2019 ESOP End of Year Shows ‘Art Matters Part 1 & 2’

This year the Essential School of Painting is holding two End of Year Exhibitions… Art Matters Part 1 & 2
The shows are the culmination of the work done by 40 of our artist-students through the academic year starting October 2018.
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The Image Obsession Question Student Exhibition 2017

Students of the course The Bigger Picture, which is designed and taught by Bob and Roberta Smith RA, hold their End 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 Narrative Painting” with Henry Kondracki May 2014

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