Forthcoming
Watercolour painting demo with Neil Pittaway
Mall Galleries12 Jun 2025 Neil Pittaway will be in the gallery in the afternoon where he will demonstrate watercolour painting . There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and to talk to... Read moreNEAC Annual Lecture: Drawing the Unspeakable with Liza Dimbleby
Mall Galleries12 Jun 2025 Drawing the Unspeakable explores the universal language of drawing as a powerful tool for expressing the inexpressible. Join Liza Dimbleby as she revisits 'Drawing the Unspeakable', the recent exhibition at... Read moreSketchbook studies and painting demo with Robert E Wells
Mall Galleries13 Jun 2025 An opportunity to join Robert E Wells as he embarks on sketchbook studies and oil vignettes throughout the duration of the day. Feel free to participate in the activities, or... Read morePortrait painting demo with James Bland
Mall Galleries14 Jun 2025 Spend an afternoon in the gallery watching James Bland paint a series of portrait sketches . TIMES 1:00PM – 4:00PM PRICE Free with gallery admission ABOUT THE ARTIST James Bland... Read moreFlower painting demo with Laura Smith
Mall Galleries15 Jun 2025 Watch Laura Smith doing a three-hour demonstration of painting flowers in oils. From paint mixing to brush handling, Laura will be delighted to answer any questions you might have about... Read moreDesigning and Painting a Portrait Sketch in Oils with Andrew James
Mall Galleries16 Jun 2025 A three-hour demo by Andrew James which will include some preparatory drawing beforehand, and an hour's Q & A after the demo. TIMES 1:00PM – 4:00PM PRICE Free with gallery... Read morePortrait Painting demo with Julia Hawkins
Mall Galleries17 Jun 2025 Join Julia Hawkins in the gallery as she sketches a portrait in oils . TIME 1:30PM to 4:30PM PRICE Free with gallery admission ABOUT THE ARTIST Julia Hawkins is a... Read moreFigure drawing demo with Peter Clossick
Mall Galleries18 Jun 2025 Listen to Peter Clossick talk about processes, aspects of visual language, and his practice, as he draws a figure model in the gallery. TIME 1:00PM to 4:00PM PRICE Free with... Read moreExhibition tours with Julie Held
Mall Galleries20 Jun 2025 Julie Held will give guided tours of the exhibition throughout the afternoon. TIMES Tours will begin at 1 pm and 3 pm PRICE Free with gallery admission ABOUT THE ARTIST... Read moreDrawing at the National Gallery: half-day workshop with Laura Smith
The National Gallery, London29 Jun 2025 The National Gallery is an absolute treasure trove of some of the nation’s best loved masterpieces. By the time this class runs, the gallery will have been newly renovated for... Read moreColour and Shape in Nature: 1-day workshop with Clare Haward
Online5 Jul 2025 An online workshop exploring the pictorial possibilities of plants in a still life set up. In this intermediate/advanced workshop, students will work from a still-life arrangement in their own home... Read moreDrawing from the Medieval & Renaissance Sculpture Collection: half-day workshop with Louise Balaam
Victoria & Albert Museum, London12 Jul 2025 This workshop provides a relaxed but focused environment in which to discover some of the beautiful pieces of sculpture, in a range of media, within the V&A. After meeting, we... Read more
Past
Transcription in Oils: half-day online workshop with James Bland
Online3 May 2025 In this online workshop and demonstration, current NEAC artist James Bland will make a transcription in oils of a work by a historical NEAC artist. Participants will paint alongside to... Read moreRegent's Park: 1-day plein air workshop with John Dobbs
The Regent's Park, London26 Apr 2025 The Regent's Park is over 200 years old, adjoining London Zoo on the north side. With an open-air theatre, boating lakes, wildlife areas, and sports pitches, there is plenty to... Read moreSketchbooks, fun and function: half-day workshop with Toby Ward
South Bank, London28 Mar 2025 Explore the best use of your sketchbooks in this practical workshop with NEAC member, Toby Ward. The aim of the session is to briefly discuss all the purposes and uses... Read moreBoats At Rest: 1-day plein air workshop with Michael Weller
Weymouth Harbour22 Mar 2025 Join NEAC member Michael Weller for a day of outdoor painting in and around Weymouth Harbour. Using the harbour, boats and people as components, students will make a few colour... Read moreEccentric Interiors & Quirky Collections: 1-day workshop with Felicity House
