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20th Century United States Art – Online Course
Course Code: OC2302AH03 Tutor: Daniel Greaney Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 5th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 8pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £115 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 £115.00Although Paris remained the centre of the art world at the beginning of the 20th Century, in the United States, art was progressing at a frantic pace, often independent of developments elsewhere. The gritty realism of the Ashcan School developed in New York at a time when that city was undergoing significant social changes. Two World Wars brought vast numbers of European émigrés to the country, bringing with them trends which influenced their American peers. Abstract Expressionism, credited entirely to the United States shifted the focus away from Europe; America now dominated trends. Pop Art was a perfect reflection of consumer-driven Post-War America. Political change brought about by the Civil Rights and Feminist Movements, broadened the scope of topics an artist might address, an attitude which continues to the present day.
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A Festive Introduction to Printmaking: Christmas Cards
Course Code: WC2301PR15 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin ARE Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 9th - 10th December 2023 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £185 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 24th November 2023 £185.00Guided by expert printmaker Carol Wilhide-Justin you will learn how to translate your ideas into the graphic formats of woodcut and linocut. This course is a perfect introduction to relief printing and is open to all, from complete beginners to those with more experience.
To add a seasonal touch to the experience students may decide to print cards rather than paper prints. Either way we hope you will enjoy the opportunity to develop or learn new skills and potentially create gifts for Christmas.
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.
There is a maximum of eight students per course, materials are included and we advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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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 £200.00This 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 marksThe 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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Abstract Painting for All
Course Code: WC2302141 Tutor: Kate Dunn Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 24th - 25th February 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £200 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £200.00This 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 marksThe 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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Abstract Painting For All
Course Code: EC2302041 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £375 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £375.00This 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 marksThe 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
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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Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC2302013 Tutor: Nevine Fathy Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £310.00This 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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Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC2302113 Tutor: Nevine Fathy Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 7.30pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 From: £310.00This 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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Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC2302213 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 28th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Thursday 21st December 2023 From: £365.00This 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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Art & Identity Politics, 1965 to Present – Online Course
Course Code: OC2302AH05 Tutor: Dr Oriana Fox Course Dates: Tuesdays, 20th February - 19th March 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6 - 8pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £115 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Tuesday 30th January 2024 £115.00This new course explores the impact of identity politics on the practice and curation of visual art from 1965 to the present.
We’ll be taking a closer look at artworks informed by feminism, anti-racism, post-colonialism, class and labour advocacy, LGBTQ+ and disability rights as well as their intersections. These works often represent the artist’s authentic life experiences to counter and interrogate stereotypes, leading to innovations in both the subject matter and form of art.
Such innovations also include the varied forms of activist art, direct action and public intervention aimed at combatting the systematic exclusion of minorities from culture. Activism has informed the re-writing of art history, the curation of exhibitions and the expansion of collections.Though ‘identity politics’ is a contentious term, students will examine its origins and the contemporary intersectional politics that follow on from it, moving beyond the tokenism that merely extends existing canons, aiming instead to question the very value systems that underpin them.
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Art Therapy, the Creative Process and the Unconscious
Course Code: EC2302082 Tutor: Matteo Merla Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £370 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 £370.00This module will provide an introduction on the topic of “Art Psychotherapy” exploring the main theoretical frameworks and concepts through which art psychotherapy is understood and practiced in UK. The course will also introduce the professional context in which Art Psychotherapy is practiced within different clinical settings by using clinical case studies, presentations and group discussions. The program will also offer an overview of Art Psychotherapy training and career pathways currently available in the UK.
This course offers an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Art Psychotherapy with experiential and creative workshops with particular emphasis on the central role of the images and art making as a holder of client’s emotional experience and as form of non-verbal and unconscious communication between client and therapist.
Using a wide range of art materials, the facilitator will support participants with integrating a creative aspect to theories learnt on the course. No previous experience of art making is required but the workshops will include group discussions and reflective conversations. Therefore, it is important to be prepared to contribute while taking part in these workshops.
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BA (HONS) Contemporary Portraiture Deposit
Zoho: Academic Course £100.00BA (HONS) Contemporary Portraiture
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BA (HONS) Fine Art Deposit
Zoho: Academic Course £100.00BA (HONS) Fine Art
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Carol Wilhide-JustinBookbinding with Relief Printing
Course Code: E2302PR006 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin ARE Course Dates: Fridays: 12th January to 22nd March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £630 + £40 + extra plate costs £630.00Learn about different book structures and binding techniques, while incorporating reduction linocut and multi-plate woodcut prints.
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Certificate Deposit
Zoho: Academic Course £100.00Certificate Programme
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Contemporary Life Drawing
Course Code: E2302DR002 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Thursdays: 11th January to 21st March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £630 From: £630.00Traditional, skill based life drawing is complemented with contemporary drawing approaches in this exciting and multifaceted drawing course.
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Creative Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC2302004 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £370 Location: Art Academy London - Red Lion Court, Ground Floor, 46-48 Park St, SE1 9EQ Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 From: £370.00Creative Painting for Beginners is an exciting course that will stimulate your creativity and teach you how to use acrylic paint through a variety of different techniques. It is an opportunity to develop your own personal painting style and create paintings with real meaning to you as well as exploring the medium of paint and understanding it’s potential.
The tutor will lead you to draw on inspiration from many other artists’ work and will guide you step by step through the stages of developing your own artwork. The course will cover exciting topics and exercises such as:
– Line and tone
– Colour and imagination
– Application of paint
– Painting from photographs
– Painting a still life
– Painting the figure using a life model
– Composition and abstraction
The tutor will lead a mind map exercise, to encourage students to create their own personal painting project. By exploring other artists’ works for inspiration, there will be time for discussion and trying out different techniques in your work. You will spend time in the last few weeks developing a finished painting, and building on the new skills you have acquired from the course. This course would be perfect for someone new to painting, or a beginner with some experience looking to explore different styles. There are several appropriate follow on courses including Painting the Figure, Abstract Painting and Painting Outdoors, depending on your area of interest.
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Creative Sketchbook Techniques – Online Course
Course Code: OC2302020 Tutor: Jessica Routley Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 6th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 8.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £150 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 £150.00Learn how to experiment with ideas and techniques in this online drawing course! One of the best ways to rapidly improve your art and develop your skills is by sketching daily. We will guide you through a variety of sketching methods, materials and creative ways to use a sketchbook.
