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Abstract Painting
Course Code: SC2204041 Tutor: Kate Dunn Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 24th - 28th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £345.00This course has been created to be both practical and discussion led, the aim is for us to learn ways of looking, speaking and making. The central focus is to question our conditioning; how historical, political, social, gendered and other factors have influenced our relation to the visual world around us, and therefore our relation to visual art. The general daily structure of this course will be as follows: every day we will begin with an introduction to visual and theoretical references. Then we will then paint until mid-afternoon, at which point we will have a discussion about each participant’s work. The last day of the course the participants will make a self-directed painting for half of the day, after lunch we will do a crit on the work, in which everyone will receive comments from the group and have a chance to respond. -
Atmospheric Painting from Photos Masterclass
Course Code: SC2204050 Tutor: Eleanor May Watson Course Dates: Monday - Thursday, 31st July - 3rd August 2023 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £310.00This is the perfect course if you would like to be able to work from photos in an atmospheric and expressive way. This four day course will cover creating atmospheric oil paintings from photographs of landscapes or interiors. We will begin with a day of drawing from observation to focus on mark-making and surface. We will then begin to work from photos using a reduced palette and negative space to create a series of compositions. We will then explore the expressive power of colour. This course is an advanced level and requires previous experience of painting.
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Jake GreenCreative Mix
Course Code: SC2204030 Tutor: Various tutors Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £345.00The Creative Mix is an ideal way to explore a variety of artistic methods. Over the five days, students will work through various exercises in drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to both develop skills and get creative with your own ideas.
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Rachael BallDesign a Children’s Book
Course Code: SC2204063 Tutor: Rachael Ball Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 31st July - 4th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London - Red Lion Court, Groud Floor, 46-48 Park St, SE1 9EQ £345.00On this exciting one week summer course you will learn the secrets to inventing, writing and illustrating a children’s picture book; experiment with different media and approaches; benefit from regular mentoring from a published author and gain professional tips for approaching a publisher. By the end of this fun and inspirational week, you will have written a compelling story; created fabulous characters; experimented with making a finished page or pages of artwork and designed and developed a storyboard.
This course is ideal for aspiring writers and illustrators who want to learn the fundamentals to making a picture book and is suitable for amateurs and professionals alike.
The tutor, Rachael Ball has also taught workshops on writing and illustrating picture books and graphic novels at Anglia Ruskin University, the Arvon, the House of Illustration and the City Lit. Her first graphic novel, published by Bloomsbury was one of the Guardian’s best graphic novels 2015. Her second YA graphic novel, Wolf, published by SelfMadeHero in 2018 was described by the Times Literary Supplement as ‘wildly inventive, poignant and elegiac.’ -
Drawing and Painting for Beginners
Course Code: SC2204031 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London - Red Lion Court, Groud Floor, 46-48 Park St, SE1 9EQ From: £345.00This is a structured opportunity to gain fundamental drawing and painting skills, whilst blurring the boundary between drawing and painting by using both wet and dry materials together. By looking at still life, interior/exterior and portrait, students explore various ways of seeing, increasing their understanding and confidence to draw and paint. Topics include linear drawing, tonal drawing, composition, sketching outdoors, expressive drawing/painting, study of natural forms and portrait painting. A fun and intensive course that will leave students with the knowledge and inspiration to start their own artworks. By the end of this course you will: have a series of drawings and paintings based on all the different topics explored in the course; you will also leave with increased confidence in your abilities and an enthusiasm for drawing.
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Drawing and Painting for Beginners
Course Code: SC2204131 Tutor: Andrew Hitchcock Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 21st - 25th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £345.00This is a structured opportunity to gain fundamental drawing and painting skills, whilst blurring the boundary between drawing and painting by using both wet and dry materials together. Students will explore various ways of seeing, increasing their understanding and confidence to draw and paint. Topics include linear drawing, tonal drawing, composition, expressive drawing/painting, study of natural forms and personal project. A fun and intensive course that will leave students with the knowledge and inspiration to start their own artworks. Please be aware that on Friday the class finishes at 4.30pm.
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Drawing for All
Course Code: SC2204009 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 14th - 18th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.30am - 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £345.00A wonderful opportunity for people with all levels of experience to explore the skills of drawing and life drawing. Throughout the course you will work to a variety of themes to learn fundamental drawing skills, including composition, tonal drawing, measurement and movement. Once mastered students are encouraged to develop a creative approach interjected with urban sketching, exploration of different lines, contrasts, compositions, materials and techniques. This is a structured informative, yet fun and stimulating, course that teaches essential drawing skills whilst encouraging a creative approach.
