Welcome to PADASOR – A Video Tour

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Michael Harding comes to PADASOR!

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Courses Announced for Fall 2025

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The PADASOR 2025 Exhibition

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Courses Announced for Spring 2025

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Courses Announced for Fall 2024

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Learning to Draw and Paint: an Educational Odyssey

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Escape the daily digital grind

Take refuge in a realm of the real

Learn to draw and paint what you see with care and coordination

An educational odyssey of timeless narratives and illusional spaces awaits

Registration is now open for the following courses:

  • Life Drawing
    Book your place at the easel: €17.50 per session
    THURSDAY EVENINGS, STARTING SEPT. 14 • 18:00 – 20:00
    SATURDAY MORNINGS, STARTING SEPT. 16 • 11:00 – 13:00
  • The Fundamentals: Painting the Still-Life
    Start your journey in oil painting with a still-life
    4 lessons, €140
    Instructor: Timothy Joseph Allen
    STARTS TUESDAY, SEPT. 26 • 18:00 – 20:00
  • The Portrait from Life: Examining Van Dyck
    Take a deep dive into the technique of Van Dyck and apply it to the making of a portrait from life
    11 lessons, €450
    Instructor: Timothy Joseph Allen
    STARTS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27 • 18:00 – 20:00
  • Painting the Portrait alla Prima
    Make a portrait from life in two hours
    4 lessons, €160
    Instructor: Marco Casalvieri
    STARTS SATURDAY, SEPT. 30 • 13:30 – 15:30
  • Drawing the Realistic Nude
    Learn to draw the figure from life
    4 lessons, €180
    Instructor: Alessandro Dupré
    STARTS SATURDAY, SEPT. 30  • 16:00 – 18:15

All courses are taught in English and Italian.

Painting the Self-Portrait with Nick Chaundy: Mirrors and Magic

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Painting the self-portrait is a good ‘final exam’ for any beginner and an appropriate mile marker for any with years of experience.  As I like to say, you are your best model: you are there when you need you and you work for cheap.  Take all the time you need.

Nick Chaundy’s approach to the self-portrait is practical and complete: using a limited palette, he walked us through the process of an underpainting, an overpainting, and ended with a brilliant demo of glazing and scumbling.  As a teacher, he blends perfectly the time spent doing demos with the time spent assisting each student.

I like to say, “there is magic to the mystery, but there is no mystery to the magic.”  Nick does an exceptional job demonstrating that wielding the magic of painting means mastering the craft.

Many thanks to Nick for taking the time to join us.  Special thanks to Helen, Carol, and Nika for participating.

I hope to have Nick back again soon!

– Tim

Painting the Self-Portrait with Nick Chaundy was conducted at the PADASOR studio from June 19th to the 23rd, 2023.