Russell-Cotes Museum & Art Gallery, Bournemouth11 Mar 2025 Spend a day drawing at this historical house with NEAC member Felicity House. Following an introduction to the eccentric Edwardian home of Annie and Merton Russell-Cotes we will be able... Read moreDrawing from Morandi: half-day workshop with Laura Smith
Estorick Collection, London23 Feb 2025 London’s Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is home to an extraordinary collection of work, including beautiful etchings and drawings by the renowned artist Giorgio Morandi. Tutor Laura Smith has... Read moreInspired by museum objects: 1-day workshop with Neil Pittaway
Natural History Museum, London8 Feb 2025 Draw from a variety of the collection objects at the Natural History Museum. You will be working with other like-minded people in a supportive environment; you will be taught a... Read more1-Day Life Drawing Workshop with Mick Kirkbride
Hampstead School of Art, London2 Feb 2025 The second of two intensive one-day life drawing workshops with Mick Kirkbride. The overall aim is to challenge habitual mannerist solutions, whilst developing perceptual skills, and visual acuity. Each morning... Read more1-Day Life Drawing Workshop with Mick Kirkbride
Hampstead School of Art, London26 Jan 2025 The first of two intensive one-day life drawing workshops with Mick Kirkbride. The overall aim is to challenge habitual mannerist solutions, whilst developing perceptual skills, and visual acuity. Each morning... Read moreDrawing in the Cast Courts: 1-day workshop with Jason Line
Victoria and Albert Museum, London7 Dec 2024 An opportunity for students to continue the tradition of drawing from the V&A cast collection and to understand more fully the fundamentals of drawing including proportion, perspective and composition. After... Read moreLife drawing half-day workshop with Victoria Jinivizian
SHALBOURNE VILLAGE, WILTSHIRE30 Nov 2024 Learn the fundamentals of drawing from observation using a professional life model in a variety of short and long poses. All levels of experience are welcome. ABOUT YOUR TUTOR Victoria... Read moreRichmond Lock: 1-day plein air workshop with John Dobbs
Richmond Lock and Footbridge, London19 Oct 2024 Originally built in the 1800’s this beautiful lock and footbridge is buzzing with river life. Working from direct observation we will aim to capture this energy in paint. The morning... Read moreDrawing at the National Portrait Gallery: half-day workshop with Laura Smith
London5 Oct 2024 London’s National Portrait Gallery is home to an extraordinary collection of diverse and exciting portraits, including paintings by David Hockney, Vanessa Bell and Leon Kossoff. Tutor Laura Smith is passionate... Read moreThe unspoken narrative: 1-day plein air workshop with Robert E Wells
Eastbourne21 Sep 2024 A one-day workshop to explore the use of the figure in context to drive narratives based on plein air sketching from life ... Starting at Eastbourne Pier, Robert will outline... Read moreExhibition tours and demo with Clare Haward
Mall Galleries20 Jun 2024 Clare Haward NEAC will be in the gallery all day where she will be giving exhibition tours and sketching a still life. Clare will do two tours of the exhibition,... Read morePortrait painting demo with Daniel Shadbolt
Mall Galleries18 Jun 2024 Watch Daniel Shadbolt paint a portrait in the gallery. TIME 1:30 to 4:30pm PRICE Free with gallery admission ABOUT THE ARTIST Daniel is a painter of the human figure and... Read moreNEAC Annual Lecture: Gwen John by Alicia Foster
Mall Galleries18 Jun 2024 This year’s lecture will be given by Alicia Foster on the subject of Gwen John who exhibited with the NEAC between 1900 and 1911. Alicia will delve into the fascinating... Read morePainting of a dancer demo with Julia Hawkins
Mall Galleries16 Jun 2024 Join Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC in the gallery as she sketches a ballet dancer using pastels and then oils . Visitors will be encouraged to draw too, so don’t forget... Read moreExhibition tours with Louise Balaam
Mall Galleries14 Jun 2024 Louise Balaam NEAC RWA will give guided tours of the exhibition throughout the afternoon. TIMES Tours will begin at 2 pm and 3:30 pm PRICE Free with gallery admission ABOUT... Read moreNunhead Cemetery plein air 1-day workshop with Jason Line
Nunhead Cemetery, London18 May 2024 Situated in the various cultivated and wooded areas of the cemetery offering an inspirational place for students to draw and paint Nunhead cemetery is one of the seven magnificent Victorian... Read moreDrawing at Apsley House: 1-day workshop with Laura Smith
