Our specialist and holiday courses change each term, so why not explore our offerings below to find out more about what’s on offer at the moment.
Our wide range of courses offer classes for all age groups and interests. Whether you’re a first time potter or an experienced painter – we’ve got something for you.
February Half Term Courses Coming Soon
Egg Tempera Painting
Egg tempera is a painting technique that was a primary method of painting until after 1500 when it was superseded by the invention of oil painting.
Experimental Art & Media (Intermediate)
This course will give you the knowledge and confidence to experiment with a range of different materials to develop your own ideas and personal visual language.
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design/Portfolio Prep
Interviews have started...This course is offered part-time 9 hours a week, with a requirement to attend two core courses plus a third option each term over two years. Enroll on the NEW Portfolio Preparation 3D Campus - Putney School of Art and Design (psad.org.uk) to prepare for the Diploma course. Interviews have started for the Diploma 2024 (September) two year course. Please contact Belinda Bates, Curriculum Manager for more details and for an application form. bbates@enablelc.org
Garden Design – Design Your Own Garden 3D Campus
This is an intensive 6 -week course aimed at people who are interested in garden design but have varied to no experience of gardening or design.
Illustration (All Levels)
Over this 10-week course, published author/illustrator Sophie Ambrose will take you through all the steps from developing your initial idea to putting together a dummy picture book with a sample of artwork
NEW Fine Art Textiles
In the last decade the expressive skills of crafts and making have become valued as fine art practice. This course will allow students to work creatively with a broad range of materials and processes usually associated with textiles. It will provide an opportunity to explore and combine a variety of accessible techniques.
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.
Summer School – Good Artists Copy Great Artists Steal: James McNeil Whistler
‘Take What You Need’ from exploring the atmospheric oil paintings of the River Thames by James McNeil Whistler
Summer School – Painting from Photographs
Photographs offer wonderful opportunities for artists.
Summer School – 2 Days Collagraph Printmaking Workshop
A two-day course where you will create collagraph plates using simple found materials, textured papers, glue, resins and more.
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: Art and Design for Young People 13-17 years – 3D Campus & Main Site
An enjoyable and challenging course designed to build on existing skills to create a varied body of work useful for GCSE and A level course work or for a dynamic foundation portfolio.
Summer School – 2 Days: Drawing & Pastels (All Levels)
A two-day 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.
Summer School – 2 Days: Drawing & Printmaking from Sculpture
Using Sculpture as an observational starting point you will collect drawings to use as inspiration for printmaking. looking at the energy and gesture of monoprint and relief printmaking in general.
Summer School – 2 Days: Drypoint and Chine Colle
Suitable for complete beginners or those with some experience. We'll explore the wide range of mark-making that can be achieved in a drypoint print. Then using a technique called Chine Collé to experiment with adding colour and texture to your prints.
Summer School – 2 Days: Experimental Art & Media
This course is an opportunity to explore new ways of seeing and working.
Summer School – 2 Days: Experimental Printmaking
A two-day course where you can explore a variety of relief printing techniques.
Summer School – 2 Days: Family Learning Drawing and Painting 7-12 years
With an emphasis on fun, this is an opportunity to work with your child on some great creative projects
Summer School – 2 Days: Introduction to Drawing & Colour – 3D Campus
On this two-day ‘taster’ course you will be introduced to some of the basic skills of observational drawing and colour.