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Drawing the Portrait
Course Code: SC2204068 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £300 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £300.00Both a vital stand alone discipline and arguably the foundation for all other types of art, drawing and the ever-fascinating world of portraiture collide in this inspiring five day portrait drawing course.
In this beginner’s course drawing fundamentals will be addressed throughout each day while. Working mainly from portrait models, students will first explore portrait through a practical and structured approach to observation. The skills of anatomy and measurement will be complemented with more experimental ways of working, critical analysis of various artworks and group discussion, all with aim of instilling the confidence needed to marry physical likeness with personal artistic expression.
A vibrant and supportive studio environment will be created by your tutor Zoe who will encourage you to explore and push yourself through both the discipline and subject. This course is a must for anyone interested in improving their portrait understanding, furthering their interest in drawing through the focus of portraiture, and those wanting to progress to create portraits in other disciplines, such as painting. We recommend completing a beginners drawing course or having basic drawing skills before signing up for this course.
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Drawing Views of London
Course Code: SC2204004 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 10th - 14th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £335 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00A wonderful opportunity for people with all levels of experience to explore the skills of outdoor sketching and urban drawing. Over the five days, students will draw on location at various sites near the Art Academy. Students will tackle the architecture of the Southbank, explore busy Borough Market, sketch the serene view across to St Paul’s and much more. Each class will begin with a brief introduction to the day’s subject, showing examples of the work of artists who have depicted similar scenes to the ones which the students will experience. Each day the tutor will introduce a new material or drawing technique for the students to explore over the day, in their sketchbooks or on larger sheets of paper.
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Etching Workshop
Course Code: SC2204PR03 Tutor: Frederic Morris Course Dates: Monday - Thursday, 7th - 10th August 2023 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This course is designed to give a broad yet intensive introduction to etching in all its shades of grey. You will develop a composition through line, texture and tone by etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. This 5 day workshop concentrates on hard-ground (fine line) and soft ground combined with aquatint (tone) in its various forms. The course is flexible in its composition allowing attendees to work at their own speed within the medium. Students may also work on their own individual etching projects.
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Figure and Portrait Painting Masterclass with James Bland
Course Code: SC2204051 Tutor: James Bland Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 10th - 14th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £385 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £385.00A fun and intensive week of life and portrait painting appropriate for advanced skill level. By the end of the masterclass, you will have developed your existing skills and knowledge of structure, tone, colour, composition under the guidance of an experienced practicing artist. The emphasis will be on learning practical skills as well as bringing out your intuitive ability. The course will cover planning a painting and executing two types of portrait: head and shoulders and a full figure composition.
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Figure Painting Masterclass with Charles Pickard
Course Code: SC2204251 Tutor: Charles Pickard Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 24th - 28th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £385 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £385.00In this exciting five-day course, under the Tuition of Charlie Pickard, students will tackle the most challenging and important academic subject to master: the human figure. Students will have the opportunity to study a model from life for a 5-day pose, allowing enough time to thoroughly observe the nuances of form and colour, by painting the model for a total of six hours per day. Critiques will be focused on achieving a high level of academic accuracy, building a strong foundation that will aid in all further artwork. Charlie Pickard will also demonstrate a painting alongside students, using a direct painting method.
This course is designed for experienced, advanced oil painters.
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Des HaughtonIntermediate Portrait Painting with Des Haughton
Course Code: SC2204151 Tutor: Des Haughton Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Intermediate Fee: £385 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £385.00This five-day portrait painting course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Des Haughton. This is a five-day intermediate course in painting portraits from observation in oils and it is designed for students with previous painting experience. The aim of this exciting Portrait course is to give students opportunity to focus exclusively on the challenges faced when painting a portrait. The course will cover a variety of techniques including how to construct a portrait, how to mix colours, how to see and understand “Tone” and to explore the important role tone (light) plays in creative volume. The final part of the course examines “expression” and the possibilities within portraiture.
It’s an intensive five days that offer a high level of tutor contact time with Des giving demonstrations, individual guidance, criticism and advice. The course aims to stimulate, refresh and advance your practice on an individual basis. Please be aware that on Friday the class will finish at 4.30pm.
