Online Courses

Welcome to the School of Painting’s online learning centre.

The same inspirational, high quality tuition as our studio courses in St Ives but delivered to you at home. A range of live broadcasts, small group zoom courses and pre recorded courses to watch at your leisure.

If you’ve already registered, please login here to view your courses. If you are under 18, check the booking email for a link to access your course.

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Abstracting Zennor in Autumn

Martha Holmes

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000G1lmX
Active Instance: a024J00000BQ8NNQA1, 01-Sep-2026

Following Martha’s hugely successful first webinar with us, we welcome her back to explore a rich Autumnal palette. Delve into abstract expressionism to create a landscape painting in oils with this two-part recording.  

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£55 Book

Abstraction – A Closer Look

Liz Hough

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000NYNaF
Active Instance: a024J00000DPmySQAT, 01-Sep-2026

Over 3 sessions, Liz takes you through common questions asked on her previous courses: finding your own, unique content; form versus line; and scaling up.

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£120 Book

Abstraction – Developing

Liz Hough

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FFGfL
Active Instance: a024J000008PxZkQAK, 01-Sep-2026

Over 4 recordings, explore Liz’s processes of painting, collage and print. Emerge confident in experimentation with a cohesive collection of new works and ideas.

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£120 Book

Artist Landmarks – Lighthouse with Gary Long

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a00Nz00000JxjkY
Active Instance: a02Nz00000C8F6ZIAV, 31-Aug-2026

Join artist, Gary Long, on location and in the studio as he shares his oil painting journey, from preparatory drawings, discussing colour mixing, layering, brush techniques to the creation of depth and dimension in his drawings and paintings of Pendeen Watch.

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£65 Book

Artist Landmarks – St Ives Bay with Victoria Gillow R

Victoria Gillow

Online Pre-recorded – Acrylic – Landscape

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Course ID: a00Nz00000LaFXg
Active Instance: a02Nz00000DwIGeIAN, 31-Aug-2026

Local artist, Victoria Gillow, shares new ways of working to inspire your creative process and help you paint the places you love. Discover techniques to create vibrant and expressive paintings.

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£45 Book

Artist Landmarks – Zennor with Hilary Jean Gibson

Hilary Jean Gibson

Online Pre-recorded – Waterbased – Landscape

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Course ID: a00Nz00000H2h2p
Active Instance: a02Nz0000091dlLIAQ, 31-Aug-2026

Drawing inspiration from Zennor’s rugged landscape and folklore, Hilary Jean Gibson, will guide you through her watercolour painting process, emphasising the importance of sketchbooks and research in addition to the painting process itself, extending beyond the artwork.

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£45 Book

Banish Fear of Failure

Iona Sanders

Online Pre-recorded – Acrylic

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Course ID: a004J00000Qq4k0
Active Instance: a024J00000DzBGHQA3, 01-Sep-2026

Banish fear of failure and find your inner voice on this two part online course with tutor Iona Sanders.

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£55 Book

Bonnard + the Electric Light

Alice Mumford

Online Pre-recorded – Oil

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Course ID: a004J00000ITTRt
Active Instance: a024J00000CRz2MQAT, 01-Sep-2026

Take a journey with artist Alice Mumford to explore the intimately lit domestic spaces of Bonnard’s paintings. Learn how to capture the warm diffused light of Bonnard’s tabletop settings and see how he captured the poetry of everyday life as it played out in living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms. 

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£55 Book

Calendrical Art (R)

Kate Southworth

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000QpeKQ
Active Instance: a024J00000ArIcPQAV, 01-Aug-2026

Over the course of eleven sessions, including two live Q&As, explore this intuitive way of making work in tune with the dynamic patterns, energies and qualities of the calendar year.

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£195 Book

Calendrical Art – An Introduction

Kate Southworth

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000QpeKf
Active Instance: a02Nz00000AhrJVIAZ, 01-Aug-2026

A chance to find out more about our year long ‘Calendrical Art’ course, creating in tune with the seasons. This is a taster session so you can decide if you would like to join the full year long course.

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£20 Book

Coldwax Painting

Laura Menzies

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Abstract

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Course ID: a004J00000K3yEC
Active Instance: a024J00000CRyytQAD, 01-Sep-2026

Enjoy learning about the possibilities of coldwax painting, a technique for adding texture and depth to your work.

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£30 Book

Collage & Surrealism – Eileen Agar

Kitty Hillier

Art Courses – Mixed Media – Abstract

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Course ID: a004J00000FIivu
Active Instance: a024J00000CzMb9QAF, 01-Sep-2026

Spanning painting, collage, photography and sculpture, Eileen Agar transformed the everyday into the extraordinary.

