WELCOME
TO THE ACADEMY
Welcome to The Art Academy.
We started in 2000 and are a small independent art school offering a unique approach to fine art education in the very heart of Central London. We offer a range of art education programmes for all ages and for all skill levels.
Whether you are looking to become a professional artist or you just want to develop your artistic skills in your spare time, we can offer you the finest quality art tuition to suit your needs and to support your artistic development.
If you choose to study on a long course with us, we will provide you with some of the highest contact hours with professional tutors on offer in the UK. We will help you balance the acquisition of technical skills, creative expression and the development of critical insight so that you can find your own voice and visual language to enable you to realise your ideas. We have high standards with a robust but positive and critical approach. We’re a warm energetic community of artists and a supportive environment where we’ll nurture you whilst constantly challenging and stretching you to become the best artist you can be.
Rob Pepper
Principal
I started the school as I believe so passionately in putting skills training at the heart of contemporary fine art education. And who better to teach those skills than practising artists?
We offer tuition from inspiring, highly skilled working artists, many pre-eminent in their fields across a wide range of disciplines and in small classes. From the outset and to this day our courses are tailored to the individual needs of our students whether studying full time or part time, on long or short courses, evenings, weekends or during the holidays.
Many of our artist/ tutors have been with us for numerous years and often our former students drop in to teach or to refresh their own skills or just to find out what we’re all up to. As you’ll see from reading our website The Art Academy is a thriving art community that’s friendly and welcoming and never stands still.
Tanya Russell
The Founder of The Art Academy
