Learn drawing & painting with dedicated courses for drawing, acrylic, oil and watercolours. Learn from the best tutors either at the centre or live online.
Find out who was selected for the 2020 edition of the Sunny Art Prize. 49 artists (instead of 30) working with a range of media, were selected for this year’s opportunity.
Find out more about professional and academic art courses for young students. Expert fine art tutors provide bespoke art tuition for targeted results with drawing & painting.
Learn about the story of exceptional artists and works of art, from paintings by Renaissance and Modern old masters to ancient sculptures.
Our corporate art services programme creates art events and unique workshops that cater to a corporation’s internal staff as well as their external client base.
Find more about how we can help your business on our Corporate Art Services page.
The Gallery hosts an exciting programme of exhibitions, offering a platform for local and international contemporary artists. We aim to showcase a diverse range of artists from sculpture, painting and drawing disciplines. Our exhibitions are hosted on a monthly basis, incorporating a mix of open call and internally curated projects to provide support for emerging and well-established artists. This is a space dedicated to developing the intrinsic value of fine arts.
Hold your next event with us. The studio is available to rent for art and photography projects, classes, exhibitions, private parties and meetings. Our 3,500sqft space is conveniently located a minute's walk from Chancery Lane tube station and is equipped with a reception, kitchen, toilets, and security. We can additionally provide catering, marketing and operational support for your event.
Our centre hosts short art courses in London. Our art classes are designed for anyone who wants to develop and improve their drawing and painting skills, as well as for those looking to prepare their art portfolio for degree applications. Our drawing and painting lessons provide an introduction to the use of traditional drawing and painting materials from oil to acrylic and watercolour paint, as well as pastels, charcoal, and graphite. We focus on teaching formal issues, such as line, tone, colour, proportion, scale and composition, and in the development of genres such as portraiture, still life, landscape, life drawing, and cast drawing. Our tutors work one-to-one with each student helping beginners, intermediate and advanced students.
We offer an exciting programme of monthly lectures from recognised individuals in specialist creative industry fields. Listen to public talks and discussions by contemporary established artists, art historians and recognised professionals in the art world. We hope our series of lectures will provide invaluable knowledge and a fresh insight into fine art practices.
Our London fine art portfolio development courses can help anyone in creating an extraordinary body of artwork for either school applications or for a college or university, ultimately strengthening the impression made on admissions and scholarship committees. Our tutors have all graduated from world-leading art colleges and have many years of portfolio preparation experience. Our classes will focus on the student’s development as an individual artist, ensuring a high rate of success in entering the art college of their choice.
Our Chinese painting course provides a basic and systematic approach to traditional Chinese ink painting techniques. It introduces students to the use and care of ink painting materials. Studio practice includes instruction for brush strokes in the ‘Xieyi’ or ‘Spontaneous’ style, the ‘Outline’ or ‘Meticulous’ style, and the ‘Integrated’ style of painting.
Chinese calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters. In our classes, students are taught how to use the brush, as well as being given an artistic and etymological introduction to China’s system of writing. These are important keys to understand and appreciate Chinese art, history and culture. Students learn and practice basic brush strokes and characters in a meditative, relaxed atmosphere. Classes often begin with a demonstration, followed by time for individual attention, allowing students of all levels to learn at their own pace.
We hold off-site landscape painting and drawing workshops once a month, providing the perfect opportunity for students to hone their light, colour, and tonal skills within a plein-air environment. They will be encouraged to experiment and push their technical boundaries. Our tutors will be there to support our students with compositional and technical skills, as well as providing background information on the long and complex tradition of the landscape genre.
Studying abroad for the first time can be an exciting experience for many students, our course is specially designed to guide international who may be unfamiliar with U.K University course structures and requirements. Students will receive one to one tutoring on a variety of areas including essay and dissertation writing, presentations, research, revision, exam prep and fine art projects. Course guidance is available for Foundation, BA, MA and PhDs.
