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A Festive Introduction to Relief Printmaking: Christmas Cards and Prints
Course Code: WC2001PR15 Tutor: Temsuyanger Longkumer Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 28th & 29th November 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00Guided by expert printmaker Carol Wilhide-Justin you will learn how to translate your ideas into the graphic formats of woodcut and linocut. This course is a perfect introduction to relief printing and is open to all, from complete beginners to those with more experience.
To add a seasonal touch to the experience students may decide to print cards rather than paper prints. Either way we hope you will enjoy the opportunity to develop or learn new skills and potentially create gifts for Christmas.
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.
There is a maximum of ten students per course, materials are included and we advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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Abstract Drawing
Course Code: WC2001056 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 7th & 8th November 2011 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £170 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £170.00A great opportunity to explore abstract drawing and to build your confidence and gain a practical understanding of fundamental concepts, such as colour, tone, mark-making and composition in a fun and well structured course. Under the tutor´s guidance you will explore making abstract drawings by combining quick exercises with the exploration of concepts like chance, geometry and gestural expression. We will discuss and investigate different approaches to making abstract drawings and will open discussions around relevant artists’ work and their techniques. This course is suitable for beginners ready to explore drawing in an experimental way, as well as more experienced students who would like to develop their understanding of abstraction.
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Art History – Early European Modernism Part 2
Course Code: EC2001AH11 Tutor: Daniel Greaney Course Dates: 16th November - 14th December 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.15pm – 7.45pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £85 Location: Online £85.00This era was marked by political upheavals including two World Wars. Course 2 will look at how such catastrophes caused artists to respond in a personal manner to such issues. Subjects not visible to the naked eye, such as the human psyche were explored in very different ways in both Abstraction and Surrealism. Dadaism, a protest against society and the futilities of war, gave us some of the most radical works in the history of art. Artists such as Picasso, who had spent the first decade of the Twentieth Century upending the conventions of art, would abandon such aims and instead call for a ‘return to order’, celebrating classical art. We will look in-depth at the key figures and styles which dominated European art in the first half of the 1900s and consider how their efforts would ultimately transform art on a global level.
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Creative Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC2002004 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.15pm - 8.45pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00This 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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Developing Drawing
Course Code: EC2002016 Tutor: Alice Clarke Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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: EC2002116 Tutor: Alice Clarke Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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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Laura N-TamaraDigital Animation
Course Code: EC2001097 Tutor: Laura Nasir-Tamara Days: 5 Course Dates: Mondays, 9th November - 7th December 2020 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £145.00The aim of this course is to give students an introduction to Animation in Photoshop as well as understanding the basic principles of animation. It will be a drawing-focused animation course and students will be encouraged to develop their style and storytelling ideas. Through a series of exercises and creative briefs, we will come to understand the principles of animation while encouraging students to explore their creativity. It is a follow-up to the Digital illustration course but we will cover photoshop basics again for those who are only interested in learning about animation.
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Digital Illustration
Course Code: EC2002094 Tutor: Laura Nasir-Tamara Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 15th February 2021 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £145.00The aim of this course is to give students a solid overview of the many possibilities Photoshop offers in terms of digital drawing. Each class will be exploring a different type of illustration, including portraiture, character design and environment design, using references and learning how to move away from them to develop every participant’s own visual language. As well as thinking about principles of illustration and drawing that can apply to all media, the aim of this course is to acquire a comprehensive set of digital skills through a series of creative exercises and briefs.
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Digital Photography for Beginners
Course Code: EC2002098 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 16th February 2021 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £145 Location: Art Academy London, 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 and Still Life
Course Code: EC2001099 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Course Dates: Tuesdays, 10th November - 8th December 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £145 Location: Art Academy London, 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 for Beginners
Course Code: EC2002314 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Thursdays, 21st January - 25th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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: EC2002414 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Thursdays, 21st January - 25th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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: SAT2002014 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Saturdays, 16th January - 20th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 10.15am - 12.45pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00This 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: EC2002014 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 22nd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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: EC2002114 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 22nd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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: EC2002N014 Tutor: Nevine Fathy Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London - 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: EC2002214 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.15pm - 8.45pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00This 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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Etching: Aquatint, Sugarlift and Spit-bite
Course Code: EC2001PR13 Tutor: Frederic Morris Course Dates: Thursdays, 12th November - 10th December 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.15pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular five-week course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. You’ll concentrate on aquatint (tonal etching) in its various forms. You’ll develop a composition through line and tone by multi-etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate.This course is flexible, allowing you to work at your own speed – and if you’ve attended this course before, you can work on your own individual etching projects. The course fee covers materials including two zink etching plates.
