Course Overview

• This 10-week Art Media & Techniques course introduces you to a different art medium and artist each week, combining practical techniques with the stories and creative approaches of influential artists.
• Designed for complete beginners, curious dabblers, and returning artists, the course explores graphite, charcoal, coloured pencil, ink, gouache, watercolour, acrylics, oils, and mixed media through demonstrations, hands-on experimentation, and individual tutor guidance.

• Classes take place at our North London studio, close to Crouch End, Finsbury Park, Archway and Highgate.

Days
Monday or Tuesday

Time
10.00 – 13.00 (Tue)
14.00 – 17.00 (Mon)

Course Duration
10 weeks

Tutor: Tammie
For any information regarding the programme, payments or how to join, please contact her at:
mobile / WhatsApp: 07535203217

Booking details

Price: £430

Course Description

Explore a different art medium and artist each week in this practical 10-week course. Working with graphite, charcoal, coloured pencil, ink, gouache, watercolour, acrylics, oils and mixed media, you’ll discover how different materials behave while learning techniques inspired by influential artists and their approaches to making art. Through live demonstrations, hands-on experimentation, and individual tutor guidance, you’ll build technical confidence, explore your own creative responses, and discover which media you enjoy most.

By the end of the course, you will:

• Discover which media, tools and surfaces feel most natural to you, helping you make more confident choices in your own art practice.
• Develop practical confidence in light, shadow, colour mixing, texture and layering across a wide range of drawing and painting media.
• Gain hands-on experience with different materials and techniques through three hours of dedicated creative practice each week.
• Explore your creativity in a relaxed, supportive environment alongside others interested in making and experimenting with art.
• Create a collection of studies and a final mixed-media artwork, bringing together the techniques and materials explored throughout the course.

Materials
All premium supplies provided.

Programme

Weeks 1–3 — Foundations in Drawing
Control, contrast, expression

Week 1 — Graphite
Leonardo da Vinci inspiration
Precision, shading, pressure control

Week 2 — Charcoal
Käthe Kollwitz expression
Smudging, erasing-as-drawing, dramatic contrast

Week 3 — Coloured Pencils
David Hockney vibrancy
Layering, blending, luminous colour

Weeks 4–6 — Fluid & Painterly Techniques
Flow, spontaneity, colour

Week 4 — Pens & Ink
Rembrandt & Quentin Blake
Line variation, ink washes, spontaneity

Week 5 — Gouache
Matisse bold shapes
Matte finish, crisp edges, flat colour

Week 6 — Watercolour
J.M.W. Turner atmosphere
Wet washes, soft blends, light preservation

Weeks 7–8 — Modern & Classical Painting
Texture, depth, slow vs fast

Week 7 — Acrylics
Modern colourists
Fast drying, layering, palette knife textures

Week 8 — Oils
Joaquín Sorolla sunlight
Wet-on-wet blending, luminous colour, safe solvents

Weeks 9–10 — Mixed Media & Mastery
Freedom, experimentation, personal style

Week 9 — Mixed Drawing
Picasso rule-breaking
Combining graphite, charcoal, ink, coloured pencil

Week 10 — Final Masterpiece
Contemporary mixed media
Build a multi-layered artwork using your favourite tools