Nine paths into the craft of making art by hand. Each discipline is taught from foundation to mastery, for artists of all ages and skill levels.
Drawing
The foundation of all visual art. Here you learn to see before you learn to render — to measure proportion, understand form, and develop the confidence to commit marks to paper. Every other discipline begins here.
Suitable for all ages and skill levels. Materials: graphite pencils, charcoal, paper.
Painting
Explore colour, composition, and expression. Our painting programme covers broad washes and precise brushwork, mixing and layering, light and shadow — the full language of paint on surface.
Beginner to advanced. A gateway into oil, acrylic, and watercolour specializations.
Handwriting
Beautiful writing is a craft that begins at the fingertips. Our handwriting programme refines penmanship, develops rhythm and consistency, and brings elegance to the simplest act of putting pen to paper.
Popular with students of all ages. Improves both speed and clarity.
Portrait
The human face is the most demanding and rewarding subject in art. Learn to capture likeness, character, and emotion — from the structure of the skull to the subtlety of an expression.
Intermediate and above. Works across pencil, charcoal, and paint mediums.
Pencil Shading
Master tonal value through graphite. From the lightest 2H whisper to the deepest 8B shadow, learn hatching, cross-hatching, blending, and the art of creating light from darkness on a flat page.
All levels. The most meditative of the drawing disciplines.
Oil Painting
The richest, most forgiving medium in painting. Learn layering, glazing, impasto, and the patience that oils demand and reward. There is no faster medium and no slower one — it moves at your pace.
Intermediate to advanced. Materials provided for initial sessions.
Acrylic Painting
Fast-drying, vivid, and endlessly versatile. Acrylics let you work bold and iterate freely — perfect for students who want to experiment with colour and texture without the long drying times of oil.
All levels. Excellent entry point into painting.
Watercolour
Transparency, light, and the beautiful accidents of water meeting pigment. Watercolour teaches you to guide rather than control — to plan your whites, trust the medium, and let the paper breathe.
All levels. A uniquely rewarding and humbling medium.
Landscape
See the world as a composition. Learn to render depth, atmosphere, and light — the patience to capture what the eye rushes past. Landscape painting connects the artist to the physical world in a way no other discipline can.
All levels. Works across watercolour, oil, and acrylic.