Courses & Workshops

We endeavour to provide the highest quality tuition primarily in portraiture, life drawing and figurative painting, as well as untutored sessions for those who want to integrate the tuition they have received, or who want to engage in practice without intervention. Some of our sessions also engage in community projects.

  • Portraits of Zennor Thursdays and occasional weekends

    Untutored portrait group painting portraits of Zennor folk. Friendly. All levels of experience welcome..

  • 3-Dayer Single Pose Life Drawing/Painting Sessions (untutored)

    A chance for us to engage in a more considered drawing or painting of one of our fabulous models taking on the same pose over 3 days.

  • Portrait Intensive with Andrew James RP, NEAC

    Three Day Portrait Painting in Oils Intensive focusing on the fundamentals whilst allowing for expression.

  • Portrait Painting Intensive (taking and working from photos) with James HAGUE RP

    James shares his unique process with one day of photographing models then sketching composition possibilities from these photos. We then develop paintings from our photos/compositions learning from James regarding blazing and other techniques as he will be demonstrating throughout.

  • Flat Life - Painting from Dioramas with Tom Mead CBPP

    A five day course in painting in acrylics from a self made personalised still life set up - diorama. Exploring narrative and the rigours of painting in acrylics.

  • Portrait Painting in Oils with Mick McNicholas

    Five day intensive in the building blocks of portrait painting in oils. Suitable for the complete beginner through to intermediate level.

  • Portrait Painting in Watercolour with Catherine MacDiarmid CBPP

    A five day intensive covering the rigours of painting portraits in watercolour.

  • 3 Day Portrait Painting in Water Based Oils from Photo.

    A fabulous opportunity to learn to paint from photograph using the grid method, just like so many people on PAOTY, including Katie, do.

  • Painting the Nude Figure in Oils with Mustafa Ozel

    Unbelievable opportunity here to learn from the incredibly talented Mustafa Ozel. He will be sharing his process in painting both portrait and the nude.

  • Bold and Expressive Portrait Painting with Sarah Jane Moon CBPP

    A five day intensive offering insight into Sarah Jane’s process whilst supporting us to find our artistic voice.

  • Ten Day Portrait in Egg Tempura Intensive with Antony Williams VPRP, NEAC, CBPP

    A rare opportunity to spend ten days under the tutelage of extremely experienced egg tempura portrait and still life/narrative painter Antony Williams. Going deeper into techniques with egg tempura, depicting surface texture and composition.

  • Portrait Painting Intensive (taking and working from photos)with James Hague RP

    James shares his unique process with one day of photographing models then sketching composition possibilities from these photos. This is then followed by four days of painting from our photo compositions learning from James regarding glazing and other techniques as he will be demonstrating throughout.

  • Portraiture Explored with Anastasia Pollard RP, CBPP

    A five day exploration of portrait painting in oils with the incredibly talented Florence Academy trained Anastasia Pollard.

  • Portrait Painting Intensive with Owain Hunt RP, CBPP

    A five day intensive with Owain breaking down and sharing his own process with us working with a limited palette and separating transparent and opaque hues.

  • Oil Painting from the Nude Figure with Simon Davis RP, CBPP

    Painting from the same model all week, a different pose each day, this five day intensive will focus oil composition, form, colour and brushwork.

  • Interior with Still Life/Figure with Sam Dalby

    Five day intensive focusing on painting the interior and then adding elements and finally a figure. Experimental.