Evening Class: Drawing Portraits with Allan Ramsay: 23 February to 23 March 2017

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Every Thursday 6.00pm to 9.00pm join BP National Portrait Award winner Allan Ramsay on this adventure into drawing from the live model in a class of 6 students only.

Each week we will explore the expressive and intimate details of portraiture and the art of drawing portraits.

Standard drawing material provide by the school.

ONE PLACE REMAINING

Fee £220

 

 

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Allan Ramsay

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Allan Ramsay’s formal education as an artist started at the Edinburgh College of Art where he studied Figure Drawing. He went onto study painting at Glasgow School of Art and at the Art Students` League in New York. The winner of the John Player/BP National Portrait ward at the National Portrait Gallery London He is also the recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, Canada (1990) and the China-United Kingdom  Art Prize at  Art Suzhou, China (2016).

Below Slideshow of Allan and some of his work.

 

Allan has frequently exhibited at London’s  Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Portraits Painters. His works are included private collections, in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Edinburgh City Council. A highly experienced Art Tutor he comes to the Essential School of Painting having taught at Glasgow School of Art, Portrait Drawing Masterclasses at the  National Portrait Gallery in London, Wimbledon School of Art and London’s Heatherley School of Fine Art…read more…

Images ©Allan Ramsay, Photographs of Allan by Manuel Ortega. Consent to use given by the artist. All rights reserved

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.

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