ESOP news and articles

Stay updated with the latest news on all things Essential School of Painting and courses.

Student Testimonials: Painting Intuitively in Oil with Moyna Flannigan, January 24th & 25th, 2015

Following the successful weekend with Moyna Flannigan, below are some of the comments our students had to make about the…

Art Classes Classes at TheESOP Life Drawing & Painting Classes Portraits The Essential School Of Painting

The Big Painting Challenge on BBC One

The Big Painting Challenge on BBC ONE, Sunday, February 22nd, 2015. The Big Painting Challenge; Alison Harper is the Art…

The Essential School Of Painting Wangechi Mutu

Artist of the year 2014

Wangechi Mutu: My artist of the year. By Andrew Wamae. I first heard of Wangechi Mutu from a close friend…

The Essential School Of Painting

Experience 15 Seconds of Painting at The Essential School of Painting.

Video: 15 Seconds of Painting at The Essential School of Painting. https://theessentialschoolofpainting.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/15-Seconds-on-Painting-at-The-Essential-School-of-Painting-YT.mp4 @TheESOP #TheESOP

Art Classes Classes at TheESOP Life Drawing & Painting Classes The Essential School Of Painting

On Alison Harper and her Christmas Sale/ Exhibition, November 22nd & 23rd, 2014

On Alison Harper and her Christmas Sale/ Exhibition By JD St. Claire (November 23rd, 2014) “It’s like an exhibition of…

The Essential School Of Painting

Experience 15 seconds of what goes on at ESOP

Sometimes a short video can explain a lot, as an art school we uphold the old adage “a picture paints a…

Art Classes Classes at TheESOP Life Drawing & Painting Classes Portraits Portraiture Student Gallery The Essential School Of Painting

Student Gallery: Expressive Portraits with Alison Harper, November 1st & 2nd, 2014

After a marvellous weekend where the students practised expressive ‘blind’ drawing, quick portrait drawing and painting on Saturday and then finishing off on…

The Essential School Of Painting

Moyna Flannigan at Sir John Soane’s Museum: November 3rd, 2014

Belladonna By Moyna Flannigan Internationally renowned artist Moyna Flannigan who will be teaching a weekend class at The Essential School of Painting…

Art Classes

The 10th anniversary of TheESOP

Corporate Events at The Essential School of Painting This year is the 10th anniversary of The Essential School of Painting,…

Art Classes Portraiture The Essential School Of Painting

Drawing Mouths

How to draw mouths by Alison Harper In this video Alison talks about how to draw a naturalistic mouth and…

The Essential School Of Painting

Alexander Moffat Exhibition Paintings as Arguments Peacocks Visual Arts, Aberdeen 16 August to 20 September 2014

Centred on the work of Alexander Moffat this exhibition opens enquiries into important changes and achievements in cultural expression and…

Art Classes Classes at TheESOP The Essential School Of Painting

July Untutored Summer Class; Life Drawing & Painting

UNTUTORED LIFE DRAWING AND PAINTING DAY Sunday the 13th of July 2014 from10am to 5pm Price £35 for the day…