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.

Studio course: The Painting Year I: Materials, Methods and Ideas – Mondays 17 Apr to 3 Jul 2023

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1 PLACE REMAINING: The Painting Year I is a practical course which aims to fill in all the gaps you never knew you had in your understanding and practice of painting. Continue Reading →

Painting People: The Figure and Portrait: 12 January 2022 to 29 Jun 2023

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This course aims to explore the elements of portraiture and figure painting and drawing in both systematic and creative ways. Continue Reading →

Studio course: Experimental Printmaking with Bella Easton: Fridays evenings 6-9pm – 10 Feb to 31 Mar 2023

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A wonderful opportunity to explore your ideas through relief and other printmaking techniques, including: Lino, Carborundum… Continue Reading →

Studio course: Oil Painting Techniques with Rosanna Dean: 8 weeks on Tuesdays evenings (6 -9pm) – 7th Feb to 28 March 2023

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Over the course of 8 weeks you will be guided through a variety of ways of using oil paint. You will explore different ways of applying paint and the effects that can be achieved in their combination. Continue Reading →

ONLINE: Painting from the Imagination with Dan Coombs – 9 Feb to 13 Apr 2023

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On this 10 week online course Dan Coombs will demonstrate some of the techniques and devices required to paint from the imagination. Continue Reading →