Short Courses & Workshops
A great way for people who are unable to commit to full or part-time study to learn atelier techniques and greatly boost their skills. Workshops run several times per year, whilst short course dates can be chosen to suit you.
What Will You Achieve
It may be unlikely that you will finish your workshop drawing or painting in such a small space of time but what you will achieve is a concentrated and thorough knowledge of a process that you can then choose to incorporate into your own art works and at your own pace. A workshop for a week will improve your drawing and painting for life. Many participants claim to have learned more from a week long workshop than they did in 3 years of art college.
Instructors
Group sizes are kept small, so each participant gets lots of one-on-one attention. We teach year round so, unlike many artists who offer summer/holiday workshops, our instructors are professional teachers as well as successful award-winning artists. Whether you are an experienced artist or have never painted before, our instructors will tailor to your skill level.
Occasionally we invite prestigious guest artists and instructors to run workshops.
What is a Short Course (vs a Workshop)?
Current Short Courses & Workshops
Workshop
Composing and Painting a Still-life with Oil Paint
17
February
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21
February
2025
days
Unlock your artistic potential with our immersive still-life painting workshop, beginners and experience artists welcome.
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Workshop
Tuesday Evening Portrait Drawing Class
7
January
-
11
March
2025
days
Senior Instructors Ewan McNaughton and Lea Vaughn offer their knowledge and insight into the process of drawing portraits.
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Workshop
Thursday Evening Life Drawing Classes
9
January
-
13
March
2025
10
days
Join us for a ten week block of evening tutored life drawing classes. All levels welcome.
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Short Course
Colour Mixing
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1
January
2099
2
days
Explore the essentials of colour with this two-day colour mixing workshop.
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Short Course
Concepts in Portrait Drawing
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1
January
2099
4
days
In this course, you will be taught to understand the structure of the human head and principals of idealistic proportion.
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Short Course
In the Studios of the Old Masters
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1
January
2099
7
days
EAFA instructors take you through the stages of painting in the tradition of the old masters in this seven day course.
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Short Course
Classical Academic Drawing
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1
January
2099
5
days
Learn the same artistic training methods of the masters.
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Workshop
Painting the Portrait in Fantasy Costume with Scott Waddell
18
March
-
23
March
2024
Days
Join us for this six-day oil painting workshop, painting a portrait in fantasy costume. with artist Scott Waddell.
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Workshop
Alla Prima Portrait Sketch with a Limited Palette
2
October
-
6
October
2023
Days
A 5 day workshop in alla-prima portrait painting with world renowned artist and teacher Dominique Medici
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Workshop
Portrait Painting From Photographs
10
July
-
14
July
2023
Days
Learn to use photo references more efficiently in your portrait painting, making your paintings vibrant and less flat
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Workshop
Portrait Sculpture from Life with Piper von Paris
20
June
-
24
June
2022
Days
A five day workshop sculpting a portrait from a live model
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Workshop
Exploring the Methods and Techniques of Bouguereau
4
July
-
9
July
2022
Days
Over this 6 day workshop, EAFA instructors Ewan McNaughton and Lea Vaughn teach the painting methods of William Bouguereau
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Workshop
Portrait Sculpture with a live model (evening classes)
10
January
-
14
March
2023
Days
Methodically examine the structure of the head and neck through a series of group demonstrations and individual practice.
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Workshop
The Portrait Sketch with Patrick Byrnes
21
March
-
25
March
2022
Days
Learn to create alla prima portraits that evince the beauty and humanity of the model with freshness, sensitivity and lively detail.
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Workshop
Realistic Figure Drawing: Glasgow
10
January
-
20
March
2020
Days
Join us every Friday afternoon in Glasgow for ten weekly sessions learning the fundamentals of good realistic figure drawing.
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Workshop
Realistic Figure Drawing
7
January
-
10
March
2020
Days
Join us every Tuesday evening for ten weekly sessions learning the fundamentals of good realistic figure drawing.
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Workshop
Figure Drawing Workshop with Juliette Aristides
8
July
-
12
July
2019
Days
Master contemporary artist and best selling author Juliette Aristides breaks down the drawing process into small, manageable lessons.
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Workshop
Portrait Painting with David Gray
1
April
-
5
April
2019
Days
David will teach the application of the painting medium as he applies it in his own professional work.
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Workshop
Painting the Figure in a Limited Palette from Life with Sarah Gibson
24
September
-
28
September
2018
Days
This course will focus on the concept of translating colour through a limited palette.
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Workshop
In-direct Portrait Painting from Life with Joshua LaRock
9
July
-
12
July
2018
Days
In this 4 day workshop Joshua will walk students through the steps necessary to create a luminous, in-direct portrait painting from life.
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Workshop
Painting the Portrait with Michelle Dunaway
2
July
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6
July
2018
Days
The class will focus on Alla Prima painting, covering everything from composition and colour mixing to more advanced techniques.
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Workshop
Drawing Red Chalk Portraits with Susan Lyon
1
October
-
5
October
2018
Days
In a methodical, step by step process, learn the methods of drawing beautiful red chalk portraits with Susan Lyon.
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Workshop
Painting in the Manner of Caravaggio
2
October
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8
October
2017
Days
Ewan McNaughton takes artists through the stages of Caravaggio’s incredible approach to oil painting in this seven day workshop.
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Workshop
Painting the Figure with Juliette Aristides
10
July
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14
July
2017
Days
In a methodical, step by step process, learn the methods of oil painting from the initial colour sketch to the final glaze.
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Drawing the Portrait with Juliette Aristides
5
July
-
7
July
2017
Days
Classically trained artist and author Juliette Aristides will teach you the structure of the human head and principals of proportion.
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