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 and Soft Ground
Course Code: EC2002PR03 Tutor: Frederic Morris Course Dates: Thursdays, 21st January - 18th February 2021 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00Etching Hardground and Softground. This popular five-week course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees.You’ll concentrate on hard-ground (fine line) combined with soft-ground (texture) in its various forms. You’ll develop a composition through multi-etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. This course is flexible, allowing you to work at your own speed – and if you’ve attended this course before, you can work on your own individual etching projects. The course fee covers materials including two polished zink etching plates.
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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Figure and Portrait Sculpture
Course Code: EC2002005 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Ellen Christiansen Course Dates: Thursdays, 21st January - 25th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £285.00If 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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Fundamentals of Oil Painting – Online Course
Course Code: OC2001037 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Course Dates: Wednesdays, 4th November - 2nd December 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 8.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £145 Location: Online £145.00This five-week ONLINE course is a 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. The course will take you through tone, colour, portraiture and landscape. Tailored to online learning the course will have instructional videos and online material each week to complement the set zoom based class.
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Fundamentals of Painting – Online Course
Course Code: OC2001013 Tutor: Annabel MacIver Course Dates: Mondays, 9th November - 7th December 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 8.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £145 Location: Online £145.00This five-week taught ONLINE course is 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 as well as to give you confidence in putting brush to canvas, mixing colour, translating from 3D to 2D or using 2D images to portray your interpretation of that image in a confident and expressive way.
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Fundamentals of Portrait Painting – Online Course
Course Code: OC2001018 Tutor: Kate Dunn Course Dates: Tuesdays, 10th November - 8th December 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.00pm - 8.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £145 Location: Online £145.00‘This is a well structured course giving the students opportunity to work from the model and learn a method based approach to portrait painting. The emphasis will be on learning to see form and colour accurately through the medium of oil paint. Students will develop a series of artworks, from studies and sketches to more detailed works
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Hand Built Ceramics
Course Code: EC2002147 Tutor: Adele Williams Course Dates: Thursdays, 21st January - 25th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £285.00A 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
Course Code: SAT2002047 Tutor: Adele Williams Course Dates: Saturdays, 16th January - 20th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £285.00A 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
Course Code: EC2002047 Tutor: Adele Williams Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 22nd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £285.00This exciting course will introduce you to the methods and creative potential of ceramics surface decoration.
Using your own handmade clay tiles and mosaics you will be able to develop your own visual language alongside important skills. You will be taught mark making techniques to apply colours and patterns to the surface of your work while also being encouraged to experiment and develop your creative ideas.
As we work through the course you will begin to understand the materials you are using and put a stronger emphasis on experimentation. As a result you will be able to achieve beautiful and unique effects on your ceramic pieces!
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Intermediate Drawing
Course Code: EC2002036 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Thursdays, 21st January - 25th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.15pm - 8.45pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00This 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: EC2002138 Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £275 From: £275.00This 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. They will help you engage with the subject matters and styles that excite you and assist you in bringing them into your own artworks. By looking at a broad variety of techniques, materials and styles, the course aims to broaden your ability to express yourself in paint.
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Intermediate Painting
Course Code: EC2002238 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Thursdays, 21st January - 25th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00This 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. They will help you engage with the subject matters and styles that excite you and assist you in bringing them into your own artworks. By looking at a broad variety of techniques, materials and styles, the course aims to broaden your ability to express yourself in paint.