You will cover a range of topic and skills including:
– Gathering ideas and sourcing materials
– Abstraction, focusing on colour, form and texture
– Creating and developing images
– Making the most of mistakes to take your work in new directions
– Project planningWe will encourage you to be braver and bolder with your creativity. This course is suitable for beginners and those with a little more experience looking to develop their skills.
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Decorative Ceramics
Course Code: EC2302047 Tutor: Annette Bugansky Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.15pm - 8.45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £370 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 £370.00A comprehensive introduction into the methods and variety of creative potential of sculptural ceramics. The course covers studio practice, clay types, basic core techniques of hand building for sculpture: coiling, pinching, slab building and surface decoration. These will be taught and put into practice to make finished ceramic forms. Through practical projects you will understand the material and, with emphasis on experimentation, how you can manipulate it to create a variety of forms. These can then be decorated with raw glazes and slips for a once fired finished piece.
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Rachael BallDesign A Children’s Picture Book
Course Code: EC2302023 Tutor: Rachael Ball Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 28th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £350 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £350.00In this exciting course you’ll be able to combine both writing and illustrating to create your own engaging children’s picture book.
In the first five weeks of the course you will focus on:
– Writing the first draft of your story
– Developing a story arc
– Designing your characters
– Developing ideas for a page turning script and storyboard planningIn the second half of the course you will:
– Focus on developing and refining your visuals
– Experimenting with colour pencil, watercolour and mixed media to find the best way to bring your story to lifeBy the end of the course, you will have a final set of illustrations, a storyboard, several page layouts and an individual action plan to help you turn your story plans into a finished sample for a publisher.
After completing this course we recommend signing up for our Digital Illustration courses.
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Dian JoyDigital Art: Moving Image
Course Code: E2302T003 Tutor: Dian Joy, Lynn Dennison Course Dates: Thursdays: 11th January to 21st March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £630 £630.00This course will enable you to become more familiar with moving image and audio-visual media, its production and presentation.
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Digital Illustration
Course Code: EC2302094 Tutor: Laura Nasir-Tamara Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 5th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £170 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 £170.00The aim of this course is to give students a solid overview of the many possibilities Photoshop offers in terms of digital drawing. Each class will be exploring a different type of illustration, including portraiture, character design and environment design, using references and learning how to move away from them to develop every participant’s own visual language. As well as thinking about principles of illustration and drawing that can apply to all media, the aim of this course is to acquire a comprehensive set of digital skills through a series of creative exercises and briefs.
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Digital Painting
Course Code: EC2302095 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 7th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £170 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £170.00This five-week course is a fantastic introduction for those who would like to learn essential digital painting tools using Photoshop.
Based in our Digital Suite, the tutor will guide students through a serious of exercises designed to teach variety of techniques and processes including:– Design concepts
– Composition
– Shape and Colour
– Texture
– Layering
– Digital CollageStudents will be expected and guided to create a final image of their own, bringing together what they have learnt over the previous weeks.
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Digital Photography: Building on Techniques
Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Course Dates: Tuesdays, 20th February - 19th March 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £170.00This course will take your photography to the next level, building on your current skills and introducing you to different types of specialist photography. You will expand your knowledge of how to use your Digital SLR camera as well as gaining a technical overview of how to get the best out of your work.
You will explore composition for different types of photography such as still life, people and landscape, and the equipment and settings needed.
Students will be expected to take photographs in their spare time to put into practice what they have learned. There will be the opportunity to share and talk about your photographs, and receive constructive feedback. You will also be given the option to edit your favourite images with Photoshop, with guidance from the tutor.Throughout the course you will learn:
-How to create visually interesting photographs
-Lighting and post production tips to produce high quality images
-How to edit your photographs
-How to develop your own personal styleThis course will encourage you to get the most out of your camera and explore which aspects of photography you might wish to develop further. By the end of this course you will feel more confident, have a better understanding of the many forms of photography, and have developed a small portfolio of work for you to build on.
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Digital Photography: Fine Art
Course Code: EC2302098 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 6th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £170 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £170.00Get the most out of your Digital SLR camera. Our experienced tutor will give you the understanding of how to properly use your own DSLR Camera, giving you step by step instructions of the functions of your individual camera model. Learn how to move away from auto modes and create stunning and professional images.
The course has a focus on Fine Art Photography, its history and how students can use their cameras for their own individualistic self expression.
The course will cover:
– Understanding light: How aperture, shutter speed and ISO work to create exposure
– Different types of focusing. How to photograph still and moving objects.
– Technical nature of Photography in a variety of environments
– Photo compositionYou will have the opportunity to learn how to get a quality exposure in a variety of environments. The course will teach you about the technical nature of photography as well as how to compose better images. With individual tutor feedback on your images, this is the perfect introduction to getting better acquainted with your camera, improving your confidence with it’s technical possibilities.
Once completed we recommend joining our Digital Photography: Building on Techniques course.
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Drawing Anatomy
Course Code: WC2302043 Tutor: James Otto Allen Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 20th - 21st January 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £190.00This life drawing course is designed to help you gain a deeper understanding of the human figure from an anatomical perspective.
The course will cover basic drawing principles, exploring the structure of the skeleton first and then analysing the muscles that define the surface appearance of the body. The aim is to create a series of studies looking at each section of the body to then understand how each component fits as a whole. You will learn how to draw from the inside out, integrating musculoskeletal knowledge and observational skills to produce accurate drawings of the human figure. -
Drawing For All
Course Code: WC2302001 Tutor: Mercedes Balle Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 23rd - 24th March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £185 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 8th March 2024 From: £185.00A wonderful opportunity for people with all levels of experience to explore and enhance their drawing and life drawing skills. Over this packed weekend, students work through a variety of themes to learn fundamental drawing skills, including measurement, drawing the figure, and tonal drawing. As well as developing observational drawing skills, students are encouraged to be creative and expressive and to try out new approaches such as exploring different drawing materials, and experimenting with line and contrast.
This is an intensive, informative, and fun weekend course, which teaches essential drawing skills whilst encouraging a creative approach.
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Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302014 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £310.00This 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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Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302114 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 7.30pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 From: £310.00This 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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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: £345.00This 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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Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302214 Tutor: Jess Routley Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 28th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £310.00This 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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Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302314 Tutor: Jess Routley Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 28th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 7.30pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £310.00A creative, entry-level course introducing the basics of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme and provide a wide range of techniques for beginners to get started.
Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will explore and learn:– Line & Tone to understand 3D forms
– Using colour
– Measurement and proportion
– Texture
– CompositionThere will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor. By the end of the course you will have gained a good understanding of the fundamentals of drawing, plan and compose your work, and develop your own personal appraoch to drawing.
Progress onto our ‘Drawing: Stage 2’ course were you can further your drawing practice.
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Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302414 Tutor: Mercedes Balle Course Dates: Fridays, 26th January - 22nd March 2024 Days: 8 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 5th January 2024 From: £280.00A creative, entry-level course introducing the basics of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme and provide a wide range of techniques for beginners to get started.
Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will explore and learn:– Line & Tone to understand 3D forms
– Using colour
– Measurement and proportion
– Texture
– CompositionThere will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor. By the end of the course you will have gained a good understanding of the fundamentals of drawing, plan and compose your work, and develop your own personal appraoch to drawing.
Progress onto our ‘Drawing: Stage 2’ course were you can further your drawing practice.
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Drawing from Photographs – Online Course
Course Code: OC2302047 Tutor: Alice Perse Clarke Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 5th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 8.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £150 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 £150.00As we are holed up for the dark cold winter it can be hard to find inspiring settings to draw from life. This is where photographs come in; they broaden our radius of inspiration far beyond our immediate surroundings but it can be hard to make satisfying drawings from them. During this course you will explore a range of ways to work from and with photographs. You will learn techniques for drawing with accuracy as well as ways to breathe life into your drawings as wel as being given a chance to experiment with the types of drawings you want to make.
Sometimes you will need physical copies of the photographs you want to work from (please see component sheet for details). If you don’t have access to a printer you may want to cut some out of newspapers or magazines. You don’t need to work from your own photographs however we would recommend trying to snap photographs in the week running up to the course of people/scenes/objects that inspire you.
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Drawing from Photographs – Online Course TEST PRODUCT
Course Code: OCT2302047 Tutor: Alice Perse Clarke Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 5th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6 - 8pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £150 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 £150.00As we are holed up for the dark cold winter it can be hard to find inspiring settings to draw from life. This is where photographs come in; they broaden our radius of inspiration far beyond our immediate surroundings but it can be hard to make satisfying drawings from them. During this course you will explore a range of ways to work from and with photographs. You will learn techniques for drawing with accuracy as well as ways to breathe life into your drawings as wel as being given a chance to experiment with the types of drawings you want to make.
Sometimes you will need physical copies of the photographs you want to work from (please see component sheet for details). If you don’t have access to a printer you may want to cut some out of newspapers or magazines. You don’t need to work from your own photographs however we would recommend trying to snap photographs in the week running up to the course of people/scenes/objects that inspire you.
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Drawing in Museums
Course Code: SAT2302040 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Saturdays, 13th January - 10th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £200 Location: Various locations Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £200.00This 5 week course is a wonderfully relaxing way to start the weekend and develop drawing and creative skills both for beginners and advanced drawers. The course is suitable for all skill levels and is designed to enable students to express a creative response to either museum artworks, or outdoor environment. The tutor will meet each student at their unique individual level.
The course locations may vary nearer the time in response to the current situation. We will draw in indoor locations such as cafes and undercover markets where possible. Students will learn fundamental observational skills such structural drawing, measuring, tone and basic perspective. As well as develop an understanding of how artworks are put together to create particular impressions upon the viewer. -
Drawing on Location
Course Code: SAT2302140 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Saturdays, 24th February - 23rd March 2024 Days: 5 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £200 Location: Various locations Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 From: £200.00This 5 week course is a wonderfully relaxing way to start the weekend and develop drawing and creative skills both for beginners and advanced students. The course is suitable for all skill levels and is designed to enable students to express a creative response to either museum artworks, or outdoor environment. The tutor will meet each student at their unique individual level.
The course locations may vary nearer the time in response to the current situation. We will draw in indoor locations such as cafes and undercover markets where possible. Students will learn fundamental observational skills such structural drawing, measuring, tone and basic perspective. As well as develop an understanding of how artworks are put together to create particular impressions upon the viewer. -
Drawing the Figure Masterclass with Charlie Pickard
Course Code: WC2302050 Tutor: Charlie Pickard Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 9th - 10th March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Intermediate/Advanced Fee: £225 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 23rd Febrary 2024 From: £225.00In this exciting weekend 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 2-day pose, allowing enough time to thoroughly observe the nuances of form by drawing 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 mass drawing method.
This course is designed for intermediate to advanced drawing level.
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Drawing: Imaginative Composition
Course Code: E2302D05 Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Fridays: 12th January to 22nd March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £630 From: £630.00Explore the process behind making imaginative, figurative compositions. Drawing and visualising images that are in your imagination.
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Drawing: Stage 2
Course Code: EC2302016 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £310.00This is a wonderful next step for those with basic drawing skills to explore drawing further through an exciting thematic approach. This course is ideal if you have completed our Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1 course or already have a basic understanding of the Drawing medium.
Each week you will use inventive drawing methods to investigate a variety of themes such as:
– Rhythm
– Expression
– Observation
– Reflection
– Mood
– EnergyThis is a fun and creative approach to developing ideas and processes in drawing. Learn new skills in mark making and self-expression, using a range of starting points such as the life model, still life, and natural forms.
After completing this course we recommend signing up to Drawing: Stage 3.
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Drawing: Stage 2
Course Code: EC2302116 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 7.30pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £310.00This is a wonderful next step for those with basic drawing skills to explore drawing further through an exciting thematic approach. This course is ideal if you have completed our Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1 course or already have a basic understanding of the Drawing medium.
Each week you will use inventive drawing methods to investigate a variety of themes such as:
– Rhythm
– Expression
– Observation
– Reflection
– Mood
– EnergyThis is a fun and creative approach to developing ideas and processes in drawing. Learn new skills in mark making and self-expression, using a range of starting points such as the life model, still life, and natural forms.
After completing this course we recommend signing up to Drawing: Stage 3.
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Drawing: Stage 3
Course Code: EC2302036 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 28th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Intermediate Fee: £365 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £365.00This course is designed for students who have either completed our ‘Drawing: Stage 2’ course or already have some experience of drawing and want to take their skills to the next level.
Over the course, students will explore:– Drawing from observation
– Memory and imagination
– Rhythm and movemenentYou will develop a deeper understanding of the drawing process and have time to enhance your drawing skills.
