Summer Schools June & July 2026

 ZOO ARTISTS ONE
29th June - 1st July

A day drawing at the zoo and then sculpting and lino printing in the studio (7 - 14 years)
COST £180

ZOO ARTISTS TWO
​6th - 8th July

A day drawing at the zoo and then sculpting and lino printing in the studio (7 - 14 years)
COST £180

ART FOR TEENAGERS
Figures in the Landscape
9th - 10th July

Working with models in the studio and on location around students will develop painted figure compositions of figures in landscape settings
(12 - 17 years)
COST £100

SHORT COURSES JUNE 2026

A SERIES OF 2 DAY COURSES COMBINING PLEIN AIR STUDIES AND WORK DEVELOPED IN THE STUDIO
1st & 2nd JUNE
PORT SETON IN LINO
A day sketching on the harbourside and a day in the studio printmaking
COST £160

17th & 18th JUNE
EDINBURGH CASTLE REIMAGINED
Sketching some unexpected .views of this iconic monument and developing them into mixe media pieces back in the studio.
COST £160

22nd & 23rd JUNE
MIXED MEDIA ZOO
Two days working both inside and outside at Edinburgh Zoo capturing the amazing variety of animal life using mixed media techniques.
COST £160

25th & 26th JUNE
PLEIN AIR PASTEL
Two days working outside on Arthur's Seat drawing the landscape in layers of pastel colours - each student provided with their own set of Inscribe chalk pastels
COST £160

THREE BEACHES
​ WITH FIGURES

​13th - 15th July

  Three days and 3 East Lothian locations: Gullane, Yellowcraigs & Seacliff. We will also work with models and explore ways of adding figures to these beach compositions.

COST £250
ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED​    

PORT SETON WITH FISHERMEN
16th & 17th July

Two days of plein air painting around the harbour - we will also work with fishermen models and explore ways of including figures in these compositions. -
COST £160
ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED
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PAINTING THE PENTLANDS

20th - 22nd July

Plein air painting at the beautiful Pentland reservoirs of Flotterstone and Thriepmuir.

​COST £250

          ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED