Sketchbook to Canvas
Drawing on location - painting in the studio

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 Working both on location and in the studio as well as with input online, students will explore different themes and develop their own approaches to composing figurative paintings. 

Wednesdays (day class)
Drawing & Painting the Figure

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Wednesdays (evening class)
Drawing the Figure
​(mixed media)

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Working from the model on two-week poses, students will learn to develop their own ways of drawing and painting the figure and explore themes including portraiture, anatomy, composition, narrative and colour.

Children's Classes 2026
​& Art for Teenagers 2026

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Courses running during the school holidays including drawing animals at Gorgie Farm, together with painting, printmaking and sculpting animals in the studio

​ALSO ART FOR TEENAGERS Thursdays
​4 30 - 6 30.
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SUMMER SCHOOLS 2026

FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE:
Zoo Artists 1 and Zoo Artists 2
Art For Teenagers:
​ 'Figures in the Landscape'
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SUMMER SCHOOLS ADULTS:
​3 BEACHES WITH FIGURES
PORT SETON WITH FISHERMEN
PAINTING THE PENTLANDS
​July 2026
​Also short courses June 2026
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Adults Summer School - Landscape Painting Course - more infomation

Find us

Studio Address: Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road, EH12 7AT
​(opposite Edinburgh Zoo)