Drawing and painting
Learning to draw can be fulfilling, frustrating, challenging, rewarding and relaxing. We offer drawing courses for the complete beginner, as well as a range of courses to develop your skills - from the use of colour and creating portraits to developing sketchbooks. Our expert tutors will guide and develop your skills and also give you the opportunity to learn from your fellow students. Come and enjoy these popular classes - but hurry, as they do tend to fill up quickly.
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Drawing and the art of mindfulness by Clare Barton-Harvey
Save the date: Foundation Diploma Exhibition 2018, 21-24 March 2018, Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London. View a gallery of images from 2014-2017.
Rodin, the father of modern sculpture
Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on 020 7492 2700 Monday - Friday between 10am - 5pm.
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Art and creative thinking workshop with Rod Judkins
Course Date: Sat 7 Jul 2018 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetArt is fundamentally about communicating ideas. If the idea is strong, the work of art is memorable. This exciting, one-day workshop, led by Rod Judkins (artist, tutor and author of ‘The art of creative thinking’ and ‘Ideas are your only currency’) will explore methods to create ideas and concepts and combine them with the process of making.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
Summer nights taster: mindfulness sketchbook walk
Course Date: Fri 13 Jul 2018
Location on this date: OS - Off SiteJoin us for a sketchbook walk around Covent Garden and the wider area to observe, record and engage with the busyness of urban life. Using mindfulness techniques combined with drawing, we will examine our experience and open up to the magic and surprises that a summer evening in the city has to offer.Full fee: £29.00Senior fee: £29.00Concession: £29.00 -
Summer nights taster: watercolour techniques
Course Date: Fri 13 Jul 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetSpend an evening exploring simple and effective ways of sketching with watercolour.Full fee: £29.00Senior fee: £29.00Concession: £29.00 -
Drawing plants and flowers
Course Date: Sat 14 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDraw plants and flowers from observation using a range of drawing techniques and mediums, including coloured pastels and inks. For all levels.Full fee: £229.00Senior fee: £229.00Concession: £140.00 -
Introduction to drawing weekend
Course Date: Sat 14 Jul 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLimber up your drawing skills with structured activities introducing key concepts such as line, tone, composition and mark making. Ideal if you have little or no drawing experience; a great way to learn the basics or prepare for longer courses.Full fee: £219.00Senior fee: £219.00Concession: £134.00 -
French weekend: inspired by the Impressionists, painting the landscape
Course Date: Sat 14 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetInspired by the French Impressionists we will make paintings and drawings from observation outdoors in the landscape ('en plein air'), with the possibility of developing these further back in the studio. The course will enable you to explore the possibilities of landscape painting.Full fee: £109.00Senior fee: £109.00Concession: £66.00 -
Contemporary painting studio: evening summer school
Course Date: Mon 16 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDevelop your own ideas in painting with reference to the work of contemporary artists and experimental processes. Ideal if you have completed Painting 1 and 2. This course is for intermediate level and above.Full fee: £189.00Senior fee: £189.00Concession: £115.00 -
Learn to use: oil pastels
Course Date: Mon 16 Jul 2018 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the versatility and rich colours of this beautiful drawing and painting medium. Through practical exercises, discover its potential to create oil-like surface effects and its suitability for sketching and outdoor colour work.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £69.00Concession: £42.00 -
Painting studio: three-day painting project
Course Date: Mon 16 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore a personal painting project over three full days in a well equipped studio, with tutor advice and support.Full fee: £209.00Senior fee: £167.00Concession: £127.00 -
Watercolour all levels
Course Date: Mon 16 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDevote a week of your summer to watercolour painting and be challenged to try or re-visit a number of watercolour techniques, considering process and colour as you focus on your favourite methods to develop a more personal body of work.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £152.00 -
Painting: focus on light and shade
Course Date: Thu 19 Jul 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the potential of light and shade in art to create dramatic effects in painting. Make a still life come alive through the play of colour contrast and cast shadows.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Start watercolour 1: learn about techniques and materials
Course Date: Thu 19 Jul 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetAlways wanted to try watercolour painting? Now’s your chance to learn how to begin washes and mark-making, to enjoy exploring colour, and to see if you want to progress to the next level.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £69.00Concession: £42.00 -
How to compose a picture
Course Date: Fri 20 Jul 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn the basics of composing a picture and discover why some compositions are more interesting than others. Explore compositional elements to help strengthen a picture and try out techniques such as ‘rule of thirds’ and the 'golden section’. Ideal for improving and learning new skills.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £30.00 -
100 drawings in a day
Course Date: Fri 20 Jul 2018 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetA high energy programme of directed and self-directed drawing exercises, with rapid shifts in materials, scale, subject and focus. Strictly no discards - come ready to play, risk, invent and discuss! For those with some drawing experience.Full fee: £79.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £79.00 -
Learn to use: charcoal
Course Date: Fri 20 Jul 2018 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the creative possibilities that this fragile medium affords. Learn and develop the components of drawing with charcoal’s subtle yet dynamic lines.
This is a course for beginners. No experience is necessary.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £55.00Concession: £42.00