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A Festive Introduction to Relief Printmaking: Christmas Cards and Prints
Course Code: WC1901PR15 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 30th November & 1st December 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 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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Anatomy
Course Code: E1902D03 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Fridays, 17th January - 27th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course focuses on a different section of the human body each week, looking at bone and muscle structures in particular. 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.
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Collagraph Printmaking with Katherine Jones
Course Code: WC1902PR86 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 25th & 26th January 2020 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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Creative Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1902004 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 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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Developing Drawing
Course Code: EC1902016 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 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 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: EC1902116 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 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 Figure Painting
Course Code: E1902P18 Tutor: Susanne du Toit Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 23rd March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course will introduce you to painting the figure, both nude and clothed. It will help develop your understanding of colour mixing, looking at proportion, considering negative space and finding shapes to help create a likeness and develop compositions. You’ll learn how to create figure paintings by starting with drawing, how to paint fabrics and materials as well as the figure, and how to consider the background as an integral part of the painting.
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Jonny FentonDigital Animation
Course Code: EC1902097 Tutor: Jonny Fenton Days: 5 Dates: Mondays, 17th February - 16th March 2020 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 Illustration
Course Code: EC1902094 Tutor: Jonny Fenton Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 10th February 2020 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.
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Digital Photography for Beginners
Course Code: EC1902098 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 11th February 2020 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 and Still Life
Course Code: EC1902099 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Dates: Tuesdays, 18th February - 17th March 2020 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 Anatomy
Course Code: WC1902043 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 8th & 9th February 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 life drawing course is designed to help you gain a deeper understanding of the human figure from an anatomical perspective.
The course will cover basic drawing principles, exploring the structure of the skeleton first and then analysing the muscles that define the surface appearance of the body. The aim is to create a series of studies looking at each section of the body to then understand how each component fits as a whole. You will learn how to draw from the inside out, integrating musculoskeletal knowledge and observational skills to produce accurate drawings of the human figure. -
Drawing and Painting for Beginners
Course Code: SC1903031 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Dates: Monday - Friday, 30th March - 3rd April 2020 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £315 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £315.00This 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.
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Drawing for All
Course Code: SC1803009 Tutor: Francesca Corra Dates: Monday - Friday, 30th March - 3rd April 2020 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £305 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £305.00A 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 Beginners
Course Code: SAT1902014 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 21st March 2020 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: EC1902314 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 19th March 2020 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: EC1902414 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 19th March 2020 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: EC1902514 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Fridays, 17th January - 20th March 2020 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: EC1902014 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 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: EC1902114 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 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: EC1902214 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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: EC1902N014 Tutor: Nevine Fathy Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 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 in Museums
Course Code: SAT1902040 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Saturdays, 25th January - 22nd February 2020 Days: 5 Times: 2.30pm - 5pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £145 Location: Various locations 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 into Printmaking
Course Code: E1902PR07 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 26th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £500 Material Costs: £40 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £500.00Using print techniques related to monotype (drawing into a field of ink with a range of implements), etching and drypoint (drawing with a needle into media such as plastic or metal); and various reproduction, collage and transfer methods, you will produce a series of prints which have moved through stages of development from observational drawing through to print and back again.
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Etching Workshop with Frederic Morris
Course Code: SC1903PR03 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Friday - Sunday, 17th - 19th April 2020 Days: 3 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £215 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £215.00This 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: Aquatint, Sugarlift and Spit-bite
Course Code: EC1902PR13 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Thursdays, 20th February - 19th March 2020 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 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 of our print tutors Frederic Morris.
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: EC1902PR03 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 13th February 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: The Art Academy, 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 of our tutors Frederic Morris.
