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Advanced Nude Figure Painting
Course Code: E1803P80 Tutor: Andy James Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate/Advanced Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course offers an excellent opportunity for students to work extensively with an established artist focusing on different approaches to painting the figure. You will explore alternatives to figure painting working under the guidance and instruction of a guest artist/tutor in their unique method for painting the figure. This term, your tutor is Andrew James. He will show you how to approach the nude figure in order to makes an interesting painting as well as a closely observed one as well. A major aim will be to study the subject closely in order to better understand and thereby describe form. You will relate the model to their surroundings, looking at light, tone, colour values, composition as well as the various merits of different techniques and painting styles.
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Anatomy
Course Code: E1803D03 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Fridays, 26th April - 28th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £500 From: £500.00Each week you will study a section of the human body, looking at bone and muscle structures in particular. The aim is that you will gain the knowledge that will allow you to question and assess the way you draw the human figure from life and examine your drawings in relation to your understanding of anatomy. Each day will begin with a study of specific parts of human anatomy, starting with the skeleton and then working through the muscles that define the surface appearance of the body. There will be a directed drawing session and anatomy lecture in the morning focusing on specific parts of the skeleton or musculature. This study will be complemented by looking at photos, diagrams and images of works of art that highlight the part of the anatomy studied that day. After lunch students will draw from the life model for the rest of the day. Poses will be set to show the aspects of the human anatomy discussed in the morning.
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Animation & Art
Course Code: E1803T003 Tutor: Louise O’Connor, TBC Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course will give students an understanding of how various types of animation can be created and incorporated into moving image work. Practical workshops will teach the basic principles and methods of animating drawings, sculptures and digital material with accessible and non-specialist equipment and software. Starting with Stop Motion we will move gradually through 2D and 3D animation as well as exploring how sound can be used to enhance their effect. The remaining sessions will be devoted to students developing their own work through these methods and with individual tutor support gain an understanding of how to translate their ideas through the creation and animation of physical and digital objects.
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Art History – Introduction to Contemporary Art: 1990 – 2019
Course Code: EC1803AH03 Tutor: David Hodge Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.15pm – 7.45pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £170 Location: The Art Academy Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS £170.00This course introduces key topics in international contemporary art from 1990 to the present day. It begins with the question of ‘what is contemporary art’ and then looks at a range of new developments in the way that artists are working today. The course takes a global approach, looking at artists from all over the world, and includes big names of the contemporary art scene alongside figures who are less well known. Students will be provided with the historical background to the emergence of new mediums and methods, so that some of the more unusual developments in the field of contemporary art will begin to make more sense. The tutor will use a variety of engaging exercises to help students begin to develop visual and critical skills. There is no expectation that students should have any background knowledge and it is designed for general interest rather than academic study.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April and Monday 27th May. There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Clothed Figure Painting Masterclass with Roxana Halls
Course Code: SC1804150 Tutor: Roxana Halls Dates: Monday - Friday, 12th August - 16th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £395.00This five day course offers the fantastic opportunity to study under the expert tuition of Roxana Halls, focussing on the figure and portraiture and working with costume and fabric to create a narrative for a painting. Throughout the week students will be painting directly from clothed life models.
Clothed Portrait painting Masterclass is an ideal opportunity to develop a number of different aspects of painting, from an understanding of tone, proportion, through to composition, creating a likeness, developing narrative in the work, formal elements of design and working with costume and fabric. The aim of this course is to teach students how to develop ideas from initial sketches and the refinement of ideas through to developing coherent work.
We will cover some of the techniques an artist can deploy when building a clothed narrative portrait. Our emphasis will be not only on creating a likeness and looking at compositional approaches but also developing an understanding of how to paint fabric & drapery, we will discuss specific methods for tackling the delineation and volume in the shapes, shadows and folds of different types of garments.
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Collagraph Printmaking with Katherine Jones
Course Code: WC1804PR86 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Friday - Sunday, 30th August - 1st September 2019 Days: 3 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £260 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £260.00This 3-day weekend course is suitable for relative beginners but will also benefit those who have attended previous collagraph courses. Collagraph relies on texture to build up plates that can be printed both in intaglio or relief and as a multi-plate print. Guided by Katherine Jones, a renowned British printmaker, you will expand your knowledge to realise a truly accessible and exciting new way of printmaking.
The Art Academy’s printmaking studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaker artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London. There is a maximum of eight to ten students per course, materials are included and we advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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Collagraph Printmaking with Katherine Jones
Course Code: WC1803PR86 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 1st & 2nd June 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £175 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £175.00This 2-day weekend course is suitable for relative beginners but will also benefit those who have attended previous collagraph courses. Collagraph relies on texture to build up plates that can be printed both in intaglio or relief and as a multi-plate print. Guided by Katherine Jones, a renowned British printmaker, you will expand your knowledge to realise a truly accessible and exciting new way of printmaking.
The Art Academy’s printmaking studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaker artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London. There is a maximum of eight to ten students per course, materials are included and we advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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Composition with Portrait & The Figure
Course Code: E1803P19 Tutor: Carl Randall Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner/Intermediate Fee: £500 £500.00This course is about creating compositions featuring portraits and figures, with an emphasis on the placement of the figure within space. Providing an opportunity to develop skills in figure painting, this versatile course is designed to give a broad and varied understanding of figurative painting, portraiture, design and composition, monotone & colour painting techniques, and the use of acrylic & oil paint. As well as developing figure-painting skills, it will focus on understanding the tools of image making, design process, the formal elements of constructing figurative artworks, and a variety of approaches to creating pictures that combine people and places with interest and substance.
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Contemporary Abstraction
Course Code: E1803P10 Tutor: Magdalena Blasinska Dates: Mondays, 29th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course is for people keen to develop an understanding of their own preoccupation with abstract painting, or simply understand the medium better. We will think about the language of paint, looking at technical and methodical approaches to making an ‘abstract painting’ in historical and contemporary context. This course is premised around your own interests in cultural heritage. You will be asked to question a variety of approaches to formulate your ideas and frame them in a contemporary context. You will make a variety of visual work – paintings, drawings and collages. Through practical exercises, discussions of key artists, visits to galleries and group critiques, you will start to develop your own visual vocabulary and critical understanding of your own work.
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Creative Mix
Course Code: SC1803030 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson, Jessica Wetherly, Steve Edwards Dates: Monday - Friday, 8th April - 12th April 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £315 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £315.00The Creative Mix is an ideal way to explore a variety of artistic methods. Over the five days, students will work through various exercises in drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to both develop skills and get creative with your own ideas.
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Creative Mix
Course Code: SC1804030 Tutor: Katherine Jones, Lynne Abrahamson, Zoe Toolan Dates: Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00The Creative Mix is an ideal way to explore a variety of artistic methods. Over the five days, students will work through various exercises in drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to both develop skills and get creative with your own ideas.
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Creative Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803004 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This 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.
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Cultural Inspirations for Painting the Figure
Course Code: E1803P52 Tutor: Susanne du Toit Dates: Mondays, 29th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate/Advanced Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course gives students with some experience of figure and portrait painting the opportunity to think more carefully about the context within which they paint a portrait and their intentions for their painting. The course is intended to help you to think more broadly about how you might work with a model to create paintings, utilising wider cultural references to bring a different layer of meaning to the work. Each week will start with an introduction to and discussion of a cultural reference; artists and art movements, theatre, film and literature. Guided by your tutor, the group will jointly establish a series of scenes or poses taking inspiration from these references as the basis for their paintings.
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Design a Children’s Picture Book
Course Code: EC1803023 Tutor: Rachael Ball Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00This is an interesting course were you’ll combine both writing and illustrating to create your own engaging children’s story. The first five weeks of the course are focused on writing the first draft of your story, including brainstorming a plot, coming up with character designs and partially scripting your story. You’ll develop ideas for a page-turning script and plan a well composed storyboard.
In the second half of the course, you’ll focus on the putting together a visual sampler for a publisher, experimenting with colour pencil, watercolour and mixed media to find the best way to bring your story to life. By the end of the course, you will have a final set of illustrations, a storyboard, a sampler for a publisher and an individual action plan to help you turn your story plans into a finished work.
Our tutor Rachael Ball is a published author and an experienced teacher. Her book ‘The Inflatable Woman’ was a Guardian Best Graphic Novel in 2015.
