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Watercolour - Skills and Techniques: course with Neil Pittaway
WMC Camden, London 23 Apr - 2 Jul 2025 These courses with Neil Pittaway is structured in a flexible manner and can accommodate all skill levels, from absolute beginners to advanced students including returning students who want to be... Read more -
Extend Your Drawing Skills: course with Neil Pittaway
WMC Camden, London 24 Apr - 3 Jul 2025 This course with Neil Pittaway will give you a range of techniques and skills to extend your drawing skills . You will be shown a range of techniques to enable... Read more -
Painting in Oils with Clare Haward
Dulwich Art Group, London 28 Apr - 21 Jul 2025 Representation, colour and seeing. For beginners and improvers – 10 week course. In this course Clare works with you at the level you find yourself. Skills will be built when... Read more
Forthcoming
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LANDSCAPE PAINTING workshops WITH TIM BENSON
THE NEW SCHOOL OF ART, Kenwood House, London 4 - 17 Jul 2025 These 1-day landscape painting courses with Tim Benson are a wonderful, instructive and inspiring opportunity to work en plein air in the gorgeous rugged surroundings of Hampstead Heath. Students will... Read more -
Colour and Shape in Nature: 1-day workshop with Clare Haward
Online 5 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 more -
Drawing from the Medieval & Renaissance Sculpture Collection: half-day workshop with Louise Balaam
Victoria & Albert Museum, London 12 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 -
Painting Plein Air workshop with Julia Hawkins
Art Academy, London 14 - 16 Jul 2025 Observe and capture the world around you by stepping outside the studio and exploring the richness of painting outdoors. Suitable for all levels, you’ll learn how to respond to changing... Read more -
Expressive landscape painting workshops with Louise Balaam
THE NEW SCHOOL OF ART, East Sussex 16 Jul - 14 Aug 2025 These 2-day courses will be an exciting opportunity to be tutored by a New English Art Club member and a highly inspirational artist. To start Louise will introduce her work,... Read more -
Advanced Portrait Painting with Julia Hawkins
Art Academy, London 2 - 3 Aug 2025 In this advanced portrait painting class, students will have the opportunity to further their painting skills with the guidance and tuition of Julia Hawkins. Over two days, students will work... Read more
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PORTRAIT PAINTING WITH ANDREW JAMES
The New School of Art, East Sussex 8 - 10 Aug 2025 An engrossing and inspiring course with Andrew James, who is a member of The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and New English Art Club. This two day intensive portrait painting... Read more -
Plein Air painting holiday with Julia Hawkins
Alabaster Coast and Etretat, France 30 Aug - 6 Sep 2025 Visit the home of Impressionism where Monet began his journey. A week of painting with ROI and NEAC member Julia Hawkins in Etretat and surroundings with the world-famous cliffs, listed... Read more -
3 Months of Portrait Painting Mentoring with Andrew James
THE NEW SCHOOL OF ART, Online 8 Sep - 3 Nov 2025 Join Andrew for 3 months of online mentoring & feedback sessions as well as ongoing support through a private facebook group. This is a year of in-depth and personalised support,... Read more -
Essential Skills in Painting & Drawing - weekly classes with Mick Kirkbride
Hampstead School of Art, London 8 Sep - 8 Dec 2025 Students work on individual open projects of their choosing. We explore use of materials, creative process, composition, perspective and choice of subject matter. All levels of experience are welcome. If... Read more -
Observational Painting evening classes with Laura Smith
The Heatherley School of Fine Art, London 23 Sep - 9 Dec 2025 Regardless of your level of experience, this comprehensive oil painting course will increase your confidence with the medium. On this course with Laura Smith , you will work from a... Read more -
Drawing from Paintings at The National Gallery with Laura Smith
The Heatherley School of Fine Art 25 Sep - 11 Dec 2025 Twelve weeks of drawing from paintings at The National Gallery with Laura Smith. Explore the National Gallery and sketch from master artworks, from Monet to Artemisia Gentileschi and Rachel Ruysch... Read more
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Portraits and Painting from Life with Daniel Shadbolt
The Heatherley School of Fine Art, London 25 Sep - 11 Dec 2025 An Intermediate/Advanced level painting course with Daniel Shadbolt covering a variety of figurative subjects including portrait painting, still life painting and figurative painting. Tuition covers all aspects involved with oil... Read more -
Observational Painting classes with Laura Smith
The Heatherley School of Fine Art, London 26 Sep - 12 Dec 2025 Regardless of your level of experience, this comprehensive oil painting course will increase your confidence with the medium. On this course with Laura Smith , you will work from a... Read more -