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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Expand your portfolio – Textiles in Contemporary Art
Course Code: SC1902025 Tutor: Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Monday - Thursday, 17th February - 20 February 2020 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 16 - 18 Fee: £255 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £255.00This course will introduce GCSE and A-level students to the use of embroidery and latex in contemporary art. The aim is to help you to expand your artistic vocabulary, develop your portfolio and experiment with media that you may not be very familiar with. Each day will begin with an introduction to artists who use textiles in their work, to contextualise the lessons and help inspire you. In the morning, you will be taught different techniques, which you will then apply to a project (either your own idea or suggested by the tutor) in the afternoon.
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Experimental Etching
Course Code: WC1902PR99 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 21st & 22nd March 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £175 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £175.00Explore 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 Current Trends & Styles in Portrait Painting
Course Code: E1902P33 Tutor: Robin-Lee Hall Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 26th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £500 From: £500.00A stimulating and informative exploration of some of the artists working within the discipline of portraiture today, this course will consider the concerns artists are addressing through their painting and the varying techniques they have adopted to do so. Students will be encouraged to respond to the work surveyed through a series of practical exercises where they will use a variety of technical approaches to create portraits from a range of different starting points.
We will begin each week with a discussion about the artists whose work we will be looking at, considering the issues they are addressing, their subject matter, their source material, the techniques they are using and the relationship between these various elements in their work. The discussion will be supplemented by information via videos, articles, monographs and other art publications to further introduce you to the work of the artists discussed and to examine their approaches and subject matter. This will be followed by practical investigation through set tasks with a different focus each week, inspired by an individual or group (school) of artists. -
Figure and Portrait Sculpture
Course Code: EC1902005 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Gil Whyman MRBS Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 19th March 2020 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 Sculpture: The Expanded Field
Course Code: E1902S20 Tutor: Lara Ritosa Roberts Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £20 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £500.00This course explores the concept of the body from historical and cross-cultural viewpoints. You’ll investigate the potential of an experimental multi-media approach, working with a life model, exploring modelling techniques, body casting, movement, performance, installation and more. You will be encouraged to develop your own interests through a personal project and final sculpture piece.
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Friday Mix
Course Code: EC1902315 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Frederic Morris, Thomas Golunski Dates: Fridays, 17th January - 20th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: All Levels 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: EC1902147 Tutor: Adele Williams Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 19th March 2020 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
Course Code: SAT1902047 Tutor: Adele Williams Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 21st March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm 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
Course Code: EC1902047 Tutor: Annette Bugansky Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 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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How to Paint Portraits Successfully from Photographs
Course Code: E1902P28 Tutor: Edward Sutcliffe Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £10 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) From: £500.00You’ll explore the skills required to achieve effective results when working from photographs instead of from life. You will consider the problems of painting from photographs and ways of overcoming these, as well the advantages. The course will Introduce the skills needed to produce photorealistic images, but doesn’t limit you to painting in this way.
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Hybrid Printmaking: experimental printmaking using multiple processes
Course Code: E1902PR10 Tutor: Katherine Jones Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 23rd March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £500 Material Costs: £40 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £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. Printmaking both compliments and brings perspective to other areas of creative practice, so this course is ideal for painting and drawing practitioners who would like to gain a perspective of print techniques and re-engage with the drawn mark.
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Images in Contemporary Painting
Course Code: E1902P14 Tutor: Neil Morley Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 26th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00The proliferation of digital images in society has made the image more disposable and less open to visual critical discourses. This course will explore how the manipulation of pictorial space can create new and exciting directions in painting – by fragmenting, obscuring and intertwining images into the pictorial space and by using a series of techniques and conceptual approaches that question the normal conventions of background/foreground relationships.
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Images of the Body
Course Code: E1902P016 Tutor: Sadie Lee Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £500 From: £500.00Using a range of contemporary source material, such as digital images, the moving image and images from social media, you’ll consider and explore the representation of the contemporary body in painting.