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Developing Drawing
Course Code: EC1803016 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This is a wonderful next step for those with basic drawing skills to explore drawing further through an exciting thematic approach. Each week we introduce a different theme such as rhythm, mystery, energy and harmony and investigate these using a range of inventive drawing methods. This is a fun and creative approach to ideas and issues in drawing, and over the course we develop new skills of mark making and self-expression, using a range of starting points such as the life model, still life, and natural forms.
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Developing Drawing
Course Code: SAT1803016 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Saturdays, 27th April - 29th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This is a wonderful next step for those with basic drawing skills to explore drawing further through an exciting thematic approach. Each week we introduce a different theme such as rhythm, mystery, energy and harmony and investigate these using a range of inventive drawing methods. This is a fun and creative approach to ideas and issues in drawing, and over the course we develop new skills of mark making and self-expression, using a range of starting points such as the life model, still life, and natural forms.
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Jonny FentonDigital Animation
Course Code: EC1803097 Tutor: Jonny Fenton Days: 5 Dates: Mondays, 3rd June - 1st July 2019 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £145.00This course takes a fun approach to digital animation – learning to create ‘hand drawn’ 2D animation using Photoshop. Students will have the opportunity to explore and experiment with frame by frame techniques that bring your digital drawings to life. Working on a graphics tablet and drawing directly into Photoshop, your experienced tutor will guide you step by step through the principles of animation. By the end of this course each student will have developed a good understanding of how to use the software and have their own animated GIF to share.
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Digital Animation
Course Code: SC1804097 Tutor: Jocie Juritz Dates: Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This week-long course takes a fun approach to digital animation – learning to create ‘hand drawn’ 2D animation using Photoshop. Students will have the opportunity to explore and experiment with frame by frame techniques that bring your digital drawings to life. Working on a graphics tablet and drawing directly into Photoshop, your experienced tutor will guide you step by step through the principles of animation. By the end of this course each student will have developed a good understanding of how to use the software and have their own animated GIF to share.
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Digital Illustration
Course Code: EC1803094 Tutor: Jonny Fenton Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 20th May 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £145.00In this course you will get the opportunity to creatively explore the world of digital illustration. You will be looking at how digital illustration can be used within the art world, developing your knowledge of illustrators using this technique and trialing techniques similar to their specialties whilst creating your own. Your tutor will be teaching you new skills which can be used to enhance and create illustration of both hand rendered drawings and digitally drawn. as well as skills needed to develop your work, using fun and practical features digital illustration offers.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April . There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Digital installation, projection and motion
Course Code: E1803C104 Tutor: Aphra Shemza, Lynn Dennison Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course is an opportunity to work with two experienced tutors, and aims to teach skills in two main areas:
1. Spacial installation with video projection – encompassing different approaches to the exploration of space and site through immersive and site-specific installation, and the development of digital media for projection. In the first half of this course, you will develop your own project using video installation, honing and building on new skills, understanding and developing creative ideas, and culminating in finished installations.
2. Kinetic Art – working with wood and plastic to build kinetic sculptures and installations. Using DC and digital motors to create motion and learning how to use the Arduino, LEDs, sensors and other digital components and integrate them into your art practice. In the second half of this course, you will develop a second project using movement, learning new skills such as; working with Arduino, sculpture building, electronics, soldering and the integration of circuitry into sculpture.
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Digital Photography for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803098 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 22nd May 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £145 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £145.00This course gives students with their own Digital SLR the chance to learn how to properly use it over 5 weeks. Your experienced tutor will guide you step by step through the functions on your individual camera model and how you can move away from auto modes in order to create stunning, professional looking images. Students will learn about Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, File types and everything else you need to get a quality exposure in a variety of environments. The course will teach you about the technical nature of photography as well as how to compose better images. If you have found it frustrating trying to get the most out of your Digital SLR this great value course is the solution you have been after.
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Digital SLR Photography – Landscape, Portraits & Still Life
Course Code: EC1803099 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Dates: Tuesdays, 28th May - 25th June 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £145 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £145.00This course will build on your existing photography skills and introduce different types of specialist photography. You will learn more about how to use your camera as well as gaining a technical overview of how to photograph landscapes, portraits & still lives successfully. You will also gain lighting and post production tips to help take your photography to the next level. This course is an ideal way for you to get the most out of your camera and explore which aspects of photography you might wish to develop further.
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Drawing & Painting for Beginners
Course Code: SC1804031 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Monday - Friday, 22nd - 26th July 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00This 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 & Painting for Beginners
Course Code: SC1804131 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Monday - Friday, 12th August - 16th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00This 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 for All
Course Code: SC1803009 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Monday - Thursday, 15th April - 18th April 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £255 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £255.00A 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.
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Drawing for All
Course Code: SC1804009 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th August 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A 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.
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Drawing For All
Course Code: WC1804001 Tutor: Alison Hand Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 17th & 18th August 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £165.00A wonderful opportunity for people with all levels of experience to explore and enhance their drawing and life drawing skills. Over this packed weekend, students work through a variety of themes to learn fundamental drawing skills, including measurement, drawing the figure, and tonal drawing. As well as developing observational drawing skills, students are encouraged to be creative and expressive and to try out new approaches such as exploring different drawing materials, and experimenting with line and contrast. This is an intensive, informative, and fun weekend course, which teaches essential drawing skills whilst encouraging a creative approach.
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Drawing For All
Course Code: WC1803001 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 4th & 5th May 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £165.00A wonderful opportunity for people with all levels of experience to explore and enhance their drawing and life drawing skills. Over this packed weekend, students work through a variety of themes to learn fundamental drawing skills, including measurement, drawing the figure, and tonal drawing. As well as developing observational drawing skills, students are encouraged to be creative and expressive and to try out new approaches such as exploring different drawing materials, and experimenting with line and contrast. This is an intensive, informative, and fun weekend course, which teaches essential drawing skills whilst encouraging a creative approach.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803514 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803414 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803614 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Fridays, 26th April - 28th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803214 Tutor: Annabel MacIver Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803314 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803N014 Tutor: Nevine Fathy Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: SAT1803014 Tutor: Magdalena Blasinska Dates: Saturday, 27th April - 29th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803014 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803114 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April and Monday 27th May. There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Drawing in Museums
Course Code: SAT1803040 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Saturdays, 11th May - 8th June 2019 Days: 5 Times: 2.30pm - 5pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 From: £145.00This 5 week course is a wonderfully relaxing way to start the weekend and develop drawing and creative skills both for beginners and advanced drawers. The course is suitable for all skill levels and is designed to enable students to express a creative response to museum artworks, as well as develop an understanding of how artworks are put together to create particular impressions upon the viewer. The class will visit a different museum or gallery each week and students will draw from sculpture and painting across all genres. The tutor is highly knowledgeable on all aspects of drawing and museum art and delivers a very informative course.
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Drawing Taster
Course Code: SC1803T02 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Saturday, 6th April 2019 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £90 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £90.00This 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 London
Course Code: SC1804004 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th September 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A 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.
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Dynamic Figure Sculpture
Course Code: SC1804038 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Dates: Monday - Friday, 29th July - 2nd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This course focuses on teaching students to use the human form to express emotion, energy and character through working on a series of sculptures. Students will focus on understanding how to use different forms and compositions to express the character of the pose and to understand subtlety in the choice in forms, textures and materials. This course offers students an opportunity to work with different materials, to try something a bit different and loosen up your sculptural techniques. It is suitable for beginners to advanced students. Our experienced tutor will show beginners a step-by-step approach to figure modelling, and will work with more advanced students to push their work forward in their own way. Working with small dynamic standing poses in Super Sculpey as well as two seated poses in clay. -
Etching Workshop with Frederic Morris
Course Code: SC1803PR03 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Friday - Sunday, 12th - 14th April 2019 Days: 3 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £260 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £260.00This course is designed to give a broad yet intensive introduction to etching in all its shades of grey. You will develop a composition through line, texture and tone by etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. This 3 day workshop concentrates on hard-ground (fine line) and soft ground combined with aquatint (tone) in its various forms. The course is flexible in its composition allowing attendees to work at their own speed within the medium. Students may also work on their own individual etching projects.
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Etching Workshop with Frederic Morris
Course Code: SC1804PR03 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Monday - Friday, 22nd - 26th July 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This course is designed to give a broad yet intensive introduction to etching in all its shades of grey. You will develop a composition through line, texture and tone by etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. This 5 day workshop concentrates on hard-ground (fine line) and soft ground combined with aquatint (tone) in its various forms. The course is flexible in its composition allowing attendees to work at their own speed within the medium. Students may also work on their own individual etching projects.