Apsley House, London28 Apr 2024 Apsley House is home to an extraordinary collection of paintings, including masterpieces by Velázquez, Jan Bruegel and Thomas Lawrence Laura Smith is passionate about drawing from paintings. She believes that... Read moreDrawing Space: 1-day workshop with Victoria Jinivizian
Shalbourne Village, Wiltshire20 Apr 2024 Learn the fundamentals of drawing from observation and the criteria needed to approach the drawing of anything. Ingres maintained “Drawing is the probity of art” and this workshop seeks to... Read moreA Day Out with the Masters: 1-day workshop with Julia Hawkins
Department of Prints & Drawings, British Museum19 Apr 2024 Welcome to a special place within the British Museum - the Department of Prints and Drawings, where you will be given a unique opportunity to copy and learn from the... Read moreExploring Imagination in drawing & painting: 1-day online workshop with Neil Pittaway
Online23 Mar 2024 An introduction to the fascinating world of imagination in art and practical activities as starting points to develop your own work. In this workshop you will learn through carefully designed... Read morePainting the life on the River Thames: 1-day plein air workshop with John Dobbs
Embankment, London16 Mar 2024 From the buses traversing the bridges, to the constant river traffic and the streams of people walking along the Embankment, the river here is a hive of activity. We will... Read moreThe NEAC Drawing Club on Instagram Live
Online, Tuesdays, 7–8pm9 - 23 Jan 2024 NEAC member Andrew James and current NEAC scholar Polly Smedley are excited to host more online drawing club sessions, with a focus on creating self portraits. While Andrew and Polly... Read moreEgg Tempera and Gesso painting: 1-day workshop with Ruth Stage
Artist's studio, East Dulwich12 Dec 2023 Learn about the rich history and amazing potential of egg tempera as a medium. The day will start with a demonstration by Ruth on how to prepare gesso boards, students... Read moreExploring the Still Life: 1-day workshop with Jason Line
155A Gallery, London28 Oct 2023 A one day drawing and painting workshop focusing on the theme of the still life and the interior. Students will be invited to either draw and paint an array of... Read moreSketchbooks, Keeping it Simple: 1-day plein air workshop with Robert E Wells
St Mary the Strand, St Clements, The Law Courts and Temple, London14 Oct 2023 A one-day workshop to explore observational sketchbook studies as a basis for later studio paintings. Robert will begin with a brief talk about his sketchbook process and how it forms... Read moreSeaside impressions: 1-day plein air workshop with Michael Weller
Weymouth Beach8 Jul 2023 An interesting and fun plein air workshop exploring Weymouth beach ... The idea is to try a few ways of working that Michael finds helpful to sketching accurately but loosely... Read moreNEAC Annual Lecture: Thomas Hennell by Jessica Kilburn
Mall Galleries27 Jun 2023 This year is the 80th anniversary of Thomas Hennell’s election to the NEAC. In tribute to him, the author of the first major reappraisal of his life and work in... Read moreObservation, Pure and Simple: workshop with John Dobbs
London17 Jun 2023 Produce a series of paintings through direct observation of what is meaningful to you. The aim for the day will be to produce a series of paintings through direct observation... Read moreDrawing from the V&A collection: 1-day museum workshop with Neil Pittaway
Victoria & Albert Museum, London20 May 2023 Draw from a variety of collection objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum. You will be working with other like-minded people in a supportive environment; you will be taught a... Read moreDrawing & Composition: 1-day life-drawing workshop with Julie Jackson
LONDON13 May 2023 A drawing or a painting is based in your response to feelings and sensations … This 1-day workshop will be a small group of no more than 10 so that... Read moreExploring Colour & Texture: 1-day Portrait workshop with Julia Hawkins
LONDON29 Apr 2023 An opportunity to concentrate on several important elements of alla prima portraiture. The day will give students the opportunity to concentrate on several important elements of alla prima portraiture. Students... Read moreDrawing with Ready-Mades: 1-day workshop with Paul Newland
