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

Tuesday Evening Portrait Drawing Class

15

October

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17

December

2024

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

17

October

-

19

December

2024

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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Past Workshops

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

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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

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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

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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

-

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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Workshop

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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