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Etching: Hard Ground to Aquatint
Course Code: EC1803PR03 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 23rd May 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. You will develop a composition through line, texture and tone by multi-etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. The five week course concentrates on hard-ground (fine line) combined with aquatint (tone) in its various forms. The course is flexible in its composition allowing attendees to work at their own speed within the medium. Repeat attendees may also work on their own individual etching projects. The course fee covers materials including an etching needle for attendees to continue working on the plate outside of teaching hours.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from Katherine Jones, acclaimed printmaker with over fifteen years printmaking experience.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Etching: Hard Ground to Aquatint
Course Code: EC1803PR13 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Thursdays, 30th May - 27th June 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. You will develop a composition through line, texture and tone by multi-etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. The five week course concentrates on hard-ground (fine line) combined with aquatint (tone) in its various forms. The course is flexible in its composition allowing attendees to work at their own speed within the medium. Repeat attendees may also work on their own individual etching projects. The course fee covers materials including an etching needle for attendees to continue working on the plate outside of teaching hours.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from Katherine Jones, acclaimed printmaker with over fifteen years printmaking experience.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Experimental Etching
Course Code: WC1804PR99 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 24th & 25th August 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00Explore a more painterly side of etching. Students will depart from tradition to develop a series of different metal plates etched in contemporary mordants such as ferric chloride and saline sulphate by experimenting with the alchemy of the intaglio process; brushing, splashing, dripping, blowing and smudging to produce fascinating and unique prints. Attendees will be introduced to a variety of novel techniques including a permeable soap ground and a painterly aquatint based on photocopier toner. The course will be guided by one-to-one tuition from Frederic Morris.
The Art Academy’s printmaking studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaker artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London. There is a maximum of eight to ten students per course, materials are included and we advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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Exploring Watercolour & Ink
Course Code: E1803P36 Tutor: Kim Whitby Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner/Intermediate Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course aims to introduce students to the water-based mediums of watercolour and ink. Both indoors and outdoors, you will work responsively, exploring the particular qualities of these mediums and learning to use them in combination with drawing, to collect and record findings in a sketchbook and developing your learning into finished artworks in the studio or outdoors if appropriate.
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Figure & Portrait Sculpture
Course Code: EC1803005 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Gil Whyman MRBS Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00If you are interested in learning to sculpt the human figure then this is an ideal class for you. You have the opportunity to explore both the full figure and a portrait head sculpture with a different model for each. You will model in clay for 10 weeks: 5 weeks of Figure Sculpture from a set pose and 5 weeks of Portrait Head Sculpture from a different model. You will get a flavour of the challenges and thrills of both of these disciplines. We would recommend this course to students who want to concentrate on learning the basics of Portrait and Figure sculpting. As well as the practice and development of working in clay from a model, also covered are measuring skills, observational skills and preparation of a piece for firing. Optional hollowing and firing of the clay sculptures are an additional cost.
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Figure Painting Masterclass with Alan McGowan
Course Code: SC1804051 Tutor: Alan McGowan Dates: Monday - Friday, 22nd - 26th July 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £395.00Under Alan’s guidance, students will concentrate on developing the relationship between life drawing and painting whilst considering mark-making, colour and the handling properties of paint. These elements will be fused together over the five day course by firstly making several drawn studies in both dry materials and oil paints, followed by a one day oil painting and finally, a more developed three day painting in oil. The consideration of accuracy of observation and measurement will be looked at in relation to freedom of expression, exploration of materials and engagement with an expressive and individual painterly language. Students will receive regular one-to-one guidance throughout the course. -
Figure Painting Masterclass with Sarah Jane Moon
Course Code: SC1804054 Tutor: Sarah Jane Moon Dates: Monday - Friday, 5th August - 9th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £395.00This 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.
Over an intense five-day period, 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.
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Friday Mix
Course Code: EC1803315 Tutor: Mark Walter, Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Fridays, 26th April - 28th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This 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.
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Hand Built Ceramics
Course Code: EC1803047 Tutor: Annette Bugansky Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00A comprehensive introduction into the methods and variety of creative potential of sculptural ceramics. The course covers studio practice, clay types, basic core techniques of hand building for sculpture: coiling, pinching, slab building and surface decoration. These will be taught and put into practice to make finished ceramic forms. Through practical projects you will understand the material and, with emphasis on experimentation, how you can manipulate it to create a variety of forms. These can then be decorated with raw glazes and slips for a once fired finished piece.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April and Monday 27th May. There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Hand Built Ceramics
Course Code: EC1803147 Tutor: Adele Williams Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00A comprehensive introduction into the methods and variety of creative potential of sculptural ceramics. The course covers studio practice, clay types, basic core techniques of hand building for sculpture: coiling, pinching, slab building and surface decoration. These will be taught and put into practice to make finished ceramic forms. Through practical projects you will understand the material and, with emphasis on experimentation, how you can manipulate it to create a variety of forms. These can then be decorated with raw glazes and slips for a once fired finished piece.
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Hand Built Ceramics Taster – 13th April
Course Code: SC1803T04 Tutor: Adele Williams Dates: Saturday, 13th April 2019 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £90 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £90.00This 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.
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Hybrid Printmaking
Course Code: E1803PR10 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course focuses on experimenting with a combination of techniques including simple block-print, etching, collagraph and mono-print to develop a print or series of prints. The course will bring a new perspective to printmaking working in a process-led way to embrace and develop both the intentional and surprise elements of intaglio and relief printmaking. This course is ideal for painting and drawing practitioners who would like to recalibrate their practice, gain a perspective of print techniques and re engage with the drawn mark. Print both compliments and brings perspective to other areas of creative practice and enables one to reconsider and refresh an established routine.
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Interior/Exterior
Course Code: E1803P06 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner/Intermediate Fee: £500 £500.00This course will use interior and exterior locations as a means of exploring all kinds of pictorial possibilities, both narrative and formal. The first part of the course will focus on creating work in response to interior settings. Starting in the studio, we will consider issues of perspective such as establishing the eye level, key vanishing points and receding lines. We will consider how to interpret light in terms of tone, colour, reflection and shadow, in order to create interesting paintings that capture a sense of atmosphere, working with a series of oil sketches. We will then look at gathering information through photography, sketching and taking notes in different off-site interior locations, with the aim to create a more developed painting in the studio, relating the choice of composition and focus of the painting to the individual student’s practice. We will also discuss how other artists, historical and contemporary, interpret and make use of spaciality, atmosphere and location in their work.
For the second five weeks, we will explore exterior spaces, working both from the urban architectural environment and the greenery of the London parks. We will start with a recap on perspective and understanding light, considering the challenges unique to working in the exterior. We will then start to develop painted sketches in locations such as Borough Market and down by the River, creating compositions that generate a sense of place and feed off the energy of the city. Quick “alla prima” paintings done on site will be used as starting points for more considered paintings in the studio that resonate more with the individual student’s attitude to painting. Finally, we will draw inspiration from one of the London parks, working initially “en plein air” as a means of making exciting paintings of the landscape in a short space of time. Returning to the studio we will consider landscape painting in a contemporary context, before developing a painting based on the individual student’s interest in the subject. -
Intermediate Drawing
Course Code: EC1803036 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is designed for students who have either completed our ‘Drawing for Beginners’ course or already have some experience of drawing, and want to take their skills to the next level. Over the course, students will explore drawing from observation, memory and imagination, thereby developing a deeper understanding of drawing and greatly enhancing drawing skills. Each week we focus on a particular aspect of drawing. Starting with measurement and explore this in different contexts, so that students will gain confidence in drawing a wide variety of subjects including still life, life models, and urban landscape. Through trying different approaches and materials, students will begin to develop a ‘visual vocabulary’ of drawing. There will be opportunities to work both, inside and outside the studio, and in museums and galleries.
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Intermediate Painting
Course Code: EC1803138 Tutor: Carl Randall Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This 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. She 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.
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Intermediate Painting
Course Code: EC1803238 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This 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. She 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.
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Intermediate Painting
Course Code: SAT1803038 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Saturdays, 27th April - 29th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This 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. She 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.
