Learn how to draw or paint realistically in one of our workshops.

• For both beginner & advanced skill levels
• Still life & Sculpture in oil or charcoal
• Paint with limited prior knowledge
• Pictorial compostion
• Learn how to paint realistically & professionally

Fees and available dates
580 € (incl. VAT)
This is a 5-day workshop, which includes 6 hours of instruction per day (Monday–Friday, 9:30-16:30).

Date
Foundation oil painting: 07.08. -11.08.2023
Foundation oil painting: 11.12. – 15.12.2023

What will I learn?
Oil painting is a complex subject. Therefore, we start in this workshop with the basics. For this you will first get to know the material properly. This includes the correct handling, washing the brushes, applying layers but also the painting grounds that you can use. After the introduction to the materials, you will begin with the first exercises to warm up for your first small still life. You will soon realize how much fun oil painting is and the beautiful color results. The best part is that oil paints have proven themselves over hundreds of years in terms of quality and longevity. Further topics in this workshop are composition, perspective and proportions.

What will I need to bring?
First of all: curiosity and a good attitude. You will receive a list of materials via email after you register (If you don’t own any materials, the purchase cost can be quite high. If you think this is too much at the beginning, you can also use materials from the Academy for a fee and then decide if you want to buy them or not. The cost is therefore about 40 – 250 €, depending on what materials you already have).

• For beginners & advanced
• Introduction to oil painting
• Materials science
• Workshop for employed people
• Learn to paint realistic & professional

Fees and available dates
250 € (incl. VAT)
This is a 3-day weekend workshop. The schedule is Friday from 15 – 18 h, Saturday 09:30  – 12:30 h, 13:30 – 16:30 h and Sunday 09:30  – 12:30 h

Date
Weekend-Workshop Foundation oil painting part 1: Dates on request

What will I learn?
Oil painting is a complex topic. That’s why we start with the basics in this workshop. During this weekend, you will first get to know the medium properly. This includes the correct handling of the materials, cleaning the brushes and palette, applying layers, the subject of painting grounds and the painting process in general. You will start with some easy exercises after this introduction. During this weekend you will work with a small palette (maximum three oil colours). Shortly you will realise it is so much fun to paint in oil. If you want to learn more, the weekend workshop foundations of oil painting part 2 is suitable. In this case, we will work with a larger palette, i.e. with more oil colours.

What will I need to bring?
First of all: curiosity and a good attitude. You will receive a list of materials via email after you register (If you don’t own any materials yet, the purchase costs are often slightly higher, as you invest in, for example, a palette, oil colours and brushes. These materials do not have to be bought again so quickly. The costs are therefore between 40 – 100 €).

• For beginners & advanced
• 2nd part of the weekend workshop oil painting
• Mixing colours
• Workshop for employed people
• Learn to paint realistically & professionally

Fees and available dates
250 € (incl. VAT)
This is a 3-day weekend workshop. The schedule is Friday from 15 – 18 h, Saturday 09:30  – 12:30 h, 13:30 – 16:30 h and Sunday 09:30  – 12:30 h

Date
Weekend-Workshop Foundation oil painting part 2: Dates on request

What will I learn?
This workshop builds on the weekend workshop Foundation oil painting Part 1. If you already know how to work with oil paints (preferably material cleaning, layer painting, painting in grisaille – black/white – light and shadow) you can also attend this workshop without participating in part 1. During this weekend we will mainly work with colour. The colour palette will be expanded and you will learn how to mix colours, how to work with cold and warm colours and how to paint different textures. You will soon realise how much fun oil painting is and what great colour results you will achieve.

What will I need to bring?
First of all: curiosity and a good attitude. You will receive a list of materials via email after you register (If you don’t own any materials yet, the purchase costs are often slightly higher, as you invest in, for example, a palette, oil colours and brushes. These materials do not have to be bought again so quickly. The costs are therefore between 40 – 100 €).

• Painting course for advanced
• Pictorial composition
• Light and shadow in painting
• Painting different materials like glass or silver
• Learn to paint realistically & professionally

Fees and available dates
580 € (incl. VAT)
This is a 5-day workshop, which includes 6 hours of instruction per day (Monday–Friday, 9:30-16:30).

Date
Stilllife Painting: 14.08. – 18.08.2023
Stilllife Painting: 12.12. – 15.12.2023

What will I learn?

In the workshop we start with the composition of the picture. For this, you bring personal objects that you would like to immortalize in your painting and put them together into an attractive composition. You have the choice whether fruits, flowers and / or objects from your everyday life. We start with a preliminary drawing, which is then transferred to the canvas. Then it goes step by step from the underpainting to the final layers of color. During the process you will learn about paint application, use of brushes and mixing of colors. In the end you will be able to take home a beautiful painting.

What will I need to bring?
First of all: curiosity and a good attitude. You will receive a list of materials via email after you register. (As you are an advanced painter and already own some of the materials, the costs will be between 20 – 100 €, depending on whether you need other colors or brushes).

• For both beginner & intermediate skill levels
• Learn how to draw landscapes
• Landscape oil painting
• Paint with only limited prior knowledge
• Learn how to paint realistically & professionally

Fees and available dates
580 € (incl. VAT)
This is a 5-day workshop, which includes 6 hours of instruction per day (Monday–Friday, 9:30-16:30).

Date
Plein air painting: 04.09. – 08.09.2023

What will I learn?
After a detailed introduction to the materials and the other equipment we need for the landscape painting, we will do the first study outside after the lunch break. In the next few days we will meet at different locations in the city. We are looking for the most beautiful places in Bad Homburg such as the spa park or the castle and will learn a lot about the subject of image composition. But also how we deal with the constantly changing light conditions and other challenges that we encounter in landscape painting. In the end, you will be able to take home a number of beautiful works.

What will I need to bring?
First of all: curiosity and a good attitude. You will receive a list of materials via email after you register (the cost for these will be between 30 to 150 Euros, depending on whether you already own any materials). You can also purchase all of the required materials from us, if that is more convenient for you.

• Oil painting course for beginners & advanced students
• Learn the techniques of the old masters
• Materials and composition
• Work from old masters copies
• Learn to paint realistically

Fees and available dates
580 € (incl. VAT)
This is a 5-day workshop, which includes 6 hours of instruction per day (Monday–Friday, 9:30-16:30).

Termine
Old Master Copies: 04.09. – 08.09.2023

What will I learn?
Oil painting is a complex subject. Therefore, in this workshop we start with an introduction to the materials and how they were used by the old masters. Learn interesting background knowledge about oil paint production, painting grounds of that time and picture composition. Together we will look at the works of the old masters. How did Rembrandt, Rubens, Sargent, etc. work and what techniques were used?  With this knowledge, you will finally become active yourself and copy a work of your greatest role model.

What will I need to bring?
First of all: curiosity and a good attitude. You will receive a list of materials via email after you register (If you don’t own any materials, the purchase cost can be quite high. If you think this is too much at the beginning, you can also use materials from the Academy for a fee and then decide if you want to buy them or not. The cost is therefore about 40 – 250 €, depending on what materials you already have).