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Intermediate Sculpture – The Standing Figure
Course Code: EC2002002 Tutor: Ellen Christiansen, Laura Postle Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £295 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £295.00In 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. Those wishing to incorporate drapery into their piece will be able to do so and sculpt on a smaller 3/4 scale. Experimenting with tilts, angles and deeper expression, the aim of the course will be to capture the model’s character within the piece and create a more commission styled bust.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC2002237 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.15pm - 8.45pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00A 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: WC2001037 Tutor: Neil Morley Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 31st October & 1st November 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.15am - 4.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £170 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR End date: 01/11/2020 From: £170.00This 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 Oil Painting
Course Code: SAT2002037 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Course Dates: Saturdays, 16th January - 20th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 10.45am - 1.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00A 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: EC2002037 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 22nd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 5.30pm - 7.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00A 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: EC2002137 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 22nd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00A 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: EC2001237 Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Thursdays, 22nd October - 10th December 2020 Days: 8 Times: 6.45pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £220 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £220.00A 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: EC2002N037 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London - Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS From: £275.00A 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 Photoshop Techniques
Course Code: EC2002096 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 17th February 2021 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 Location: Art Academy London, 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 Portrait Sculpture
Course Code: WC2001004 Tutor: Anthony Waters Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 31st October & 1st November 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £180.00Portrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This course aims to introduce you to the process; to observe and translate your observation into a clay portrait sculpture from a life model. 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.
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Introduction to Sculpture
Course Code: EC2002003 Tutor: Farnoush Aminimoghadam, Marian Rowling Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £275.00An 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: WC2001003 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 28th & 29th November 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.15am - 4.15pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £170 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR End date: 29/11/2020 £170.00This 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: EC2002007 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £285.00An 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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Life Drawing
Course Code: EC2002009 Tutor: Annabel MacIver Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £285.00Understanding 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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Lino Etching with Steve Edwards
Course Code: WC2001PR71 Tutor: Steve Edwards Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 5th & 6th December 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £175 Location: Art Academy London, 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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Monday Mix
Course Code: EC2002015 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Gail Seres-Woolfson, Jackie Smith Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 22nd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £285.00This 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 – 8 WEEKS
Course Code: EC2001215 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Nevine Fathy Course Dates: Mondays, 19th October - 7th December 2020 Days: 8 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £185 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £185.00This 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 eight weeks, students work across the different disciplines of painting, sculpture, and drawing. 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. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to develop new skills, explore materials, and have fun. This course doesn’t include printmaking.
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One Day Taster: Monoprint – 25th October
Course Code: TAS2001T06 Tutor: Frederic Morris Course Dates: Sunday, 25th October 2020 Days: 1 Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £95 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £95.00This is a fun day-long taster course in monoprint for those who may be considering a longer evening or daytime course and are wondering how much they will enjoy it. Students will be introduced to various monoprint tools and methods. The course fee covers all materials needed.
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One Day Taster: Oil Painting – 22nd November
Course Code: TAS2001T01 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Course Dates: Sunday, 22nd November 2020 Days: 1 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £95 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £95.00This 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 from a still-life set up using natural and organic forms. During the afternoon students will be taken through detailed colour theory whilst painting a bright colourful still life, they will learn how colour and pigment strengths affect oil paint and how to use it to create a vibrant expressive painting. 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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Online Tutorials with Annabel MacIver
Tutor: Annabel MacIver Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Drawing £30.00 – £60.00Annabel teaches drawing for those who are beginning their journey in art or picking it up after a long break, and is also an experienced life drawing tutor. She focuses on building confidence in mark making and helping students to develop their drawing skills and style using a range of tools. Annabel works across media including print, mainly collagraph and etching.
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Online Tutorials with Beñat Olaberria
Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Painting and Drawing £30.00 – £60.00Beñat is an abstract artist who focuses his teaching in helping his students understand the basic principles of drawing and painting while he helps them find their own interests and visual language by encouraging creativity and experimentation in their mark-making and use of media.
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Online Tutorials with Carl Randall
Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Painting and Drawing £30.00 – £60.00Carl is a figurative painter, who is interested in helping students grasp the fundamentals of painting and drawing. Lessons in shape, tone and colour are designed to simplify the process of rendering the visual world, with the aim of helping students gain confidence in their own painting and drawing skills. Exercises based on still-life or portraiture are often used, taught in logical and manageable steps. He also enjoys teaching composition, and assisting students with their own personal, self-directed projects.
