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STUDY A RANGE OF SUBJECTS
Summer holidays are ideal times to consider joining us at the Art Academy. For short courses lasting four to five days, we open our studios for classes across a range of disciplines. From introductory courses for the beginner, to masterclasses for the more experienced, our courses are taught by specialists in their fields.
Class numbers are kept to a maximum of 15, so that the tutor has plenty of time to give individual attention to each student.
We also run a young artists’ course for teenagers interested in or are thinking about applying to art school. Aimed at young people doing GCSE or A-level art, the course is an ideal art school ‘taster’, a ‘no risk’ way for students to get a feel for what it might be like on a Foundation course.
Material packs can be purchased with some of our courses. Please check the details of the individual class. You can also buy an Acrylic Painting, Oil Painting or Drawing Pack individually on our Materials Page.
Please note, our courses are only suitable and available for students 18 years old and above. We have a variety of courses specifically designed for under 18’s as part of our Young Artists programme.
Progressive discounts are available for booking two or more week-long courses:
2 courses: 5% discount
3 courses: 10% discount
4 or more courses: 15% discount
If you are planning to book more than one course, please contact us directly to arrange the discounted booking.
email: shortcourses@artacademy.org.uk
call: 020 7701 2880
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| Life Drawing | Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 | 5 | £335 | Places Available! | Show details |
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| Drawing for All | Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019 | 4 | £270 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Drawing Taster - 7th September | Saturday, 7th September 2019 | 1 | £90 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Drawing Views of London | Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019 | 4 | £270 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Figure Painting Masterclass with Sarah Jane Moon | Saturday & Sunday, 28th & 29th September 2019 | 2 | £185 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Hand Built Ceramics Taster - 21st September | Saturday, 21st September 2019 | 1 | £90 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Oil Painting Taster - 21st September | Saturday, 21st September 2019 | 1 | £90 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Pewter Casting using the "Lost Wax" Technique | Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019 | 4 | £270 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Jane Hamilton | Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019 | 4 | £320 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Sculpture Taster - 31st August | Saturday, 31st August 2019 | 1 | £90 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Textile Art and Surface Texture | Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019 | 4 | £265 | Places Available! | Show details |
| Young Artists | Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019 | 4 | £270 | Places Available! | Show details |
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Drawing for AllFrom: £270.00Course CodeSC1804009TutorFrancesca CorraDatesTuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019Days4Times10.00am – 5.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£270LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA wonderful opportunity for people with all levels of experience to explore the skills of drawing and life drawing. Throughout the course you will work to a variety of themes to learn fundamental drawing skills, including composition, tonal drawing, measurement and movement. Once mastered students are encouraged to develop a creative approach interjected with urban sketching, exploration of different lines, contrasts, compositions, materials and techniques. This is a structured informative, yet fun and stimulating, course that teaches essential drawing skills whilst encouraging a creative approach.
Drawing Taster – 7th SeptemberFrom: £90.00Course CodeTAS1804T02TutorAlison HandDatesSaturday, 7th September 2019Days1Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£90LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a fun, day-long taster course in drawing for those who may be considering a longer evening or daytime course and are wondering how much they will enjoy it. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in practical demonstrations to help you begin to see shape and tone, and how these elements can relate together to form a composition. We aim to foster self-certainty and an enjoyment of drawing in a relaxed yet stimulating environment. As you work through a series of exercises, you will gain confidence with pencil and charcoal, which will encourage you to further explore the medium.
Drawing Views of LondonFrom: £270.00Course CodeSC1804004TutorNatasha LienDatesTuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019Days4Times10.00am – 5.00pmExperience LevelBeginner+Fee£270LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA wonderful opportunity for people with all levels of experience to explore the skills of outdoor sketching and urban drawing. Over the five days, students will draw on location at various sites near the Art Academy. Students will tackle the architecture of the Southbank, explore busy Borough Market, sketch the serene view across to St Paul's and much more. Each class will begin with a brief introduction to the day’s subject, showing examples of the work of artists who have depicted similar scenes to the ones which the students will experience. Each day the tutor will introduce a new material or drawing technique for the students to explore over the day, in their sketchbooks or on larger sheets of paper.
Figure Painting Masterclass with Sarah Jane MoonFrom: £185.00Course CodeWC1804054TutorSarah Jane MoonDatesSaturday & Sunday, 28th & 29th September 2019Days2Times10.00am – 5.00pmExperience LevelAdvancedFee£185LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis figure painting course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Sarah Jane Moon. The course will include opportunities to visually think through composition, colour and tone in a graphic and bold way through drawing and painting from the model. A day will be spent drawing and studying tone in anticipation of three days creating a dynamic and fully realised figure painting. Students will work towards creative exciting and emotionally engaged work that has both accuracy and expression. The course is designed to give students the practical skills and grounding in technique to paint with confidence and unique style. It will further develop skills in painting a good portrait likeness whilst also enabling an increased understanding of what it means to make a compelling painting with narrative and compositional intrigue. Students will receive regular one-to-one guidance throughout the course.
