Art Courses Charing Cross
Art courses near Charing Cross: The New School of Art offers a diverse and exciting array of art classes for beginners and established artists in easy reach of Charing Cross. 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.
Charing Cross is most certainly an inspiring and diverse centre for the Arts. Many established artists call it home, while it is also the place to come to for emerging and aspiring artists. When you think about taking an art course, you should immediately consider Charing Cross. The New School of Art presents a range of courses, all led by high regarded and well established art historians and artists who offer continual guidance and support to their students throughout their course.
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Beginners Art Classes Charing Cross
Our art courses have been created with the whole range of artists in mind, from beginner to professional.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 involve not only individual work, but group work as well.Individual one to one time with your tutor will let you focus on your specific needs while you will also be given the opportunity to collaborate with other students.
Advanced Art Classes Charing Cross
For those professional artists who are looking to gain more experience or depth or concentrate on the art they have already produced, our Advanced art courses are just what you are looking for.As practising artists, all of our tutors can give technical support and provide insight into the industry as it stands at the moment.On an Advanced art course you will be in a class of like minded artists, who have the same goal – to develop and define their own practice and challenge their existing skills and knowledge.We realise that as working professionals it can be hard to juggle your responsibilities and taking part in a course, so we have timetables which can accommodate your busy schedule.
Fine Art Courses Charing Cross
For a broader overview of fine art, the New School of Art offers a Fine Art course in the greater Charing Cross 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.On the course students will gain insight into how their course tutor works and at the same time develop their own skills.
Life Drawing Classes Charing Cross
We also offer Life Drawing classes in the greater Charing Cross area, which are very popular.We believe rigorous instruction in drawing is vital for all figurative work and this belief underlies our philosophy as an Art school.The class involves the life model being drawn in a number 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 available to give guidance and provide instruction.This programme will develop your skills, regardless of your level of ability.This class not only provides tuition and direction, but it is a good opportunity to focus on drawing in a more social setting.
Landscape Painting Courses Charing Cross
Louise Balaam NEAC, member of the New English Art Club, runs our 2 day Landscape Painting workshops in the greater Charing Cross area.On this course you will find out more about Louise’s work and her painting style.The focus will be on learning to work freely, quickly and dynamically.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.These two days provide the perfect opportunity for students to create a few paintings, as Louise will be available to give guidance and individual tuition.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 Charing Cross
We also offer our Portrait Painting Masterclass in the greater Charing Cross area, a 2 day course led by artist Tim Benson VPROI, Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.This course will introduce students to the artist as they get to know his work and the philosophy behind it.On the first day, Tim will give a demonstration after which you will create small, quick oil sketches focusing more on form, tone and colour than detail.A large painting will be produced by the students on the second day – again, a work without 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.