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Introduction to Figure Sculpture
Course Code: SC2204003 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 21st - 25th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £345.00This one-week course offers the opportunity to delve into the extraordinary and intriguing subject of the human figure in sculpture. Offering an opportunity to work in clay to make sketches and more established works from a life model, learning techniques to begin your journey into sculpture. Have you ever wondered how Rodin, Giacometti, Picasso, Degas made their work? You will be sculpting the human body, developing techniques of mapping the structure through key points of the skeleton, understanding the anatomy of the body and representing it in clay. How do we sit, where is the weight, how do we twist and turn? Through observation of a variety of poses you will learn how to capture the human form, how to interpret a pose and how to create expression and drama. This intensive week will provide useful practical and theoretical information, examining rich and diverse cultural artistic references. Your final sculpture will measure roughly 30-45cms and will be made from clay and available to fire at extra cost. -
Introduction to Hand Built Ceramics
Course Code: SC2204047 Tutor: Adele Williams Course Dates: Monday - Thursday, 14th - 17th August 2023 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00Our new week-long course is a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in working with clay. While learning different techniques you will create ceramic pieces which you will have an opportunity to decorate using carving, impressing technique as well as slips. Your ceramic pieces will be fired fired for you.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: SC2204037 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 7th - 11th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £345.00A well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before or want to start from the beginning. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone and relate all these elements together through composition. This course aims to foster self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating community environment. There will be work from both still-life and life models. Students will learn how to handle oil paint and understand different ways of approaching painting. Throughout the course students will learn from works of many artists to improve their development. There is plenty of guidance from the tutor and the course is fun and relaxing.
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Kiln Formed Glass
Course Code: SC2204007 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £345.00A comprehensive introduction to the various techniques of kiln formed glass as well as a brief study of the history of glassmaking. This is an all-round opportunity to experiment with ideas and technical glass making skills from a sculptural perspective that progresses to completing an independent project. The course covers model and mould making using a variety of mould making materials, approaches kiln formed glass techniques and starting points such as open casting, Patte de Verre & lost wax casting . You will be taught how to create moulds for open cast and lost wax process, reproduction of wax objects and shapes by using silicone. Students will prepare glass understanding volume form the cast and Patte de Verre process. Project will be set to encourage you to adopt an experimental approach using mould making refractory processes. You will be shown how to use coloured glass to create a 3D sculptural glass form of your own design. You will be taught through demonstration, group and individual instruction and learn from hands on experience. Through looking at both contemporary and historical works you will discover the potential of the medium of glass. -
Landscape Painting Masterclass
Course Code: SC2204055 Tutor: Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 14th - 18th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Advanced Fee: £350 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £350.00This exciting course ventures outside to explore the possibilities of plein-air landscape painting. With our London Bridge studio as a base, we will make use of the historically fascinating and energetic surroundings to create dynamic urban landscapes, considering movement, detail and narrative potential. Visiting some of London’s green spaces, we will develop an understanding of colour and atmosphere, working towards vibrant paintings that capture the time of day and the weather. Looking at different historical and contemporary artists, students will also have the chance to consider alternative ways of thinking about the genre of “landscape painting”. This course is suitable for all levels, and will build confidence both in fundamental skills of painting such as understanding tone, colour mixing, composition and mark making, as well as the practicalities of setting yourself up to paint outside.
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Life Drawing
Course Code: SC2204001 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 31st July - 4th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £300 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £300.00Understanding the structure of the human figure and the way it is situated within a space is an essential practice for anyone keen to develop their drawing and observational skills. Each day you will have a different theme to explore, working from the model with guidance from our highly experienced tutor. With an encouraging focus exploring your own approach to drawing, you will work through a series of exercises using a wide range of materials including charcoal and graphite. This course teaches skills and expressive drawing in a unique way to bring your drawing on most effectively and is suitable for more advanced drawers as well as beginners.