PORTRAIT PAINTING WITH ANDREW JAMES
The New School of Art, East Sussex 29 - 30 Nov 2025 An engrossing and inspiring course with Andrew James, who is a member of The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and New English Art Club. This two day intensive portrait painting... Read more
Past
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Drawing at the National Gallery: half-day workshop with Laura Smith
The National Gallery, London 29 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 more -
Exhibition tours with Julie Held
Mall Galleries 20 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 more -
Figure drawing demo with Peter Clossick
Mall Galleries 18 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 more -
Portrait Painting demo with Julia Hawkins
Mall Galleries 17 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 more -
Designing and Painting a Portrait Sketch in Oils with Andrew James
Mall Galleries 16 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 more -
Flower painting demo with Laura Smith
Mall Galleries 15 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 more
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Portrait painting demo with James Bland
Mall Galleries 14 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 more -
Sketchbook studies and painting demo with Robert E Wells
Mall Galleries 13 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 more -
Watercolour painting demo with Neil Pittaway
Mall Galleries 12 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 more -
NEAC Annual Lecture: Drawing the Unspeakable with Liza Dimbleby
Mall Galleries 12 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 more -
Transcription in Oils: half-day online workshop with James Bland
Online 3 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 more -
Regent's Park: 1-day plein air workshop with John Dobbs
The Regent's Park, London 26 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 more
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Sketchbooks, fun and function: half-day workshop with Toby Ward
South Bank, London 28 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 more -
Boats At Rest: 1-day plein air workshop with Michael Weller
Weymouth Harbour 22 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 more -
Eccentric Interiors & Quirky Collections: 1-day workshop with Felicity House
Russell-Cotes Museum & Art Gallery, Bournemouth 11 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 more -
Drawing from Morandi: half-day workshop with Laura Smith
Estorick Collection, London 23 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 more -
Inspired by museum objects: 1-day workshop with Neil Pittaway
Natural History Museum, London 8 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 more -
1-Day Life Drawing Workshop with Mick Kirkbride
Hampstead School of Art, London 2 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 more
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1-Day Life Drawing Workshop with Mick Kirkbride
Hampstead School of Art, London 26 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 more -
Drawing in the Cast Courts: 1-day workshop with Jason Line
Victoria and Albert Museum, London 7 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 more -
Life drawing half-day workshop with Victoria Jinivizian
SHALBOURNE VILLAGE, WILTSHIRE 30 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 more -
Richmond Lock: 1-day plein air workshop with John Dobbs
Richmond Lock and Footbridge, London 19 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 more -
Drawing at the National Portrait Gallery: half-day workshop with Laura Smith
London 5 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 more -
The unspoken narrative: 1-day plein air workshop with Robert E Wells
Eastbourne 21 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 more
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Exhibition tours and demo with Clare Haward
Mall Galleries 20 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 more -
Portrait painting demo with Daniel Shadbolt
Mall Galleries 18 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 more -
NEAC Annual Lecture: Gwen John by Alicia Foster
Mall Galleries 18 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 more -
Painting of a dancer demo with Julia Hawkins
Mall Galleries 16 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 more -
Exhibition tours with Louise Balaam
Mall Galleries 14 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 more -
Nunhead Cemetery plein air 1-day workshop with Jason Line
Nunhead Cemetery, London 18 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 more
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Drawing at Apsley House: 1-day workshop with Laura Smith
Apsley House, London 28 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 more -
Drawing Space: 1-day workshop with Victoria Jinivizian
Shalbourne Village, Wiltshire 20 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 more -
