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  • Abstract, Painting, Abstract Painting, Colour, Colourful

    Abstract Painting for All

    Course Code: WC2302041 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 13th - 14th January 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £200 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 £200.00

    This is a fun, relaxed course offering a structured introduction to abstract painting. This course will be focussing on how to represent forms, ideas and images that deviate from traditional representational image making, using acrylic paint.

    You’ll be guided through a number of different approaches, including:
    – Exploring light through tone and shape
    – Colour conditioning and how we relate to colour
    – Composition: micro and macro
    – Looking at texture and how it makes us feel
    – Using geometry
    – Exploring process-based painting
    – Experimenting with expressive gestural marks

    The tutor will lead you through hands-on demonstrations, group discussions of relevant artists’ work, and there will also be plenty of individual guidance. You’ll build your confidence and gain a practical understanding of the fundamentals of painting, including colour, tone, mark-making and composition. You’ll then have the opportunity to complete a larger abstract painting inspired by an artist of your choice.

    This course is suitable for all levels: beginners who have completed an introductory painting course already and are keen to explore painting in an experimental way, or more experienced students who would like to develop their understanding of abstraction.

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  • Acrylic Painting for Beginners 2302

    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: £345.00

    This 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
    – Lanscapes

    You 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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  • Drawing, Drawing For Beginners, Sketching, Charcoal

    Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1

    Course Code: SAT2302014 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Saturdays, 13th January - 23rd March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 2pm - 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £345 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £345.00

    This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.

     

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  • Oil, Painting, Oil Painting, Life, Life Mode, Figure, Colour, Painting, Student

    Introduction to Oil Painting

    Course Code: WC2301037 Tutor: Neil Morley Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday 2nd - 3rd December 2023 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £185 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: From: £185.00

    This is a well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before or would like to reassess their approach to painting. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions. This course aims to foster self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating environment. Working through a series of exercises you will gain experience and skills in working from a life model, from still life as well as exploring a more creative approach to painting helping you establish your own style and identity. This course is a fun and relaxing experience that offers a high level of tutor contact time.

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  • Oil Painting for Beginners: Stage 1

    Course Code: SUN2302037 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Sundays, 14th January - 24th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 10.30am - 1pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £350 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 From: £350.00

    The perfect introductory course for those who are new to painting or new to working with oil paints. Each week the tutor will guide you in exploring a range of different subject matter and techniques. You will gain the confidence to create your own finished paintings with this versatile medium.

    Students will be exploring subjects such as:
    – Shape and tone
    – Volume
    – Colour
    – Stii Life
    – Portraits
    – Landscapes

    You will learn to relate these elements together in compositions. Paint from a life model and in the last three weeks work on a self directed project with the guidance of your tutor. This course offers a structured introduction in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment. Join our Stage 2 course to continue your practice.

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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 £105.00

    This 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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  • Painting and Drawing for Beginners

    Course Code: SUN2302031 Tutor: Eleanor Bedlow Course Dates: Sundays, 14th January - 24th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 10.30am - 1pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £350 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 From: £350.00

    This is an accessible and well-structured course that introduces the basic skills of drawing and painting whislt encouraging your creative expression. Through the guidance of our experienced tutor, you will create a series of work that will cover the fundamentals of painting and drawing. In the final two weeks you will create a full colour painting of a clothed model within the studio space.
    Throughout the course you will gain an understanding of:
    – Observational drawing
    – Shape & Tone
    – Mark-making
    – Studying the Portrait and Figure
    – Colour theory and mixing
    – Paint application
    – Composition
    – Abstraction

    This course aims to enhance visual awareness, increase self-confidence, and provide a stimulating and relaxed environment for drawing and painting. There will be a life model in some sessions and you are encouraged to express yourself freely with guidance from the tutor.

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  • Developing Your Style, Portrait, Painting, Expression

    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: £350.00

    This 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 projects

    In 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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  • Portrait Painting, Painting, Portrait, Evening at Art Academy London

    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: £360.00

    This 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 backgrounds

    Starting 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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  • Masteclass - Portrait Painting - Art Academy London

    Portrait Painting Masterclass with Ilaria Rosselli del Turco

    Course Code: WC2302051 Tutor: Ilaria Rosselli del Turco Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 10th - 11th February 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 26th January 2024 From: £225.00

    This two day portrait course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco. The course will allow students the freedom to work from two models. Under Ilaria’s guidance students will work on composition and colour mixture. Each student will be encouraged to work in their own individual way: together you will find strategies and techniques to make progresses. The tutor will also be working alongside the students demonstrating her technique. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist. This exciting course is an intensive two days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.

    Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco was born in Italy, from a family of Florentine Renaissance painters. She studied illustration and painting in Italy and in London, where she has lived since 1999. Her work has been selected for the BP Portrait Award and the Threadneedle Prize, as well as the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition. She shows regularly in UK and Italy and her paintings are also in private collections in US, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands.

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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: £225.00

    This 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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  • Painting, Mix, Monday Mix, Friday Mix, Sunday Mix, Weekend Mix, Creative Mix

    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 £190.00

    This 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.

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  • Painting, Mix, Monday Mix, Friday Mix, Sunday Mix, Weekend Mix, Creative Mix

    Sunday Mix

    Course Code: SUN2302015 Tutor: Various tutors Course Dates: Sundays, 21st January - 11th February 2024 Days: 4 Times: 10.30am - 1.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £190.00

    This 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.

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  • Drawing Open Life Classes

    Sunday Open Life

    Course Code: SUN2302001 Tutor: Alice Perse Clarke Course Dates: Sundays, 14th January - 24th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £245 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £245.00

    The “Open Life Class” is a relaxed and enjoyable life drawing & painting course with a life model for various poses lasting between one and four 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 that they enjoy the most, whether that is drawing in charcoal or ink or painting in oils or acrylics. All 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 £25 per session via our Eventbrite page.

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  • Developing Your Style, Portrait, Painting, Expression

    Sunday Painting Workshop

    Course Code: SUN2302101 Tutor: Alice Perse Clarke Course Dates: Sundays, 14th January - 24th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £280.00

    “Looking for a space to work and develop your practice or looking for some creative inspiration? This painting course is both practical and self-led which will raise your art to the next level. The course will give you the opportunity to work in one of our painting studios whilst immersing yourself in your own work and gain valuable insight to help grow and push your practice.

    Dissect your own approach to painting with our experienced tutor as they assist you through practical exercises, sharing art historical references, and generously advising based on their own extensive experience as a painter. Work on ongoing projects, bring new references or create something new, the workshop is what you make it. “

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