This course will introduce you to the analysis of different types of image and how they are viewed and consumed. Considering the work of contemporary and modern painters, you’ll study a range of approaches artists have adopted to how they view or use the body. You will explore the language of paint and its dialogue with found images, migrating techniques from photography and film to painting (zooming, blurring, cropping, pixelating etc.) and ‘re-materialising’ the body in your artworks through visceral paint application.
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Imaginative Composition
Course Code: E1902D05 Tutor: Carl Randall Dates: Fridays, 17th January - 27th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £14 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) From: £500.00In this course, you’ll explore the process behind making imaginative, figurative compositions. Drawing and visualising images that are in your imagination is difficult to do – this course looks at various techniques artists use to bring an imagined image into reality. Much of the course focuses on acquiring the skills and information necessary to construct imagined compositions, encouraging a variety of approaches and experimentation.
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Intermediate Drawing
Course Code: EC1902036 Tutor: Natasha Lien Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 19th March 2020 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: EC1902138 Tutor: Carl Randall Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 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. 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: EC1902238 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 19th March 2020 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. 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: EC1902002 Tutor: Laura Postle Dates: Wednesdays, 22nd January - 25th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £295 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £295.00This course will enable you to create a standing figure (approx. 50cm tall), with an internal armature. While working on the figure as a whole, each class will focus on a different body part, looking at the structure and anatomy of the human form. Working in water based clay, you will learn to capture gesture and proportion as well as use light and shadow to understand form and get a true likeness of the model.
Dependent on interest at the end of the course, those who wish to cast a ‘hardcopy’ fragment of their figure in plaster can do so in our optional Moulding weekend taking place on 28th and 29th March. During the weekend, you will mould and cast a piece of your sculpture into plaster to create a wall-mounted fragment or piece mounted on a base. This optional weekend course carries an additional cost.
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Introduction to Bookbinding with Carol Wilhide-Justin
Course Code: SC1903PR78 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Mondays, 30th March & 6th April 2020 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 will be split between making prints in the Print Studio using relief printmaking techniques- linocut, woodcut and using those prints to make concertina or leporello books, single section and stab bound books. There will also be an opportunity to bind collections of existing prints into a book format. 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: SUN1902PR83 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Sundays, 2nd & 9th February 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £170 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £170.00Japanese 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: WC1902037 Tutor: Neil Morley Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 22nd & 23rd February 2020 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 Oil Painting
Course Code: SC1903037 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Monday - Thursday, 6th April - 9th April 2020 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: SAT1902037 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 21st March 2020 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: EC1902037 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1902137 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 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.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1902N037 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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 Photoshop Techniques
Course Code: EC1902096 Tutor: Katerina Iacovides Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 12th February 2020 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 Portrait Sculpture
Course Code: WC1902004 Tutor: Anthony Waters Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 15th & 16th February 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £175 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £175.00Portrait 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: EC1902003 Tutor: Anthony Waters Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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: WC1901003 Tutor: Jessica Wetherly Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 23rd & 24th November 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: EC1902107 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Dates: Fridays, 17th January - 20th March 2020 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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Maria Zulueta
Kiln Formed Glass
Course Code: EC1902007 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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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Life Drawing
Course Code: EC1902009 Tutor: Annabel MacIver Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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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Lino Etching with Steve Edwards
Course Code: WC1901PR71 Tutor: Steve Edwards Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 16th & 17th November 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: WC1902PR85 Tutor: Nick Morley Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 22nd & 23rd February 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: 180 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £180.00This 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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Measurement & Proportion in Drawing
Course Code: E1902D02 Tutor: Giles Lester Dates: Fridays, 17th January - 27th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00In this course you will develop a straightforward approach to using systems of measurement when drawing from life or two-dimensional sources. You will gain confidence with using measuring techniques in drawing. The first part of the course will be dedicated to drawing figures and objects from life, followed by an assignment where your own photographs will provide the subject material for finished studies
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Monday Mix
Course Code: EC1902015 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Nevine Fathy, Steve Edwards Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels 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: EC1902115 Tutor: Jackie Smith, Lucy Townsend, Nevine Fathy Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels 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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Objects & Environments in Extended Reality
Course Code: E1902T004 Tutor: Ninon Ardisson, Rebecca Aston Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 23rd March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00This course is an introduction into creating Extended Reality (XR) including Virtual, interactive realities and is specifically focused on students utilising these technologies within the context of their own contemporary art practice. The course will focus on the idea of building open worlds, and how to develop those into interactive tools for visual storytelling. Students will be encouraged to consider how this new medium can engage in a meaningful way at the intersection of physical and digital realities, away from the idea of purely a spectacle or gimmick. Through a series of practical workshops students will learn the fundamentals of how immersive technologies function and gain a technical understanding of key software such as Unreal Engine in order to realise their own ideas. In the remaining sessions students will benefit from individual support and guidance from the tutors in order to develop a project of their choosing. This course is suitable for students with no previous experience of VR as well as those who want to develop their own practice.