A Day Out with the Masters: 1-day workshop with Julia Hawkins
Department of Prints & Drawings, British Museum 19 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 more -
Exploring Imagination in drawing & painting: 1-day online workshop with Neil Pittaway
Online 23 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 more -
Painting the life on the River Thames: 1-day plein air workshop with John Dobbs
Embankment, London 16 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 more -
The NEAC Drawing Club on Instagram Live
Online, Tuesdays, 7–8pm 9 - 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 more
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Egg Tempera and Gesso painting: 1-day workshop with Ruth Stage
Artist's studio, East Dulwich 12 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 more -
Exploring the Still Life: 1-day workshop with Jason Line
155A Gallery, London 28 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 more -
Sketchbooks, Keeping it Simple: 1-day plein air workshop with Robert E Wells
St Mary the Strand, St Clements, The Law Courts and Temple, London 14 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 more -
Seaside impressions: 1-day plein air workshop with Michael Weller
Weymouth Beach 8 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 more -
NEAC Annual Lecture: Thomas Hennell by Jessica Kilburn
Mall Galleries 27 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 more -
Observation, Pure and Simple: workshop with John Dobbs
London 17 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 more
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Drawing from the V&A collection: 1-day museum workshop with Neil Pittaway
Victoria & Albert Museum, London 20 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 more -
Drawing & Composition: 1-day life-drawing workshop with Julie Jackson
LONDON 13 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 more -
Exploring Colour & Texture: 1-day Portrait workshop with Julia Hawkins
LONDON 29 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 more -
Drawing with Ready-Mades: 1-day workshop with Paul Newland
LONDON 22 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 more -
Portrait and Pattern: Workshop with Melissa Scott-Miller
LONDON 25 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 more -
New English Art Club Exhibition Tour with Peter Brown
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 4 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 more
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How to Explore Watercolour: 1-day workshop with Neil Pittaway
LONDON 25 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 more -
From Classical to Modern Portrait: 1-day workshop with Julia Hawkins
LONDON 18 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 more -
New English Art Club Exhibition Tour with Jon Benington
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 4 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 more -
Life Drawing 1-day Workshop with Antony Williams
LONDON 28 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 more -
Peer Mentoring with Patricia Paolozzi Cain
LONDON 21 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 more -
Fruit Life: 1-day workshop with Michael Weller
LONDON 14 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 more
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The NEAC Drawing Club on Instagram Live
Online, Tuesdays, 7–8pm 10 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 more -
Drawing into Painting: 1-day workshop with Charles Williams
London 10 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 more -
A Person in a Room: 1-day workshop with Jason Line
London 5 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 more -
Drawing 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 more -
Life Drawing - Structure and Form: 3 x session course with Peter Clossick
London 1 - 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 more -
NEAC Annual Lecture: Augustus John and the Slade’s First 'Crisis of Brilliance' by David Boyd Haycock
Mall Galleries 29 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 more
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Action: The Art of Painting the Moving Figure with Toby Ward
Mall Galleries 28 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 more -
The Long Pose: life-drawing workshop with Jason Line
London 29 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 -
Annual Lecture: Sickert and the Art of Music Hall
Mall Galleries 30 Jun 2021 Alison Young will be giving this year’s NEAC Annual Lecture, ‘Sickert and the Art of Music Hall’, sponsored by Panter & Hall. 'In my forthcoming NEAC lecture, I will be... Read more -
Annual Lecture: The Slade School of Art and the NEAC, c.1908-1914
Online 18 Nov 2020 The New English Art Club presents this year's NEAC Annual Lecture, exclusively online: ‘The Slade School of Art and the NEAC, c.1908-1914’ by David Boyd Haycock available to view online... Read more
