We have a huge variety of drawing and painting courses to offer including Book Illustration, Life & Figure Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolours and Gouache as well as Experimental Art & Media.
Learn to Draw
This course is aimed at complete beginners who have never drawn or who have not drawn for many years or have no confidence in their drawing and need help and encouragement.
May Half Term – Botanical Art: Painting Spring flowers and/or Leaves at a “Monumental” Scale – 3D Campus
This is a two-day workshop painting in water colours a single flower or a leaf or a portion of either/both at an oversized scale.
May Half Term – Experimental Art & Media
This course presents an opportunity to re - invigorate current practice by generating a body of artwork that explores a variety of imaginative approaches to a given theme(s).
May Half Term – Experimental Landscape Painting
Landscapes are the starting point for exploring different ways to paint. Weather permitting, we will go outside to do sketches and take photos for use back in the studio.
May Half Term – Landscape Drawing & Painting
Landscape is the focus for an exploration of drawing and painting in a range of media and techniques. Weather permitting, we will go outside for plain air sketching to collect reference material for use back in the studio.
May Half Term – Learn to Draw – 3d Campus
On this two-day course, you’ll be introduced to some of the basic skills of observational drawing, including line, space, tone and proportion.
Mixed Media: Painting & Printmaking
The course aims to explore a variety of printmaking and painting processes and combining them to create mixed media original artworks.
NEW Drawing Project
“Celebrating drawing as the process of seeing made visible” Who is it for? Suitable for those with a little previous experience and those who have been drawing for some time but would like to widen, refresh, broaden and develop their drawing practice.
NEW Experimenting with Colour
This practical course is ideal for beginner students with a little drawing experience, for those interested in design and colour, or students who’d like to gain confidence and improve their use of colour in different mediums.
NEW Mixed Media with Oils & Acrylic Paint (All Levels) 3D Campus
Whether you're new to painting or exploring new methods in your practice, this class is for you. The course begins with a review of colour theory as it relates to layering, mixing and glazing paint.
NEW ONLINE Draw and Paint in Mixed Media
An exciting project-based course, exploring expressive ways to create drawings and paintings using mixed media. The course has been specially designed for an online platform with plenty of live demos and consideration for those making work at home.
NEW Portfolio Preparation 3D Campus
If you wish to develop a good grounding in a variety aspects of painting, drawing and mixed media together with an awareness of contemporary and historical art . In particular those who may wish to put together a portfolio for application to a higher level* course or employment in a related field.
NEW Short Course: Drawing & Painting All Levels – 3D Campus
This course will explore a variety of approaches to drawing and painting using a wide variety of materials and techniques, including pencil, charcoal and chalk, pastels and watercolour and acrylic paints.
NEW Watercolour for Beginners
This course is ideal for beginners who want to learn the essential techniques and approaches of watercolour painting, and to develop skills in using this exciting medium.
NEW: Landscape Drawing & Painting (All Levels) 3D Campus
Create exciting landscapes through drawing and painting. Explore different approaches to evoke a strong sense of place and feeling.
Oil Painting (Intermediate Level)
This is a practical and ideas-based course. You will learn with the help of tutor demonstrations, groups discussion and individual tutorial guidance.
Open Studio: Contemporary Practice
A new open studio class with PSAD tutor Jane Millar, offers students a chance to work together to develop their art practice and unlock new creativity.
Painting Open Studio (Advanced workshop)
Painting Open Studio is for experienced students or advanced painting skills so that they can work independently.
Painting Projects
Project based course with different themes for each term. Previous projects have included ‘People and Places’ and ‘Cityscapes’.
Painting Taster Sessions (3 Weeks) – 3D Campus
This 3 week course is designed for the student with little or no painting experience, although it might prove useful to those who would like to add a little more structure to their painting experience. Projects and exercises within the course will be broad-based and inclusive.