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Outdoor Painting
Course Code: SC2204024 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 24th - 28th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £345.00This is a fun course that offers the fantastic opportunity to paint in and around London’s urban landscape. The Art Academy is just a short stroll from the Thames, conveniently situated in the historic Southwark London Bridge area which will feature as the main focus of this course. Working with quick sketches in oil or acrylic, students will practice how to efficiently and accurately capture tone and colour in the outdoors. Creating loose and vigorous paintings, we will look at how to capture a sense of light and atmosphere at different times of day. Looking at the works of other artists we will discuss different ways of composing a painting in an urban setting. Basic painting techniques such as tone, colour and texture will be addressed, as well as creative expression in the application of paint. Painting outside of the studio is always an exciting experience and students of all levels are sure to enjoy painting outdoors. -
Painting the Figure in Space
Course Code: SC2204033 Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 31st July - 4th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Intermediate Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00This course is a packed week covering a range of ways to paint the human figure in different types of spaces, and is a good introductory course or works as a refresher for those with painting experience. We start by painting the life model in the studio space, focusing on perspective and placing the figure in the room. The next day we look at a technique used by contemporary painters and the old masters, of working from miniature models as a way of working out interesting compositions. Days 4 and 5 are one project – gathering information collected from outside, and then constructing your own compositions in the studio, incorporating 3 figures into the space as a way of suggesting narrative. Oils and acrylics both welcome. -
Pewter Casting using the “Lost Wax” Technique
Course Code: SC2204032 Tutor: Robert Worley MRBS Course Dates: Monday - Thursday, 7th - 10th August 2023 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This practical course is suitable for beginners and experienced artists who want to experiment with metal cast sculpture. Pewter is a metal that can be cast and finished in your own studio, with relatively basic equipment, and without the need of a foundry. Pewter is a silver coloured tin metal alloy which melts at low temperatures. During the course you will model a sculpture in wax, learn how to cast in pewter using plaster waste moulds and the ‘lost wax’ casting technique.
Bring your own ideas or come with an open mind and be inspired to work with new materials and sculpture techniques. This is a practical workshop based course with one to one and group guidance from the tutor. -
Portrait Painting
Course Code: SC2204018 Tutor: Charlie Schaffer Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 21st - 25th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £345.00This is a well structured course with an emphasis on learning to understand the construction of the head and its features and using these skills to better create more intense, expressive portraits. Working with oil paints students will develop a series of artworks, from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. The students will also be encouraged to work intuitively and expressively in tandem with an emphasis on accuracy of observation. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist, Charlie Schaffer. Students will receive one-to-one guidance throughout the course, and Charlie will be on hand to give regular feedback and constructive advice. He will also be demonstrating and painting alongside the students.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: SC2204118 Tutor: Charlie Schaffer Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 14th - 18th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £345.00This is a well structured course with an emphasis on learning to understand the construction of the head and its features and using these skills to better create more intense, expressive portraits. Working with oil paints students will develop a series of artworks, from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. The students will also be encouraged to work intuitively and expressively in tandem with an emphasis on accuracy of observation. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist, Charlie Schaffer. Students will receive one-to-one guidance throughout the course, and Charlie will be on hand to give regular feedback and constructive advice. He will also be demonstrating and painting alongside the students.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Andy Pankhurst
Course Code: SC2204351 Tutor: Andy Pankhurst Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 7th - 11th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Advanced Fee: £385 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £385.00For some artists the portrait can be about purely formal aspects, with no relevance placed on the character of the sitter. Under the tuition of Andy Pankhurst you will be encouraged to explore and discover what you personally want to “paint about”, working from a model throughout the week. Starting with preliminary drawings on day one you will be introduced to the concepts of measurement and proportion, form, tone, space, composition and pictorial structure. The focus will then be on producing a colour oil sketch from the portrait model with a particular emphasis on colour and temperature. The final three days of the course will be spent on a large-scale portrait painting of a sustained pose. This exciting course is an intensive five days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
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Portrait Sculpture For All
Course Code: SC2204039 Tutor: Anthony Waters Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 31st July - 4th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £345.00Portrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This week-long course aims to introduce you to the process; to observe and translate your observation into a clay portrait sculpture from a life model.Whether setting out a portrait head from a structural point of view with a clear path of constructive method and/or searching for a more expressive manner of approach, you will benefit from exploring with a professional sculptor to help build upon your own sculptural experience.
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Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Ellen Christiansen
Course Code: SC2204253 Tutor: Ellen Christiansen Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 7th - 11th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Advanced Fee: £380 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £380.00Portrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This course aims to build upon your previous experience [Intermediate/Advanced] to further how to observe and translate your observation into a clay portrait sculpture from a life model. Refresh, renew or find alternative ways of looking through group and individual discussion with your experienced tutor, Ellen Christiansen, member of Society of Portrait Sculptors, winner of the 2014/15 Founders’ Sculpture Prize and winner of Heatherley’s Prize 2018. Setting out a head from a structural point of view with a clear path of constructive method of approach, you will benefit from exploring with a professional sculptor to help build upon your own sculptural progression.
