Late Bird Discounts to Oil Painting For Beginners with John Myers: 22 April-27 May

WITH 2 PLACES REMAINING WE ARE OFFERING A 12.5% LATE BIRD DISCOUNT TO THIS COURSE
John Myers

John Myers

Here’s your chance to make a late booking to this popular Oil painting class. Course Fees £275 after discount £240 for all 6 Fridays inclusive of art materials needed for the class.

To book Click ADD TO CART[storepage page=’details’ cid=’1219993′ atc=’true’] This ever popular Oil Painting class returns for 6 Fridays 10.30am to 1.30pm starting 22nd April with the 27th May. Suitable for both beginner and intermediate students. John Myers takes you on a journey to discover how to paint in oils; the secret world of oils and materials, surfaces and structures.

 

Student work Oil Painting for Beginners with John Myers

Student work
Oil Painting for Beginners with John Myers

This is a unique luxury painting class having the most tutor contact time anywhere in London with a maximum of six students; presenting an opportunity for beginner and intermediate artists to learn from a master artist in an intimate setting. 

Time:Friday 10.30am to 1.30pm

Venue: Alison Harper Studio, 2nd Floor Eastbourne House, Bullards Place off Morpeth Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0UH

Google Map: TheESOP Eastbourne House

THE CLASS IN DETAIL:
Oil Painting for beginners Class at TheESOP Dec 2015

Oil Painting for beginners Class at TheESOP Dec 2015

Come and learn step by step approaches to oil painting. We will cover materials and methods of oil painting including supports and surfaces, brushes and paint mediums. Students will learn colour mixing and ways of constructing images through contrasting tonal values, blocks of colour, line and texture. Much emphasis will be placed on the tactile handling of the paint. We will start by painting simple still life set ups. With a maximum of six students, this course will ensure you receive all the guidance you need to set yourself on the path to successful  oil painting.

Leslie by John Myers Oil on canvas

John Myers is a highly skilled artist and tutor in painting specializing in oil painting. He is the 2009 winner of the Grand Prix Maryse Anderbouhr award from Taylor Fondation des artistes in Paris and a graduate of Art History and Fine Arts from the distinguished École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1972 to 1977). From 1986 to 2002 John, a fluent French speaker, taught drawing and painting at the City of Paris’s École des Beaux-Arts  and was visiting lecturer at the prestigious British School of Paris. John exhibits widely in France and regularly in the UK and Ireland.

 

John recently completed two highly successful En plein air classes with us. Read testimonials on this here

About Andrew Wamae

Andrew Wamae is the Director and co-founder of the Essential School of Painting (ESOP). He has a deeply held belief in the power of art to transform lives and society, and a particular interest in exploring new models for art education beyond school; championing the twin ideals of excellence and affordability in a highly pressurised sector when university fees are soaring and student/ tutor contact time is at an all time low. Andrew is particularly keen to ensure that the visual arts continue to be supported and thrive well. A creative, innovative and visionary professional, Andrew, in conjunction with his co-founder Alison Harper, has transformed the Essential School of Painting from humble beginnings to an established institution holding from one-day to year-long courses and workshops for all levels of experience; from beginners to postgraduate and professional artists. He has managed to enlist the support of a long list of celebrated artists from multiple fields in the creative industry to teach or lecture at the school or in their studios.