Introduction to Portraiture in Oils (Sat-Sun, 9 & 10th Aug 2025)

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Time: 10.30 to 16.30
Tutor: Georgia Mallin

Join Georgia on this summer weekend course for an engaging, accessible introduction to portraiture and develop your painting and drawing skills in a supportive and dynamic environment.

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Venue:

The Essential School of Painting, Coburg Road, N22 6TZ.

Course description

This course offers two days of oil painting from life in our well-light main studio in Wood Green, London; perfect for immersing yourself in figurative painting from observation. Working with a model throughout the course you will work on the key skills that provide a foundation for painting and developing your practice.

The course will cover:
  • The basic proportions of the face and head
  • Transitioning from drawing to painting
  • Building volume through tonal values
  • Fundamental colour theory, including colour choices for painting ‘ skin tones’
Course Level:

The course is suitable for students of varying levels; all are welcome (beginners to experienced painters)

Materials:

All necessary materials, including brushes, paint, papering and solvent, are included with the exception of canvas (provided un-stretched) which you can purchase in studio.

Image copyrights: Ⓒgeorgiamallin & Ⓒblancogallery

About The Essential School Of Painting

The Essential School of Painting (ESOP) is an independent art school in London, built on our belief that painting is a living discipline, progressed through sustained practice. We are a place where painters teach painters, carrying a painter from first steps, through year-long courses, to our postgraduate two-year Advanced Painting Course. For over twenty years, painters of the first rank, Academicians and artists of international standing, have taught, exhibited and spoken in our studios. We openly welcome all to join our community. That welcome is encapsulated in our motto, Animus ad Creandum, the courage to create.