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Printmaking for Beginners
Course Code: SC2204PR01 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Course Dates: Monday - Thursday, 24th - 27th July 2023 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This course is ideal for beginners, repeat attendees or visitors to London, to offer an in depth introduction to relief and intaglio printmaking. For the first two days, you will learn to work with Japanese wood carving tools to create a series of multi-colour reduction relief prints on linoleum. During the last two days of the course, you will learn to combine both a hard-ground line and aquatint tone to create a series of black and white etchings. Guided by the tutor, students will expand their knowledge to realise a portfolio of prints.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Reclining Figure Sculpture Masterclass
Course Code: SC2204053 Tutor: Laura Postle Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 24th - 28th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Advanced Fee: £385 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £385.00Sculpting a fully reclined figure can be a complex task due to the angle with which we are able to view the model from, but it can result in a beautifully relaxed pose full of twists and rotation or a tense pose full of strength and support. Looking at how a person interacts with an object such as a bed or cushions to support their own weight, we will be able to look at compressions of flesh, relaxed muscles and dependent on the pose, tensed muscles where the model may be propping up their own weight. We will aim to make the piece suitable for hollowing and firing at the end of the class, which will be at an additional cost.
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Relief Printing
Course Code: SC2204PR04 Tutor: Jackie Smith Course Dates: Monday - Thursday, 10th - 13th July 2023 Days: 4 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This course is ideal for beginners or for those wanting a refresher course. In the first half of the week you will learn how to cut a reduction linocut. This technique popularised by Picasso uses just one linoleum block that is successively cut to make multi-coloured prints. In the second half of the week you will learn a different technique using woodblocks and colour separations to cut three different blocks to create your multi-plate prints.
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Relief Printing
Course Code: SC2204PR14 Tutor: Jackie Smith Course Dates: Monday - Thursday, 14th - 17th August 2023 Days: 4 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This course is ideal for beginners or for those wanting a refresher course. In the first half of the week you will learn how to cut a reduction linocut. This technique popularised by Picasso uses just one linoleum block that is successively cut to make multi-coloured prints. In the second half of the week you will learn a different technique using woodblocks and colour separations to cut three different blocks to create your multi-plate prints.
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Sculpting in Metal
Course Code: SC2204134 Tutor: Julian Wild Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 14th - 18th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This course ideal for anyone wishing to learn about or wanting to develop further skills in making metal sculpture.
‘Sculpting in Metal’ is an opportunity to explore the various practical processes involved in making metal sculptures. You will receive tailored guidance from your tutor, theoretical and technical assistance throughout the duration of the course. The course provides the required knowledge, practical skills, and Health and Safety guidance to work with welders, angle grinders and other specialist metal working machinery. You will receive individual feedback on your work from the tutor.The course is open to students who have no experience in metalwork, as well as those who wish to refine their skill set.
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Young Artists – Fine Art Workshop: Latex, Textile and Embroidery
Course Code: SC2204025 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 24th - 28th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 12-17, All Levels Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £345.00This exciting new course aims to introduce students to the use of textiles, embroidery and latex in contemporary art; this will enable you to expand your artistic vocabulary, develop your portfolio and experiment with mediums that you may not be very familiar with. Each day will begin with an introduction to artists who use textiles in their work, to inspire you and contextualise the lessons. In the morning, you will be taught different techniques and in the afternoon, you will apply these techniques to a project (either your own idea or one suggested by the tutor).
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Young Artists: Animation Challenge
Course Code: SC2204022 Tutor: Sujay Narayan Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 24th - 28th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am - 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00A fun and inspiring four day course for ages 12-16 providing a skills based experience and expert tuition in animation. You will be taught skills in stop motion, 2D drawing for animation and the use of Adobe Creative Suite as an animation tool. The course will be fast, fun and will culminate in a screening of your work to peers and parents. The days will be themed and split into half with the mornings focusing on skills development and the afternoons focusing on making an animation using the skills you have learnt in response to a given theme. You will be encouraged to work in groups and on your own and to challenge and respond to ideas and new skills in an enjoyable and creative space.