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Online Tutorials with Eigil Nordstrøm
Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Painting, Drawing, Artistic Practice £30.00 – £60.00Eigil’s practice as an artist is centered around painting, but also involves drawing, photography. He is a very versatile and enthusiastic teacher, covering all levels of drawing, painting and artistic practice. This includes students looking for their first basic introduction, through intermediate students wanting to push their technical skills and discover their own style of painting, to degree level students developing critical context, lateral thinking and professional development. He also specialises in perspective drawing, landscape and interior painting.
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Online Tutorials with Gail Seres-Woolfson
Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Painting, Drawing, Collage and Abstraction £30.00 – £60.00Gail teaches a variety of painting and drawing classes, supporting and encouraging students to develop their skills and style. She is a warm and personable tutor, equally popular with beginners and more advanced students. Gail’s own work focuses on the urban landscape, abstraction and mixed media painting and collage, and as well as these areas she offers tuition for drawing and painting (acrylics and oils) across the fundamentals including tone, colour, measurement, portraiture, perspective and working from photographs. Gail is also delighted to work with students to pursue their own artistic projects.
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Online Tutorials with Jackie Smith
Tutor: Jackie Smith Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Painting and Printmaking £30.00 – £60.00Jackie specialises in supporting beginner students with ways into figurative and landscape painting, and printmaking. Focusing on exploring composition, tone and colour using acrylic paint, she can help to direct students to develop their own practice with exercises and ideas to work on their own. Jackie also works in relief and intaglio printmaking and can help print students who have some experience and some basic printmaking tools at home to develop their ideas and skills.
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Online Tutorials with Jessica Wetherly
Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Sculpture and Installation £30.00 – £60.00Jessica excels at finding practical solutions to manifest ideas into reality and is interested in helping you discover meaning to your making within a wider contemporary and historical context. A training in figurative and portrait sculpture forms the foundation to Jessica’s practice with traditional techniques of modelling, moulding and casting. She is able to help students work with composition, anatomy, form and the architecture of space, applying core principals of observation to a variety of mediums. Jessica provides step by step methods to provide access for beginners whilst improving and directing intimidate and advanced students. Jessica teaches an array of drawing, sculpture, installation and critical practice.
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Online Tutorials with Kate Dunn
Tutor: Kate Dunn Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Drawing and Painting £30.00 – £60.00Having studied in both a classical and contemporary setting, Kate has a breadth of knowledge spanning drawing and painting. Her teaching style takes its roots in ‘the methods of the masters’; considering how classical techniques can be applied to classes at any stage. Encouraging a questioning of the choices we make when creating an artwork, she urges students to recognise their habits, tastes and ticks, (even beginners have them!), furthering a deeper understanding of why and what we are attracted to.
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Online Tutorials with Lucy Smallbone
Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Painting with Oils, Acrylics and Watercolour £30.00 – £60.00Lucy is a colourful semi abstract landscape painter that specilises in oil paint, acrylic and watercolour. Students will learn a more expressive style of painting with a focus on finding their style and mark that suits them. Students will be taken through the basics of colour mixing, tone and paint styles which will help them to gain confidence and knowledge to push their painting practice forward.
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Online Tutorials with Lynne Abrahamson
Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Sculpture and Textiles £30.00 – £60.00Lynne teaches Sculpture and Textiles and in her classes, she introduces students to a whole range of materials and artists in order to inspire and enable them to push their ideas and their practice in unexpected ways. Lynne has over 10 years experience working 1:1 and is skilled at listening in order to find out where a student is at and helping him/her to reach the next stage on their artistic journey. Lynne is passionate about materials and techniques and experiments with a whole range in her own practice, from thread and embroidery to latex, wire, fabric and cotton wool, to create 2-D and 3-D forms!
