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.
Summer School – 2 Days: Architectural Drawing & Painting: Expressions
This class will seek to find ways to create lively and expressive drawings and paintings of buildings.
Summer School – 2 Days: Creative Sketchbooks
Exploring different materials and approaches to creating a lively and an exciting artist's sketchbook that will support in developing and transforming your creative ideas.
Summer School – 2 Days: 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.
Summer School – 2 Days: Introduction to Watercolour
This course is ideal for complete beginners who have never used watercolour before, or for those with some experience, who’d like to brush up their skills and gain confidence in using this medium. .
Summer School – 2 Days: Oil Painting (Int/Adv)
This intermediate to advance oil painting course offers the opportunity for you to develop your personal painting style.
Summer School – 2 Days: Watercolour & Experimental Techniques
This course is designed for beginners with little or no experience with the delicate medium of watercolour or those with some experience wanting to explore its potential further.
Summer School – Composition & Colour: Joan Eardly and the influence of Turner and Constable
‘Take What You Need’ from exploring the Expressionist works of Joan Eardley and explores how she was influenced by the colour and monumental compositions of both Turner and Constable.
Summer School – Drawing & Painting Pets
This painting class will guide you through the steps of painting your pet, whether it is your furry companion or a more exotic addition to the family including birds or reptiles.
Summer School – Drawing & Pastels (All Levels)
A workshop exploring chalk pastels. This course is ideal for beginners as well as those who have some experience of using chalk pastels and would like to improve their skills with drawing and colour. We offer this as a two-day or a one-day intensive course.
Summer School – Drawing with Mindfulness Techniques
A fun, relaxing and creative activity that can support your health & wellbeing.
Summer School – Expressive Pastels: Landscapes
A one-day workshop exploring chalk pastels. Known for its vibrant effects, chalk pastel is a great medium, combining colour and drawing with an expressive immediacy.
Summer School – Expressive Pastels: Still Life
A one-day workshop exploring chalk pastels. Known for its vibrant effects, chalk pastel is a great medium, combining colour and drawing with an expressive immediacy
Summer School – Good Artists Copy Great Artist Steal by The River Thames: John Singer Sargent
‘Take What You Need’ from exploring the watercolour landscape paintings of John Singer Sargent, with the goal of helping you develop skills that will enhance your ability to paint on location by the Thames, using your medium of choice.
Summer School – Introduction to Drawing
On this course you will be introduced to some of the basic skills of observational drawing.
Summer School – Introduction to Drawing & Painting
An exciting introductory drawing and painting course, you will explore different approaches, methods and materials.
Summer School – Introduction to Illustration 3D Campus
On this one-day course we will cover aspects of illustration and aims to enable students to respond to a brief.
Summer School – Introduction to Interior Design 14 Plus
The taster course will familiarise students with the principles of looking at interior spaces, translating aspirations into ideas and depicting it visually in a personal and original form.
Summer School – Learn to Draw 3D Campus
On this one day ‘taster’ course, you’ll be introduced to some of the basic skills of observational drawing, including line, space, tone and proportion.
Summer School – Life Drawing (All Levels)
This course is equally worthwhile for those with no drawing or painting experience, as they are for the experienced artist. The aim of the course is to encourage students to develop their drawing and painting skills via access to what some consider the most compelling form, the nude and clothed human body.
Summer School – Painting in Oils: Getting Started
Do you want to paint in oils but don’t know where to start?
