Art Courses Battersea
Art courses near Battersea: The New School of Art offers a diverse and exciting array of art classes for beginners and established artists in easy reach of Battersea. Our centres in Lewes, Brighton and London host courses in drawing, oils painting and art history led by inspiring tutors, all highly regarded artists and art historians.
Battersea is an inspiring and diverse centre for the Arts. It is the home of choice for many established artists but also a must visit destination for aspiring artists. When considering taking an art course, Battersea should be the destination of choice. The New School of Art offers courses that are led by highly regarded, well established and experienced artists and art historians who will guide and support you through your chosen course.
See all courses near Battersea below:
Beginners Art Classes Battersea
Our art courses cater for a range of abilities – from beginner to professional artists.Regardless of whether you are just beginning, having some fun or developing your artistic skills, our tutors will be able to work with you at your level.Our Beginner art classes are small and intimate (we aim to cap the capacity of the classes at 10 or 12) allowing you to receive all the direction you need from your tutor.Our Beginner art lessons combine individual projects and group projects.You will be given the chance to both to discuss your specific needs one on one with your tutor and to share ideas with other students.
Advanced Art Classes Battersea
If as a professional artist you are looking to gain more experience, depth or focus on the work you already create, then our Advanced art courses in the greater Battersea area are ideal for you.All of our tutors are on hand to provide technical support to the students and, as practising artists, can give an insight into the industry as it stands now.On an Advanced art course you are bound to find yourself in a class of like minded artists aiming to develop and define their work and challenge their skills and expand their knowledge.We understand that as working professionals you have other responsibilities outside the studio and finding the time to take part in a course can be hard, so we have created timetables which can fit around your busy schedule.
Fine Art Courses Battersea
If you are interested in a more general overview of Fine Art, the New School of Art offers a Fine Art course in the greater Battersea area.The tutors will provide an introduction to fine art practice, including drawing and painting, which will help the students focus on and effectively critique their artworks.Taught by professional artists, this programme allows students to benefit from class discussions, workshops and one to one tutorials.During the course, students will be able to develop their skills and understand how their course tutor works.
Life Drawing Classes Battersea
A popular choice are the Life Drawing classes we run in the greater Battersea area.We maintain that thorough study in drawing is important to all figurative work and this underlines our beliefs as an Art school.The class involves drawing the life model in a variety of poses.The Life Drawing classes are a chance for artists to explore their creative side and develop their draftmanship in a supportive setting.Tutors will be there to give instruction and guidance.No matter what your level of ability is, this programme will develop your skills.Though there is tuition and direction, this class is a great opportunity to work on your drawing in a more social environment.
Landscape Painting Courses Battersea
We offer 2 day Landscape Painting workshops in the greater Battersea area which are led by artist Louise Balaam NEAC, member of the New English Art Club.This course will introduce you to Louise’s work and painting style.There will be an emphasis on understanding how to work quickly, dynamically and freely.If the weather permits, working with pencil and watercolour and working on simplification and abstraction can be done outside, and the painting can be done in the studio.While Louise is available during these two days to give advice and one on one tuition, we encourage students to make several paintings.You will be given the opportunity to examine some of her sketchbooks and then you will use your own sketchbooks as reference and as a source of ideas for your own painting.On the second day everyone’s work will be critiqued by the group.
Portrait Painting Battersea
Another course on offer is our Portrait Painting Masterclass, which is a 2 day course in the greater Battersea area led by Tim Benson VPROI, Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.During this course, students will become familiar with the artist, his work and the philosophy behind it.The first day will be begun with a demonstration by Tim, and then you will create your own small, quick oil sketches which focus on tone, colour and form more than detail.On the second day students will produce a large painting, again resisting the urge to add detail.Throughout this process, students’ work will be discussed and their individual choices will be scrutinized to identify how to create tension and interest in the composition.The student’s work will be assessed on a one to one basis at the end of the course.