Artist-led art school
Est 2004
The Essential School of Painting is a dynamic, artist-led Art school offering long and short courses and mentoring taught by leading contemporary artists.
The ESOP Advanced Painting Course 2023-25 F/T stud…
Head of programme: Dan Coombs Introduction This 2 year course starts…
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Studio course: Painting Personal Projects 7 Oct 20…
Saturdays 7 Oct 2023 to 29 June 2024 10am to 5pm…
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Studio Course: The Painting Year 1 Materials, Meth…
2 Oct 2023 to 24 June 2024 Mondays 10am to 5pm…
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Studio course: The Painting Year II 3 Oct 2023 to…
3 Oct 2023 to 25 June 2024 Artist tutors: Guy Allott…
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Studio course: The Painting Year II 4 Oct 2023 to…
4 Oct 2023 to 26 June 2024 Artist-tutors: Melissa Kime and…
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Painting People The Figure and Portrait: 5 October…
5 October 2023 to 27 Jun 2024 Thursdays 10-5pm Artist-tutors: Melissa…
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Studio course: Painting Personal Projects with art…
Artist- tutors: Guy Allott and Joana Galego All art materials are…
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Studio course: The Painting Year II Tuesdays: 3 Oc…
Artist tutors: Guy Allott and Rosanna Dean Please book early to…
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Studio Course: Painting People The Figure and Port…
All art materials are included on the course with exception of…
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ONLINE: Contemporary Fine Art Practice – 12 Jan to…
Fridays 10 – 5pm Limited places available. See below for course…
Read MoreStudio course: The Painting Year II Tuesdays: 3 Oc…
Artist tutors: Guy Allott and Rosanna Dean Please book early to…
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The ESOP Advanced Painting Course 2024-26 with ful…
Monday 23rd September 2024 to Sunday 27th June 20261 Head of…
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(ONLINE) Advanced Painting Personal Projects with…
Taught by Adrian Wiszniewski and Rosanna Dean, this online course is…
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Traditional Oil Painting Techniques for a Contempo…
Tuesdays evenings 25 Apr to 20 June 2023 (6-9pm) Over the…
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Studio course: The Painting Year II Wednesdays: 4…
19 April to 28 Jun 2023 The Painting Year II on…
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Studio course: Experimental Printmaking with Bella…
Eight Friday evenings 6-9pm – Half term 2 June 2023 Most…
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Studio course – Oil Painting for beginners with Al…
Wednesday Evening 19 Apr to 28 Jun 2023 (6-9pm) Ten week…
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Studio course: The Painting Year I: Materials, Met…
Weekly on Mondays 10am – 5pm from 17 Apr to 3…
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Studio course: The Bigger Picture 6 Oct 2023 to 28…
Fridays, 6 Oct 2023 to 28 June 2024 10am to 5pm…
Read MoreStudio course: Painting Personal Projects
Two terms on Saturdays 22 Apr to 01 July 2023 Artist-…
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Studio course: The Painting Year II Tuesdays 18 Ap…
Artist tutors: Guy Allott and Rosanna Dean The Painting Year II…
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Untutored Life Painting & Drawing Drop in Ses…
£35 per day without materials or £45 with materials (see art…
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Studio Course: The Painting Year 1, Materials, Met…
Artist-tutors: Johanna Melvin, Guy Allott and Joana Galego Mondays 10am to…
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(Wednesday Evening Studio course) Oil Painting for…
£300 – 10 Wednesday evenings 6-9pm 12 students per class. Come…
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Online: Painting People The Figure and Portrait wi…
Thursdays 10-5pm Two term fee £1315 Termly £675 – see course…
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Untutored Life Painting Drop in Sessions- Fridays,…
£42 per day without materials or £50 with materials1 (see description…
Read MoreUntutored Life Painting & Drawing Drop in Ses…
£35 per day without materials or £45 with materials1 (see art…
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Painting from the Imagination with Dan Coombs: Thu…
8 Thursdays £300 Experience level: All are welcome. On this online…
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Studio course – Approaches to Abstraction
Alternate Sundays 23 April to 02 July 2023 Fortnightly on Sundays…
Read MoreUntutored Life Painting & Drawing Drop in Ses…
£35 per day without materials or £45 with materials (see art…
Read MoreStudio course: Painting Personal Projects with art…
Artist- tutors: Guy Allott and Joana Galego All art materials are…
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(In Studio course) Approaches to Abstraction with…
Artist-tutor: Johanna Melvin This course runs fortnightly on Sundays from 10am…
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ONLINE: Painting from the Imagination with Dan Coo…
Thursday evenings 20 Apr to 8 Jun 2023 6 to 9pm…
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ONLINE: The Super-power of a sketch book with Guy…
Thursday evenings 4 May to 8 Jun 2023 from 6 to…
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ONLINE: Contemporary Fine Art Practice 6 Oct 2023…
6 Oct 2023 to 28 Jun 2024 Fridays 10 – 5pm…
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ONLINE: Painting from the Imagination with Dan Coo…
Thursday evenings 6-9pm 18 May to 20 Jul 2023 On this 8…
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ONLINE COURSE: The Super-power of a sketch book wi…
On this 10-week course develop the skills needed to create sketchbooks…
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ONLINE: Advanced Painting Personal Projects with A…
Two term fee £1320 Term Fee £710 Limited number of places…
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ONLINE: Painting from the Imagination with Dan Coo…
On this online course Dan Coombs demonstrates some of the techniques…
Read MoreONLINE: Contemporary Fine Art Practice – 12 Jan to…
Fridays 10 – 5pm Limited places available. See below for course…
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advanced painting
A two year masters level course with full time studio and Mon -Wed tutor contact time plus regular visiting artists talks.
Tutors
The Essential School of Painting’s pool of highly talented professional artists enables us to achieve our objective of being a top independent art school offering exciting, intellectually rigorous courses with the intention of advancing painting and contemporary fine art.