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Introduction to Bookbinding with Carol Wilhide-Justin
Course Code: WC1802PR78 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 30th - 31st March 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This course is suitable for complete beginners and those needing a refresher course. Over two days you will learn how to make 3 different book structures with the option to incorporate your own prints, drawings and other works into these. The class will be taught by Carol Wilhide-Justin who is a graduate of the RCA and an experienced printmaker specialising in Japanese Woodcut and who uses bookbinding in her artistic and teaching practice.
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Introduction to Japanese Woodcut
Course Code: SUN1803PR83 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Sundays, 19th & 26th May 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00Japanese Woodcut or Mokuhanga is a relief process that is completely non-toxic in that it uses watercolour pigments and nori (rice starch) instead of oil-based ink. The prints are handprinted using a baren, no presses are necessary making this a process that can be done at home. The workshop explores the history of the traditional Japanese prints as exemplified by Hokusai and Hiroshige and follows the teaching that the tutor Carol Wilhide Justin herself received from Japanese sensei on her residency in Japan.
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Introduction to Japanese Woodcut
Course Code: SUN1804PR83 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Sundays, 8th & 15th September 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00Japanese Woodcut or Mokuhanga is a relief process that is completely non-toxic in that it uses watercolour pigments and nori (rice starch) instead of oil-based ink. The prints are handprinted using a baren, no presses are necessary making this a process that can be done at home. The workshop explores the history of the traditional Japanese prints as exemplified by Hokusai and Hiroshige and follows the teaching that the tutor Carol Wilhide Justin herself received from Japanese sensei on her residency in Japan.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: WC1803037 Tutor: Nevine Fathy Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 1st & 2nd June 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £165.00A 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: SC1803037 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Monday - Thursday, 15th April - 18th April 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £255 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £255.00A 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1803237 Tutor: Kate Dunn Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1803N037 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS From: £270.00A 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: SUN1803037 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Dates: Sundays, 28th April - 30th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: SC1804037 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00A 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1803037 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00A 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.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April and Monday 27th May. There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1803137 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00A 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.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April and Monday 27th May. There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Introduction to Painting
Course Code: WC1804013 Tutor: Neil Morley Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 24th & 25th August 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £165.00This is a well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before or would like to reassess their approach to painting. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate 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 working from a life model, from still life as well as exploring a more creative approach to painting helping you establish your own style and identity. This course is a fun and relaxing experience that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
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Introduction to Painting
Course Code: WC1803013 Tutor: Neil Morley Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 11th & 12th May 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £165.00This is a well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before or would like to reassess their approach to painting. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate 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 working from a life model, from still life as well as exploring a more creative approach to painting helping you establish your own style and identity. This course is a fun and relaxing experience that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
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Introduction to Pewter Casting
Course Code: WC1803032 Tutor: Robert Worley MRBS Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 11th & 12th May 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This 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.
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Introduction to Photoshop Techniques
Course Code: EC1803096 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 21st May 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £145.00This course will guide you through the basics of editing and creating imagery in Photoshop. It has become one of the most integral tools for the development of any contemporary art practice. Whether you are a photographer retouching photographs, a painter working out compositions or a sculptor editing photos of your work, the seemingly endless potential of this software can improve your artistic production. Your experienced tutor will guide you step by step through the basics of Photoshop including Layers, Masks, Colour Balancing and Flaw Correction. The course is designed so that students can learn technical skills in the software whilst also working on projects relevant to their interests.
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Introduction to Sculpture
Course Code: EC1803003 Tutor: Anthony Waters Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00An ideal start point for those wishing to explore sculpture techniques and ideas. This course covers both foundation technical skills and a creative exploration of different materials and ways of working. Sculpture is wonderfully fun and creative and with some simple skills taught, great results can be achieved. The first half of the term comprises three weeks of figurative sculpture in clay with a life model and two weeks of portraiture with another life model, also in clay. The second half of the term is an introduction to plaster, wire and other materials, culminating in a personal project. Students leave the course with a strong foundation of sculpture skills as well as an individual approach to the practice.
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Introduction to Sculpture
Course Code: WC1804003 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 10th & 11th August 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This 2-day course is an exciting introduction for beginners, as well as for those with some previous experience, to gain or develop basic sculpture skills. Working mainly in clay and plaster and some other mixed media, you will learn a range of techniques with the opportunity to explore your own creative project. The combination of clay and plaster opens up creative possibilities and offers a fun weekend at your own pace. You will spend the first day creating a small clay figure sculpture from a life model. On the second day you will develop creative sculpture using plaster and mixed media no need to worry if you have nothing in mind until you arrive for the course.
This is a great opportunity to discover, or return to, making 3-dimensional work and develop an individual approach. There will be the option to leave your finished sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee.
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Introduction to Sculpture
Course Code: WC1803003 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 18th & 19th May 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This 2-day course is an exciting introduction for beginners, as well as for those with some previous experience, to gain or develop basic sculpture skills. Working mainly in clay and plaster and some other mixed media, you will learn a range of techniques with the opportunity to explore your own creative project. The combination of clay and plaster opens up creative possibilities and offers a fun weekend at your own pace. You will spend the first day creating a small clay figure sculpture from a life model. On the second day you will develop creative sculpture using plaster and mixed media no need to worry if you have nothing in mind until you arrive for the course.
This is a great opportunity to discover, or return to, making 3-dimensional work and develop an individual approach. There will be the option to leave your finished sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee.
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Maria ZuluetaKiln Formed Glass
Course Code: EC1803007 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00An exploration of the intriguing, magical world of kiln formed glass. This course allows you to learn a variety of techniques including fusing, slumping, hand cut stencils, sandblasting, inclusions, uv bonding and surface decoration. Course tutor Maria Zulueta is a well-respected glassmaker, producing work at vastly different scales from table pieces to installations, with a wealth of experience in supporting you in learning new skills. Under her expert guidance you will use the range of techniques to build a collection of samples and create a final piece. You are free to explore their preferred techniques and those of you who have already done the course can rejoin to continue building upon their previous work with tutored guidance.
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Maria Zulueta
Kiln Formed Glass
Course Code: EC1803107 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Dates: Fridays, 26th April - 28th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00An exploration of the intriguing, magical world of kiln formed glass. This course allows you to learn a variety of techniques including fusing, slumping, hand cut stencils, sandblasting, inclusions, uv bonding and surface decoration. Course tutor Maria Zulueta is a well-respected glassmaker, producing work at vastly different scales from table pieces to installations, with a wealth of experience in supporting you in learning new skills. Under her expert guidance you will use the range of techniques to build a collection of samples and create a final piece. You are free to explore their preferred techniques and those of you who have already done the course can rejoin to continue building upon their previous work with tutored guidance.
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Kiln Formed Glass
Course Code: SC1804007 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Dates: Monday - Friday, 5th August - 9th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00A comprehensive introduction to the various techniques of kiln formed glass as well as a brief study of the history of glass-making. This is an all round opportunity to experiment with ideas and technical glass making skills from a sculptural perspective that progresses to completing an independent project.
The course covers model and mould making using a variety of mould making materials, approaches kiln formed glass techniques and starting points such as open casting, fusing and slumping. You will be taught how to cut, clean and arrange glass in preparation for fusing and slumping into a basic bowl shape. A short project will be set to encourage you to adopt an experimental approach using mould making refractory open cast processes. You will be shown how to use coloured glass to create a 3D sculptural glass form of your own design. You will be taught through demonstration, group and individual instruction and learn from hands on experience. Through looking at both contemporary and historical works you will discover the potential of the medium of glass. -
Life Drawing
Course Code: EC1803009 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £280.00Understanding the structure of the human figure and the way it is situated within a space is an essential skill for anyone keen to develop their drawing and observational skills. Each week you will have a different theme to explore, working from the life model with guidance from our highly experienced tutor. With an encouraging focus exploring your own approach to drawing, you will work through a series of exercises, using a wide range of materials including charcoal and graphite. This course teaches skills and expressive drawing in a unique way to develop your drawing most effectively, and is suitable for more advanced drawers as well as beginners.
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Life Drawing
Course Code: SC1804001 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00Understanding the structure of the human figure and the way it is situated within a space is an essential practice for anyone keen to develop their drawing and observational skills. Each week you will have a different theme to explore, working from the model with guidance from our highly experienced tutor. With an encouraging focus exploring your own approach to drawing, you will work through a series of exercises using a wide range of materials including charcoal and graphite. This course teaches skills and expressive drawing in a unique way to bring your drawing on most effectively and is suitable for more advanced drawers as well as beginners.
