Upcoming courses and lectures
Byzantine Icon Painting: Focusing on Colour
Dates: 12 – 16 January 2026
Tutor: Hanna Ward
The Classical Art of Metalpoint
Dates: 19 – 23 January 2026
Tutor: David Cranswick
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking: Shōsōin Patterns
Dates: 21 January – 18 March 2026
Tutor: Hiroko Imada
Lecture: Rhythm as a Plastic Principle in Byzantine Art
Dates: 21 January 2026
Lecturer: Federico Aguirre
Indian Miniature Painting: The Colours of the Padshahnama
Dates: 26 – 30 January 2026
Tutor: Sam Buckley
The Geometry of Empire: Exploring the Mughal Design Language in Humayun’s Tomb
Dates: 29 January – 19 February 2026
Tutor: Jyotika Purwar
Introduction to Stained Glass: Material & Texture
Dates: 31 January 2026
Tutor: Jingshi Wang
Paint an Icon of Christ in the Style of Rublev
Dates: 2 – 6 February 2026
Tutor: Louisa Brouk
Islamic Calligraphy: Naskh Script
Dates: 2 – 6 February 2026
Tutor: Gulnaz Mahboob
Geometry & the Order of Nature
Dates: 2 February – 2 March 2026
Tutor: Tom Bree
Exploring Gothic Geometry & Design
Dates: 2 – 6 February 2026
Tutor: Lucie Galvani
Indian Miniature Painting: Scenes from the Hamzanama
Dates: 3 February – 17 March 2026
Tutor: Sam Buckley
Film Screening & Director’s Introduction: ‘Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales’
Dates: 4 February 2026
Speaker: Lucy Durán
Medieval Manuscript Illumination, Part 1
Dates: 7 February – 7 March 2026
Tutor: Helen White
Fantastic Beasts & How to Paint Them
Dates: 9 – 13 February 2026
Tutor: Ayesha Gamiet
Sienese Painting in Egg Tempera
Dates: 16 – 20 February 2026
Tutor: Lily Corbett-Gale
Ink Landscapes: Discovering Form Through Chance
Dates: 16 – 20 February 2026
Tutor: Prasad Beaven
Introduction to Stained Glass: Traditional Leading Technique
Dates: 21 February 2026
Tutor: Jingshi Wang
The Art of Woodblock Printmaking
Dates: 23 – 27 February 2026
Tutor: Merlyn Chesterman
Talk: Visions of Essence – The Art of Christian de Vietri’s Trika Mandala Prakasa
Dates: 25 February 2026
Speakers: Christian de Vietri, Lawrence Rinder
The Spandrels of Hama
Dates: 27 February – 13 March, 2026
Tutor: Gillian Turnham
Cold Wax Painting: The Fayum Portraits
Dates: 2 – 6 March 2026
Tutor: Yuliya Lennon
Elements of Persian Miniature Painting: Clouds
Dates: 4 March – 15 April 2026
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Unravelling Cosmatesque Ornament
Dates: 4 March – 8 April 2026
Tutor: Magdalena Ganestam
Persian Miniature Painting: Plato Charms the Animals
Dates: 9 – 13 March 2026
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Pictish Patterns
Dates: 9 – 13 March 2026
Tutor: Naomi Preston
The Geometry of Empire: Exploring the Mughal Design Language in Fatehpur Sikri
Dates: 12, 19, 26 March and 2 April 2026
Tutor: Jyotika Purwar
Introduction to Stained Glass: Paint a Roundel Portrait
Dates:
14 – 28 March 2026
Tutor: Jingshi Wang
Painted Geometry: The Folk Art of Johannes Spitler
Dates: 16 – 20 March 2026
Tutor: Lacey Ferri
Lecture: The Sacred Image: A Portal to Knowing and Unknowing
Dates: 18 March 2026
Lecturer: Aidan Hart
Painting Pysanky Eggs
Dates: Saturday 21 March 2026
Tutor: Hanna Ward
Sacred Geometry, Art & Architecture