Each week focusses on a particular aspect of drawing. Students will explore measurement and gain confidence in drawing a wide variety of subjects including still life, life models, and urban landscapes. Through using different approaches and materials, students will begin to develop a ‘visual vocabulary’ of drawing. You will develop ways to communicate texture, weight, material and surface in your work.There will be opportunities to work both inside and outside the studio, and in museums and galleries. Working outside of the studio will teach students how to capture movement and figures in space, feeding off the energy of the environment around them. Students will work outside in the ‘real world’, and experience how this produces a different kind of energy in their drawings.
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Etching: Experimental Techniques
Course Code: WC2302PR99 Tutor: Frederic Morris RE Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 10th - 11th February 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 26th January 2024 £180.00Explore a more painterly side of etching. Students will depart from tradition to develop a series of zinc plates etched in saline sulphate by experimenting with the alchemy of the intaglio process; brushing, splashing, dripping, blowing and smudging to produce fascinating and unique prints. Attendees will be introduced to a variety of novel etching and printing techniques including painterly spit-bite aquatint.
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Etching: Hard Ground and Soft Ground
Course Code: EC2302PR03 Tutor: Frederic Morris RE Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 8th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £205 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £205.00Etching Hardground and Softground. This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees.You will concentrate on hard-ground (fine line) combined with soft-ground (texture) in its various forms. You’ll develop a composition through multi-etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. This course is flexible, allowing you to work at your own speed – and if you’ve attended this course before, you can work on your own individual etching projects. The course fee covers materials including two polished zinc etching plates.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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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FD (Contemporary Portraiture) Deposit
Zoho: Academic Course £100.00FD (Contemporary Portraiture)
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Figure and Portrait Sculpture
Course Code: EC2302005 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Ellen Christiansen MSPS Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 28th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £380 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £380.00If you are interested in learning to sculpt the human figure then this is an ideal class for you. You have the opportunity to explore both the full figure and a portrait head sculpture with a different model for each. You will model in clay for 10 weeks: 5 weeks of Figure Sculpture from a set pose and 5 weeks of Portrait Head Sculpture from a different model. You will get a flavour of the challenges and thrills of both of these disciplines.
We would recommend this course to students who want to concentrate on learning the basics of Portrait and Figure sculpting. As well as the practice and development of working in clay from a model, also covered are measuring skills, observational skills and preparation of a piece for firing. Optional hollowing and firing of the clay sculptures are an additional cost.
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Fine Art Foundation Deposit
£350.00Fine Art Foundation
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Friday Mix
Course Code: EC2302315 Tutor: Various tutors Course Dates: Fridays, 26th January - 22nd March 2024 Days: 8 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 5th January 2024 £280.00This course is an ideal way to explore a wide variety of artistic methods and media, learning new artistic skills, discovering what you enjoy most, and developing creative ideas. Over the course, students work across the different disciplines of painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Throughout the course, students will have a chance to improve observational drawing skills, along with more expressive sculpture and painting. Students will also learn to approach the human figure through drawing, painting and sculpture, before rounding off the course with an introduction to printmaking. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to develop new skills, explore materials, and have fun.
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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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Annabel McIverFrom Life Drawing to Print
Course Code: WC2302009 Tutor: Usva Inei Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 17th - 18th February 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 2nd February 2024 £185.00This exciting new course, is considering the wonderful combination of life drawing and the varied mark making of print. We will spend Saturday in the drawing studio, drawing from life and making monoprints, while experimenting with the infinite marks that we can make using print. For the second day we will be in the print room, using dry-point and collagraph techniques to further add to the experience, using our drawings and observations from the day before to continue the exploration into this varied practice.This course is for those who have experience with print as well as those who are complete beginners. -
Half-Scale Torso Sculpture Masterclass with Ellen Christiansen
Course Code: WC2302053 Tutor: Ellen Christiansen MSPS Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 23rd - 24th March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £225 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £225.00This is the perfect 2-day course for students with experience of working directly from life who wish to push their technique further. You will be introduced to Ellen Christiansen’s unique method of working in clay using measurement, observation and directional light. You will be working on a seated, one third scale figure without an armature.
We will be measuring the model in a very precise way, up close, using callipers, plumb lines and scaling rulers. This is an opportunity for students with previous experience of working from life in clay to build on their clay modelling and observational skills. It’s also an opportunity to learn about surface anatomy and the skeleton.
There will be the option to leave your finished sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee.
This course is for Advanced students and aims to build upon previous experience.
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Hand Built Ceramics
Course Code: SAT2302047 Tutor: Adele Williams Course Dates: Saturdays, 13th January - 23rd March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 10.30am - 1pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £355 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £355.00This exciting course will teach you how to get started in using clay and create your very own mini collection of ceramic wares, including mugs, bowls, plates and vases. You will also be able to create your own gifts and home decorations.
Throughout the course you will learn core techniques such as coiling, pinching, slab building, as well as decorating methods, to make your bespoke finished wares. You will also have the opportunity to delve into more experimental forms, utilising your new skills to make sculptural objects.
This course will provide a solid understanding and methodology of building and working with clay to make your own creations.
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Hand Built Ceramics
Course Code: EC2302147 Tutor: Adele Williams Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 28th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £370 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £370.00This exciting course will teach you how to get started in using clay and create your very own mini collection of ceramic wares, including mugs, bowls, plates and vases. You will also be able to create items as gifts or home decorations.
Throughout the course you will learn core techniques such as coiling, pinching, slab building, as well as decorating methods, to make your bespoke finished wares. You will also have the opportunity to delve into more experimental forms, utilising your new skills to make sculptural objects.
This course will provide a solid understanding and methodology of building and working with clay to make your own creations.
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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: £185.00This 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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Introduction to Oil Painting with Lucy Smallbone – Online Course
Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Location: Online Fee: £40 Experience Level: Beginner £40.00For beginners and those returning to oil painting, this course is divided into six easy-to-follow lessons that you can take at your own pace. Your tutor, Lucy Smallbone, is an experienced teacher of oil and acrylics at Art Academy London who has a passion for gestural landscape painting. She will explain why she enjoys painting with oils, introduce you to the concepts of tone, colour and colour-mixing, show you four different techniques for applying oil paint and explain how you can plan your own projects and develop a style of your own going forward.
Students need to purchase their own materials for this course. We are not able to provide our painting pack for this course.
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Introduction to Sculpting in Plaster
Course Code: WC2301103 Tutor: Farnoush Amini MRSS Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 9th - 10th December 2023 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 24th November 2023 £180.00This NEW 2-day course is an exciting introduction for beginners, as well as for those with some previous experience, to gain or develop basic plaster and wire sculpture skills. Working with plaster and wire, you will learn a range of techniques with the opportunity to explore your own creative project.
During the first day of the course, you will make plaster cast reliefs and learn how to make an aluminium armature as a base for plaster. You will also be shown basic techniques of attaching, cutting and shaping wire. The course will culminate with you developing your own wire and plaster project with guidance from the tutor.
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Kiln Formed Glass
Course Code: EC2302007 Tutor: Jane Ross, Maria Zulueta Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: 370 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 £370.00An exploration of the intriguing, magical world of kiln formed glass. This course allows you to learn a variety of techniques including fusing, slumping, hand cut stencils, sandblasting, inclusions, uv bonding and surface decoration. Course tutor Maria Zulueta is a well-respected glassmaker, producing work at vastly different scales from table pieces to installations, with a wealth of experience in supporting you in learning new skills. Under her expert guidance you will use the range of techniques to build a collection of samples and create a final piece. You are free to explore their preferred techniques and those of you who have already done the course can rejoin to continue building upon their previous work with tutored guidance.
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Landscape Painting: A Sense of Place – Online Course
Course Code: OC2302055 Tutor: Tom Voyce Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 7th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £150 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £150.00In this exciting online Landscape painting course, artist Tom Voyce will teach you how to capture the essence of landscapes through painting. Over five weeks, the course will focus on exploring how to create a sense of place in the depicted landscape, through composition, colour mixing, light and tone.
Each week we will explore different themes and topics, such as:
– Capturing composition
– Colour mixing and application techniques
– Underpainting
– Working across several images at once, in stages
– Light and toneThis course is suitable for all levels and will encourage you to paint landscapes through ‘abstract realism’ whilst refining your skills on painting techniques and processes.
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Life Drawing
Course Code: EC2302009 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner+ Fee: £375 Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 From: £375.00This course will teach a range of drawing skills and develop your understanding of the structure of the human figure. You will study and portray the relationship between figure and space, exploring different themes each week, including:
– Line & Tone
– Measurement
– Movement
– Anatomy
– CompositionYou will be encouraged to explore your own approach to drawing and work through a series of exercises whilst using a wide range of materials including charcoal and graphite. This course teaches basic skills and expressive drawing techniques in a unique way to develop your drawing most effectively. Suitable for more experiences drawers or those who have completed our ‘Drawing for Beginners: Stage 1’ course.
When you have completed this course, we recommend signing up for our Drawing Anatomy course to develop your understanding further.
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James TempleLino Cut Masterclass with Jamie Temple
Course Code: WC2302PR85 Tutor: Jamie Temple Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 16th - 17th March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 1st March 2024 £190.00Join artist and printmaker Jamie Temple for this weekend masterclass in Lino Cut printmaking. Jamie’s practice is rooted in printmaking and woodworking from which he creates architectural and landscape inspired works on paper and site specific installations. His work draws from a fascination with the built and natural environments we inhabit and transform, taking inspiration from architecture, landscapes and the environment, and experimenting with process and materials. During the course Jamie will guide you to learn the essential steps of linocutting, introducing the techniques, tools and materials to create impactful and beautiful lino prints.
You will first draw and plan your design, creating a practice printing block, before testing and trying out various mark-making techniques using a variety of gouges. Following a colour demonstration, you will choose your colour combinations before hand printing your final design in stages.
Throughout the masterclass you will learn:
-About Jamie’s work, processes, and his career to date
-How to plan and draw your designs onto a linoleum block
-How to use a variety of specialist printmaking equipment and materials
-How to use a specialist printing pressThis course is suitable for all levels of printmaking experience, and will give you insight into Jamie Temple’s process in producing beautiful prints.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning.
Once you have completed the course we recommend signing up to one of our other Printmaking courses to learn a new technique, or join us for Open Access sessions on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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Lino Etching Weekend
Course Code: WC2302PR71 Tutor: Stella Yarrow Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £190.00This course welcomes students of all levels to the creative possibilities of Lino Etching. It teaches a more gestural approach to lino printmaking, combining the classical skill of carving a lino block with etching its surface with caustic soda, bringing together painterly textures and graphic forms in a colourful multi-block print.
Throughout this course you will learn how to:
-Design and draw your design onto two linoleum blocks
-Use a variety of specialist printmaking equipment and materials
-Plan and stage your prints
-Use caustic soda to achieve painterly results and combine them with traditional lino cut
-Use a printing press to make a set of printsThis popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning.Once you have completed the course we recommend signing up to one of our other Printmaking courses to learn a new technique, or join us for Open Access sessions on Wednesday evening and Saturdays during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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Monday Mix 1
Course Code: EC2302015 Tutor: Various tutors Days: 11 Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £385 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 £385.00This course is an ideal way to explore a wide variety of artistic methods and media, learn new artistic skills, and discover what you enjoy most.
Students work across the different disciplines of:– Painting
– Sculpture
– Drawing
– PrintmakingThroughout the course, students will have a chance to improve observational drawing skills, experiment with sculptural techniques, develop fundamental painting skills and have an engaging introdcution to printmaking.
This Beginner course is aimed at those who are looking to step into the art world and gain a basic understanding of different practices. You will be able to develop new skills, experiment with materials and explore creative ideas. This course is a great way to try out different mediums before commiiting to one of our specialised courses. -
Monday Mix 2
Course Code: EC2302115 Tutor: Various tutors Course Dates: Mondays, 15th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £350 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 £350.00This course is an ideal way to explore a wide variety of artistic methods and media, learn new artistic skills, and discover what you enjoy most. Students work across the different disciplines of:
– Painting– Sculpture
– Drawing
– Printmaking
Throughout the course, students will have a chance to improve observational drawing skills, experiment with sculptural techniques, develop fundamental painting skills and have an engaging introduction to printmaking. This Beginner course is aimed at those who are looking to step into the art world and gain a basic understanding of different practices. You will be able to develop new skills, experiment with materials and explore creative ideas. This course is a great way to try out different mediums before committing to one of our specialised courses.
