Who are your classes for?​

Our classes are for any adult artist who would like to improve their ability to paint from life. Our teaching is always tailored to each individual student, so all of our classes are open to artists with any level of experience. We leave students' still life compositions set up for as long as they need, and our portrait/figure classes feature long poses, giving students plenty of time to learn how to take their artworks to the next level. While the majority of our classes are for adults, we also have a Monday afternoon class for keen teenagers.

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When do your classes run?

We have classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. We also have an untutored long pose sketch club on Thursdays.

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What happens in the Still-Life Classes?​

These classes are intended to help students develop their still life painting and/or drawing skills. You will be provided your own lightbox setup for the term, which means that you can work on a painting or drawing at your own pace, for as many classes as you wish, without any disturbance to the lighting or the objects you're painting. You can work on one painting or drawing for the term, or as many as you like. Still life is a great way to explore all aspects of making realistic artworks and the class covers concepts such as drawing, proportion, tone, colour-mixing, composition and more.

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Beginner drawers will go through a series of exercises starting with still life setups made from simple 3D shapes, and will gradually progress to more complex studies. The aim is to get fluent at understanding what you're seeing as a collection of shapes of light and dark and representing those shapes in the simplest way possible on the page. Then we look at how to use shading to give a sense of the light and form of an object.

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What happens in the Figure/Portrait Classes?

We run figure/portrait painting classes on Wednesdays and Saturdays and a clothed-portrait painting class on Fridays. You're also welcome to focus on drawing in graphite or charcoal in these classes. In the figure classes we paint a nude live model with two five week poses each term. This gives you plenty of time to make finished artworks and learn new things about capturing the human form. You can also work on portraiture during this class if you like.

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On Fridays we have a focus on painting the portrait, and this class features a live model in a clothed or costumed pose. We will have two poses for the term, each for five Fridays, with two different models. It’s a great way to learn about painting portraits and an opportunity to throw some colour into our work.​

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I'm an absolute beginner, where should I start?

You might find one of our still life/basic drawing classes a great place to start!

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What do I need to bring?​

Each class page on the website will have a list of materials that are recommended. Generally if you're new to our studio we recommend that you just bring drawing materials on day 1 (so don't feel like you have to rush out and buy everything all at once!).

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The studio also has a limited range of drawing and painting materials for sale if needed.