Dates: 23 March – 27 April 2026
Tutor: Tom Bree
Byzantine Icon Painting: The Crucifixion
Dates: 23 – 27 March 2026
Tutor: Hanna Ward
Islamic Manuscript Illumination: Painting a Şemse Medallion
Dates: 23 – 27 March 2026
Tutor: Mahrukh Bashir
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking: Shōsōin Patterns in Colour
Dates: 1 April – 20 May 2026
Tutor: Hiroko Imada
Masterclass: The Alchemy of Colour
Dates: 13 – 17 April 2026
Tutor: David Cranswick
Indian Miniature Painting: The Birds of India
Dates: 14 April – 26 May 2026
Tutor: Sam Buckley
Calligraphy: All Things Italic & Modern Pointed Pen
Dates: 20 – 24 April 2026
Tutor: Gaynor Goffe
Islamic Calligraphy: Thuluth Script
Dates: 20 – 24 April 2026
Tutor: Gulnaz Mahboob
The Geometry of Empire: Exploring the Mughal Design Language in Fatehpur Sikri, Part 2
Dates: 23 April – 14 May 2026
Tutor: Jyotika Purwar
Icon Painting: Paint an Archangel in the Medieval Style
Dates: 27 April – 1 May 2026
Tutor: Louisa Brouk
Coptic Bookbinding: Making a Square Sketchbook
Dates: 7 – 21 May 2026
Tutor: Janiece Murray
Sourcing from Nature: Make a feather quill & oak gall ink
Dates: 8 May 2026
Tutor: Dr David Cranswick
Egg Tempera: 17th Century Dutch Flower Paintings
Dates: 11 – 15 May 2026
Tutor: Lily Corbett-Gale
The Art of Illuminated Borders: A Journey Through Ottoman, Persian, and Mughal Manuscripts
Dates: 11 – 15 May 2026
Tutor: Mahrukh Bashir
The Polychrome Paintings of Chinese Palaces
Dates: 18 – 22 May 2026
Tutor: Li Sha
Indian Miniature Painting from the Rajput Kingdoms
Dates: 18 – 22 May 2026
Tutor: Susana Marin
Pahari Painting: Painting a Face
Dates: 26 – 29 May 2026
Tutor: Susana Marin
Masterclass: Chiaroscuro & the Methods of the Spanish Masters
Dates: 1 – 5 June 2026
Tutor: David Cranswick
The Geometry of Empire: Exploring the Mughal Design Language in Sikandra
Dates: 4 – 25 June 2026
Tutor: Jyotika Purwar
Persian Miniature Painting: The Conference of the Birds
Dates: 8 – 12 June 2026
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Prosopon Icon Painting: The Archangel Gabriel
Dates: 8 – 12 June 2026
Tutor: Irina Bradley
Elements of Persian Miniature Painting: Fire
Dates: 10 June – 15 July 2026
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking in Colour: Bokashi
Dates: 29 June – 3 July 2026
Tutor: Hiroko Imada
Masterclass: The Flemish Technique – Egg Tempera & Oil
Dates: 6 – 10 July 2026
Tutor: David Cranswick
Manuscript Illumination: Raised Gilding
Dates: 13 – 17 July 2026
Tutor: Lucie Galvani
Painting a Head after Piero della Francesca
Dates: 20 – 24 July 2026
Tutor: Lily Corbett-Gale
Icon Painting: Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
Dates: 27 – 31 July 2026
Tutor: Louisa Brouk
Designing Earth Architecture: Vaults & Domes
Dates: 3 – 7 August 2026
Tutor: Iliona Outram Khalili
Masterclass: Egg Tempera Painting of the Florentine School
Dates: 3 – 7 August 2026
Tutor: David Cranswick
Following in the Footsteps of Samuel Palmer
Dates: 10 – 14 August 2026
Tutor: Lily Corbett-Gale
Persian Miniature Painting: The Cave, the King and the Mystic
Dates: 9 September – 14 October 2026
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
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