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Life-Size Figure Sculpture Masterclass
Course Code: SC1804LSS Tutor: Guest tutors, Laura Postle, Pippa Burley Dates: 6 Weeks, Monday to Friday, 22nd July - 30th August 2019 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £2,200 ( £1,200 for weeks 1 - 4; £ 1,000 for weeks 5 and 6 ) Location: The Art Academy Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS £2,200.00This course is a rare opportunity to work on a full life-size figure within a small class size. Working with a variety of figure sculptors, students will develop and hone the skills required to produce large scale figure work. Sculpting in both a guided environment from direct observation of a life model, as well as learning how to work self-directed without a model, you will spend a month fully immersed in the sculpting process.
The course is made of two parts: in part 1 (weeks 1 – 4), you’ll concentrate on modelling your sculpture, before moving onto moulding and casting in part 2 (weeks 5 & 6). If you prefer, you can choose to join part 1 only (although please note you will need to have completed part 1 to join part 2 of this course).
To apply for this course, please send an email with a few images of your figurative sculpture work to laura@artacademy.org.uk or contact the Art Academy team at shortcourses@artacademy.org.uk
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Lino Etching with Steve Edwards
Course Code: WC1804PR71 Tutor: Steve Edwards Dates: Friday - Sunday, 16th - 18th August 2019 Days: 3 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £260 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £260.00This course is ideal for attendees keen to further develop their relief printmaking skills. It teaches a more gestural approach to lino, combining the classical skill of carving a lino block with a contemporary approach to etching its surface with caustic soda. Bringing together painterly textures and graphic forms in a colourful multi-block print. The weekend course is a unique opportunity for a maximum of eight attendees, guided by one to one tutoring from Steve Edwards, a renowned British Printmaker. We advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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Lino Etching with Steve Edwards
Course Code: WC1803PR71 Tutor: Steve Edwards Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 4th & 5th May 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £175 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £175.00This course is ideal for attendees keen to further develop their relief printmaking skills. It teaches a more gestural approach to lino, combining the classical skill of carving a lino block with a contemporary approach to etching its surface with caustic soda. Bringing together painterly textures and graphic forms in a colourful multi-block print. The weekend course is a unique opportunity for a maximum of eight attendees, guided by one to one tutoring from Steve Edwards, a renowned British Printmaker. We advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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Linocut Masterclass with Nick Morley
Course Code: WC1804PR85 Tutor: Nick Morley Dates: Friday - Sunday, 9th - 12th August 2019 Days: 3 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £260 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £260.00This course is suitable for beginners or those with printmaking experience. Nick Morley (aka “Linocut boy”) specialises in hand carved linocuts. Students will learn to use professional Swiss tools and apply different printing techniques to create a range of effects. Nick will lead the group through the planning, carving and printing stages of multiplate printing.
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Luminosity
Course Code: E1803P03 Tutor: Mel Cole Dates: Fridays, 26th April - 28th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course is intended for students wishing to push the boundaries of their observational skill. Week by week you will be asked to study the elusive yet magical qualities that emanate from an eclectic range of lit objects. You will experience a sense of the unfamiliar revealed and the familiar transformed via the beauty and drama of light and luminosity.
This course is suitable for beginner students and for those more experienced in drawing, it will focus on gaining better understanding of the reading and recording of light; on, around and within lit surfaces; the ability to perceive fine gradations in each week’s subject matter and acquire a repertoire of skills to record them. The emphasis will be less on the science of how light works but on techniques to enable you to draw light and observe how objects with different surface properties react to light. -
Materials & Mark Making
Course Code: E1803D62 Tutor: Jane Millar, Sharon Leahy-Clark Dates: Fridays, 26th April - 28th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course investigates the power, possibilities and meaning of mark making in drawing. Each week we will approach mark making from a different perspective, contextualising our work through discussion of contemporary and historical artists who use drawing in their practice. Over the course we will test materials, experiment, collect site specific marks, use time and process to layer marks, create drawing devices and objects, developing a deep and vibrant visual vocabulary of mark making in drawing. We will explore the potential of both fundamental drawing materials and experimental drawing systems and processes.
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Monday Mix
Course Code: EC1803115 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson, Jackie Smith, Mark Walter, Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This 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.
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Monday Mix
Course Code: EC1803015 Tutor: Kat Earle, Mark Walter, Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This 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.
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Oil Painting Taster
Course Code: SC1803T01 Tutor: Rhiannon Salisbury Dates: Saturday, 13th April 2019 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £90 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £90.00This 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.
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Oil Painting Taster – 5th May
Course Code: SC1803T11 Tutor: Rhiannon Salisbury Dates: Sunday, 5th May 2019 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £90 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £90.00This 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.
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Open Life – Saturday
Course Code: SAT1803001 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Saturdays, 27th April - 29th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £230 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00The “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 £25 per session. Please note only card payment is available (Visa or Mastercard).
Please note only card payment is available (Visa or Mastercard).
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Open Life – Sunday
Course Code: SUN1803001 Tutor: Emma Seach Dates: Sundays, 28th April - 30th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £230 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00The “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 £25 per session. Please note only card payment is available (Visa or Mastercard).
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Outdoor Painting
Course Code: SC1804024 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Monday - Friday, 22nd - 26th July 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00This 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 – Developing Your Style
Course Code: EC1803019 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £280.00This course focuses on developing each student’s style of painting, both through pushing creative expression and refining technical ability. By working from the model, and by developing with a creative project, students will explore multiple ways of using paint to convey a certain message or feeling.
In the first part of the course students will be working from the figure, developing core painting skills whilst also reflecting on their use of paint. Working with oil and/or acrylic paints students will develop a series of artworks, from quick sketches to longer more developed pieces. Focus will be on developing expressive paintings that through their specific use of colour, composition and brushwork, have something to say about the human figure. This will be informed by looking at different ways other artists have used paint to achieve a certain result.
In the second part of the course students will work on a personal creative project. Students will be guided step by step through the process of developing an idea, collecting source material and references, experimenting with different techniques and approaches, before the final execution. By looking at contemporary and historical artists, and through dialogue with the group, students will develop their creative and critical awareness. This course would be a great follow on from the Intermediate Painting or Figure and Portrait Painting.
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Painting and Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: SUN1803031 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Sundays, 28th April - 30th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £280.00A well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted or drawn before. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone and relate all these elements together in various compositions. This course aims to foster self-confidence and enjoyment of drawing and painting in a stimulating environment. There will be an opportunity to work from a life model as well as working from still life. It is an ideal course for beginners as there is plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Painting for All
Course Code: SC1804013 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Monday - Friday, 29th July - 2nd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00An 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.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803013 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone, Nevine Fathy Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This 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.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April and Monday 27th May. There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803113 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This 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.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803213 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This 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.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1803N013 Tutor: Jackie Smith Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS From: £270.00This 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.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: SAT1803013 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Saturday, 27th April - 29th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This 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.
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Painting in Practice
Course Code: E1803P50 Tutor: Alison Hand Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course will help you discover what it is about painting that motivates and inspires you. The aim of this course is to make you more aware of the possibilities that lie within painting as a contemporary practice, to develop your painting practice and relevant technical knowledge and to progress your vision as an artist. You will be encouraged to adopt a rigorous approach to painting that involves a dialogue between thinking creatively and laterally. You will approach the development of your work with a sharp critical eye, developing skills and techniques relevant to your individual practice, whilst becoming more aware of relevant influences. The course is for all levels and is suitable for beginners whilst also being structured for more advanced students who have a clearer vision of what they want to achieve.
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Painting Masterclass with Toby Wiggins
Course Code: SC1804250 Tutor: Toby Wiggins Dates: Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £395.00This five-day portrait painting course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Toby Wiggins RP. There are many ways to make a successful portrait painting and so I prefer not to prescribe a particular method, manner or ‘technique’, but rather to re-examine the fundamentals underpinning the language of painting and drawing with particular attention to the challenges of portraiture. During the course we will discuss examples of great portraiture, look at issues around materials- paints, mediums and supports. We will work towards a better understanding of what constitutes ‘likeness’, we will unpick and explore drawing and mark-making, the anatomy of the head, composition, the relevance of scale and uses of tone and colour. Finally we will look at ways to move beyond ‘likeness’ or mere optical accuracy, towards personal intent and personal expression.