LONDON22 Apr 2023 About a critical kind of drawing, stretching imagination and invention We will create a bank of marks: lines of different kinds, using various drawing media, made on a variety of... Read morePortrait and Pattern: Workshop with Melissa Scott-Miller
LONDON25 Mar 2023 Join Melissa Scott-Miller for a portrait workshop exploring how to portray textures and patterns in a way that enhances the portrait, including some objects to make an interesting composition. The... Read moreNew English Art Club Exhibition Tour with Peter Brown
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath4 Mar 2023 Discover the stories behind the paintings in our latest exhibition, Capturing Life: A Century of the New English Art Club BOOK HERE ABOUT THE LECTURE This essential exhibition tour will... Read moreHow to Explore Watercolour: 1-day workshop with Neil Pittaway
LONDON25 Feb 2023 This 1-day workshop will introduce you to a wide variety of watercolour techniques that you will then be able to use to develop your own watercolour paintings. You will learn... Read moreFrom Classical to Modern Portrait: 1-day workshop with Julia Hawkins
LONDON18 Feb 2023 This 1-day workshop will encourage students to build their drawing on a solid foundation as developed by master artists for centuries. Students will be given an understanding of the elements... Read moreNew English Art Club Exhibition Tour with Jon Benington
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath4 Feb 2023 Discover the stories behind the paintings in our latest exhibition, Capturing Life: A Century of the New English Art Club BOOK HERE ABOUT THE LECTURE Join Jon Benington, former Victoria... Read moreLife Drawing 1-day Workshop with Antony Williams
LONDON28 Jan 2023 A life drawing day designed to support individual interests and all abilities; and an opportunity to draw from a life model with demonstrations by the tutor. There will be advice... Read morePeer Mentoring with Patricia Paolozzi Cain
LONDON21 Jan 2023 We are hosting a day of Peer Mentoring sessions with NEAC member Patricia Paolozzi Cain, as part of the NEAC’s professional development programme. Four 1:1 sessions will be available to... Read moreFruit Life: 1-day workshop with Michael Weller
LONDON14 Jan 2023 This one-day workshop is about some things Michael uses to help him with drawing and tone in a life-size painting – the fruit in the painting being the same size... Read moreThe NEAC Drawing Club on Instagram Live
Online, Tuesdays, 7–8pm10 Jan - 7 Feb 2023 Andy and Michael from the NEAC are excited to host a new online drawing club, with a focus on drawing things from life at home. These will be timed drawings,... Read moreDrawing into Painting: 1-day workshop with Charles Williams
London10 Dec 2022 In this one-day workshop we will explore the relationship of drawing to painting through exercises to expand your capacity as a visual artist Traditionally, drawing is seen as a way... Read moreA Person in a Room: 1-day workshop with Jason Line
London5 Nov 2022 An exciting one-day drawing and painting workshop inviting students to explore the theme of the figure in an interior. A lone clothed model will sit in the same pose surrounded... Read moreDrawing the Portrait: Three Approaches: 3-session course with Andrew James
Tunbridge Wells 27 Oct - 17 Nov 2022 Andrew James leads three sessions that contrast and compliment each other by using different techniques to compile a portrait likeness. Led by NEAC member artist Andrew James in Tunbridge Wells,... Read moreLife Drawing - Structure and Form: 3 x session course with Peter Clossick
London1 - 15 Oct 2022 The objective of this 3 x session course is based on the premise, 'If you want to see, see right at once, When you begin to think, you miss the... Read moreNEAC Annual Lecture: Augustus John and the Slade’s First 'Crisis of Brilliance' by David Boyd Haycock
Mall Galleries29 Jun 2022 RESERVE YOUR SPACE HERE ABOUT THE LECTURE Augustus John is one of the great enigmas of twentieth-century British art. By 1910 he was widely acknowledged as one of this country’s... Read moreAction: The Art of Painting the Moving Figure with Toby Ward
Mall Galleries28 Jun 2022 Over the last 30 years Toby Ward has made a career working with the moving figure either at work or at play. His talk will be about this aspect of... Read moreThe Long Pose: life-drawing workshop with Jason Line
London29 Jan 2022 In this workshop, the model will be positioned in one pose for the day. The aim of which is to give students of all abilities the chance to really focus... Read more
