NEW! Drawing Lab – Creative Drawing Summer School: Fri/Sat July 7 – 8, 2017

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London Drawing and The Essential School of Painting have come together to produce this exciting new two-day course on experimental Continue Reading →

The Essential School of Painting Open Day: April 29th 2017: 12 noon to 4pm

All are welcome. Join us on our Open Day, come see the studios, meet tutors and students, talk to us Continue Reading →

The A-Z of Painting People and Portraits

Weekly on Thursdays 10am to 5pm THIS CLASS IN NOW FULL If you would like to discuss courses/events at the Continue Reading →

The Big Painting Challenge on BBC One

The Big Painting Challenge on BBC ONE, Sunday, February 22nd, 2015. The Big Painting Challenge; Alison Harper is the Art Continue Reading →

On Alison Harper and her Christmas Sale/ Exhibition, November 22nd & 23rd, 2014

On Alison Harper and her Christmas Sale/ Exhibition By JD St. Claire (November 23rd, 2014) “It’s like an exhibition of Continue Reading →

Student Gallery: Expressive Portraits with Alison Harper, November 1st & 2nd, 2014

After a marvellous weekend where the students practised expressive ‘blind’ drawing, quick portrait drawing and painting on Saturday and then finishing off on Continue Reading →

Student Testimonial: Ways into Narrative Painting with Henry Kondracki May 17th & 18th, 2014

As usual Henry Kondracki comes up trumps. The paintings the students produced came from their imagination and memory. Each painting Continue Reading →

Student Gallery: “Ways into Portraiture” with Alexander (Sandy) Moffat OBE RSA April 2014

“Ways Into Portraiture” with Alexander (Sandy) Moffat OBE RSA

We’ve just had a fantastic and inspiring weekend with Sandy delving deeply into approaches to painting portraits. From the onset Continue Reading →