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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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Oil Painting for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302037 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £310.00A structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before and for those who want to reinforce their basic oil skills or to move on to using oil paints having used acrylics or water-based media. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions with access to a life model. This course aims will nurture self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment. It is an ideal course for beginners as there is plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Oil Painting for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302137 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 7.30pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Monday 18th December 2023 From: £310.00A structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before and for those who want to reinforce their basic oil skills or to move on to using oil paints having used acrylics or water-based media. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions with access to a life model. This course aims will nurture self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment. It is an ideal course for beginners as there is plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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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: £350.00The 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
– LandscapesYou 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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Oil Painting for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302237 Tutor: Alice Perse Clarke Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £310.00The 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
– Still Life
– Portraits
– LandscapesYou 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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Oil Painting for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302337 Tutor: Alice Perse Clarke Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 7.45pm - 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £310 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £310.00The 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
– Still Life
– Portraits
– LandscapesYou 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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Oil Painting for Beginners: Stage 1
Course Code: EC2302537 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Fridays, 26th January - 22nd March 2024 Days: 8 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 5th January 2024 From: £280.00The 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
– Still 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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Oil Painting for Beginners: Stage 1 – Online course
Course Code: OC2302037 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Wednesdays, 21st February - 20th March 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6 - 8pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £150 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Wednesday 31st January 2024 £150.00This online course is the place to begin your oil painting journey, for those who have never painted before with oils or for those wanting to reinforce existing skills by returning to basics. Over five weeks, experience the vibrant medium by learning the fundamentals and express your creative potential.
Through practical studies and exercises learn a range of subjects including:
– Tone
– Colour theory
– Approaches to portraitureAt the end of the course you will create your own a personal project and complete work using the knowledge developed throughout.
After completing this course we recommend signing up for Oil Painting: Stage 2
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Oil Painting: Stage 2
Course Code: EC2302057 Tutor: Mercedes Balle Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £375 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 £375.00This is an exciting new course that will help take your painting skills to the next level whether you’ve already been painting at home, want to reinvigorate your style, or have attended painting classes before.
The course begins by developing your core painting by working on skills such as:
– Tonal studies using cold and warm colour tones
– Colour mixing
– Textures and weight
– Expressive painting
– Atmospheric landscapesTowards the end of the course the tutor will guide you step by step through the stages of developing your own work. You will focus on the subject matters and styles that excite you. By experimenting with a variety of techniques and styles, this course will help you develop your own artistic expression.
Join our Stage 3 course to continue developing your skills.
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One Day Taster: Ceramics
Course Code: TAS2302T04 Tutor: Adele Williams Course Dates: Sunday, 18th February 2024, Sunday, 19th November 2023 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 hand built ceramics for those who may be considering a longer evening or Saturday course or to try something new.
Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in practical demonstrations to help you to learn the various processes involved in working with clay by using classic hand built ceramic techniques such as pinching and coiling as well as basic finishing techniques. We aim to offer a relaxed yet stimulating environment while introducing you to the versatility of working with clay. Create your very own mug, vase or bowl, or Christmas decorations for your tree. At the end of the day you will have the option to have your work kiln fired.
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One Day Taster: Drawing – 13th January
Course Code: TAS2302T02 Tutor: Eleanor Bedlow Course Dates: Saturday, 13th January 2024 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am - 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £105 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £105.00This is a fun, day-long taster course in drawing 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 practical demonstrations to help you begin to see shape and tone, and how these elements can relate together to form a composition. We aim to foster self-certainty and an enjoyment of drawing in a relaxed yet stimulating environment. As you work through a series of exercises, you will gain confidence with pencil and charcoal, which will encourage you to further explore the medium. -
One Day Taster: Ink Drawing – 17th February
Course Code: TAS2302T09 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Saturday, 17th February 2024 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £105 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £105.00This is a fun day-long taster course in ink drawing for those who would like to try their hand at this versatile medium. We aim to foster the artist as an individual and explore how ink can be used in your drawing practice, in a relaxed, yet stimulating environment. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in hands-on, practical demonstrations to introduce you to the common techniques using inks, demonstrate the possibilities of different marks and effects, with an emphasis on working tonally and the important planning and sequences needed for a work on paper. Throughout the day you will be encouraged to play and enjoy the application of ink whilst also developing an understanding of ways of working from observation.
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One Day Taster: Monoprint
Course Code: TAS2302PR06 Tutor: Temsuyanger Longkumer Course Dates: Saturday, 2nd March 2024 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £105 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 16th February 2024 £105.00This is a fun day-long taster course in monoprint for those who may be considering a longer evening or daytime course and are wondering how much they will enjoy it. Students will be introduced to various monoprint tools and methods. The course fee covers all materials needed.
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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 Taster: Oil Painting – 3rd December
Course Code: TAS2301T11 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Sunday, 3rd December 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 17th November £105.00This one-day taster course is a great introduction for those wanting to explore the medium of oil painting. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in hands-on, practical demonstrations to show you how to mix colour, see shape and tone, and relate these elements to form a composition.
You will aim to create two paintings throughout 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, such as flowers or fruit. During the afternoon, students will be taken through detailed colour theory whilst painting a bright and colourful still life.
Students will cover some fundamentals of oil painting involving:
– Colour mixing
– Shape & Tone
– Composiiton
– Paint applicationThe course is led in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, perfect for first time painters.
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One Day Taster: Printmaking Christmas Cards – 2nd December
Course Code: TAS2301PR15 Tutor: Frederic Morris RE Course Dates: Saturday 2nd December 2023 Times: 10.30am - 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £105 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 17th November £105.00This course is a perfect introduction to relief printing and is open to all, from complete beginners to those with more experience. Guided by an expert printmaker, you will learn how to translate your ideas into the graphic format of linocut. To add a seasonal touch to the experience students may decide to print cards rather than paper prints. Either way we hope you will enjoy the opportunity to develop or learn new skills and potentially create gifts for Christmas.
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.
There is a maximum of eight students per course, materials are included and we advise that you book early to avoid disappointment. Come and discover the potential of the Print room!
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One Day Taster: Sculpture
Course Code: TAS2302T03 Tutor: Farnoush Amini MRSS Course Dates: Saturday, 3rd February 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 sculpting with clay and plaster for those who may be considering a longer evening or daytime course and want to try it out first.
Spend the morning with the joy of clay to create a small figure sculpture from a life model. In the afternoon mix plaster and other media to make your own creative sculpture. No need to worry if you have nothing in mind.
This is a great opportunity to combine these two basic sculpture skills and techniques. There will be the option to leave your clay sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee and you are welcome to take home your plaster piece.Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in practical demonstrations to help you get a feel for the medium and the way it can be manipulated into shape and form. We aim to foster self-certainty and an enjoyment of sculpting in a relaxed yet stimulating environment.
