Still Life in Oil + Personal Study

with artist & tutor Zuzanna Salamon, Mondays 1.30 - 3.30pm

Starts 12 Jan 2026

340 British pounds

Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

All materials provided Monday 12th January to Monday 9th March, no class February 9th. In this class, students will study 3 simple still lives of the phenomenal still life painters, William Nicholson, Emil Carlsen and Henri Fantin Latour, before going on in the final two weeks to choose 2-3 objects of their own to form their own composition and personal study, having gained skills and influence from the previous 6 weeks. Weeks 1&2 - The Lustre Jug by William Nicholson Weeks 3&4 - Creamer & Lemon by Emil Carlsen Weeks 5&6 - Pivoines dans un vase, Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904) Weeks 7&8 - Personal Study Complete beginners and those new to oil paint are absolutely welcome, as well as those who have used oils and perhaps painted with us before. This class is also highly suitable for the Beginners Oil Painting students who paint in the morning, to paint in the afternoon if they would like to extrend their practise further, or if they prefer an art class in the afternoon only. The subjects have been chosen for their simplicity and gradually progress in elements over the 8 weeks, until it is time for the student to harness a little more independence and choose some objects, composition and lighting of their own. You will come away from this course with an enhanced visual and physical understanding of the use of oil paint, as well as understanding shapes and rythm within simple compositions, with which will equip you to go onto your own further and personal study. The possibilities are endless! and we hope you enjoy this freedom the course may provide and open you to as artists....

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.