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Young Artists: Comic Zines
Course Code: SC2204026 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 21st - 25th August 2023 Tutor: Rachael Ball Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 14 - 17, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00Comic Zines are handmade comics or magazines. Zines allow you to create personal stories and have lots of fun! On this one-week course you will experiment with different ways of imagining and creating stories, exploring a variety of genres. You will learn to draw and develop appealing characters and experiment with comic formats like composition, layouts and text, whilst using different materials. By the end of the week you will have developed a range of skills which will set you up on your career as a comic zine artist! And one with a range of your own unique comic zines!
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Young Artists: Drawing, painting and sculpting the figure
Course Code: SC2204119 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Tutor: Helen Stone, Usva Seregina Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00Young Artists is an exciting five day course for ages 12-14 providing high level art tuition, including drawing workshops, contemporary painting, specialist sculpture techniques, and using experimental media. Focused classes create a supportive environment, and there is a strong focus on personal outcomes and solutions to develop independent judgement. Access to specialist materials and facilities improve technical skills, and discussion and presentation sessions build confidence and critical understanding. This course is ideal for those studying a range of arts based GCSE subjects, or wanting to advance their artistic skills and creative confidence. -
Young Artists: Drawing, painting and sculpting the figure
Course Code: SC2204219 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 7th - 11th August 2023 Tutor: Jess Routley, Jessica Wetherly Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00Young Artists is an exciting five day course for ages 12-14 providing high level art tuition, including drawing workshops, contemporary painting, specialist sculpture techniques, and using experimental media. Focused classes create a supportive environment, and there is a strong focus on personal outcomes and solutions to develop independent judgement. Access to specialist materials and facilities improve technical skills, and discussion and presentation sessions build confidence and critical understanding. This course is ideal for those studying a range of arts based GCSE subjects, or wanting to advance their artistic skills and creative confidence. -
Young Artists: Drawing, painting and sculpting the figure
Course Code: SC2204319 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 14th - 18th August 2023 Tutor: Jess Routley, Jessica Wetherly Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00Young Artists is an exciting five day course for ages 12-14 providing high level art tuition, including drawing workshops, contemporary painting, specialist sculpture techniques, and using experimental media. Focused classes create a supportive environment, and there is a strong focus on personal outcomes and solutions to develop independent judgement. Access to specialist materials and facilities improve technical skills, and discussion and presentation sessions build confidence and critical understanding. This course is ideal for those studying a range of arts based GCSE subjects, or wanting to advance their artistic skills and creative confidence. -
Young Artists: Exhibition Challenge
Course Code: SC2204115 Tutor: Alice Clarke Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 31st July - 4th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.30am - 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 14-16, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00Art is all about sharing your ideas with the world. If you join this course you will plan and execute a group exhibition in a dedicated gallery space over the course of two months. It’s an ambitious goal and you will be supported by experienced tutors to push your artwork and develop your ideas. As a group you will choose a theme and everyone will create new work to display together. During our final session we will host a private view for your friends and family to come and celebrate your creativity.
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Young Artists: Experimentations with Drawing, Painting and Mixed Media
Course Code: SC2204028 Tutor: Farnoush Amini, Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 24th - 28th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00In this interesting new course, you will experiment with a range of materials that you may not be familiar with, including different paints, textiles, plaster casting and mixed-media. The course aims to help you develop a new range of skills and expand your artistic vocabulary, and culminates in a personal project on the final day where you can translate your ideas and interests into a finished artwork using the techniques and media you have learned about. There will be time for one-to-one guidance and input from the tutor on days 3 to 5, to further help and encourage you to develop your own ideas and artistic projects.
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Young Artists: Experimentations with Drawing, Painting and Mixed Media
Course Code: SC2204128 Tutor: Farnoush Amini, Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 31st July - 4th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 9.45am - 4.45pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00In this interesting new course, you will experiment with a range of materials that you may not be familiar with, including different paints, textiles, plaster casting and mixed-media. The course aims to help you develop a new range of skills and expand your artistic vocabulary, and culminates in a personal project on the final day where you can translate your ideas and interests into a finished artwork using the techniques and media you have learned about. There will be time for one-to-one guidance and input from the tutor on days 3 to 5, to further help and encourage you to develop your own ideas and artistic projects.
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Young Artists: Fine Art Workshop
Course Code: SC2204020 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 21st - 25th August 2023 Tutor: Usva Seregina, Annabel MacIver Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 15-17, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00An inspiring five day course for ages 15-17 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 portrait 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. This is an ideal course for those studying arts subjects who wish to develop coursework, create new work for their portfolio, develop new techniques and skills, and further existing abilities in a professional art school environment.