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One Day Taster: Ceramics – 26th January
Course Code: TAS1902T04 Tutor: Adele Williams Dates: Sunday, 26th January 2020 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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One Day Taster: Monoprint – 1st March
Course Code: TAS1902T06 Tutor: Frederic Morris Dates: Sunday, 1st March 2020 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 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: Sculpture – 4th April
Course Code: TAS1903T03 Tutor: Anthony Waters Dates: Saturday, 4th April 2020 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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Kim WhitbyOne Day Taster: Watercolour – 28th March
Course Code: TAS1903T05 Tutor: Kim Whitby Dates: Saturday, 28th March 2020 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 watercolour painting for those who may be considering a longer course and are wondering how much they will enjoy it. Throughout the day the tutor will lead the class in hands-on, practical demonstrations to show you how to mix colour and see shape and tone, and how these elements relate to form a composition. We aim to foster self-certainty and an enjoyment of painting in a relaxed yet stimulating environment. The morning will be spent focusing on how to handle watercolour paint whilst working from a still-life set up using natural and organic forms. Throughout the day you will be encouraged to play and enjoy the application of paint whist also understanding techniques of working from observation.
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Open Life – Saturday
Course Code: SAT1902001 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm, Various tutors Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 21st March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00The “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: SUN1902001 Tutor: Emma Seach, Various tutors Dates: Sundays, 19th January-22nd March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.30am – 1.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00The “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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Paint – Process, surface, materiality
Course Code: E1902P35 Tutor: Alison Hand Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £10 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) From: £500.00This course aims to explore, test, and discover the properties and potential of a range of traditional and non-traditional paints and surfaces. You’ll expand and develop your understanding of what paint can do, and the specific material qualities of numerous paints. You will investigate how various paints (including acrylics, spray paints and gloss paints) feel and handle, and how you can use different approaches with them.
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Painting – Developing Your Style
Course Code: SAT1902019 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 21st March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 2.00pm – 4.30pm 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 – Developing Your Style
Course Code: EC1902019 Tutor: Eigil Nordstrøm Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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: SUN1902031 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Dates: Sundays, 19th January-22nd March 2020 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 Beginners
Course Code: EC1902013 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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: EC1902113 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 17th March 2020 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: EC1902313 Tutor: Kate Dunn Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 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.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1902N013 Tutor: Jackie Smith Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 19th March 2020 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: SAT1902013 Tutor: Rhiannon Salisbury Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 21st March 2020 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: E1902P50 Tutor: Rhiannon Salisbury Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00This course will help you discover what it is about painting that motivates and inspires you. You will explore how to develop ideas from initial sketches, how to refine ideas and how to develop coherent work. You will be encouraged to adopt a disciplined creative thinking dialogue in your painting practice, which will enable a more informed approach to your work.
