tone, and how these elements relate to form a composition. We aim to foster self-certainty and an enjoyment of painting in a relaxed yet stimulating environment.
You will make at least two paintings in the day, the morning will be spent focusing on how to handle oil paint whilst working from a still-life set up using natural and organic forms. During the afternoon students will be taken through detailed colour theory whilst painting a bright colourful still life, they will learn how colour and pigment strengths affect oil paint and how to use it to create a vibrant expressive painting. Throughout the day you will be encouraged to play and enjoy the application of paint whist also understanding techniques of working from observation.
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One day Workshop: Colour mixing
Course Code: TAS2302T08 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Sunday, 3rd March 2024 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £105 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 16th February 2024 £105.00In this class students will be able to develop their understanding of colour through demonstrations and painting exercises. Using the colour wheel as a starting point, your tutor will introduce you to the basic principles of colour theory, looking at colour relativity, complimentary colours and explaining different approaches to mixing.
This course is suitable for all abilities although some previous drawing or painting experience is recommended.
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Neil MorleyPainting: Contemporary concepts and techniques
Course Code: E2302P002 Tutor: Neil Morley Course Dates: Fridays: 12th January to 22nd March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £630 From: £630.00The course explores how contemporary paintings are developed and how they reflect our own time.
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Nicholas McleodPainting: Contemporary Still Life
Course Code: E2302P017 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Thursdays: 11th January to 21st March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £630 + £7 materials fee £630.00Develop your approach, understanding and engagement with painting through the genre of Still Life.
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Susanne du ToitPainting: Cultural Inspirations within Figurative Painting
Course Code: E2302P52 Tutor: Susanne du Toit Course Dates: Mondays: 8th January to 18th March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £630 From: £630.00Drawing inspiration from art movements, other artists, theatre, film and literature, or your own ideas, you’ll establish a series of scenes or poses and use these as the basis for your paintings.
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Painting: Developing Your Style
Course Code: SAT2302029 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Saturdays, 13th January - 23rd March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 2pm - 4.30pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £350 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 From: £350.00This course focuses on developing each student’s style of painting, both through pushing creative expression and refining technical ability. By working from the model, and by developing a creative project, students will explore multiple ways of using paint to convey a certain message or feeling. Suitable for students working in Oils or Acrylics.
In this course you will explore the following:
– Brushwork
– Painting using a life model
– Abstraction
– Narrative and expression
– ‘Hybrid’ painting – emulating other artists work and combining it with your own
– Time to develop personal projectsIn the first part of the course students will be working from the figure, developing core painting skills whilst also reflecting on their use of paint. Students will develop a series of artworks, from quick sketches to longer more developed pieces. The focus will be on developing expressive paintings through their specific use of colour, composition and brushwork. You will also be exploring other artists work and develop an understanding of how paint can be used to coney a variety thoughts and ideas.
In the second part of the course students will work on a personal creative project. Students will be guided step by step through the process of developing an idea, collecting source material and references, experimenting with different techniques and approaches, before the final execution. By looking at contemporary and historical artists, and through dialogue with the group, students will develop their creative and critical awareness. This course would be a great follow on from Panting: Stage 3 or Portrait Painting.
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Alison HandPainting: Experimental processes, materials and surfaces
Course Code: E2302P35 Tutor: Alison Hand Course Dates: Wednesdays: 10th January to 20th March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £630 + £10 materials fee From: £630.00This exciting and experimental course explores contemporary painting processes and surfaces, testing and discovering new material languages in paint.
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Edward SutcliffePainting: Portraits from Photographs
Course Code: E2302P28 Tutor: Edward Sutcliffe Course Dates: Thursdays: 11th January to 21st March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £630 From: £630.00You’ll explore the skills required to achieve effective results when working from photographs instead of from life.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: SAT2302018 Tutor: Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC Course Dates: Saturdays, 13th January - 23rd March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 10.30am - 1pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £360 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 From: £360.00This is the perfect introductory course to Portrait Painting, for those with some painting experience. This well structured course will teach students how to accurately paint a portrait, and the different techniques involved.
The emphasis will be on learning to see form and colour accurately, using a life model, and applying these skills to better create loose, expressive portraits.
The course will cover:
– Proportion and the structure of the head
– Tonal studies in monochrome
– Introduction to using colour
– Applying paint using a palette knife
– Contrasting and bright backgroundsStarting with drawing, students will be taught proportion and how to structure the head. Following on, you will be working with oil paints and develop a series of artworks from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. As the weeks progress you will also have the option to paint more of the figure if preferred. The class has the benefit of an experienced model every week as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
After completing this course we recomend joining one of our Portrait Painting Masterclasses to further develop your style.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC
Course Code: WC2302150 Tutor: Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 16th - 17th March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £225 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 1st March 2024 From: £225.00This two day portrait course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC. The course will allow students the freedom to work from two models, both a male and female. Starting with preliminary sketch we will aim to produce a completed larger painting of either of the models over the two days. Under Julia’s guidance students will concentrate on tonal painting allowing the emphasis to be on the form, anatomy and effective colour use. During the course of the painting there will be an in-depth look at colour mixing. This exciting course is an intensive two days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
This is an advanced masterclass course, prior experience is required.
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Saturday Mix
Course Code: SAT2302015 Tutor: Various tutors Course Dates: Saturdays, 24th February - 16th March 2024 Days: 4 Times: 10.30am - 1.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £190.00This stimulating and exciting course is taking place over 4 consecutive Sunday mornings and is an ideal way to explore a wide variety of artistic methods and media, learn new skills, discover what you enjoy most, and develop creative ideas. Students will work across the different disciplines of painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Students will have a chance to improve observational drawing skills; try out more expressive sculpture and painting, and learn how to approach the human figure, using a variety of materials and methods. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to develop new skills, explore materials and have fun.