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£30 Book

Colour + Landscape in Oils

Martha Holmes

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FyuEe
Active Instance: a024J000009mDCTQA2, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Martha Holmes for this two part course on oils following her sell out show at The New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Between Land and Sea.

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£55 Book

Coves, Rocks + Cliffs in Watercolour

David Webb

Online Pre-recorded – Watercolour – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000DDM6A
Active Instance: a024J00000Bdy9NQAR, 01-Sep-2026

Learn how to use watercolour to depict coves, rocks and cliffs with artist David Webb in this webinar recording. Learn to look at a scene with an artist’s eye and choose which elements are important and which can be left out.

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£30 Book

Creative Journaling for Artists (rec)

Laura Menzies

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Personal Development

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Course ID: a00Nz000009zUYo
Active Instance: a02Nz000004YtarIAC, 01-Sep-2026

In this course you will be encouraged to explore creative play in your art journals, allowing you to capture your personal curiosities and interests to develop your visual language and bring clarity to your practice.

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£95 Book

Diving Deeper into Abstract Landscapes

Natalie Day

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000PHrLZ
Active Instance: a024J00000DYrEAQA1, 01-Sep-2026

Find new ways to connect with the landscape around you with this expressive and explorative online webinar.

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£30 Book

Experimental Drawing + Collage

Kitty Hillier

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000IRoIM
Active Instance: a024J00000C1ZcNQAV, 01-Sep-2026

Enjoy creating experimental and abstract compositions inspired by your everyday surroundings in this recording.

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£30 Book

Experimental Landscapes (Recording)

Natalie Day

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000NYFUM
Active Instance: a024J00000DPe0rQAD, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this experimental, abstract webinar inspired by the Cornish landscape with new tutor, Natalie Day.

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£30 Book

Expressive Mark Making

Amy Albright

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Abstract

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Course ID: a004J00000PgdhA
Active Instance: a024J00000ARn3GQAT, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Amy Albright as she helps you to free-up your art practice and energize your paintings.

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£30 Book

Figure – Colour Blocking for movement + pose (rec)

Camilla Dixon

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a00Nz0000095jKN
Active Instance: a02Nz000003y4DXIAY, 01-Sep-2026

Practice your life drawing skills in this regular online Life Drawing class. With professional tutors, learn about form, proportion and composition by sketching the clothed figure in a variety of short and long poses.

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£30 Book

Figure – Degas

Tom Rickman

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000K5WSN
Active Instance: a024J00000Ci443QAB, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Tom Rickman for a Degas-inspired recording. Recorded live from our studio in St Ives with a model, you are invited to join in at home with guided exercises. 

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£30 Book

Figure – Form, Shape + Colour (rec)

Camilla Dixon

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000Qpzei
Active Instance: a024J00000DyxGtQAJ, 01-Sep-2026

Learn how to extract the essence of the figure from life and onto paper, with simple guided exercises working from a live model.

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£30 Book

Figure – Inspired by Antony Gormley (recording)

Ilker Cinarel

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000PHiAS
Active Instance: a024J00000DYYlyQAH, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Ilker Cinarel for this experimental, expressive webinar inspired by Antony Gormley’s drawings and paintings of the human figure. Recorded from our studio in St Ives with a model, you are invited to join at home with guided exercises.

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£30 Book

Figure – Inspired by David Hockney (rec)

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000QlHGb
Active Instance: a024J00000CagK3QAJ, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Gary Long for this David Hockney-inspired life drawing webinar. Recorded from our studio in St Ives with a model, you are invited to join at home with guided exercises.  

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£30 Book

Figure – Inspired by Diebenkorn

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000DD18u
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKujQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this recording of a two hour online figure class inspired by the Bay Figurative artist Richard Diebenkorn. Broadcast from our studio in St Ives with a clothed model.

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£30 Book

Figure – Inspired by Egon Schiele

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000G0QHf
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKx7QAF, 01-Sep-2026

Join Gary Long as he explores the distinctive mark-making of Austrian artist Egon Schiele. Recorded from our studio in St Ives with a model, you are invited to join in at home with guided exercises. 

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£30 Book

Figure – Inspired by Gustav Klimt

Tom Rickman

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000DDJoO
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKtcQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Watch this two hour online figure class inspired by the rich and vibrant work of Gustav Klimt on demand now.

