Workshop | Atelier with Will Nathans at the Schoolhouse for Art
As part of our Academy programme the Schoolhouse for Art is introducing an intensive 160 hours accredited ATELIER course.This academic art training is based on 19th century French Ateliers that many of the great masters of the past 200 years were trained and where they gained their experience in the craft of drawing and painting.Academy trained Painter and Artist WILL NATHANS will be guiding students through this in-depth and accredited Atelier training. Students will complete a series of projects designed to measure their progress and mastery of precise techniques.
We are honoured to have our Atelier recognised by the Art Renewal Center. The ARC is the foremost and only vetting service for representational art schools ensuring that the teaching curricula and quality of teacher and student work meet our strict standards to become ARC Approved. The ARC also runs the ARC Salon Competition, which is the largest and most prestigious competition in the world for realist artists painting, sculpting and drawing today with eleven categories and thousands of works competing, culminating in a live exhibition of many of the winning works.
This course curriculum is based on key projects of increasing complexity aimed towards working from the life model in a colour oil palette while also developing a solid foundation in drawing and design basics. Each of the projects can be broken down into weekly and overall goals for the people attending. Will Nathans will be completing a series of demonstrations for each project.
Charles Bargue Drawing Technique
Plaster Cast Drawing & Painting
Drawing from Life
Painting from Life
COURSE STRUCTURE:This program is designed specifically to help give students the necessary fundamentals in the craft of drawing and painting which in turn will ultimately lead to their own mastery and voice for their art.When? Monday & Tuesdays
10am – 4/4.30pm
Starting Sept 1stMONDAYS:
Bargue Drawing & Copying – The Bargue Drawing method focuses on sight-size copying of the Old Masters Plates as perfectly as possible. This precise study teaches artists to see distances, lengths and angles, as well as seeing and depicting both light and shade using a two-dimensional reference.
Cast Drawing & Painting – Cast Drawing is the next exercise. Cast drawing teaches you to see ‘form’ in three dimensions and transfer it with meticulous detail in pencil/charcoal to a two dimensional surface – the drawing paper. Following this stage the same technique will be used to apply oil to canvas replicating the cast. This practise teaches the mastery of values.
TUESDAYS:
Figure Drawing & Painting – Working weekly with the nude figure (male/female), students will complete a series sight-size life drawings & paintings. Progressing through techniques of figurative drawing, perfecting skills through pencil, charcoal, grisaille & oil painting. This module results in a complete understanding of the human form and the flesh palette in oils is mastered.
APPLICATIONS FOR September 2025 ARE NOW OPEN
Course fee: €2,495*
*payment options available
€625 non-refundable deposit to secure place & 3 monthly instalments thereafter of €625
T’s & C’s applyACCREDITATION:This is an accredited, 160 CPD Hours certified course resulting in accreditation and certification through CPD StandardsAPPLICATION: Application consists of a short paragraph about yourself with some images of recent work. As places are limited your application form will be reviewed by an independent 3rd party, tutor artist Will Nathans and Schoolhouse for Art Director Neil Condron.
Full list of materials required and complete calendar will be provided when places are offered