Saturdays 10 – 5pm
Annual Fee: £2125, Term Fee: £775 (per term for 3 terms)
All art materials are included on the course with exception of canvas that can be purchased from the school. For course details see below.
The Painting Personal Projects programme offers artists the opportunity to develop their work in a supportive and nurturing environment. Guided by experienced artists Guy Allott and Joana Galego, participants will benefit from personal tutorials, engaging group discussions, and a collaborative atmosphere. Each class includes one-to-one tutorials with the teaching artist, as well as group critiques and discussions, where participants can reflect on their progress throughout the year.
Designed to empower artists, this programme allows participants to refine their personal projects while receiving mentorship within a nurturing artist collective. The course spans three terms and culminates in a group exhibition, showcasing the artistic growth and achievements of all participants.
Enrollment is limited to twelve participants, so early registration is recommended to secure your place. If you would like to discuss whether this class is suitable for your needs, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
Course timetable
| TERM | DATES |
|---|---|
| Oct Term | 5 Oct to 14 Dec 2024 – Half term 2 November |
| January Term | 18 Jan to 29 Mar 2025 – Half Term 22 February |
| April Term | 26 April to 5 July 2025 – Half Term 31 May |
| Exhibition Dates | TBC |
About the artist-tutors
Guy Allott
London based Artist Guy Allott was born in the market town of Hexham Northumberland in 1972, a graduate of Central Saint Martins (1999) and the Royal College of Art (2002), Guy is a versatile artist who works across several disciplines from painting to printmaking to sculpture and woodcuts. As a young painter and sculptor Guy made playful cardboard maquettes of spaceships and paintings of surrealistic landscapes, sometimes combining the two in painted depictions of what he called Landscape Spaceships. By 2009 Guy work was exploring and subverting traditional representations of landscape in relation to man’s desire to explore and control nature; his paintings and sculptures present a fantastical merging of the philosophies of science and culture, offering a critique of historic social beliefs alongside an investigation into the contemporary Read more >>>
Joana Galego
Alison Harper Artist, is the Artistic Director and one of the founders of The Essential School of Painting (ESOP). An exceptional multi-talented artist, Alison is a graduate of the prestigious Glasgow School of Art and is known as one of ‘The Glasgow Girls’.
The holder of multiple awards including the Commonwealth Scholarship, Alison has exhibited widely both in the United Kingdom and abroad.
Selected exhibitions & Awards
Invited artist to the Royal Scottish Academy annual exhibition May 2016; The National Portrait Gallery, London The Royal Academy, London; Leicester City Art Gallery; Stirling Museum; The Boundary Gallery, London; The Compass Gallery, Glasgow; The Collins Gallery, Glasgow; The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh; The Graphic Museum of Tokyo, Japan; The India Today Gallery New Delhi, India and The National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi.
Alison is a recipient of numerous Scholarships and awards including the Commonwealth Scholarship, Norwegian Government Scholarship, the Cheltenham Drawing Prize, Ruth Davidson Memorial Award and The Prince’s Drawing School Bursary Award. Alison is included in the following publications, Who’s Who in Art and Who’s Who of Women in the World.
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