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Online Tutorials with Natasha Lien
Tutor: Natasha Lien Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Drawing and Painting in Watercolour, Acrylic and Oil £30.00 – £60.00Natasha is a figurative artist who has many years of experience in teaching all levels of students from beginners to advanced. she caters to each individual students needs and encourages students to develop fundamental two dimensional skills such as tone, structure, measurement, composition and colour mixing whilst looking at art history and getting inspiration from the great masters.Online lessons will include copying paintings and photos as well as working from observation, covering all subject matters, still life, portraiture and landscapes. Natasha also encourages students to develop personal projects. -
Online Tutorials with Nevine Fathy
Tutor: Nevine Fathy Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Drawing and Painting £30.00 – £60.00Nevine is a figurative artist, who focuses on teaching the fundamentals of representational drawing and painting. Students are guided through exercises to gain confidence in their skills while exploring their own unique artistic voice. Regardless of their level of experience, Nevine is enthusiastic about guiding students of all levels through their creative journey and will be giving suggestions and recommendations for their art practice beyond the class.
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Online Tutorials with Nicholas McLeod
Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Painting: Oil and Acrylic £30.00 – £60.00Nicholas specialises in painting with an emphasis on understanding the basic principles that underpin the medium: by helping students to understand colour mixing, paint application and tone, each student can start to develop a strong foundation on which to base their own practice. Nicholas is also interested in contextualising contemporary practice within a wider art historical field and enjoys helping others to navigate this in regards to their own painting.
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Online Tutorials with Rachael Ball
Tutor: Rachael Ball Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Drawing, Painting, Writing and Illustration £30.00 – £60.00Rachael is passionate about visual storytelling and creating children’s picture books as a means of self-expression; for creating wonder or just for pure pleasure. At the start of your tutorial, she will identify your strengths and needs so that she can give you the best feedback to support you. Whether that’s refining your current children’s book or creating a story and characters from scratch. If you require further sessions she will create a step by step program to enable you to create a successful children’s book. During the program you will look at various authors and illustrators approaches to visual storytelling whilst developing your own ideas and style. Rachael recognises the importance of our emotions in our learning and sees building confidence and finding our own visual vocabulary as key to finding our own unique style.
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Online Tutorials with Zoe Toolan
Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Various dates Times: 30 minutes slots, 60 minutes slots Fee: £30, £60 Subject: Drawing, Live Art, Multidisciplinary £30.00 – £60.00Zoe regards teaching as an art in its own right and sees it as a vital part of her own practice. She’s an experienced and energetic tutor who passionately believes that drawing is the key to understanding yourself, other people and the world around you, as well as being the gateway to all other artistic disciplines. Through an individually tailored mix of discussion, practical application, art history and contemporary context, Zoe will work with you to build a supportive framework to identify and further your artistic goals.
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Open Life – Saturday
Course Code: SAT2002001 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm, Various tutors Course Dates: Saturdays, 16th January - 20th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00The “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 £28 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: SUN2002001 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson, Various tutors Course Dates: Sundays, 17th January - 21st March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00The “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 £28 per session. Please note only card payment is available (Visa or Mastercard
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Painting – Developing Your Style
Course Code: SAT2002019 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Course Dates: Saturdays, 16th January - 20th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 2.15pm - 4.45pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £285.00Sold Out – Contact us to join the waitlist to be emailed when this product becomes available shortcourses@artacademy.org.uk
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Painting – Developing Your Style
Course Code: EC2002019 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £285.00This 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: SUN2002031 Tutor: Kate Dunn Course Dates: Sundays, 17th January - 21st March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 10.15am - 12.45pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £285 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £285.00A 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 Beginners
Course Code: SAT2002013 Tutor: Andrew Hitchcock Course Dates: Saturdays, 16th January - 20th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £275.00This 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: EC2002013 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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: EC2002113 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 23rd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £230 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £230.00This 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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Photopolymer Etching
Course Code: WC2001PR08 Tutor: Frederic Morris Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 14th and 15th November 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £175 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £175.00During this short course, you will learn to master an innovative printmaking technique which bridges the gaps between photography, drawing and printmaking – exposing hand-drawn and/or digital positives to photosensitive plates. You will develop a series of photopolymer etching plates throughout the weekend. Guided by one-to-one tutoring from Frederic Morris. The intaglio prints exhibit rich velvet blacks with a wide and continuous tonal range, sensitive to the original expression of the artist. -
Portrait and Figure Painting with James Bland
Course Code: WC2001018 Tutor: James Bland Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 14th and 15th November 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.15am - 4.15pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £195 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £195.00This two-day course covers both portrait and clothed figure painting. Students will concentrate on different aspects of painting the figure. One-to-one tuition will be provided throughout by the experienced tutor and every part of the process will be explained and demonstrated. Different approaches to painting will be discussed, in particular how to abstract the perceived image into shape and colour. Day one focuses on the face, day two on the torso and head.
