Painting Studio
Oils, acrylics and watercolour — from colour mixing to a finished series you are proud to hang.
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Est. 2009 · Studio-led art school
Make work that matters. Learn the craft of art & design.
Atelier Academy is a creative school for painters, makers and designers. Small studios, working artists as mentors, and the time and space to find your own voice.
15+Years teaching
1,800+Alumni artists
1:9Studio ratio
Open studiosMake work every day
Working artistsMentors, not lecturers
PaintingDrawingSculpture
Digital ArtPhotographyIllustration
Our philosophy
Our story
We teach craft, then we set it free
An artist needs two things: the technical command to make anything they imagine, and the confidence to follow an idea wherever it leads. At Atelier Academy we build both, in that order.
Foundations come first — colour, form, composition, material. From there, every course pushes you toward a personal body of work, critiqued honestly and shown publicly. You leave not just with skills, but with a portfolio and a point of view.
Hands on materials
Real paint, real clay, real cameras — you learn by making, not by watching slides.
Honest critique
Weekly group crits help you see your work clearly and grow faster.
Featured programs
Find your medium
Six studio disciplines, each taught by a practising artist. Whether you are starting out or refining a craft, there is a bench with your name on it.
Drawing & Life
The foundation of every art form — line, tone, perspective and weekly life drawing.
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Clay, plaster and found materials, fired in our on-site kiln. Think in three dimensions.
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Student work
Made in the studios
A glimpse of what our students create. From first sketches to graduation shows, the work speaks for itself.
Why study here
A school built around making
Three promises we make to every student who joins a studio at Atelier Academy.
Studios open daily
Enrolled students get their own bench and key-card access to studios seven days a week. Make work whenever inspiration strikes.
Mentors who make
Every tutor is a practising, exhibiting artist. They teach what they actually do — and open doors into the wider art world.
Shown in public
Two exhibitions a year in our street-front gallery put your work in front of collectors, curators and the local community.
Faculty
Learn from working artists
A small, dedicated faculty of painters, sculptors and designers who still keep their own studios.
Elena Marchetti
Head of Painting
Abstract painter, exhibited across Europe for two decades.
Theo Novak
Sculpture & Ceramics
Ceramicist and public-art commissioner, kiln obsessive.
Priya Anand
Digital & Illustration
Illustrator and motion designer for studios worldwide.
Marcus Hale
Photography
Documentary photographer and darkroom traditionalist.
Student voices
What our artists say
"I arrived able to draw a little and left with a full painting portfolio — and a place at art college. The crits changed how I see my own work."
Hannah K.Painting Studio, 2024
"The sculpture studio and that kiln are something else. Theo pushed me to scale up and I made the biggest, bravest work of my life here."
Daniel R.Sculpture & Ceramics, 2023
"As a career-changer I was nervous, but the studio felt like home from week one. I now freelance as an illustrator full time."
Sofia L.Digital & Illustration, 2024
Ready to make something?
Enrolment for the next studio term is open now. Send an enquiry, share a little about your work, and we'll help you find the right course.