Category Archives: Oil Painting

Painting Glorious Nature with Rosemary Beaton April 2016

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Andrew Wamae

A fantastic time was had all round on Rosemary Beaton’s class ‘Painting Glorious Nature’ http://bit.ly/RBK16. The students got to spend a Continue Reading →

TheESOP Student Rob Neil Exhibits in Edinburgh 2015

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Andrew Wamae

Rob Neil exhibits at Marchmont Gallery The Essential School of Painting is please to announce that one of our students, Continue Reading →

Profile on Paul Bell

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Andrew Wamae

Paul Bell first love is art and painting in particular. Glaswegian Paul spent his formative years as an aspiring artist, Continue Reading →

Ken Currie at The Essential School of Painting.

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Andrew Wamae

Ken Currie talks about his experience teaching at The Essential School of Painting. During this class (Painting with Ken Currie Continue Reading →

Lesley Burr on Painting the Imaginative Landscape

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Alison Harper

Sat/Sun 14th– 15th June 2014 10 – 5pm Click here to book your place An exciting weekend course in painting Continue Reading →

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

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Alison Harper

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 Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki May 2014

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Andrew Wamae

Student Work: Alison Rivett (2of2) “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki 2014

Student Work: Alison Rivett (1of2) “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki 2014

Student Work: Ana Mejia “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki 2014

Student Work: Hannah Greene (1of2) “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki 2014

Student Work: Hannah Greene (2of2) “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki 2014

Narrative Painting By Maggie Hale, 2014 Student The Essential School Of Painting

Student Work: Ruth Robinson (1of2) “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki 2014

Student work at The Essential School of Painting ©Ruth Robinson The Essential School Of Painting

Student Work: Sandra Stadnik “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki 2014

Student Testimonial: “Ways into Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki May 2014

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Andrew Wamae

The weekend of May the 17th and 18th was one filled with quiet excitement. Narrative painting can be both daunting Continue Reading →

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

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Andrew Wamae

Portrait by Brian Freedman The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Ilana Feingold The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Louise Rice The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait By Louise Rice, 2014 The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Maggie Hale The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Pearl Brown The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Rupert Whale The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Sandra Stadnik The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait By Selina Ogilvy, 2014 Student The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Wendy D’Souza The Essential School Of Painting

Portrait by Eva Swiderska The Essential School Of Painting

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

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Andrew Wamae

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