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£30 Book

Figure – Inspired by Matisse

Alice Mumford

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000BqUbr
Active Instance: a024J000008QN2MQAW, 01-Sep-2026

Join us and enjoy a recording of our wonderful two hour online figure class inspired by the work of artist Henri Matisse looking at energetic line, pattern and form.

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£30 Book

Figure – Inspired by Picasso

Ilker Cinarel

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000ISU7W
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKuoQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Ilker Cinarel from our studio in St Ives for this Picasso-inspired webinar with a clothed model.

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£30 Book

Figure – Light + Atmosphere

Ashley Hold

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000NUc5w
Active Instance: a024J00000CzucmQAB, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this two hour online figure class focusing on light, shade, and the qualities of tone to create atmosphere. Recorded from our studio in St Ives with a clothed model, join in at home with guided exercises and watch live or later.

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£30 Book

Figure – Matisse Part 2

Alice Mumford

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000FGzTK
Active Instance: a024J00000CkZAWQA3, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for the second part in this online figure class inspired by the work of artist Henri Matisse. Extending from the last session, this time we’ll be adding rich colour to Matisse’s lively compositions.

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£30 Book

Figure – Picasso – Body in Space

Ilker Cinarel

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000K4i2d
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKxCQAV, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Ilker Cinarel from our studio in St Ives for this Picasso-inspired  life drawing webinar.

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£30 Book

Figure – Shape + Shadow

Tom Rickman

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000IPr2x
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKveQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Use bold outlines, shape and shadow to create dramatic effect  inspired by poses from classic cinema. 

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£30 Book

Figure – Shape, Colour + Texture

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000FzOCp
Active Instance: a024J00000Ck7EGQAZ, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this two hour recording of a figure class inspired by the Bay Area Movement artist David Park. Broadcast from our studio in St Ives with a clothed model.

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£30 Book

Figure – The Folded Line

Tom Rickman

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000K3MRw
Active Instance: a024J00000CkZvvQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Tom Rickman for this exploration of folded material on the human form. Working from a model learn how drapery not only covers or reveals but animates and extends the body in this online webinar.  

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£30 Book

Figure – Whistler’s Woman in White

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000ITbuA
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKvjQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Gary Long for this Whistler-inspired recording. Draw and paint from a clothed model in our Porthmeor Studios.

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£30 Book

Figure- Edward Hopper

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000FIiyo
Active Instance: a024J00000CzMlBQAV, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this two hour online figure class inspired by artist Edward Hopper. Recorded from our studio in St Ives with a clothed model.

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£30 Book

Figure- Paula Rego

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000PFvJf
Active Instance: a024J00000DR3PaQAL, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this two-hour online figure class inspired by artist Paula Rego. Broadcast from our studio in St Ives with a clothed model, join in at home with guided exercises.

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£30 Book

Framing the Landscape (Recording)

Maxine Hart

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000NVks0
Active Instance: a024J00000DAGgxQAH, 01-Sep-2026

Enjoy creating dynamic landscape paintings from photographs in this new three-part series with artist Maxine Hart.

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£90 Book

Ink, Paint + Paper

Steven Buckler

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a00Nz000003WQqc
Active Instance: a02Nz000000U30UIAS, 01-Sep-2026

Learn how to create atmospheric art works on paper, in response to the wild landscape above Zennor, using acrylic inks and paint. 

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£30 Book

Interpreting the Landscape

Maxine Hart

Online Pre-recorded – Acrylic – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FFlIC
Active Instance: a024J00000ChNBVQA3, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this experimental recording and explore using gestural, energetic marks to create movement and fluidity in your paintings.

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£30 Book

Introduction to Matisse – Pattern + Illusion

Alice Mumford

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Still Life

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Course ID: a004J00000Fzcu4
Active Instance: a024J00000B1tRIQAZ, 01-Sep-2026

In this 2 part course led by artist Alice Mumford, learn how Matisse used pattern to create the illusion of three dimensions and immerse yourself in the joy of looking and painting in oils.

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£55 Book

Joan Eardley- A Painter’s Painter

Jill Eisele

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000DsakX
Active Instance: a024J00000BeE3TQAV, 01-Sep-2026

Watch Jill Eisele in this recording as she takes us on an artist’s journey to Joan Eardley’s Catterline on the wild east coast of Scotland. Explore how Eardley continues to inspire painters today.

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£30 Book

Light, Colour, Texture

Alex Yarlett

Online Pre-recorded – Acrylic – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000NYEV4
Active Instance: a024J00000DPdPJQA1, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this energetic webinar led by new tutor Alex Yarlett exploring capturing the atmosphere, emotions and feelings of a place.

