Art: life drawing & portraiture courses

Classes are held in lovely venues - Windsor Race Course on Thursdays. Classes are fun and friendly, a place to learn and make new friends. There are 3 hour morning and afternoon classes to fit in with student’s schedules. You receive tuition and guidance from our excellent tutors allowing you to produce beautiful art using a variety of mediums over a 14 week period. We start with pencil drawing, setting the building blocks of skills for the course. We then work with charcoal, coloured inks, pastels both soft and oil,...

This is a sketching workshop suitable for all levels as individual support will be given to help you get the most out of the day. Spend the morning having a Tai Chi lesson, then the rest of the day watch others learning and performing the beautiful movements of Tai Chi short form, allowing you to sketch each pose. This course is suitable for all levels as individual support will be given to help you get the most out of the day. The day will be made up of an hour...

A one-day life drawing class covering the fundamentals of drawing from a life model. Drawings are created as quick sketches or longer studies, topics covered include proportion, gesture, anatomy, setting out, relationship of form and using tone. ​Classes are suitable for beginners as step-by-step guidance and individual attention will be given throughout.

The workshop is about creating an emotive connection to your sitter, involving the technical side of oil painting through colour mixing, exploring form and colour theory. It is a figurative workshop using natural and expressive colours with the aim is to achieve a finished or near finished painting. We will look at how oil paints works and help you to develop a personal style and explore new approaches. This is not an atelier workshop but I will be referencing historical methods. We will be concentrating on painting but some drawing...

‘Introduction to Portrait’ 10-week Interactive online Art course. (Some experience in Art is necessary) Cost £15 a week. (Total cost £150) This is a brilliant interactive lockdown course for those who are eager to learn how to draw beautiful portraits in a classroom environment and develop their artistic skills further. This is a great chance for everyone to observe professional artist’s demonstrations, ask questions and socialise with like-minded people. The course will teach you how to capture facial proportions and likeness and show feelings and emotions in your portraits. You...

This is a sketching workshop with a Female nude model. This course is suitable for all levels as individual support will be given to help you get the most out of the day. The day will be made up of a morning of short poses from 2 minute to 15 minute exploring measuring techniques (for beginners), form, structure and line. Then after lunch there will be the opportunity for you to discuss your own ideas and poses, which could contain longer poses for painting or more dynamic poses to explore...

Is immersing yourself in the art school way of life something you’ve dreamed about? If so, join this ten-week course and start developing your personal approach to creating art. This practical course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create a unique and diverse body of artwork. This could be for personal interest, future studies or professional development; the success of the course is down to the varied interests of the people who attend. Projects will explore creative thinking and the different processes involved when producing work that...

On this course, you’ll learn key strategies to help you draw the figure and begin experimenting with new approaches. It’s open to beginners, but will also suit those already familiar with life drawing. The course is therefore ideal for anyone wanting to upskill, for personal or professional development. Whilst there are a wealth of life drawing classes out there, very few encourage the use of contemporary approaches. This is despite the influences of work by the likes of Egon Schiele and Jenny Saville, both of whom have pushed the boundaries...

This practical course will introduce you to the aesthetics of digital fashion photography. It'll help you develop your technical photography skills and complement them with an understanding of contemporary fashion photography and its context within modern society. During the course you'll experience the different roles that make a fashion shoot happen, including assistant, producer, digital operator and client. The photography will take place in both the studio and on location, and so you'll learn how to use camera flash and battery operated flash equipment, LED lighting and digital equipment. You'll...