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Short Courses

Leith School of Art runs a full and varied programme of short courses. From a weekly Day or Evening Course to a Weekend Workshop or week-long Summer School we hope you will find something to inspire you. For 2019/20, we are also delighted to offer a selection of term-long Taster Courses.

We aim to provide a nurturing and structured environment where students of any age, ability or circumstance can thrive. If you would like to find out more about any of our courses or discuss which one is right for you, please contact the School.

Day Courses

Day Courses

Our Day Courses offer students the opportunity to develop their interest in drawing and painting, benefiting from our tutors’ depth of knowledge and passion for their subject.   

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Evening Courses

Evening Courses

Our programme of Evening Courses are an excellent way to develop your skills in a wide range of subjects including drawing and painting, mixed media, figure and jewellery. 

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Weekend Workshops

Weekend Workshops

Weekend Workshops are intensive one or two-day courses with an inspiring subject or technique for you to discover. Courses run throughout the year and are available for all levels of ability. 

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Taster Courses

Taster Courses

Our new programme of termly Taster Courses run one day per week for a term and offer students the opportunity to explore new and exciting approaches to making art across a range of disciplines.

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Summer School

Summer School

Our Summer School programme features a range of week-long courses, and is a fantastic opportunity to explore what we do at the School, meet our tutors and enjoy a week of creative inspiration.

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Community Classes

Community Classes

Leith School of Art runs low cost drawing and painting classes for people who are in receipt of benefits. Fees can be paid in weekly instalments of £2 or payment in full on your first class. 

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Featured Course

Drawing from Film

*£5 OFF for current LSA students - call the School to book 0131 554 5761*

 

“Renoir’s masterly adaptation of a short story by Guy de Maupassant is perhaps his best-loved film. On a country picnic a young girl leaves her family and fiancé for a while and succumbs to a brief romance. Renoir’s sensuous tribute to the countryside – and to the river – has seldom been surpassed.” (BFI)

 

Observing ‘Un Partie De Campagne’, students will have the opportunity to draw from the dynamic, theatrical reality of Renoir’s countryside romance. Artists including Diebenkorn and Matisse will provide inspiration for the day, allowing students to consider new ways in to drawing. Through quick sketchbook studies, students will create lively primary observations of the sensuous countryside scenes and dynamic compositions portrayed in ‘Un Partie De Campagne’.

Selecting stills from within the film, students will have the opportunity to consider composition, line and form, as well as finding colour through tone to help capture the atmosphere, movement and essence of a scene.

These initial studies will go on to inform larger-scale mixed media drawings and paintings in the second half of the session, allowing students to explore the potential of materials such as coloured pencils, erasers, charcoal, ink and acrylic paints and build confidence in mark-making.

Throughout this session, students will consider the valuable role film can play in strengthening observational skills and the importance of the sketchbook in gathering extensive research, for further drawing and painting.

 

Film details:

‘Un Partie De Campagne’

Directors: Renoir, Jean

Cast: Sylvia Bataille, Georges Saint-Saëns

France 1936 | Black & white | 39 mins | Drama

Distribution: BFI

 

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