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£30 Book

Line, Texture, Tone – Coldwax Painting

Laura Menzies

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FH0Lf
Active Instance: a024J00000D10f7QAB, 01-Sep-2026

Enjoy creating luminous abstract paintings using coldwax painting. Learn how these three fundamental aspects – texture, line and shape – can help develop your unique visual vocabulary.

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£90 Book

Looking For Colour (rec)

Camilla Dixon

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Abstract

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Course ID: a00Nz000004eTsI
Active Instance: a02Nz00000158NlIAI, 01-Sep-2026

Discover a whole new world of colour through fun and experimental exercises along with exploring the art of ‘simply looking’. This class recording will stimulate and inspire your quest for colour.

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£30 Book

Observation + Abstraction

Camilla Dixon

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Abstract

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Course ID: a004J00000FH0Sb
Active Instance: a024J00000Ckac1QAB, 01-Sep-2026

Explore the possibilities of abstraction drawing inspiration from your direct surroundings. Experiment with new ways of working from figuration to abstraction.

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£30 Book

Painting Flowers in Oils

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Still Life

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Course ID: a004J00000DDGyv
Active Instance: a024J00000CjKmoQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Learn how to capture in oils, bold spring blooms, to create a beautiful expressive still life, rich in colour and texture.

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£55 Book

Painting Twilight in Oils

Tom Rickman

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000Fyj3B
Active Instance: a024J000009kgviQAA, 01-Sep-2026

Learn how to capture twilight in oils, where fading light and the rich colour of the sea and the sky can naturally lead you into abstraction.

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£30 Book

Painting Twilight in Oils – Winter Solstice

Tom Rickman

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000IRVlh
Active Instance: a024J00000Bwd2fQAB, 01-Sep-2026

Learn how to capture twilight in oils, where fading light and the rich colour of the sea and the sky can naturally lead you into abstraction.

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£30 Book

Pastel Painting – Seascapes (rec)

Nina Squire

Online Pre-recorded – Pastel – Seascapes

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Course ID: a00Nz000005uacQ
Active Instance: a02Nz000001sWAQIA2, 01-Sep-2026

In this two-part webinar series, Dorset based artist, Nina Squire, shows you different ways of working with soft pastels to create painterly dynamic seascapes.

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£55 Book

Porthmeor Programme Online 2025

Kate SouthworthGreg Humphries

Online small group zoom

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Course ID: a00Nz00000GB2wX
Active Instance: a02Nz000008TfRQIA0, 17-Jan-2025

A ten month online intensive course, with 1-1 tutorials and small group creative sessions to develop you as an artist.

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17 Jan – 19 Oct 2025 – 8 weekends (over 10 months) – £2200 Book

Postcards from St Ives – Christopher Wood

Alice Mumford

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000K4o2U
Active Instance: a024J00000CS8XDQA1, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Alice Mumford as she explores Christopher Wood’s quest for a lyrical way of describing the world through line and rhythm.

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£30 Book

Postcards from St Ives – Ithell Colquhoun

Kate Southworth

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FGNcb
Active Instance: a024J00000CimUQQAZ, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Kate Southworth for this Ithell Colquhoun-inspired recording. See how living and working in the sacred sites and magical landscapes of west Cornwall shaped Colquhoun’s diverse practice.

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£30 Book

Postcards from St Ives – Patrick Heron

Hilary Jean Gibson

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FGzYu
Active Instance: a024J00000CkZNRQA3, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this Patrick Heron-inspired webinar. See how Heron’s aerial approaches to depicting the landscape of St Ives in gouache can be integrated into your own way of working.

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£30 Book

Postcards from St Ives – Victor Pasmore, Line + Space

Hilary Jean Gibson

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FFkBC
Active Instance: a024J00000ChJUYQA3, 01-Sep-2026

Capture the Cornish landscape in simplified shapes, lines and motifs in this Victor Pasmore inspired recording. See how this seminal artist pioneered a new way of working with abstraction.

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£30 Book

Postcards from St Ives – Whistler at the Coast

Andrew Barrowman

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000ISZEx
Active Instance: a024J00000CRz44QAD, 01-Sep-2026

James Whistler and Walter Sickert painted together in St Ives in 1884. What can we take from their energetic studies to help you with your own landscape painting in oils?

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£30 Book

Postcards from St Ives – Wynter & Rooftops

Hilary Jean Gibson

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000IQ6iH
Active Instance: a024J00000BlFQoQAN, 01-Sep-2026

Enjoy creating abstract and experimental paintings and drawings inspired by the iconic Downalong rooftops of St Ives, with drawing, simple printmaking and waterbased painting.

