Tamara de Lempicka Master Copy
1st – 2nd November 2025
Saturday and Sunday
9.30am – 4.30pm
Workshop £180
2-Day Oil Painting Workshop
Level: Beginners welcome – ideal for all skill levels
Step into the glamorous world of Art Deco and discover the timeless techniques behind Tamara de Lempicka’s Young Girl in Green with Gloves. In this engaging, hands-on workshop, you’ll explore one of the core principles of classical painting — big form modelling. Learn how to see beyond surface details and build bold, sculptural forms through tone, colour, and light.
Inspired by the Cubist idea that every form can be simplified into a cube, sphere, cylinder, or cone, you’ll experiment with reducing complexity to reveal clarity and strength in your painting. This session bridges classical training with modern innovation, helping you see your subject through the eyes of both the Old Masters and the early Modernists.
Whether you’re a seasoned painter or a curious beginner, this workshop offers a dynamic mix of history, technique, and creativity — leaving you with new ways to approach form, structure, and style.
What you will learn:
- Simplify complex subjects into bold geometric shapes
- Model light and shadow to create strong, sculptural forms
- Mix clean, vibrant colours for that signature
- Lempicka glow Build confident brushwork and crisp edges with classical precision
Perfect for artists who want to combine classical methods with a modern, stylized flair — and leave with a striking, Lempicka-inspired painting!
Discount Portrait Painting Course 26-27
If you’re considering enroling in the Year-Long Academy Portrait Painting Course 26-27, this workshop offers an excellent opportunity to experience our facilities first-hand before committing.
As an added bonus, the cost of the Imprimatura Portrait Workshop will be fully deducted from the Portrait Painting Course when you decide to join. READ MORE
Here are some snapshots from our recent workshop, where students worked on the Pre-Raphaelite Style Workshop. As you can see, the participants achieved impressive results.
Beginners and experienced people are welcome. Understanding is key and nobody gets left behind. Each student will be helped until they grasp the principles of the lesson. Louis will be demonstrating each step in front of the group and on students work if needed.
Louis Smith studied Classical Art in Florence and has exhibited his work in the National Portrait Gallery and Royal Society of Portrait
Materials Included
Organisation is a challenge faced by most beginners. The studio is equiped with work stations so that everything is at hand. The students will be using the same paints and canvas that the teacher uses for demonstration, eliminating a number of problems that students have when they bring their own paints and canvas. Each workstation includes;
Materials included:
Easel
Palette
Palette knife
Medium holder
Medium
Thinners
Prepared Canvas
Kitchen roll
Paints (cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, violet, ultramarine, phthalo green, burnt umber and white).
OFFER DOES NOT INCLUDE BRUSHES
Equipment
The studio is thoughtfully equipped with easels and workstations, providing students with a convenient space to organize their materials and concentrate on their artwork. Balanced lighting enhances the environment, helping to eliminate common challenges when working with a color palette.
The image showcases a workstation, featuring an Alla Prima painting for display purposes only.