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Portrait & Figure Painting
Course Code: E1902P31 Tutor: Adebanji Alade, Giles Lester Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 28th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00An introduction to different approaches to portraiture and figure painting, taught by experienced, pre-eminent portrait and figure painters. This runs every term with different tutors, and a slightly different emphasis (to include portraiture, figure painting and life painting). Working with a model on a series of poses, you’ll deal with tone and colour, proportion, lighting, composition, negative space, and will consider how to create a narrative depth.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: EC1902018 Tutor: Andrew Hitchcock Dates: Fridays, 17th January - 20th March 2020 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: SAT1902018 Tutor: Kate Dunn Dates: Saturdays, 18th January - 21st March 2020 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: EC1902N018 Tutor: Andrew Hitchcock Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 16th March 2020 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.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Alex Fowler
Course Code: SC1903250 Tutor: Alex Fowler Dates: Monday - Friday, 6th April - 9th April 2020 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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Anastasia PollardPortrait Painting Masterclass with Anastasia Pollard
Course Code: WC1901050 Tutor: Anastasia Pollard Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 16th & 17th November 2019 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £200 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR 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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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Andy James
Course Code: WC1902151 Tutor: Andy James Dates: Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 20th - 22nd March 2020 Days: 3 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £360 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £360.00This course is designed to help you further develop your portait painting skills, focusing on both creating a likeness and increasing the expressive aspects of your portrait skills. These two elements will be explored together over this three-day masterclass; you’ll first make several charcoal studies, followed by a brief oil sketch and finally, a fully developed portrait in oil. You’ll focus on accuracy of observation and measurement, while also making a fresh, energised and expressive response to the model. By the end of the masterclass, you will have developed your existing skills and knowledge of structure, tone, colour, composition and express use of paint and charcoal, and you will have completed one portrait painting and a number of briefer sketches and studies.
Throughout this masterclass, you’ll receive regular one-to-one guidance from Andy James. A self taught artist, Andy has been painting for over 25 years, capturing incredible likeness and energy of his subjects through his sumptuous, rigorous and painterly approach. Andy has worked on many prestigious commissions of well-known public figures. He was the winner of the Carroll Foundation Award, the Changing Faces Award and of BBC’s Star Portraits, and served as the Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters from 2008 to 2014.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Ilaria Rosselli del Turco
Course Code: WC1902051 Tutor: Ilaria Rosselli del Turco Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 29th February & 1st March 2020 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 Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco. The course will allow students the freedom to work from two models. Under Ilaria’s guidance students will work on composition and colour mixture. Each student will be encouraged to work in their own individual way: together you will find strategies and techniques to make progresses. The tutor will also be working alongside the students demonstrating her technique. This exciting course is an intensive two days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco was born in Italy, from a family of Florentine Renaissance painters. She studied illustration and painting in Italy and in London, where she has lived since 1999. Her work has been selected for the BP Portrait Award and the Threadneedle Prize, as well as the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition. She shows regularly in UK and Italy and her paintings are also in private collections in US, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands.
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Portrait Painting Masterclass with Sam Dalby
Course Code: SC1903150 Tutor: Sam Dalby RP Dates: Monday - Friday, 30th March - 3rd April 2020 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £365 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £365.00This five 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 two models, both a male and female. Starting with preliminary drawing in line on day one and and moving onto a tonal preliminary drawing on day two. The focus will then be on producing oil sketches on the third day then on the final two days it is all about completing a finished painting of the chosen model. Under Sam’s guidance, you will learn how to complete a portrait from a ‘cold’ start in the life drawing room, through the imaginative and practical stages of construction, to the final execution . 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 Tim Benson
Course Code: SC1903050 Tutor: Tim Benson Dates: Monday - Wednesday, 6th April - 8th April 2019 Days: 3 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £300 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £300.00This three-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. Students will produce at least four oil sketches on the first day and at least one more ‘finished’ painting by the final day. Under Tim’s guidance, students will concentrate on tonal painting allowing the emphasis to be on the form. During the course of the painting there will be an in-depth look at how to mix up colours. The tutor will also be working alongside the students demonstrating a ‘wet in wet’ technique. This exciting course is an intensive three days that offers a high level of tutor contact time.