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£30 Book

Postcards from Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Hilary Jean Gibson

Online Pre-recorded – Drawing – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000G1wAu
Active Instance: a024J00000BQj0lQAD, 01-Sep-2026

Follow in the footsteps of St Ives artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and explore her unique approach to painting and drawing the rocks and waves of the famous rugged coastline of St Ives. 

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£30 Book

Resolving Intuitive Painting (recording)

Caroline Robinson

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Abstract

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Course ID: a00Nz000003HrpN
Active Instance: a02Nz000000PYmTIAW, 01-Sep-2026

Immerse yourself in a world of instinct with this explorative online class, looking at ways to coax an intuitive painting to it’s natural conclusion.

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£30 Book

Seabed, Cove + Coast

Kitty Hillier

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000FGhII
Active Instance: a024J00000CjgA2QAJ, 01-Sep-2026

Enjoy creating dynamic reliefs inspired by the landscape around you in this four-part online course.

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£90 Book

Seeing the Light with Kieran Stiles

Kieran Stiles

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000G1Hbu
Active Instance: a024J00000BFjEtQAL, 01-Sep-2026

When artists talk about light, what do they mean? How does it work, and what does it say? Explore different concepts and methods of representing light in this 2 and a half hour recorded online course led by artist Kieran Stiles.

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£30 Book

Still Life: Colour + Composition (rec)

Martha Holmes

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Still Life

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Course ID: a00Nz00000BHE9v
Active Instance: a02Nz000005S7OgIAK, 08-Sep-2026

We welcome back Martha Holmes into the studio, for what will be a captivating insight into how she approaches the subject of ‘still life’, which has recently become one of her main painting focuses.

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£55 Book

The Art of Painting the Ordinary

Holly Razavi

Online Broadcast – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a00Nz00000Ed333
Active Instance: a02Nz000007SOeUIAW, 03-Dec-2024

Explore the playful and naïve painting style of artist Holly Razavi, whose oil paintings showcase delightful characters engaged in their daily activities, in various coastal and city landscapes.

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3 Dec – watch until 1 Feb – £55 Book

The Landscape Psychogeographer

Greg Humphries

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000NUb34
Active Instance: a024J00000CzkgYQAR, 01-Sep-2026

Join us for this explorative webinar using a combination of psychogeographical approaches to deepen your relationship with your surrounding environment.

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£30 Book

The Self as an Artistic Act

Alice Ellis-Bray

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Figure

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Course ID: a004J00000FIBSV
Active Instance: a024J00000CtKxfQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Explore acts of self-expression through this experimental online course using the home, clothing and everyday objects as a starting point for inspiration.

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£30 Book

Unpicking Paintings (rec)

Alice Mumford

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – 10 week course

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Course ID: a00Nz00000Fnjl1
Active Instance: a02Nz000008ElYkIAK, 01-Jul-2026

Do you sometimes wonder why a composition works in some paintings and not so well in others? Join Alice Mumford to investigate the common themes that underpin paintings from different eras in Western Art and how this can help your work.

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£195 Book

Ways of Abstracting

Liz Hough

Online Pre-recorded – Mixed Media – Abstract

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Course ID: a004J00000AAlon
Active Instance: a024J00000BeEcZQAV, 01-Sep-2026

Join artist Liz Hough in our studio to demystify abstract painting and explore alternative ways of seeing the world around you. Fire up your creativity with this one hour live online session designed to inspire and get you making and investigating at home.

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£30 Book

Well Grounded (rec)

Victoria Gillow

Online Pre-recorded – Painting – Landscape

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Course ID: a00Nz0000064Utr
Active Instance: a02Nz000001yP1NIAU, 01-Sep-2026

Join practising artist, Victoria Gillow, in this playful exploration of building history and narratives into paintings, through the use of coloured grounds and under painting.

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£30 Book

Where Sea Meets Land – Winter Storm

Gary Long

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Course ID: a004J00000ISTHb
Active Instance: a024J00000C3DleQAF, 01-Sep-2026

Learn to convey the drama and energy of a stormy sea encountering the land in oils. Capture the movement of the sea as it clashes with an iconic Cornish harbour.

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£55 Book

Window into Plein Air

Andrew Barrowman

Online Pre-recorded – Oil – Landscape

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Have you ever wanted to paint outside but unsure where to start? Delve into the practice of oil painting en plein air inspired by the remarkable Cornish landscape.

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£30 Book