Lesson 1 — Autumn Landscape at Chiswick House or landscape painting inspired by Autumn at Chiswick House.

·     Observe seasonal colour and atmosphere

·     Practice composition and perspective

·     Introduce layering in painting

Lesson 2 — Drawing Faces

·     learning how to draw

·     Understand proportions of the head

·     Practice drawing eyes, nose, mouth, and ears

·     Develop observational drawing skills

Materials

Pencils, charcoal, mirrors, cartridge paper.

Homework

Complete three small facial expression sketches.

Lesson 3 — Portrait from a Model (Session 1) in oil

·     Capture overall head structure

·     Measure proportions accurately

·     Blocking in the head shape and shoulders

Homework

Review portrait artists such as John Singer Sargent, Lucian Freud, Reynolds

Lesson 4 — Portrait from a Model (Session 2)

·     Refine tonal values and likeness

·     Strengthen understanding of light and shadow.Focus on edges

·     Refine details and background

Lesson 5 — English Romantic Landscape

Romantic landscape painting inspired by English countryside scenes (with sheep and barns).

·     Explore mood and atmosphere in landscape art

·     Learn depth through tonal perspective

·     Study works by Constable and Turner

·     Sketch landscape compositions including sheep

·     Paint dramatic skies and rolling hills

Homework

Research one Romantic painter

Lesson 6 — Studying glass and metal objects and abstract simplification inspired by Ben Nicholson (Session 1)

·     Observe reflections and transparency

·     Simplify forms into shapes and tonal planes

·     Understand composition with overlapping objects

Homework

Create small tonal studies of reflective objects.

Lesson 7 — Painting Glass in the Style of Ben Nicholson (Session 2)

·     Develop harmony between shape and tone

·     Refine edges and layered paint application

·     Add tonal contrasts and highlights

Lesson 8 — Impressionist floral or fruit Still Life (possible palette knife painting)

·     Explore loose brushwork and broken colour

·     Observe changing light and colour relationships

·     Paint quickly and directly from observation

·     Build depth using colour temperature

Homework

Study Monet, Renoir, and Cezanne

Visit a gallery and choose a favourite Impressionists’ works.

Lesson 9 — Still Life with Mirror (Reflections and Light Study)

· Explore reflective surfaces and how mirrors distort and duplicate objects within a composition
· Observe changes in value, proportion, and perspective between real objects and their reflected forms
· Build depth by using light, shadow, and colour temperature differences between foreground objects and reflected space

Lesson 10 — Fauvism and Colour Theory

·     Study Matisse, Derain, and Vlaminck

·      non-naturalistic colour use

·     Explore emotional impact of colour

·     Experiment with bold brushwork

·     Colour mixing exercises using complementary contrasts

Materials

Collect magazine images with strong colour combinations

Lesson 11 — Scottish Colourists: Seascape or Winter Scene

·     Explore colour harmony and atmospheric light

·     Study the work of the Scottish Colourists, including Samuel Peploe and Francis Cadell

·     Develop expressive brushwork and simplified form

Lesson 12 — Christmas Project art

Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley

The tutor reserves the right to change the program in case of weather conditions, etc.