Category Archives: The Essential School Of Painting

The Essential School of Painting provides Art Classes composed of no more than ten students lead by highly experienced and active artists and tutors. All are welcome regardless of ability, we aim to help and encourage your creativity. As our motto is “Animus ad creare” The courage to create.

Approaches to Abstraction — Alternate Sundays In Studio, 4 October 2026 to 4 July 2027

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Artist-Tutor:  Johanna Melvin Format & Frequency:  In Studio — Every other Sunday, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm Fee:  £545 per term  |  Annual fee £1,420 Group Continue Reading →

The Narrative Painting Year | Thursdays  8 October 2026 – 1 July 2027

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This course invites you to work from the people, places and everyday journeys that make up your daily life. Fee: £795 per term | Annual fee £2,175 Continue Reading →

Painting the Contemporary Figure (studio) — Mondays Oct to Dec 2026

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Six evenings in the studio with the figure, working from the living model for four of them and from everything Continue Reading →

Painting Techniques in Oil or Acrylic (studio) — Thursdays Oct to Dec 2026

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Six evenings on paint itself, how it is mixed, laid down, layered and left alone, worked across still life, portrait Continue Reading →

Advanced Abstraction — Alternate Sundays In Studio, 11 October 2026 to 27 June 2027

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Artist-Tutor:  Johanna Melvin Format & Frequency:  In Studio – Every other Sunday, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm Fee:  £545 per term  |  Annual fee £1,420 Group Continue Reading →