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Young Artists: Fine Art Workshop
Course Code: SC2204120 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Tutor: Alice Clarke, Jessica Wetherly Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 15-17, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00An inspiring five day course for ages 15-17 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 portrait 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. This is an ideal course for those studying arts subjects who wish to develop coursework, create new work for their portfolio, develop new techniques and skills, and further existing abilities in a professional art school environment.
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Young Artists: Fine Art Workshop
Course Code: SC2204220 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 7th - 11th August 2023 Tutor: Farnoush Amini, Helen Stone Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 15-17, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00An inspiring five day course for ages 15-17 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 portrait 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. This is an ideal course for those studying arts subjects who wish to develop coursework, create new work for their portfolio, develop new techniques and skills, and further existing abilities in a professional art school environment.
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Young Artists: Fine Art Workshop
Course Code: SC2204320 Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 14th - 18th August 2023 Tutor: Mercedes Balle, Usva Inei Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 15-17, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00An inspiring five day course for ages 15-17 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 portrait 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. This is an ideal course for those studying arts subjects who wish to develop coursework, create new work for their portfolio, develop new techniques and skills, and further existing abilities in a professional art school environment.
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Young Artists: Graphic Novels and Comics
Course Code: SC2204121 Tutor: Chris Geary Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 7th - 11th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 14-16, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00This five-day course encourages students aged 14 to 16 to use traditional and digital techniques to create pages for comics and graphic novels, including character design and development, visual storytelling, colouring and lettering. By the end of the course, students will have produced at least two full-colour pages of comic-strip art.
This course is ideal for students of all skill levels, from those looking to advance their artistic skills and creative confidence to those looking to increase an interest in a subject that isn’t their favourite!
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Young Artists: Manga Illustration
Course Code: SC2204023 Tutor: Chie Kutsuwada Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 10th - 14th July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00In this course students will learn all basic knowledge and techniques to complete their manga comic strip. The course focuses on the uniqueness on manga style, such as how to make pages look exciting and attractive within the limitation of monochrome and how to express the character’s emotions effectively. At the same time, it includes the very important basic skills like figure drawing. The students are encouraged to use traditional approach to ‘draw and plan’ pages and to finalise their work in digital form. The aim of the course is to make sure that all the students feel more confident creating manga illustrations and to complete at least two pages of manga style art.
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Young Artists: Manga Illustration
Course Code: SC2204123 Tutor: Chie Kutsuwada Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 17th - 21st July 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00In this course students will learn all basic knowledge and techniques to complete their manga comic strip. The course focuses on the uniqueness on manga style, such as how to make pages look exciting and attractive within the limitation of monochrome and how to express the character’s emotions effectively. At the same time, it includes the very important basic skills like figure drawing. The students are encouraged to use traditional approach to ‘draw and plan’ pages and to finalise their work in digital form. The aim of the course is to make sure that all the students feel more confident creating manga illustrations and to complete at least two pages of manga style art.
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Young Artists: Manga Illustration
Course Code: SC2204223 Tutor: Chie Kutsuwada Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 31st July - 4th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00In this course students will learn all basic knowledge and techniques to complete their manga comic strip. The course focuses on the uniqueness on manga style, such as how to make pages look exciting and attractive within the limitation of monochrome and how to express the character’s emotions effectively. At the same time, it includes the very important basic skills like figure drawing. The students are encouraged to use traditional approach to ‘draw and plan’ pages and to finalise their work in digital form. The aim of the course is to make sure that all the students feel more confident creating manga illustrations and to complete at least two pages of manga style art.
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Young Artists: Manga Illustration
Course Code: SC2204323 Tutor: Chie Kutsuwada Course Dates: Monday - Friday, 14th - 18th August 2023 Days: 5 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16, All Levels Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00In this course students will learn all basic knowledge and techniques to complete their manga comic strip. The course focuses on the uniqueness on manga style, such as how to make pages look exciting and attractive within the limitation of monochrome and how to express the character’s emotions effectively. At the same time, it includes the very important basic skills like figure drawing. The students are encouraged to use traditional approach to ‘draw and plan’ pages and to finalise their work in digital form. The aim of the course is to make sure that all the students feel more confident creating manga illustrations and to complete at least two pages of manga style art.