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Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Suzie Zamit
Course Code: WC1902052 Tutor: Suzie Zamit Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 7th & 8th March 2020 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £195 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £195.00Portrait sculpture is an immensely absorbing and enjoyable discovery with every new sitter. This 2-day course aims to build upon your previous experience (Intermediate/Advanced) to further how to observe and translate your observation through drawing and modelling 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, Suzie Zamit, a member of The Society of Portrait Sculptors. Whether setting out a 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 expression.
Focus is on understanding measurement, anatomy, architecture, form, high-points and contours, texture and clay application as well as character and expression of the model in the sculpture.
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Portrait Sculpture Masterclass with Valentina Zlatarova
Course Code: SC1903053 Tutor: Valentina Zlatarova Dates: Monday - Friday, 30th March - 3rd April 2020 Days: 5 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Advanced Fee: £365 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £365.00Portrait 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, Valentina Zlatarova, trained at the Florence Academy of Art, Italy. Whether setting out a 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 expression.
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Printmaking for Beginners
Course Code: WC1902PR01 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 7th & 8th March 2020 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: E1902PR11 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £500 Material Costs: £40 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £500.00You will focus on using intaglio and relief techniques to print onto textiles. 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, you’ll explore print as a means of creating a ‘total’ artwork that aspires to work with architecture and interrupt the flow of our perception through it. This course is ideal if you’d like to bring your communication, texture and colour skills to the print studio, to become familiar with a diverse and exciting range of media. Guided by one-to-one tutoring, you will expand your knowledge and develop a unique self-led project.
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Relief Printing with Temsüyanger Longkumer
Course Code: SC1903PR04 Tutor: Temsuyanger Longkumer Dates: Tuesday - Friday, 31st March - 3rd April 2020 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £265 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £265.00This course is ideal for beginners or for those wanting a refresher course. In the first half of the week you will learn to work with traditional Japanese tools and to cut and print a linoleum plate in a mechanical press. In the second half of the week you will learn a different technique using woodblocks and colour separations to cut two different blocks to create your double-plate prints.
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Relief Printing: Linoleum Reduction
Course Code: EC1902PR04 Tutor: Jackie Smith Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 11th February 2020 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 Relief Printmaking Part 1, 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: Linoleum Reduction
Course Code: EC1902PR14 Tutor: Jackie Smith Dates: Tuesdays, 18th February - 17th March 2020 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 Relief Printmaking Part 1, 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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Sculpting in Metal
Course Code: EC1902034 Tutor: Charles Lang Days: 10 Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm 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 in Practice
Course Code: E1902S50 Tutor: Julian Wild Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 23rd March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £15 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £500.00Explore a wide range of sculptural forms, language, materials and processes with this course. Throughout, your tutor will provide individual support to help develop your own approach – whether you want to explore a wide range of materials and techniques, or focus on a particular area of interest.
For students who wish to explore materials, or are unsure about which materials to use for their ideas, there is a core course. This core course follows a number of structured exercises that enable you to experiment with different materials and processes. When working from the model, the emphasis of the exercises are to create sculpture using a life model as reference, rather than doing a technical study of a model. You will also be encouraged to develop ideas through the introduction of a wide vocabulary of materials and processes that could inform figurative, abstract or concept led work. However, you do not have to follow the core course and can work on your own projects in this class.
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Sculpture – the language of form, techniques and materials
Course Code: E1902S13 Tutor: Briony Marshall, Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 26th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £20 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £500.00This course is a thorough introduction to the language of sculpture and will enable you to investigate the use of form, space, texture, colour and other core sculptural elements. It will encourage the sophisticated use of basic sculpture materials and techniques, including clay, wax, plaster, wire, latex, textiles and found objects, as well as working from a model. The course will push you to experiment and broaden your repertoire and start to discover your own sculptural language.