James Bland is a member of the New English Art Club and 1st prize winner in the 2013 Winsor & Newton Oil Painters Awards. He has work in public collections, including the Borchard Collection of Self-Portraits, and he exhibits regularly in London and elsewhere, most recently in his solo exhibition at the Lilford Gallery, Canterbury. A popular tutor, he regularly teaches portraiture at the Art Academy. He also teaches figure and narrative painting at the New School of Art and Landscape painting at various international venues, including La Borie Grande.
This is an intermediate level course and previous painting experience is required.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: SAT2002018 Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Saturdays, 16th January - 20th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £300 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £300.00This 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 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: EC2002N018 Tutor: Andrew Hitchcock Course Dates: Mondays, 18th January - 22nd March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £300 Location: Art Academy London - Newington, 155 Walworth Road SE17 1RS From: £300.00This 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 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
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Anastasia PollardPortrait Painting Masterclass with Anastasia Pollard
Course Code: WC2001050 Tutor: Anastasia Pollard Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 21st & 22nd November 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £200 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Start date: 21/11/2020 Sort Dates: 22/11/2020 From: £200.00This two day portrait course will offer an opportunity for intensive study under the tuition of Anastasia Pollard. The course will allow students the freedom to work from two models, both a male and female. Starting with preliminary sketches we will aim to produce a more ‘finished’ painting of either of the models over the two days. Under Anastasia’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 colour mixing. The tutor will also be working alongside the students demonstrating a ‘wet in wet’ technique. This exciting course is an intensive two days that offers a high level of tutor contact time
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Relief Printing: Linoleum Reduction
Course Code: EC2002PR04 Tutor: Jackie Smith Course Dates: Tuesdays, 19th January - 16th February 2021 Days: 5 Times: 6.15pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. 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.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday 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: EC2001PR14 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Course Dates: Tuesdays, 10th November - 8th December 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.15pm - 9.15pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. In Relief Printmaking Part 2, 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 an experienced printmaker.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday 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: EC2002034 Tutor: Lauren Wilson Days: 10 Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £275 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £275.00‘Metal Fabrication’ is an opportunity to explore the various practical processes involved in making a steel sculpture, over a period of 10 weeks. The course is open to students who have no experience in metalwork, as well as those who wish to refine their skill set. This course is an excellent opportunity to work on an individual project in a workshop with an experienced tutor. You will receive tailored guidance from your tutor, 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 and other specialist metal working machinery. Once you are comfortable using the equipment, you will develop your own project. You will cover the theoretical attributes of metal and its many connotations within art, through learning about the work of artists such as Eva Rothschild, Louise Bourgeois, Sokari Douglas and Sofu Teshigahara. You will gain the skills to develop your own sculpture, or series of sculptures within your practice. You will receive individual feedback from the tutor and group feedback on your work
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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Stone Carving
Course Code: EC2002010 Tutor: Ben Newman Course Dates: Wednesdays, 20th January - 24th March 2021 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £275 (without stone) Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £275.00Primarily 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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Sunday Mix
Course Code: SUN2001115 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Beñat Olaberria, Jackie Smith Course Dates: Sundays, 15th November - 6th December 2020 Days: 4 Times: 10.30am - 1.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £150 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £150.00This stimulating and exciting course is taking place over 4 consecutive Sunday mornings and is an ideal way to explore a wide variety of artistic methods and media, learn new skills, discover what you enjoy most, and develop creative ideas. Students will work across the different disciplines of painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Students will have a chance to improve observational drawing skills; try out more expressive sculpture and painting, and learn how to approach the human figure, using a variety of materials and methods. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to develop new skills, explore materials and have fun.