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Painting Outdoors
Course Code: WC1804024 Tutor: Rhiannon Salisbury Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 10th & 11th August 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £165.00This 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 river in the historic area of London Bridge, 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 outside. 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. Painting outside of the studio is always an exciting experience and students of all levels are sure to enjoy the challenge.
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Painting the Figure in Space
Course Code: SC1804033 Tutor: Carl Randall Dates: Monday - Friday, 22nd - 26th July 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £335.00This 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. -
Pewter Casting using the “Lost Wax” Technique
Course Code: SC1804032 Tutor: Robert Worley MRBS Dates: Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th September 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00This 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.
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Photopolymer and Photo-etching
Course Code: E1803PR01 Tutor: Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Mondays, 29th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course focuses on photomechanical techniques in printmaking; combining photosensitive emulsion and plates with intaglio printing. You will learn to expose and develop autographic (drawn and painted) and digitally generated/photographic images with both different types of plates. Guided by one to one tutoring you will expand your knowledge and develop a self-led project.
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Photopolymer Etching
Course Code: EC1803PR08 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 20th May 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00During this course you will be introduced to an innovative photographic printmaking technique. You will be exposing hand-drawn and digitally generated positives to photosensitive plates. You will develop a series of photopolymer etching plates, guided by one-to-one tutoring. These specialist intaglio prints are capable of exhibiting rich velvet tones within a wide and continuous range, sensitive to the original expression of the artist.
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Portrait & Figure Painting
Course Code: E1803P31 Tutor: Giles Lester Dates: Saturdays, 27th April - 29th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00Taught by experienced, preeminent portrait and figure painters, the Saturday Portrait and Figure Painting Class introduces students to different approaches within portraiture and figure painting.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: WC1803018 Tutor: James Bland Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 22nd & 23rd June 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £195 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £175.00This 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 two experienced models each day as well as tuition from professional artist.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: EC1803018 Tutor: Nevine Fathy Dates: Fridays, 26th April - 28th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £295 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £295.00This 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 two experienced models every week as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: SC1804018 Tutor: Charlie Schaffer Dates: Monday - Friday, 29th July - 2nd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £365 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £365.00This 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 two experienced models every day, 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.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: SC1804118 Tutor: James Bland Dates: Monday - Friday, 5th August - 9th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £365 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £365.00This 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 two experienced models every day, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist, James Bland. Students will receive one-to-one guidance throughout the course, and Jameswill be on hand to give regular feedback and constructive advice. He will also be demonstrating and painting alongside the students.
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Portrait painting
Course Code: SAT1803018 Tutor: Carl Randall Dates: Saturdays, 27th April - 29th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £295 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £295.00This 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 two experienced models every week as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: EC1803N018 Tutor: Andrew Hitchcock Dates: Mondays, 15th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £295 Location: The Art Academy Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS From: £295.00This 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 two experienced models every week as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
Please note, there will be no class on the following bank holidays: Monday 22nd April and Monday 27th May. There will still be a class on bank holiday Monday 6th May.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass – Observation and Setting
Course Code: SC1803150 Tutor: Melissa Scott-Miller Dates: Monday - Friday, 8th April - 12th April 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £365 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £365.00Melissa Scott-Miller is an expert in detail, and this Masterclass aims to teach the importance of detail in the surroundings of a portrait model, bringing to life not only the character of the model but also the richness of the environment in which they are positioned.
Over the five days of this course you will paint a model in a setting or conversation piece. The model will be in front of a window surrounded by interesting props, including taxidermy and antique objects d’art, richly coloured and patterned fabrics and carpets. The aim of the course is to make an interesting picture that could tell a story about the sitter but also enhance the portrait rather than distract from it. You will look at some reproductions of paintings by artists such as Vermeer and Holbein and some contemporary painters as well.
This is a valuable opportunity for more experienced painters to study portrait painting under the guidance of an established artist in an intensive programme with a high level of tutor contact time.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Alex Fowler
Course Code: SC1803250 Tutor: Alex Fowler Dates: Monday - Thursday, 15th April - 18th April 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £320 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £320.00This four-day Portrait Painting Masterclass with Alex Fowler offers a fantastic opportunity for intensive study from a life model under the expert tutelage of Alex Fowler.
The course has been designed to guide you through the process of painting a portrait while taking into consideration how to paint realistic colour and to convey likeness: the right colour in the right place – a critical point in painting the visible world. You will also be encouraged to work intuitively and expressively in tandem with an emphasis on accuracy of observation.
Students will receive one-to-one guidance throughout the course and Alex will be on hand to give regular feedback and constructive advice. He will also be demonstrating and painting alongside the students.
What topics will you cover?
Painting and drawing accurately to capture realistic likeness.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Antony Williams
Course Code: SC1804050 Tutor: Antony Williams Dates: Monday - Friday, 5th August - 9th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £395.00This five day portrait course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Antony Williams. During the first two days of this course you will be introduced to several techniques through a series of short poses and sketches to prepare you for your 3-day portrait project. Under Antony’s guidance, students will concentrate on painting allowing the emphasis to be on relating the figure to a convincing background, to be produced over a sustained period. The tutor will also be working alongside the students demonstrating his technique. This exciting course is an intensive five days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Sam Dalby
Course Code: WC1803050 Tutor: Sam Dalby RP Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 25th & 26th May 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £195 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £195.00This two day portrait course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Sam Dalby. The course will allow students the freedom to work from life models. Under Sam’s guidance, you will learn how to complete a portrait from a ‘cold’ start in the life drawing room, through sketching and monochrome painting on the first day and colour painting on the final day. This exciting course is an intensive two days that offers a high level of tutor contact time with a lot of practical demonstration.
Sam exhibits in solo and group exhibitions around the UK. He is a commissioned portrait artist who has created amongst other things, a series of drawings of Fellows at Trinity College Cambridge, and a portrait of the playwright Alan Bennett.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Tim Benson
Course Code: SC1803050 Tutor: Tim Benson Dates: Monday - Thursday, 15th April - 18th April 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £320 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £320.00This four-day portrait course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Tim Benson. The course will allow students the freedom to work from two models each day, one male and one female. Starting with loose charcoal sketches those taking part in the course will produce at least four oil sketches on the second 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 five days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
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Portrait Sculpture – Intermediate
Course Code: EC1803002 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £280 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00In the intermediate level class, we will explore and discuss composition, by looking at the subtleties of gesture and posture within a portrait sculpt as well as the problems they can cause in the sculpt. Experimenting with tilts, angles and deeper expression, the aim of the course will be to capture the model’s character within the piece.
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Portrait Sculpture from Photograph Masterclass with Andrew MacCallum
Course Code: WC1803052 Tutor: Andrew MacCallum Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 27th & 28th April 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £195 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £195.00This course will teach you how to sculpt in clay a portrait from photos. You will be provided with front and profile life-size photos of a model to work from, alternatively you can bring your own photos to work from. If you would like to do this please ensure your photos are life-size, and you have several from different angles, including profile and front on. You will learn how to measure accurately from your photos with use of the dividers, the plumb line and a laser level.
Andrew will also talk you through methods of sculpting historical figures and subjects from photo where sculpting from life is not possible.
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Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with David Klein
Course Code: SC1803053 Tutor: David Klein Dates: Monday - Friday, 8th April - 12th April 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £395.00Portrait 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, David Klein, member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (MRBS) and the Society of Portrait Sculptors (SPS). Whether setting out a portrait head from a structural point of view with a clear path of constructive method and/or searching for a more expressive manner of approach, you will benefit from exploring with a professional sculptor to help build upon your own sculptural experience.
David Klein hopes to impart a few of the tools he has learnt and explore on this course that wonderful tension between finely rendered form and unworked chaos. Portraiture is a search. This search for form, truth and personality requires tools. From the force of the neck into the weight of the head, which in so many ways defines and marks exceptional sculpture. This course will explore the structure, turning points of form, emphasis and simplification.
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Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Ellen Christiansen
Course Code: SC1804053 Tutor: Ellen Christiansen Dates: Monday - Friday, 22nd - 26th July 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £395.00Portrait 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 experienced tutor, Ellen Christiansen, member of Society of Portrait Sculptors, winner of the 2014/15 Founders’ Sculpture Prize and winner of Heatherley’s Prize 2018. Setting out a head from a structural point of view with a clear path of constructive method of approach, you will benefit from exploring with a professional sculptor to help build upon your own sculptural progression.
