Thank you to all our students and guest instructors for a great season of workshops this year!

We are currently planning our 2023 workshop schedule, which will be published shortly. Workshops next year will be scheduled during the late spring to early fall.

2023 Workshop Schedule

Winter 2023

No workshops scheduled during this period.
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Spring 2023

31 March - 3 April: Introduction to Oil Painting with Mischa Tranquilli
25 - 27 May: Painting the Self-Portrait with ​Melisa Calabria
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Summer 2023

3 - 7 July: Constructive Portrait Drawing with Oliver Sin
10 - 14 July: Still Life Painting: Metals & Glass with Diego Glazer
17 - 21 July: Alla Prima Portrait Painting with Patrick Byrnes
24 - 28 July: Plein Air Landscape Painting with Edoardo Durdin
31 July - 4 August: Impressionist Portrait Painting with Danny Ferland
7 - 11 August: Rembrandt's Techniques with Thomas Langeveld
14 - 18 August: Drawing the Academic Figure with Landon Clay
21 - 25 August: Painting the Half-Draped Figure with Teresa Oaxaca
28 August - 1 September: Painting the Traditional Dutch & Venetian Landscapes with Igor Naskalov
4 - 8 September: Portrait Painting: Starting Methods with Tina Garrett
11 - 13 September: Alla Prima Portrait Painting (Advanced Level) with Benjamin Gouttard​
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Fall 2023

2 - 17 October: Painting the Academic Figure with Kevin Müller Cisneros
4 - 8 December: Alla Prima Portrait Painting with Giulia Bucciarelli

workshops

The workshops offered by DARA are 3- to 5-day intensives that cover a variety of drawing and painting disciplines. Each of the workshops are led by professional artists who have been classically trained in academies renowned for contemporary realism in the figurative arts.

Workshops are an excellent opportunity to study and incorporate a variety of traditional drawing and painting methods into your own practice. These courses are selectively curated to complement the training offered in our Part-Time Programme of study.

Our workshop students enjoy a complimentary light lunch and a friendly studio environment to hone their skills in figurative drawing and painting. All workshops promote our studio's fundamental philosophy of achieving artistic excellence through the development of a high level of technique and draftsmanship.

Not sure if a workshop is the right level for you? Generally, our small class sizes mean that instruction can be tailored to each student's individual level, but we have indicated a "recommended level" in each course description.

Please review our Studio Policies before submitting a registration form.
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