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.
EVENING
PAINTING
Introduction to Oil PaintingFrom: £270.00Course CodeEC1904037TutorGail Seres-WoolfsonCourse DatesMondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020Days10Times6.15pm - 8.45pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£270LocationArt 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.
Monday Mix£280.00Course CodeEC1904015TutorBeñat Olaberria, Ellen Christiansen, Temsuyanger LongkumerCourse DatesMondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020Days10Times6.30pm - 9.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£280LocationArt 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 ten 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: £295.00Course CodeEC1904018TutorAndrew HitchcockCourse DatesMondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020Days10Times6.15pm - 8.45pmExperience LevelBeginner+Fee£295LocationArt 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
- Introduction to Oil PaintingFrom: £270.00Course CodeEC1904137TutorKate DunnCourse DatesTuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020Days10Times6.45pm - 9.15pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£270LocationArt 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: £270.00Course CodeEC1904013TutorAlice ClarkeCourse DatesTuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020Days10Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£270LocationArt 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: £270.00Course CodeEC1904004TutorLucy SmallboneCourse DatesWednesdays, 15th July - 16th September 2020Days10Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£270LocationArt 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.
Outdoor Creative Painting£190.00Course CodeEC1904024TutorGail Seres-WoolfsonCourse DatesWednesdays, 29th July - 28th August 2020Days5Times6.00pm – 8.30pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£135LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a fun course that offers the fantastic opportunity to paint in and around London’s urban landscape. The Art Academy is just a short stroll from the Thames, conveniently situated in the historic Southwark London Bridge area which will feature as the main focus of this course.Through quick drawing as well as paining sketches, students will practice how to efficiently and accurately capture tone and colour in the outdoors. Creating loose and vigorous works, we will look at how to capture a sense of light and atmosphere at different environments. Looking at the works of other artists we will discuss different ways of composing a painting in an urban setting. Basic painting techniques such as tone, colour and texture will be addressed, as well as creative expression in the application of paint. Painting outside of the studio is always an exciting experience and students of all levels are sure to enjoy painting outdoors.