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Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Hazel Reeves
Course Code: SC1804153 Tutor: Hazel Reeves Dates: Monday - Friday, 12th August - 16th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £395 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £395.00Portrait 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, Hazel Reeves MRBS SWA FRSA, who is a Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, on the Council of the Society of Women Artists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts . Whether setting out a portrait head from a structural point of view with a clear path of constructive method and/or searching for a more expressive manner of approach, you will benefit from exploring with a professional sculptor to help build upon your own sculptural experience.
Hazel will take you through the tried-and-tested method she uses to set up a life-size portrait for a commission. This approach ensures the portrait is structurally-sound before moving-on to working on the detail of features. A likeness will slowly emerge over the five days.
There will be the option to leave your finished sculpture for hollowing and firing for an additional fee.
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Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Jane Hamilton
Course Code: SC1804253 Tutor: Jane Hamilton Dates: Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th September 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £320 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £320.00Portrait 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.
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Printmaking for Beginners
Course Code: WC1803PR01 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 15th & 16th June 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners, repeat attendees or visitors to London, offering an in-depth introduction to printmaking. You will develop two print editions in one weekend. Working in both relief and intaglio, you will create a series of multicoloured reduction relief prints on linoleum with Japanese woodcut tools and a second series of hard ground black and white line etchings on zinc using a saline sulphate mordant.
There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from experienced printmaker Carol Wilhide-Justin. The Printmaking Taster Weekend can be followed up by evening or weekend courses specialising in either relief or etching. Open Access runs on Wednesday evenings and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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Relief Printed Textiles
Course Code: E1803PR11 Tutor: Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course focuses on employing intaglio and relief techniques to print onto, and using textiles. The course combines traditional and contemporary methods of printed textile and the use of repeat pattern as a means of communication and dissemination of ideas. The course will also introduce the use of finer textiles such as silk to rethink and reformulate the traditional two dimensional printed image. Looking at Artists from the Bauhaus such as Anni Albers, we will explore print as a means of creating a ‘total’ artwork. Uncovering the tradition of printing onto textile to create a holistic artwork that aspires to work with Architecture and interrupt the flow of our perception through it.
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Relief Printing with Carol Wilhide-Justin
Course Code: SC1803PR04 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Monday - Thursday, 15th April - 18th April 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £310 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £310.00This course is ideal for beginners or for those wanting a refresher course. In the first half of the week you will learn how to cut a reduction linocut. This technique popularised by Picasso uses just one linoleum block that is successively cut to make multi-coloured prints. In the second half of the week you will learn a different technique using woodblocks and colour separations to cut three different blocks to create your multi-plate prints. You will be taught by Carol Wilhide Justin, an RCA Print graduate and experienced printmaker.
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Relief Printing with Carol Wilhide-Justin
Course Code: SC1804PR04 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Monday - Friday, 29th July - 2nd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This course is ideal for beginners or for those wanting a refresher course. In the first half of the week you will learn how to cut a reduction linocut. This technique popularised by Picasso uses just one linoleum block that is successively cut to make multi-coloured prints. In the second half of the week you will learn a different technique using woodblocks and colour separations to cut three different blocks to create your multi-plate prints. You will be taught by Carol Wilhide Justin, an RCA Print graduate and experienced printmaker.
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Relief Printing: Linoleum Reduction
Course Code: EC1803PR04 Tutor: Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 21st May 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. In this reduction linocut class you will learn to carve a linoleum plate to develop a series of reduction relief prints in multiple colour combinations. Relief printing focuses on form and texture; you will learn to combine the tone, hue and saturation of multiple colours to achieve an edition of prints on archival Italian paper. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from experienced printmaker Theodore Ereira-Guyer.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Relief Printing: Multiplate Woodcut
Course Code: EC1803PR14 Tutor: Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Tuesdays, 28th May - 25th June 2019 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. In this woodcut printmaking class students will be carving Japanese plywood plates to create a multi-plate print edition. Relief printing focuses on form and texture; you will learn to combine the tone, hue and saturation of multiple colours to achieve an edition of prints on archival Italian paper. The course fee covers all materials needed. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from experienced printmaker Theo Ereira-Guyer.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Sculpting in Metal
Course Code: EC1803034 Tutor: Charles Lang Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00‘Sculpting in Metal’ gives you the opportunity to explore various practical processes involved in metal sculpting over a period of 10 weeks. The course is designed for students who have no experience in metalwork as well as those who wish to hone their skills in certain areas. This course is an excellent opportunity to work on individual projects in a workshop with an experienced tutor. You will receive as much guidance as you require from your tutor, with theoretical and technical assistance throughout the 10 weeks.
The course provides the required knowledge, practical skills, and Health and Safety guidance to work with welders, angle grinders, plasma cutters as well as other tools and machinery in a workshop environment, leading, when you are ready, to the independent development of your own sculpture(s).
You will cover the basic theoretical attributes of metal and its connotations within art and will learn about artists such as Richard Serra, Tony Cragg, Louise Bourgeois, Richard Deacon, Barbra Hepworth, Antony Gormley, Mona Hatoum and Nigel Hall.
You will gain the skills to be able to develop your own sculpture, or series of sculptures within your practice. You will have individual feedback with the tutor and group feedback on your projects.
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Sculpture for All
Course Code: SC1804003 Tutor: Patricia Barker Dates: Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This is the ideal dual opportunity to have a full sculptural experience over 5 days, of both figure modelling in clay and working in plaster and mixed media to develop your own creative idea. For three days you will be working in clay from a life model, learning observational and measuring techniques of the figure. The following two days begin with both practical and thought provoking exercises followed by your own creative time and freedom to realise and develop an individual interest. This combination of sculptural techniques and skills provides a broad approach for further sculptural progression. The course is suitable for those with no previous experience or those who wish to develop further.
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Sculpture in Practice
Course Code: E1803S50 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Mondays, 29th April - 1st July 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00The purpose of this course is to give you the opportunity to explore a wide range of sculptural forms, language, materials and processes. Throughout the class the tutor supports each of you individually to develop your own approach and visual language through the exploration of materials and techniques. Some may also wish to focus on a particular area of interest or line of enquiry. For those wishing to explore materials or who are unsure about which materials to use for their ideas, there is a core course to follow. This core course follows a number of structured exercises that enables you to experiment with the different materials and processes introduced. When working from the model, the emphasis of the exercises is to create sculpture using the life model as reference, rather than doing a technical study. Those who do not wish to follow the core course can work on their own projects in this class.
The availability of a life-model for part of the course allows students to use the human form to express emotion, energy or character and question what the human form/body means to them as a source of artistic inspiration. This in turn leads to a more developed understanding of how to use all sculptural form (figurative or abstract) and to understand the subtlety needed when choosing the appropriate formal language, materials and processes to best express their sculptural ideas. All of these aspects will equally be covered as structural/compositional principles to suit their needs should you not wish to use the model as reference.
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Sculpture Taster – 13th April
Course Code: SC1803T03 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Dates: Saturday, 13th April 2019 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £90 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £90.00This 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.
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Sculpture Taster – 15th June
Course Code: SC1803T13 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Dates: Saturday, 15th June 2019 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £90 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £90.00This 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.
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Self Portrait
Course Code: E1803P27 Tutor: Roxana Halls Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £500 £500.00This course explores approaches to making work using ourselves as subject matter, be it from direct observation, photography or other mediums. The aim is to discover ways of generating images by examining different aspects of ourselves; through ideas of identity, gender, social and familial connections, memories, aspirations, through use of costume and allusion, or simply our own bodies. We will start with the technical aspects of painting, looking at the complications that arise and possible solutions, from which you can begin to adopt approaches that best suit you.
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Silicone Mould-Making and Casting with Jesmonite
Course Code: TCS1803002 Tutor: Julian Wild Dates: Monday - Friday, 1st April - 5th April 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner/Intermediate Fee: £250 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £250.00The first part of course teaches the basics of making a reusable rubber mould from flexible silicone rubber with a supporting hard jacket made with jesmonite which can be used to produce up to 20 casts of a sculpture. Skills taught are based on practical and safe application methods of both silicone rubber* and polyester jesmonite materials, including building seam walls, mixing and the application of silicone rubber, key making, mixing and applying the jesmonite jacket, and finally cleaning and dismantling the mould.
