Painting Summer School – Art Academy London
Summer holidays are ideal times to consider joining us at the Art Academy for a painting short course on our Summer School.
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Drawing and Painting for BeginnersFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904031TutorBeñat OlaberriaCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 27th July - 31st July 2020Days5Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a structured opportunity to gain fundamental drawing and painting skills, whilst blurring the boundary between drawing and painting by using both wet and dry materials together. Throughout the week, students will be using a limited pallet keeping the focus on tonal painting. By looking at still life, interior/exterior and portrait, students explore various ways of seeing, increasing their understanding and confidence to draw and paint. Topics include linear drawing, tonal drawing, composition, sketching outdoors, expressive drawing/painting, study of natural forms and portrait painting. A fun and intensive course that will leave students with the knowledge and inspiration to start their own artworks.- Drawing and Painting for BeginnersFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904131TutorGail Seres-WoolfsonCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 10th August - 14th August 2020Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a structured opportunity to gain fundamental drawing and painting skills, whilst blurring the boundary between drawing and painting by using both wet and dry materials together. Throughout the week, students will be using a limited pallet keeping the focus on tonal painting. By looking at still life, interior/exterior and portrait, students explore various ways of seeing, increasing their understanding and confidence to draw and paint. Topics include linear drawing, tonal drawing, composition, sketching outdoors, expressive drawing/painting, study of natural forms and portrait painting. A fun and intensive course that will leave students with the knowledge and inspiration to start their own artworks.
Figure and Portrait PaintingFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904006TutorJames BlandCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 17th August - 21st August 2020Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelBeginner+Fee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA fun and intensive week of life and portrait painting appropriate to all skill levels. Less experienced students will enjoy an introduction to portraiture and figure painting while more advanced students benefit from a refresher in figure work from an experienced artist which will progress their practice. The emphasis will be on learning practical skills as well as bringing out intuitive ability. The course will cover planning a painting and executing two types of portrait: head and shoulders and a full figure composition.
Figure PaintingFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904035TutorAdebanji AladeCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 3rd August - 7th August 2020Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelIntermediateFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis figure painting course is designed to develop the intermediate or advanced painter, enabling you to capture the spirit of the figure with intensity, gesture and rhythm. You will work from a model (with a ratio of one model to eight students), exploring the figure in a series of long and short poses through a variety of mediums including charcoal, graphite, and oil paints. You'll look at proportion, dynamism and accuracy, as well as exploring tone and temperature changes under different light conditions. The week will combine all these techniques into a two-day pose with dramatic lighting, before engaging in a group feedback session. Your expert tutor will be on hand to provide individual and group guidance throughout the week.
Introduction to Oil PaintingFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904037TutorNicholas McLeodCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 3rd August - 7th August 2020Days5Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRA well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before or want to start from the beginning. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone and relate all these elements together through composition. This course aims to foster self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating community environment. There will be work from both still-life and life models. Students will learn how to handle oil paint and understand different ways of approaching painting. Throughout the course students will learn from works of many artists to improve their development. There is plenty of guidance from the tutor and the course is fun and relaxing.- One Day Taster: Oil Painting – 18th JulySold OutCourse CodeTAS1904T01TutorLucy SmallboneCourse DatesSaturday, 18th July 2020Days1Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£90LocationArt Academy London, 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.
Kim WhitbyOne Day Taster: Watercolour – 18th July£90.00Course CodeTAS1904T05TutorKim WhitbyCourse DatesSaturday, 18th July 2020Days1Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginnerFee£90LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a fun day-long taster course in watercolour painting for those who may be considering a longer 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. The morning will be spent focusing on how to handle watercolour paint whilst 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.
Outdoor PaintingFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904024TutorEigil NordstrømCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 17th August - 21st August 2020Days5Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£335LocationArt 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. Working with quick sketches in oil or acrylic, students will practice how to efficiently and accurately capture tone and colour in the outdoors. Creating loose and vigorous paintings, we will look at how to capture a sense of light and atmosphere at different times of day. 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.
