Painting Evening Classes – Art Academy London
We offer a range of painting evening classes for all abilities and our superb central London location means we are easily accessible.
Abstract Painting for BeginnersFrom: £210.00Course CodeEC2104041TutorBeñat OlaberriaCourse DatesMondays, 11th July - 22nd August 2022Days7Times6.30pm - 9.00pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£210LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis seven-week course is an introduction to abstract painting by artist Beñat Olaberria, who has studied at The Art Academy of Art and at City & Guilds of London Art School. The course‘s emphasis is on both the discussion and the practical aspects; making us question our aesthetic attractions and our decision making. You will look at working with colour and texture and culminate your course in an own self-directed painting.
Monday Mix£230.00Course CodeEC2104015TutorAnnabel MacIver, Jackie Smith, Jessica WetherlyCourse DatesMondays, 11th July - 22nd August 2022Days7Times6.30pm - 9.00pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£230LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis 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 seven weeks, 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.
Portrait PaintingFrom: £225.00Course CodeEC2104018TutorAndrew HitchcockCourse DatesMondays, 11th July - 22nd August 2022Days7Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£225LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a well structured course giving students opportunity to understand how to paint a portrait. The emphasis will be on learning to see form and colour accurately and using these skills to better create loose, expressive portraits. Working with oil paints students will develop a series of artworks, from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
TUESDAY
Intermediate PaintingFrom: £240.00Course CodeEC2104038TutorKinga MarkusCourse DatesTuesdays, 12th July - 30th August 2022Days8Times6.30pm - 9.00pmExperience LevelIntermediateFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis 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’ 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 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. They will help you engage with the subject matters and styles that excite you and 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.
Introduction to Oil PaintingFrom: £240.00Course CodeEC2104037TutorGail Seres-WoolfsonCourse DatesTuesdays, 12th July - 30th August 2022Days8Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA 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.
Painting for BeginnersFrom: £240.00Course CodeEC2104013TutorAlice ClarkeCourse DatesTuesdays, 12th July - 30th August 2022Days8Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a well-structured and systematic 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 stimulating environment. Working through a series of exercises you will gain experience and skills in painting still life, self portrait and the interior. Whilst also exploring a more creative approach to painting, helping you establish your own style and identity. This course is a fun and relaxing experience, offering plenty of guidance from the tutor.
WEDNESDAY
Creative Painting for BeginnersFrom: £240.00Course CodeEC2104004TutorBeñat OlaberriaCourse DatesWednesdays, 13th July - 31st August 2022Days8Times6.30pm - 9.00pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is an exciting course that will stimulate your creativity and teach you how to use 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 enjoying exploring the medium of paint’s full 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 covers basic painting techniques such as line, tone, understanding colour as well as the application of paint. It also explores more expressive methods through simple exercises focusing on composition, abstraction and working with the figure. You will spend time in the last few weeks developing a finished painting, using techniques you have developed over the duration of the course.- Introduction to Oil PaintingFrom: £240.00Course CodeEC2104137TutorMercedes BalleCourse DatesWednesdays, 13th July - 31st August 2022Days8Times6.30pm - 9.00pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA 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.
- Painting for BeginnersFrom: £240.00Course CodeEC2104113TutorJackie SmithCourse DatesWednesdays, 13th July - 31st August 2022Days8Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a well-structured and systematic 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 stimulating environment. Working through a series of exercises you will gain experience and skills in painting still life, self portrait and the interior. Whilst also exploring a more creative approach to painting, helping you establish your own style and identity. This course is a fun and relaxing experience, offering plenty of guidance from the tutor.
THURSDAY
- Introduction to Oil PaintingFrom: £240.00Course CodeEC2104237TutorMercedes BalleCourse DatesThursdays, 14th July - 1st September 2022Days8Times6.30pm - 9.00pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA 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.
Outdoor Creative Painting£240.00Course CodeEC2104024TutorGail Seres-WoolfsonCourse DatesThursdays, 14th July - 1st September 2022Days8Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR, Various locationsAs well as being very informative, this course is great fun and offers the fantastic opportunity to paint in and around the landscape of London Bridge. The Art Academy is just a short stroll from all sorts of exciting locations that could become a focus of a painting; the Thames, the Tate, Borough Market, Tower Bridge, St Paul’s, the shard, building sites and lots of small gardens. The majority of this course will be based outdoors painting on site, although there will be a studio available for use if the weather prevents us from working outdoors. You will learn techniques of tone, colour, atmosphere, composition, perspective, as well as how to be organised and efficient with materials when working out and about. The course culminates in the studio developing a more ambitious painting working from sketches or photos.- Portrait PaintingFrom: £260.00Course CodeEC2104118TutorCarl RandallCourse DatesThursdays, 14th July - 1st September 2022Days8Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelBeginner+Fee£260LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a well structured course giving students opportunity to understand how to paint a portrait. The emphasis will be on learning to see form and colour accurately and using these skills to better create loose, expressive portraits. Working with oil paints students will develop a series of artworks, from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Introduction to Oil Painting£240.00Course CodeSAT2104037TutorAlice ClarkeCourse DatesSaturdays, 9th July - 27th August 2022Days8Times10.15am - 12.45pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£240LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA 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.
Open Life – SaturdayFrom: £210.00Course CodeSAT2104001TutorThomas Golunski, Various tutorsCourse DatesSaturday, 9th July - 27th August 2022, NO CLASS ON 13TH AUGUSTDays8Times10.30am – 1.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£210LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThe “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 £30 per session via our Eventbrite page.
Sunday Mix£165.00Course CodeSUN2103115TutorEleanor Bedlow, Farnoush Amini, Temsuyanger LongkumerCourse DatesSundays, 29th May - 19th June 2022Days4Times10.30am - 1.30pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£165LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis 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.- Sunday Mix£165.00Course CodeSUN2104015TutorVarious tutorsCourse DatesSundays, 10th July - 31st July 2022Days4Times10.30am - 1.30pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£165LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis 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.