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Still Life
Course Code: E1902P017 Tutor: Nicholas McLeod Dates: Thursdays, 16th January - 26th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 From: £500.00Engage with still life painting in a fresh and exciting manner. You’ll look in-depth at the work of both contemporary and historical artists for whom still life is a major focus, and discuss why the genre is still relevant today. You’ll consider the use of objects for their symbolic value as well as their aesthetic properties, examining the abstract form, shape, colour and tone of the objects observed, and exploring how to use all this information to create interesting and contemporary paintings. Working in oil, you’ll be encouraged to approach the act of painting with a balance of instinct and analysis, growing your technical understanding of a variety of mediums and materials, whilst also developing observational, critical and creative skills.
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Stone Carving
Course Code: EC1902010 Tutor: Ben Newman Dates: Wednesdays, 15th January - 18th March 2020 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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Sunday Mix
Course Code: SUN1902015 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Jackie Smith, Tommy Golunski Dates: Sundays, 26th January - 16th February 2020 Days: 4 Times: 10.30am - 1.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £150 Location: The Art Academy, 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.
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Textiles, Latex, Assemblage
Course Code: E1902S53 Tutor: Hiromi Scintu, Lynne Abrahamson Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 23rd March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £15 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £500.00This elective provides an introduction to textiles within fine art practice. You’ll use both traditional and modern approaches to textiles, including wet and dry felting, embroidery and the sampler tradition, latex and soft sculpture. Throughout the course, you’ll explore how and why contemporary artists employ textiles within their practice.
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The Photographic Image
Course Code: E1902T002 Tutor: Levin Haegele Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 £500.00Starting with the fundamental principles of photography, you’ll learn how to expose images correctly and develop a greater understanding of the medium in relation to today’s digital culture. This course gives you a thorough overview of all aspects of using a digital camera, including: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus, depth of field, lighting and everything you need to successfully take photos in a variety of environments. You’ll also be taught the fundamentals of Photoshop, with a focus on how the software can be used for retouching and collaging images.
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The Shape of Colour
Course Code: E1902P15 Tutor: Caroline List Dates: Mondays, 13th January - 23rd March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £10 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) From: £500.00Investigating colour as form will enable you to think about colour theory and explore a synthesis of processes, structure and surface. You will be encouraged to consider how you develop a composition, specificity of colour choice and surface fracture (handling of the paint). You will be encouraged to experiment the interaction of colour throughout the course; it’s fluidity, chromatic value, scale and dynamic juxtapositions.
The context and theory will be important in underpinning your initial exploration. Your relationship with the mechanics of painting will develop from collage experiments particularly focused on colour contrast and form, collages produced will be a spring-board for a series of abstract colour compositions. From Matisse to the colour field painters such as Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and contemporary colourist such as Sarah morris, Tauber Auerbach, Selma Parlour and others. -
Wood and Metal for Sculpture
Course Code: E1902S003 Tutor: Charles Lang Dates: Tuesdays, 14th January - 24th March 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £500 Material Costs: £20 (See Daily Breakdown for Details) £500.00Whether you’re a complete beginner or you have some experience of working with wood and metal, this course will teach you to weld, cut, grind, manipulate and drill steel and cut, join and sand wood safely. Starting with these practical skills, you’ll then have the opportunity to work independently and creatively to develop sculpture in metal or wood.
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Young Artists
Course Code: SC1903019 Tutor: TBC Dates: Monday - Friday, 30th March - 3rd April 2020 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: SC1903119 Tutor: TBC Dates: Monday - Thursday, 6th April - 9th April 2020 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16, All Levels 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: Animation Challenge
Course Code: SC1903022 Tutor: Emma Seach Dates: Monday - Thursday, 6th April - 9th April 2020 Days: 4 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 12-16, All Levels Fee: £255 Location: The Art Academy, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £255.00This fun four-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.
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.