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Art & Design Studies Summer School
Date	Location
Intensive week-long summer courses in different art and design disciplines. View full details
16 Jul–10 Aug Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm	Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

Art Cart
Date	Location
Artist-led art activities for all the family, inspired each month by something different from the gallery collections. View full details
3 Jun 2pm 1 Jul 2pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Art for Not Quite Beginners: Looking 10
Date	Location
An informal discussion-based tour of the gallery led by art historian Ola Wojtkiewicz. The theme for this session is Masterpieces. Booking is essential. View full details
31 May 10.30am	Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Art for Not Quite Beginners: Making 10
Date	Location
A hands-on art-making workshop led by artist Rosie Lesso, exploring the art and craft of collage. View full details
31 May 1.30pm	Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Atmosphere: Digital Storytelling
Date	Location
Matt Adams from multidisciplinary artists' group Blast Theory delivers a webinar (which you can attend in person or online) on the principles of digital storytelling. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Jun 1.30pm	Inspace, Edinburgh

Beginners Website Design
Date	Location
A course that will teach you how to make your own website using Adobe Dreamweaver, covering HTML, CSS and Photoshop. Some computer experience is required. Price given is for the full four-week course. View full details and ticket info
31 May–21 Jun Thu 6–9pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Black & White Photography 2 -– Fine Printing and Alternative Processing
Date	Location
For those with some knowledge of analogue photography, or who have completed the beginners' course, this course offers a chance to extend your developing and printing skills and to learn a bit more of the technical lingo. Some darkroom experience is required. Price given is for the full six-week course. View full details and ticket info
29 May–3 Jul Tue 6–9pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Books in Focus: German Expressionism
Date	Location
Kirstie Meehan, from the Gallery's Archive and Library, discusses artists' books by German expressionists such as Kokoschka, Balach and Grosz (and Kandinsky, who wasn't German but who gave up the chance of a professorship in Law to study art in Germany). Booking is essential. View full details
7 Jun 11.30am	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh

Books in Focus: Surrealism
Date	Location
A chance to see rare publications dating from the very beginning of the Surrealist movement, many of them owned by Roland Penrose and Gabrielle Keiller, whose collections contain fine examples of works by artists including Max Ernst, Man Ray and Salvador Dalí. Booking is essential. View full details
6 Sep 11.30am	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh

Chinese Calligraphy & Brush Painting Class
Date	Location
Learn the ancient art of calligraphy and brush painting under course leader Chi Zhang. Suitable for both beginners and improvers. Cost includes all materials. View full details
15 May–26 Jun Tue 6.30–8.30pm	The Confucius Institute for Scotland, Edinburgh

Colour Plate Lithography
Date	Location
Weekend course at the open access printmaking studios, showing you how to use light sensitive aluminium photo plates to expose and print detailed marks in black and white and colour. Price includes materials, and is for the full weekend course. View full details
13 Oct–14 Oct Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Digital Imaging and Photo Lithography
Date	Location
Learn how to prepare digital images in Photoshop and print out acetates for exposure onto litho plates. Some previous experience of Adobe Photoshop is essential. Price includes materials, and is for the full weekend course. View full details
2 Jun–3 Jun Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 27 Oct–28 Oct Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Digital SLR Camera Training
Date	Location
Weekend workshops in getting the most out of your digital SLR camera, with a blend of technical tuition, demonstration, practical assignments and group discussion. Price given is for the full weekend. View full details and ticket info
23 Jun–24 Jun Sat & Sun 11am–5pm 4 Aug–5 Aug Sat & Sun 11am–5pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Digital SLR Photography
Date	Location
Learn to get the most out of your DSLR camera as well as some post production instruction in Adobe Photoshop. Price given is for the full six-week course. (Course also available Wed evenings.) View full details and ticket info
25 May–29 Jun Fri 11am–2pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Digital SLR Photography
Date	Location
Learn to get the most out of your DSLR camera as well as some post production instruction in Adobe Photoshop. Price given is for the full six-week evening course. (Course also available Fri mornings.) View full details and ticket info
23 May–27 Jun Wed 6–9pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School
Date	Location
Where cabaret meets life drawing - the models are burlesque divas, strapping hunks of manhood and circus freaks. Win alcohol and fancy art supply prizes at this antidote to solemn, lifeless classes. View full details
10 Jun 3pm	The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

Drawing and Painting the Figure with Damian Callan
Date	Location
A workshop in drawing and painting techniques led by artist and experienced tutor Callan. View full details
18 Apr–20 Jun Wed 9.45am–4pm Daytime course.	WASPS Studios, Edinburgh
18 Apr–20 Jun Wed 7–9.45pm Evening course.	WASPS Studios, Edinburgh

The Drawing Room
Date	Location
Monthly experimental drawing sessions inspired by works in the collection, each led by a contemporary artist. All materials are provided. Please book in advance. Booking is essential. View full details
14 Jun 5.30pm 12 Jul 5.30pm 9 Aug 5.30pm	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

Easel Sketching in the Gallery
Date	Location
If you feel inspired enough by the masterpieces in the gallery to try your hand at a bit of sketching, come along for a session led by artist Damian Callan. There's a different subject each month, and sometimes a live model. View full details
21 Jun–22 Jun Thu & Fri 2–4pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

The End is Nigh! Block Printing Workshop
Date	Location
Taking the apocalyptic theme of the exhibition Cheer Up! It’s Not the End of the World … * as inspiration, print your own doomsday message using this rough and ready old poster medium. *Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
18 Aug 1.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Environmental Landscape Photography
Date	Location
Exploring concepts of 'boundaries, borders, frames and edges' this course takes you on small expeditions around Edinburgh to develop techniques in landscape photography. Price given is for the full six-week course. View full details and ticket info
25 May–29 Jun Fri 2–5pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Expressive Books
Date	Location
Beginner course employing simple printmaking and bookbinding techniques to help you create interesting, recycled and home-made books. Price includes materials and is for the full weekend course. View full details
9 Jun–10 Jun Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

From Sketchbook to Canvas: Drawing On Location and Painting in the Studio
Date	Location
A new course led by experienced tutor and artist Damian Callan, focusing on explorations of the narrative and poetic potential of 'work'. The first sessions are conducted on location, and after considering their sketches at home, students return for days in the studio working them up into painted compositions. View full details
16 Apr–18 Jun Mon 10am–4pm	WASPS Studios, Edinburgh

Graphics, Layout and Print
Date	Location
A digital drawing and publishing course in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign where you will create your own project for print or screen, as well as learn the basics of order, variation, colour and image organisation. Price given is for the full eight-week course. View full details and ticket info
18 Jun–30 Jul Mon 6–9pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Illustrating for Children with Alice Melvin: Masterclass
Date	Location
A masterclass in illustrating books for children with award-winning artist and illustrator Alice Melvin. Booking is essential. View full details
30 Jun 10.30am	Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Introduction to Black and White Photography
Date	Location
Unlock your camera's true potential with this course on the manual functions, development process and printing of the SLR film camera. Price given is for the full four-week beginners' course. View full details
30 May 6pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Introduction to Etching
Date	Location
Learn from members of Edinburgh Printmakers how to work directly onto metal plates to develop beautiful and experimental etchings. View full details
29 Sep–30 Sep Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Introduction to Etching
Date	Location
A six-week course with members of Edinburgh Printmakers, teaching you how to work directly onto metal plates to develop beautiful and experimental etchings. View full details
23 Oct–27 Nov Tue 6–9pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

An Introduction to Modern Art: A Practical One-Day Class
Date	Location
Ever stood in a modern art gallery and thought you could do better? Now's the time to step up and find out. Artist Rosie Lesso introduces you to some of the techniques and practices used in the modern masterpieces on display in the gallery, and you make your own piece of modernist art. View full details
16 Jun 10.30am	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Introduction to Printmaking 1
Date	Location
Weekend course for absolute beginners to learn the basics of this fascinating art. The best bit? You don't even need to be that talented to create something pretty special-looking. Price includes materials, and is for the full weekend course. View full details
16 Jun–17 Jun Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 6 Oct–7 Oct Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Introduction to Printmaking 2
Date	Location
A weekend course, suitable for total beginners, providing an introduction to two simple but effective techniques: monoprinting and relief printing. Price includes materials and is for the full weekend course. View full details
25 Aug–26 Aug Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 17 Nov–18 Nov Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Introduction to Printmaking
Date	Location
Five-week course for absolute beginners to learn the basics of this fascinating art, covering three low-tech types of printmaking: drypoint, collagraph, and relief printing. Price includes materials and is for the full five-week course. View full details
10 May–7 Jun Thu 6–9pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Introduction to Relief Printing
Date	Location
Explore the technique of cutting an image into wood or linoleum and using ink to produce bold and dramatic effects. Price includes materials, and is for the full six-week course. View full details
10 Oct–7 Nov Wed 6–9pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Introduction to Water-Based Screenprinting
Date	Location
Use anything from photocopied images or text to your own drawings to screenprint onto paper. You can also layer up different colours, to gorgeous effect, and use light sensitive stencils to add detail. This is a weekend course, price given is for two days. View full details
23 Jun–24 Jun Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 1 Sep–2 Sep Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 13 Oct–14 Oct Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 17 Nov–18 Nov Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Locating the Nest: Printmaking and Poems Drop In
Date	Location
Writer Tom Pow and poet Hugh Bryden help participants interweave words and images to create a print of a nest. Ages 5+. View full details
2 Jun–3 Jun Sat & Sun 1–4pm	Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Looking Through Their Eyes
Date	Location
Learn how to depict nature in the style of three great masters: Bonnard, Cezanne, Georgia O’Keefe, Matisse, Monet and Van Gogh. Each week focuses on a different artist and that artist's techniques. The course is taught by Helen Jackson and is suitable for both beginners and more experienced artists. Booking is essential. View full details
17 May–5 Jul Thu 1.30–4.30pm	Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Painting Panoramas in Watercolour
Date	Location
A workshop in painting a panorama of the Edinburgh skyline in watercolour, led by artist Emily Learmont. View full details
17 Jul 10.30am	Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Photo-Etching
Date	Location
A one-day course suitable for those with some printmaking experience, introducing you to the latest techniques in photo-etching, a process whereby light-sensitive acid allows photographic and digital images to be etched onto the plate. View full details
20 Oct 10am	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Photography Book Publishing
Date	Location
A project based course on making your own photography book with instruction on design, concept, editing and production. Intermediate level course, for which some photography and computer experience is necessary. Price given is for the full six-week course. View full details and ticket info
12 Apr–31 May Thu 6–9pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Photopolymer & Solarplate Printing
Date	Location
Weekend courses offering an introduction to the art and techniques of photo-intaglio printing, an innovative technique that can be used to produce prints with the qualities of a hand-printed etching. Price given is for the weekend (ie Sat and Sun sessions). View full details
15 Sep–16 Sep Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 3 Nov–4 Nov Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Plate Lithography Evening Class
Date	Location
Five-week course in printmaking using light-sensitive aluminium photo plates. Price includes materials, and is for the full six-week course. View full details
24 Oct–28 Nov Wed 6–9pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Portrait Photography
Date	Location
Suitable for those wanting to learn the basics of portrait photography from an expert tutor, this one-day course covers formal and informal portraiture, using studio and natural lighting, and technical settings. View full details and ticket info
2 Jun 11am 7 Jul 11am	Stills, Edinburgh

Portrait Photography 2
Date	Location
For the more advanced portrait photographer (or perhaps someone who has completed the first Portrait Photography workshop, last week). This session focuses on shooting on location for fashion and editorial, and after a bit of theory on the first day, participants face an intensive day's shoot on location. Price given is for the full weekend course. Booking is essential. View full details and ticket info
14 Jul–15 Jul Sat & Sun 11am–5pm	Stills, Edinburgh

RBGE Botanical Art Society
Date	Location
A class for those who've mastered the basic techniques of beginning botanical painting; students are encouraged to work at their own pace and seek out the advice of the tutors. Tuesday evenings are tutored by Alicia Salazar, Wednesdays by Alicia Salazar, Louise Olley and Sharon Bradley. Price given is for an eleven-week course. Booking is essential. View full details
15 May–26 Jun Tue 6.30–8.30pm Summer course 1: Tuesday evenings.	Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
16 May–27 Jun Wed 9.30am–12.30pm Summer course 2: Wednesday mornings.	Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Rip Off Workshop!
Date	Location
Inappropriate appropriation is the order of the day in this fun collage workshop. Taking the work of subversive artists The Chapman Brothers (currently on display in the Cheer Up exhibition) and others as inspiration. Places very limited. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Booking is essential. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug 1.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Saturday Could Be Creative Writing Day
Date	Location
A tour of works from the permanent collection followed by a creative writing workshop. View full details
16 Jun 10.15am	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
14 Jul 10.15am 22 Sep 10.15am 20 Oct 10.15am 17 Nov 10.15am	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Screenprinting Workshop: Dialogue
Date	Location
Have a go at screenprinting from your own photos or drawings, inspired by the work on show in the gallery's current exhibition, Dialogue. Ages 16+. Places very limited. Booking is essential. View full details
7 Jul 11am	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Sound Recording and Editing for Artists & Filmmakers
Date	Location
Add dimension to your films and video art with the techniques explained in this two-day course. A mixture of critical analysis and practical application covers recording and editing voice, location and foley sounds for film and art installations. Computer experience is required. Price given is for the full weekend course. View full details and ticket info
9 Jun–10 Jun Sat & Sun 11am–5pm	Stills, Edinburgh

Stone Lithography
Date	Location
Learn how to prepare stones for printing images including crayon, tusche washes and photocopy transfers. Price includes materials, and is for the full weekend course. View full details
22 Sep–23 Sep Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm 24 Nov–25 Nov Sat & Sun 10am–5.30pm	Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

Ways of Seeing
Date	Location
A workshop with artist Jo Arksey incorporating a playful reinterpretation of drawing, in which expressive markmaking is used as a way to visualise emotions without specific imagery. View full details
9 Jun 10.30am	City Art Centre, Edinburgh

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