Hand Built Ceramics Taster – 21st September£90.00Course CodeTAS1804T14TutorAdele WilliamsDatesSaturday, 21st September 2019Days1Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£90LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a fun, day-long taster course in hand built ceramics for those who may be considering a longer evening or Saturday course and would like to try it out first. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in practical demonstrations to help you to learn the various processes involved in working with clay by using classic hand built ceramic techniques such as pinching and coiling as well as basic finishing techniques. We aim to foster self-certainty and enjoyment of the media within this workshop and offer a relaxed yet stimulating environment. Please note that at the end of the day there will be the possibility to choose to have your work kiln fired.
Oil Painting Taster – 21st SeptemberFrom: £90.00Course CodeTAS1804T11TutorHannah Turner-DuffinDatesSaturday, 21st September 2019Days1Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£90LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a fun day-long taster course in oil painting for those who may be considering a longer evening or daytime course and are wondering how much they will enjoy it. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in hands-on, practical demonstrations to show you how to mix colour and see shape and tone, and how these elements relate to form a composition. We aim to foster self-certainty and an enjoyment of painting in a relaxed yet stimulating environment. You will make at least two paintings in the day, the morning will be spent focusing on how to handle oil paint whilst working with a limited tonal palette. Students will be have the opportunity to paint from the life model, exploring expressive mark making describing the tone and volume of the figure. During the afternoon you will start you use colour, working from a still-life set up using natural and organic forms. Throughout the day you will be encouraged to play and enjoy the application of paint whist also understanding techniques of working from observation.
Pewter Casting using the “Lost Wax” Technique£270.00Course CodeSC1804032TutorRobert Worley MRBSDatesTuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019Days4Times10.00am – 5.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£270LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis practical course is suitable for beginners and experienced artists who want to experiment with metal cast sculpture. Pewter is a metal that can be cast and finished in your own studio, with relatively basic equipment, and without the need of a foundry. Pewter is a silver coloured tin metal alloy which melts at low temperatures. During the course you will model a sculpture in wax, learn how to cast in pewter using plaster waste moulds and the ‘lost wax’ casting technique. Bring your own ideas or come with an open mind and be inspired to work with new materials and sculpture techniques. This is a practical workshop based course with one to one and group guidance from the tutor.
Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Jane Hamilton£320.00Course CodeSC1804253TutorJane HamiltonDatesTuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019Days4Times10.00am – 5.00pmExperience LevelAdvancedFee£320LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRPortrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This course aims to build upon your previous experience [Intermediate/Advanced] to further how to observe and translate your observation into a clay portrait sculpture from a life model. Refresh, renew or find alternative ways of looking through group and individual discussion with your tutor, Jane Hamilton, who is a Member of Society of Portrait Sculptors. Through the week you will be working from a model, and create a finished piece for subsequent firing. There will be the option to leave your finished sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee.
Sculpture Taster – 31st August£90.00Course CodeTAS1804T03TutorJessica WetherlyDatesSaturday, 31st August 2019Days1Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£90LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a fun, day-long taster course in sculpting with clay and plaster for those who may be considering a longer evening or daytime course and want to try it out first. Spend the morning with the joy of clay to create a small figure sculpture from a life model. In the afternoon mix plaster and other media to make your own creative sculpture. No need to worry if you have nothing in mind. This is a great opportunity to combine these two basic sculpture skills and techniques. There will be the option to leave your clay sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee and you are welcome to take home your plaster piece. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in practical demonstrations to help you get a feel for the medium and the way it can be manipulated into shape and form. We aim to foster self-certainty and an enjoyment of sculpting in a relaxed yet stimulating environment.
Textile Art and Surface Texture£265.00Course CodeSC1804060TutorLynne AbrahamsonDatesTuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019Days4Times10.00am – 5.00pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£265LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRDesigned for both beginners and more experienced students, this interesting new course looks at the power of the needle and the ways stitch has been used as a tool of subversion. With the rise in popularity of textile art and blurring of the distinction between fine art and craft, the possibilities of this medium are endless and unexpected. You'll learn techniques and processes, explore how they can be used in your own work, and engage in discussion about what it means to use stitch in fine art practice in the 21st century. The classes are structured; in the morning there will be a presentation of the techniques being taught that day as well as contemporary artists who use these processes in their work. This will show you the possibilities of stitch and embroidery, both as an end in themselves and a way of adding texture and dimension to your artwork. In the afternoon, you will have the opportunity to experiment with the techniques that have been taught or use them to work on a personal project.
Young Artists£270.00Course CodeSC1804419TutorGail Seres-Woolfson, Rhiannon SalisburyDatesTuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019Days4Times10.00am – 5.00pmExperience LevelAges 12-14Fee£270LocationThe Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRYoung Artists is an exciting four day course for ages 12-14 providing high level art tuition, including drawing workshops, contemporary painting, specialist sculpture techniques, and using experimental media. Focused classes create a supportive environment, and there is a strong focus on personal outcomes and solutions to develop independent judgement. Access to specialist materials and facilities improve technical skills, and discussion and presentation sessions build confidence and critical understanding. This course is ideal for those studying a range of arts based GCSE subjects, or wanting to advance their artistic skills and creative confidence.