The second part of the course teaches practical skills in the use of jesmonite to cast a sculpture from the rubber mould and the addition of materials such as bronze powder, showing the different finishes that can be achieved as well as the removal and repair of seam-lines, ready for patination and waxing. -
Site-Specific Sculpture
Course Code: E1803S09 Tutor: Julian Wild Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course is designed to help you have the vision, skills and confidence to produce large-scale sculptures and installations which will make a real contribution to public realm. By Site specific sculpture we mean: The addition of a three-dimensional artwork that responds to an existing space or site. The inspiration of the content/concept of the sculpture, should arise from non-formal aspects of the site i.e. history, social demographic, etc. You will respond to three different sites and make proposals and models for those sites.
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Stone carving
Course Code: EC1803010 Tutor: Bobbie Fennick Dates: Wednesdays, 24th April - 26th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 (without stone) Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00Primarily a practical course, you will gain a structured understanding of stone as a material, learn basic carving techniques and discover ways of being creative with this wonderful medium. Through practising all of these aspects, they will come together in the creation of your finished piece of work. Using your initial sketches of what you would like to carve (plan view, front view and section) to help understand the form before modelling it in clay, followed by one-to-one discussion, you will then quickly move into carving to progress your ideas into stone.
Please note that there is an additional fee for initial purchase of stone, which varies depending on the type of stone you wish to use. Art Academy staff are able to advise ahead of booking.
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Techniques of Figure Sculpture – the stylised figure
Course Code: E1803DS20 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Dates: Thursdays, 25th April - 27th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course offers an opportunity to work from a life model in clay. It is suitable for beginners to advanced students. The experienced tutor will show beginners a step by step approach to figure modelling and work with more advanced students to push their work forward in their own way. Working from a seated, standing and reclining poses through the course, you will strengthen your understanding of a range of sculptural language. This is an opportunity to explore different styles of sculpture; we will be looking at painters and sculptors from modernist era, renaissance and archaic art practises. There will be a focus on the understanding of the structural framework of the body to allow you to stylise your work through looking at various approaches and distortion within the boundary of the figurative craft. You will begin with a series of smaller one day poses, followed by the production of one/two larger pieces in clay without an armature from a life model pose based on artists of your choice. This is an opportunity to work fast and freely without armatures developing a loose structure to making. You will complete a minimum of 3 sculptures that do not have the large expense of moulding and casting to get a finished piece.
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Textile Art and Surface Texture
Course Code: SC1804060 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th September 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £265 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £265.00Designed 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.
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Unlocking Creativity
Course Code: WC1802115 Tutor: Lorna Carmen McNeill Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 23rd - 24th March 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £175 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £175.00This course is designed to help you “free up” your creativity by exploring a range of art materials and approaches which will promote unexpected creative discovery. You will have the opportunity to create a series of art pieces, exploring a concept of your choice which the tutor will help you to identify, culminating in your own unique creation. This course facilitates active experimentation and an exploration of creativity via all your senses. It will help to give you the confidence and discernment to realise which areas of artistic expression you wish to explore next.
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Weekend Creative Mix
Course Code: WC1803015 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Beñat Olaberria, Theo Ereira-Guyer Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 8th & 9th June 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This stimulating and exciting weekend course 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. Over the two days, 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.
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Weekend Creative Mix
Course Code: WC1804015 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria, Carol Wilhide Justin, Lucy Townsend Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 3rd & 4th August 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This stimulating and exciting weekend course 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. Over the two days, 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.
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Wood & Metal for Sculpture
Course Code: E1803S003 Tutor: TBC Dates: Tuesdays, 23rd April - 25th June 2019 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00‘Wood and Metal for Sculpture’ gives you an opportunity to explore the processes involved with these materials over a ten week period. The course is designed for both students who have no experience of metal or wood work and those who wish to hone their skills in these areas. This course is a fantastic opportunity to work on a project in a workshop with expert guidance. This course will give you the required information, technical know-how and Health and Safety knowledge to use tools and machinery with confidence in a workshop environment. Starting with practical skills, you will also have the opportunity to work creatively using the acquired skills to develop a sculpture(s) in steel or wood.
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Young Artists
Course Code: SC1803019 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson, Zoe Toolan Dates: Monday - Friday, 8th April - 12th April 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16 Fee: £315 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £315.00Young Artists is an exciting five day course for ages 12-16 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. -
Young Artists
Course Code: SC1803119 Tutor: Emily Russell, Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Monday - Thursday, 15th April - 18th April 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16 Fee: £255 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £255.00Young Artists is an exciting four day course for ages 12-16 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.
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Young Artists
Course Code: SC1804019 Tutor: Emily Russell, Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Monday - Friday, 29th July - 2nd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00Young Artists is an exciting five 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. -
Young Artists
Course Code: SC1804119 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson, Jessica Wetherly Dates: Monday - Friday, 5th August - 9th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00Young Artists is an exciting five 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. -
Young Artists
Course Code: SC1804219 Tutor: Emily Russell, Jessica Wetherly Dates: Monday - Friday, 12th August - 16th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00Young Artists is an exciting five 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. -
Young Artists
Course Code: SC1804319 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson, Jessica Wetherly Dates: Monday - Friday, 19th August - 23rd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00Young Artists is an exciting five 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. -
Young Artists
Course Code: SC1804419 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson, Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Tuesday - Friday, 27th August - 30th September 2019 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00Young 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. -
Young Artists: Animation Challenge
Course Code: SC1804022 Tutor: Emma Seach Dates: Monday - Friday, 5th August - 9th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This fun five-day course for students aged 12-16 provides a skills-based experience and expert tuition in animation. Students will be taught skills in stop motion, 2D drawing and the use of Adobe Creative Suite as an animation tool.
The days will be themed and split in half; the mornings will focus on skills development and the afternoons will focus on creating an animation using the skills learnt. The course will culminate in a screening of work to peers and parents.
Students will be encouraged to work in groups and independently while challenging or responding to ideas and new skills in an enjoyable and creative space.
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Young Artists: Fine Art Workshop
Course Code: SC1804020 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson, Zoe Toolan Dates: Monday - Friday, 29th July - 2nd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 15-17 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00An inspiring five day course for ages 15-17 providing a skills-based experience and expert tuition in a range of materials and techniques. The programme is taught by specialist tutors who are also professional, practicing artists. Access to portrait models and contemporary painting and sculpture techniques provides a unique opportunity to develop new skills. Students develop their painting style encompassing portraiture and mixed media abstraction, along with a day exploring kinetic sculpture. This is an ideal course for those studying arts subjects who wish to develop coursework, create new work for their portfolio, develop new techniques and skills, and further existing abilities in a professional art school environment.
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Young Artists: Fine Art Workshop
Course Code: SC1804120 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson, Zoe Toolan Dates: Monday - Friday, 5th August - 9th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 15-17 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00An inspiring five day course for ages 15-17 providing a skills-based experience and expert tuition in a range of materials and techniques. The programme is taught by specialist tutors who are also professional, practicing artists. Access to portrait models and contemporary painting and sculpture techniques provides a unique opportunity to develop new skills. Students develop their painting style encompassing portraiture and mixed media abstraction, along with a day exploring kinetic sculpture. This is an ideal course for those studying arts subjects who wish to develop coursework, create new work for their portfolio, develop new techniques and skills, and further existing abilities in a professional art school environment.
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Young Artists: Graphic Novels & Comics
Course Code: SC1804021 Tutor: Steve Marchant Dates: Monday - Friday, 29th July - 2nd August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-14 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This five-day course encourages students aged 12 to 14 to use traditional and digital techniques to create pages for comics and graphic novels, including character design and development, visual storytelling, colouring and lettering. By the end of the course, students will have produced at least two full-colour pages of comic-strip art that will be published in an end-of-course booklet.
This course is ideal for students of all skill levels, from those looking to advance their artistic skills and creative confidence to those looking to increase an interest in a subject that isn’t their favourite!
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Young Artists: Graphic Novels & Comics
Course Code: SC1804121 Tutor: Steve Marchant Dates: Monday - Friday, 12th August - 16th August 2019 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 15-17 Fee: £335 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £335.00This five-day course encourages students aged 15 to 17 to utilise traditional and digital techniques to create pages for comics and graphic novels, including character design and development, visual storytelling, colouring and lettering. By the end of the course, students will have produced at least two full-colour pages of comic-strip art that will be published in an end-of-course booklet.
This course is ideal for students of all skill levels, from those looking to advance their artistic skills and creative confidence to those looking to increase an interest in a subject that isn’t their favourite!