The ESOP Advanced Painting Course 2021-23 F/T studio Mon – Wed Tutor time

We call for sixteen painters, from as diverse a range of backgrounds as possible, and of any age, to apply for the new Advanced Painting Course at ESOP. The course will take place across a two-year cycle. Successful candidates will be provided with a studio space and materials within the ESOP studio located in Wood Green, London. Continue Reading →

Online: THE SPEAKING BODY with Dan Coombs 18-19 Sept 2021

On this two day online class , Dan Coombs will show how to use the figure to communicate emotion and to create an affect in the viewer. We will explore different poses Continue Reading →

ONLINE: The Super-power of a sketch book with Guy Allott: 20 May to 8 July 2021

£220 8 Week online Course – The aim of this course is to develop the skills required to produce sketchbooks which are an inspiration, and which contain all the nuts and bolts of experimentation… Continue Reading →

Online: Ordinarily odd; the everyday with Archie Franks – 19 May to 7 July 2021

£220 – 8 week course Online Course on Wednesday Evenings.
In this course we will look at artists who examine the everyday. We will look at our own everyday, our immediate surroundings and situations… Continue Reading →

ONLINE: Contemporary Fine Art Practice: 01 Oct 2021 to 01 July 2022

The Contemporary Fine Art course is aimed at a broad range of artists and levels of experience and seeks to develop a community where practical and theoretical skills can be explored and established with emphases on making, presenting, talking and thinking about art. Continue Reading →

Painting People: The Figure and Portrait – Thurs 14 Jan to 25 Mar 2021

This course will be taught by Alison Harper and visiting artists including National portrait award winner Rosemary Beaton. The course aims to explore the elements of portraiture and figure painting and drawing in both systematic and creative ways. Continue Reading →

The Painting Year I: 12 Jan – 29 Jun 2021 Tuesdays 10-5pm

The Painting Year is a practical course for those looking to advance their practise, developing their skills and content whilst being guided by two experienced and celebrated painters Dan Coombs RCA and Guy Allott RCA Continue Reading →

LANDSCAPE: A DOMAIN FOR PAINTING with Peter Ashton Jones – Sat 23 Jan 2021

This intensive one-day online practical course will explore ways of making landscape painting. It will also involve looking at the way landscape which is probably the oldest genre in painting, has been used from cave painting right through to abstract painting. Continue Reading →

ONLINE: Through the Looking Glass: Painting from the imagination with Dan Coombs – 11 Jan to 22 Mar 2021

On this 10 week online course Dan Coombs will demonstrate some of the techniques and devices required to paint from the imagination. Often it is quite difficult to find a way in to working from the imagination. Continue Reading →