THE EDINBURGH DRAWING SCHOOL
High quality art instruction tutored by professional artists for Children, Teens & Adults
Beginners Oil Painting 6 Month Immersion
with artist & tutor Alicia Coombs Mondays 11am - 1.30pm
Available spots
Service Description
Mondays 11am - 1.30pm All materials provided, to a value of £350 per person. including your own set of Rosemary & Co Oil painting brushes All art materials for this course are from L.Cornelissen & Son in London. We are intentionally using the highest quality pigments, mediums and surfaces for the student to understand the craft and support the quality of their work. Course Structure: Total 55 contact hours 10 Weeks 2.5 hour lessons, total 25 hours 21st September to 30th November 2026 (No class Monday 12th October) Personal Project 1st to 6th December In Person critique and Christmas Party 7th December 10 Weeks 2.5 hour lessons, total 25 hours 11th January to 15th March 2027 in person class 16th to 21st March Personal Project 22nd March In person one on one critique and Easter Party! In this course, you will become a completely independent, and inspired oil painter from start to finish, making your own pictures from your own ideas. We will dive deep into the world of materials, supporting your appreciation for craft and what you come to paint. This is a win win situation for your continued practise; you use the most beautiful materials, and also at the lowest prices, because you have made them yourself and are in charge of your whole process from raw material to finished painting. Nothing beats pure Lapis Lazuli ground in simple linseed oil, does it?!! We will paint only from life, and over the course look at reference images and relevant artists to support understanding. Both September - December, then January to March are structured as follows: Week 1) Stretching and preparing your own canvas, panel & copper plate Weel 2) Finishing priming your canvas and grinding your own oil paint, prepared into tubes for the following week Week 3 & 4 & 5) Canvas Painting 1 Week 5, 6 & 7) Panel Painting 2 Week 8, 9 & 10) Copper Plate Painting 3 Week 11) Personal Project (with your choice of surface from the previous 3) Week 12) In Person Critique and Class Party Our subject matter will be looking at single objects in still life, to then double or triple objects under controlled lighting. As the course goes on, students will begin to compose and make intentional choices with their lighting, and we will have the luxury of working with a life model towards the end of the course. we will look at shadow and light composition edge work & 3 dimension I cannot wait to teach EDS' first 6 month Oil Painting Immersion course to you! Places limited to 10 per class.
Upcoming Sessions
Cancellation Policy
We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance If a tutor cannot teach a class due to illness, the scheduled class will be covered by another tutor or the class will be postponed and rescheduled for the following week at the same time on the same day of the week. Make up classes are scheduled during the half term week, or in the week following the end of term. The Edinburgh Drawing School runs 8 week terms of scheduled classes, 9 weeks if including the half term and then 10 weeks to include a week at the end of term for any necessary make up classes. Thus, the business always completes it's contractual obligations of 8 scheduled classes to booked students. If a student cannot attend a make up class, no refund is due.
Contact Details
13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK
+ 0131 556 0971
info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk