12-Week Portrait Drawing & Painting Course — Melton

What You’ll Learn

This term focuses on portrait drawing and painting, with a clear, structured approach to developing your skills.

Across the course we will explore proportion, head construction, the planes of the head, tonal structure, likeness, colour mixing, and painting from reference. The aim is to help you understand portraits more clearly, build confidence, and develop a more deliberate way of practising drawing and painting.

Each class will include step-by-step teaching, demonstrations, practical exercises, and time to develop your own work with individual feedback.

This course is suitable for beginners, returning students, and improvers who want clearer guidance and a more structured approach to portrait work.

Course Dates

The course runs weekly for 12 sessions starting on 16th Sepember 2026

Daytime Class: Classes are 3 hours long and run on Wednesday Mornings, 9:30-12:30.
Term Length: 12 weeks.

Time & Venue

Melon
Wednesday Morning , 9:30-12:30

Venue:Burness Parish Rooms, 38 The St, Melton, Woodbridge IP12 1PW

Included with Your Booking: Course Companion Access

Your course booking includes access to Course Companion through Ed Cooper Online Studio on Patreon for the duration of the term.

Course Companion will support the weekly classes with online material, including:

• a weekly video lesson
• theory and demonstrations
• course handouts
• reference images
• suggested exercises
• catch-up notes

This means you can revisit the teaching between classes, keep practising with a clear focus, or catch up if you miss a session.

Course Companion access will begin in September, when the term starts. I will send you an invitation link before the first class, giving you access for the full 4 months of the term.

You will need to create or log in to a Patreon account to view the material. I will send you information about how to do this.

What’s Included

• All tuition and demonstrations
• Weekly Course Companion access on Patreon
• Handouts and reference material
• Teas and coffees
• A supportive, small-group learning environment
• Feedback on your progress

What to Bring

The first sessions will be drawing and I will send you a full materials list for the portrait painting part of the course before the term begins.

Payment Terms

The course fee is paid in full when booking.

Woodbridge Daytime: £285

If you would prefer to pay in two instalments, please contact me before booking and I can arrange this with you.

Missed Sessions

If you cannot make a session, you are welcome to attend one of my other classes as a catch-up, subject to availability.

Please let me know in advance so I can confirm there is space.

You will also have access to the weekly Course Companion material on Patreon, so you can revisit the teaching and catch up with the main focus of the session online.

Cancellations & Refunds

If I need to cancel a session, for example due to illness, I will either:

• add an extra session at the end of term, or
• offer a credit towards a future class

If I am unable to run the course at all, you will receive a full refund.