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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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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: £350.00This 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
– AbstractionThis 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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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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Painting: Developing Your Style
Course Code: EC2302029 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £375 Location: Art Academy London - Red Lion Court, Ground Floor, 46-48 Park St, SE1 9EQ Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £375.00This 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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Painting: Stage 3
Course Code: EC2302038 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: 370 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 From: £370.00This is an exciting course, which aims to help you discover what it is about painting that really inspires you. It is a great follow-on course from our Painting for Beginners series or Creative Painting for Beginners and will also suit you if you already have some basic experience of painting and want to take your skills to the next level.
The course structure is designed in a progressive sequence from beginning to end, with specific exercises following on from previous sessions. Although we appreciate that you might miss some of the classes due to other commitments, this particular course will be experienced at its very best if all or most lessons are attended.
You will explore the following subjects:
– Tone, usng black and white
– Still Life, colour study
– Portraiture, tonal and colour
– Self Portrait
– Painting a still life using a palette knife
– Exploring mark making
– Working from photographs
– Development of a personal projectThe course begins by developing your core painting skills, exploring line, tone, colour and mass, whilst continually pushing your creative expression. The tutor will lead you to draw inspiration from many other artist’s work and will guide you step by step through the stages of developing your own painting. You will engage with the subject matters and styles that excite you and the tutor will assist you in bringing them into your own artworks. By looking at a broad variety of techniques, materials and styles, the course aims to broaden your ability to express yourself in paint.
After completing this course, we recommend joining one of our Painting Masterclasses to further develop your style.
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Painting: Stage 3
Course Code: EC2302138 Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £370 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 From: £370.00This is an exciting course, which aims to help you discover what it is about painting that really inspires you. It is a great follow-on course from our Painting for Beginners series or Creative Painting for Beginners and will also suit you if you already have some basic experience of painting and want to take your skills to the next level.
The course structure is designed in a progressive sequence from beginning to end, with specific exercises following on from previous sessions. Although we appreciate that you might miss some of the classes due to other commitments, this particular course will be experienced at its very best if all or most lessons are attended.
You will explore the following subjects:
– Tone, using black and white
– Still Life, colour study
– Portraiture, tonal and colour
– Self Portrait
– Painting a still life using a palette knife
– Exploring mark making
– Working from photographs
– Development of a personal projectThe course begins by developing your core painting skills, exploring line, tone, colour and mass, whilst continually pushing your creative expression. The tutor will lead you to draw inspiration from many other artist’s work and will guide you step by step through the stages of developing your own painting. You will engage with the subject matters and styles that excite you and the tutor will assist you in bringing them into your own artworks. By looking at a broad variety of techniques, materials and styles, the course aims to broaden your ability to express yourself in paint.
After completing this course, we recommend joining one of our Painting Masterclasses to further develop your style.
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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
Course Code: EC2302118 Tutor: Kinga Markus Course Dates: Fridays, 26th January - 22nd March 2024 Days: 8 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 5th January 2024 From: £280.00This 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 recommend joining one of our Portrait Painting Masterclasses to further develop your style.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: EC2302018 Tutor: Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC Course Dates: Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £390 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £390.00This 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 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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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: £225.00This 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: £225.00This 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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Portrait Sculpture for Beginners
Course Code: WC2302004 Tutor: Anthony Waters Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 27th - 28th January 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £210 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 12th January 2024 £210.00Portrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This 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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Printmaking: Collagraph
Course Code: WC2302PR86 Tutor: Jackie Smith Course Dates: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January, 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £195 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 12th January 2024 £195.00Collagraphs are made by collaging onto, and cutting into, a thin cardboard surface. Many interesting textures can be used to build up plates including, textured tapes/paper/fabrics, glue, carborundum grit and even leaves. Plates can be printed both in intaglio or relief and as a multi-plate print. You will learn how to create a variety of textures, how to use chine collé (experimenting with thin surfaces) to overlay colour and register two plates on top of each other. You will come away with a small edition of colourful prints and expand your knowledge of a process that is both an exciting and affordable form of printmaking.
This course is suitable for all levels.
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Printmaking: Japanese Woodcut
Course Code: WC2302PR183 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin ARE Course Dates: Sundays, 3rd March & 10th March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 16th February 2024 £180.00Japanese Woodcut or Mokuhanga is a relief process that is completely non-toxic in that it uses watercolour pigments and nori (rice starch) instead of oil-based ink. The prints are handprinted using a baren, no presses are necessary making this a process that can be done at home. The workshop explores the history of the traditional Japanese prints as exemplified by Hokusai and Hiroshige and follows the teaching that the tutor Carol Wilhide Justin herself received from Japanese sensei on her residency in Japan.
Students are required to join from day one, it is not possible to rejoin the course if a session (or part of it) is missed.
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Printmaking: Lino Cut Reduction
Course Code: EC2302PR04 Tutor: Jackie Smith Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 6th February Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £185 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 £185.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. You will learn to carve a linoleum plate to develop a series of reduction relief prints in multiple colour combinations. Relief printing focuses on form and texture; you will learn to combine the tone, hue and saturation of multiple colours to achieve an edition of prints on archival Italian paper. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from experienced printmaker.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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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Temsüyanger LongkumerPrintmaking: Mixed Media in Contemporary Print Practice
Course Code: E2302PR10 Tutor: Temsüyanger Longkumer Course Dates: Wednesdays: 10th January to 20th March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £630 + £40 + extra plate costs £630.00Experiment with a combination of traditional printmaking techniques including simple block-print, etching, collagraph and mono-print.
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Printmaking: Multiplate Woodcut
Course Code: EC2302PR14 Tutor: Temsüyanger Longkumer Course Dates: Tuesdays, 20th February - 26th March 2024 Days: 6 Times: 6.00pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: 205 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 30th January 2024 £205.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. Students will be carving Japanese plywood plates to create a multi-plate print edition. Relief printing focuses on form and texture; you will learn to combine the tone, hue and saturation of multiple colours to achieve an edition of prints on archival Italian paper. The course fee covers all materials needed. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from an experienced printmaker.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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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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.
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Sculpting in Metal
Course Code: EC2302034 Tutor: Nathan Murphy, 23rd January: Julian Wild Days: 5 Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 6th February 2024 Times: 6.00pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £195 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 £195.00This course explores the various practical processes involved in making metal sculptures. An excellent opportunity to work on an individual project in a workshop with an experienced tutor. You will receive tailored guidance from your tutor, theoretical and technical assistance throughout the duration of the course. The course will equip you with the required knowledge, practical skills, and Health and Safety guidance to work with welders, angle grinders and other specialist metal working machinery. You will gain the skills to develop your own sculpture, or series of sculptures within your practice, and receive individual feedback on your work from the tutor.
