Course
PART-TIME ATELIER TRAINING
We offer a part-time option for those currently juggling other commitments and work alongside their training.
Students come from, and go on to work in, animation, graphic design, concept art, and even tattooing. Others are represented by galleries in the UK and abroad and regularly receive commissions.
We provide a supportive community in which to learn and plenty of opportunity to deepen your knowledge and build networks for the future.
Term dates & pricesCourse structure
Part-time: 3 days – ½ day per week
Class times: 9.45am-12.45pm; 1.30-4.30pm, Monday-Saturday
Those aspiring to be professional artists can expect to train for 3+ years.
Students will sign up to and attend the same classes every week for the duration of the 10-week term. Term dates and prices here.
Apply here or for more information email info@londonfineartstudios.com
Course content
The course comprises both foundation and life modules. It offers comprehensive training in classical techniques and aims to provide students with the skills and confidence to find their own painterly expression.
- Foundation Drawing and Painting – begins with an emphasis on mastering the fundamental principles of drawing and painting – judging proportion; training the eye to see in mass; understanding values and, finally, colour harmony and paint application.
- Advanced Cast Drawing – to become a confident, accomplished and versatile artist, it is necessary to develop strong draughting skills. In this class, students work on longer plaster cast drawings in charcoal.
- Life Drawing & Painting – as students hone their draughting and consolidate the fundamentals, transition to life work becomes the logical next step. Beginning with nude and always working from the life model, time is taken to apply the basics to the human form and eventually the portrait.
- Additional Modules – over time there is the option to include any of the following in your week as a complement to cast drawing and life work: Gesture & Anatomy, Still Life, Landscape, and Sculpture.
- Throughout the term, there are history talks and technique focus groups as well as an untutored sketch club.
Materials
At the beginning of term students will need to buy a box of charcoal and chamois (fabric for erasing), available from Lavender Hill Colours. Paper is provided initially. In week 4 you will need to buy quality paper so as to more effectively work the chiaroscuro stage. In week 7 or 8 students start to work in oils, for this will you will need a Starter Painting Kit.
Recommended Further Studies
We encourage students to compliment their studies by taking the time to visit exhibitions and practice sketching in museums. In addition, the Studios host a range of events throughout the term aimed at enhancing the artist’s understanding of their craft and the tradition that they are working within.
We recommend the following books, many of which are available from Lavender Hill Colours.
Alla Prima II – Richard Schmid (paper back or hard cover)
The Painter’s Methods & Materials – A.P.Laurie
Charles Bargue & Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course – Gerald M. Ackerman
A Manual of Oil Painting – John Collier
The Art Spirit – Robert Henri
Oil Painting Techniques and Materials – Harold Speed
The Practice & Science of Drawing – Harold Speed