Painting for AllFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904013TutorLucy SmallboneCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 27th July - 31st July 2020Days5Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelAll LevelsFee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRAn exciting and well structured course for all skill levels wishing to learn how to use paint in a variety of techniques while also stimulating creative expression. The course explores the use of line, colour, tone, composition and the application of paint media while also developing expressive qualities within a composition. Sessions include painting from a life model, working from still life as well as more loosely structured creative painting using simple but effective exercises. Using other artists’ works as a source of inspiration students will explore creative methods of expression. Students then combine all these skills to create a portrait painting and a nude figure painting.
Painting the Figure in SpaceFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904033TutorCarl RandallCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 24th August - 28th August 2020Days5Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelBeginner+Fee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis course is a packed week covering a range of ways to paint the human figure in different types of spaces, and is a good introductory course or works as a refresher for those with painting experience. We start by painting the life model in the studio space, focusing on perspective and placing the figure in the room. The next day we look at a technique used by contemporary painters and the old masters, of working from miniature models as a way of working out interesting compositions. Days 4 and 5 are one project – gathering information collected from outside, and then constructing your own compositions in the studio, incorporating 3 figures into the space as a way of suggesting narrative. Oils and acrylics both welcome.
Portrait PaintingFrom: £335.00Course CodeSC1904118TutorCharlie SchafferCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 20th July - 24th July 2020Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelBeginner+Fee£335LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis is a well structured course with an emphasis on learning to understand the construction of the head and its features and using these skills to better create more intense, expressive portraits. Working with oil paints students will develop a series of artworks, from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. The students will also be encouraged to work intuitively and expressively in tandem with an emphasis on accuracy of observation. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist, Charlie Schaffer. Students will receive one-to-one guidance throughout the course, and Charlie will be on hand to give regular feedback and constructive advice. He will also be demonstrating and painting alongside the students.
Portrait Painting Masterclass with Andy PankhurstFrom: £395.00Course CodeSC1904150TutorAndy PankhurstCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 3rd August - 7th August 2020Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelAdvancedFee£395LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRFor some artists the portrait can be about purely formal aspects, with no relevance placed on the character of the sitter. Under the tuition of Andy Pankhurst you will be encouraged to explore and discover what you personally want to "paint about", working from a model throughout the week. Starting with preliminary drawings on day one you will be introduced to the concepts of measurement and proportion, form, tone, space, composition and pictorial structure. The focus will then be on producing a colour oil sketch from the portrait model with a particular emphasis on colour and temperature. The final three days of the course will be spent on a large-scale portrait painting of a sustained pose. This exciting course is an intensive five days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
Portrait Painting Masterclass with Robin Lee HallFrom: £395.00Course CodeSC1904250TutorRobin-Lee HallCourse DatesMonday - Friday, 17th August - 21st August 2020Days5Times10.00am – 4.00pmExperience LevelAdvancedFee£395LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis five-day portrait painting course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Robin-Lee Hall. The course offers a high level of tutor contact time with Robin, giving demonstrations, individual guidance, feedback and advice. The course aims to stimulate, refresh and advance each students practice on an individual basis. Your experienced tutor will support you throughout the course in both group sessions and one-to-one support providing daily feedback, critique and constructive advice. Each course ends in a final round up session and should you wish for any specific feedback or support, please speak with your tutor at the start of your course. By the end of this course you will develop your knowledge of structure, tone, colour and composition. You will complete one portrait painting and a number of shorter oil sketches and drawings.
Portrait Painting Masterclass with Tim BensonFrom: £315.00Course CodeSC1904050TutorTim BensonCourse DatesMonday - Wednesday, 10th August - 12th August 2020Days3Times10.30am – 4.30pmExperience LevelAdvancedFee£315LocationArt Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HRThis three-day portrait course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Tim Benson. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist. Students will produce at least four oil sketches on the first day and at least one more 'finished' painting by the final day. Under Tim’s guidance, students will concentrate on tonal painting allowing the emphasis to be on the form. During the course of the painting there will be an in-depth look at how to mix up colours. The tutor will also be working alongside the students demonstrating a 'wet in wet' technique. This exciting course is an intensive three days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.