Open to students who have no experience in metalwork, as well as those who wish to refine their skill set.
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Sculptural Ceramics
Course Code: SAT2302012 Tutor: Farnoush Amini MRSS Course Dates: Saturdays, 13th January - 10th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 2pm - 4.30pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 22nd December 2023 £180.00Ceramic in sculptural form is a non-traditional way of using Terracotta clay to create contemporary sculptures. This class is suitable for beginners with no background in ceramics as well as more advanced 3D artists. By learning basic techniques of ceramics such as coiling and slab building, you will start working on your own project inspired by nature and organic shapes. Your tutor will guide you step by step thorough the course. At the end of the course, you would have the opportunity for your piece to be fired.
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Julian WildSculptural Ceramics
Course Code: E2302S007 Tutor: Julian Wild PVPRSS Course Dates: Wednesdays: 10th January to 20th March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £630 plus £20-£30 materials fee £630.00This course aims to introduce both beginners and advanced students to the wonders of using clay, and gives you a chance to explore a range of hand-building techniques to create multiples and large-scale sculpture. Coiling, slabbing, straightforward hand-building, hollowing and press-moulding techniques
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Sculpture for Beginners
Course Code: EC2302003 Tutor: Farnoush Amini MRSS, Anthony Waters Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £370 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £370.00An ideal start point for those wishing to explore sculpture techniques and ideas. This course covers both foundation technical skills and a creative exploration of different materials and ways of working. Sculpture is wonderfully fun and creative and with some simple skills taught, great results can be achieved. The first half of the term comprises three weeks of figurative sculpture in clay with a life model and two weeks of portraiture with another life model, also in clay. The second half of the term is an introduction to plaster, wire and other materials, culminating in a personal project. Students leave the course with a strong foundation of sculpture skills as well as an individual approach to the practice.
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Sculpture for Beginners: Clay
Course Code: WC2302003 Tutor: Anthony Waters Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 2nd - 3rd March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Beginner Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 16th February 2024 £190.00This 2-day course is an exciting introduction for beginners, as well as for those with some previous experience, to gain or develop basic sculpture skills. Working mainly in clay and plaster and some other mixed media, you will learn a range of techniques with the opportunity to explore your own creative project. The combination of clay and plaster opens up creative possibilities and offers a fun weekend at your own pace. You will spend the first day creating a small clay figure sculpture from a life model. On the second day you will develop creative sculpture using plaster and mixed media no need to worry if you have nothing in mind until you arrive for the course.
This is a great opportunity to discover, or return to, making 3-dimensional work and develop an individual approach. There will be the option to leave your finished sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee.
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Sculpture: Standing Figure
Course Code: EC2302002 Tutor: Laura Postle Course Dates: Tuesdays, 9th January - 26th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6:15pm - 8:45pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, Intermediate Fee: £380 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Tuesday 19th December 2023 £380.00In this course you will get the opportunity to create an armatured standing figure from life. Gesture and proportion will be the key focus at the start; aiming to capture a likeness of the model, with believable weight and balance. Once this is established the focus will be more on the modelling of forms, creating muscle, flesh and bone. The final 3 weeks will be spent creating a plaster cast of the piece. Whilst creating a full cast of the piece wont be possible in the time, a section or fragment to hang on the wall or fit to a base, will enable students to take a copy of their sculpt home.
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Sketching Perspective – Online Course
Course Code: OC2302041 Tutor: Illugi Eysteinsson Course Dates: Thursdays, 11th January - 8th February 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 8.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £150 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £150.00From the innovator, Brunelleschi to the master of illusion, Escher, perspective – one’s point of view – can be argued as the most fundamental principle of sketching. This new course focuses on the importance of perspective and spatial perception as the basis of realism, helping you develop and learn the laws of geometry to create form, dimension, distance and space within your works.
With a focus on producing quick freehand sketches of buildings, rooms, furniture, and stairs, using plans, elevation, and axonometric drawings, master both one and two-point perspective techniques. This course is suitable for all levels, those experienced artists who are looking to strengthen their fundamentals of drawing, as well as beginners.
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Sarah GillhamSoft Sculpture: Textiles, Latex & Weaving
Course Code: E2302S53 Tutor: Sarah Gillham, Shane Waltener Course Dates: Fridays: 12th January to 22nd March 2024 Times: 10:30AM - 4:30PM Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £630 plus £20-£30 materials fee £630.00An introduction to textiles within fine art practice. You’ll use both traditional and modern approaches to textiles, including wet and dry felting, embroidery and applique, latex, weaving and soft sculpture.
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Stone Carving
Course Code: EC2302010 Tutor: Ben Newman Course Dates: Wednesdays, 10th January - 27th March 2024 Days: 11 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £350 (without stone) Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Wednesday 20th December 2023 £350.00Primarily a practical course, you will gain a structured understanding of stone as a material, learn basic carving techniques and discover ways of being creative with this wonderful medium. Through practising all of these aspects, they will come together in the creation of your finished piece of work. Using your initial sketches of what you would like to carve (plan view, front view and section) to help understand the form before modelling it in clay, followed by one-to-one discussion, you will then quickly move into carving to progress your ideas into stone.
Please note that there is an additional fee for initial purchase of stone, which varies depending on the type of stone you wish to use. Art Academy staff are able to advise ahead of booking.
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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 £190.00This 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.
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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: £245.00The “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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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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Women Artists from 1900 to 1950 – Online Course
Course Code: OC2302AH04 Tutor: Daniel Greaney Course Dates: Mondays, 19th February - 18th March 2024 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 8pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £115 Location: Online Recommend booking before: Monday 29th January 2024 £115.00The restrictions female practitioners had historically faced in their art training, were by the Twentieth Century becoming more relaxed. Women now rightly took their place alongside their male peers, forming radical new styles and were frequently at the forefront of artistic developments. Both socially and culturally, the role of the female artist changed to such an extent that they were integral to the organisation of avant-garde events and establishing groups. This attitude was not confined to France, indeed other centres were often more progressive towards the inclusion and support of women artists in a male dominated system. We will look at practitioners from Europe and the US, focussing on the first half of the 20th Century, a period of great change for women and see how collectively, these practitioners changed the role of the artist and the course of art history.
