Register here for the course of your choice please include any experience you have of art education or self taught. No experience is necessary and it is a requirement for applicants to be at beginner level for our foundation oil painting course. If you do have experience please register for INTERMEDIATE oil.

Fees and pricing

We have a tier system for those who cannot afford the normal price we offer a solidarity price. When you fill out the application please let us know your personal circumstances over this. We may ask for some evidence or might have run out of places on the course you are looking for. We would then look to place you on the next course with availability.

Refund policy

A deposit is payable to secure a place on our courses of 150 euros without this we cannot garantee your place since we only run small class sizes. A refund of the deposit is possible up until 3 weeks before the first class, no refund is possible after that point and we can not return the deposit and will seek to place you on the next available course. A return of the full fee is possible at 50% three weeks before the course start date after 3 weeks before the course starts the fee is non refundable. The fee is payable on the date of your first class, if you need to spread the payments out over the course length we can set up a payment plan. If the course is unable to run due to sickness of tutors or for other reasons owing to Burnt Sienna then students will be refunded their course fees.

Lateness, missed classes and sickness

If you will be more than 10 minutes late without letting the tutor know, please expect to miss the class. Of course life happens but let us know as soon as you know what's going on, places on our courses are precious and with only limited spaces in an intimate setting we look for discipline in our students, this in turn is great for artistic output!

 If you are ill for a class or unable to attend please let us know as far in advance as possible via email or WhatsApp. We can offer a refund of the deposit up to 2 weeks before the start of the course and not afterwards. If you are ill please wait until you are fully recovered to attend your class.  We do as far as possible offer students alternative classes and catchup classes whereever it is feasible to do so.

We welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whether you have never picked up a paint brush before or are taking a sabbatical from your working life to pursue a career in painting. You might have even taken a Masters of Art and never learnt the basic principles of drawing or painting. The latter is very common since nower days art schools do not teach the fundamentals of painting or drawing.

Beginners are especially welcome since the course is geared towards those wanting to gain the basic traditional studio skills required to carry out oil painting or drawing.

What we teach and how we teach it cannot be found anywhere else in Berlin. we pride ourselves on small classes 4-6 students and dedicated one on one tutorials and demonstrations.

With Academic levels of teaching, knowledge and studio practice we offer our students the space, time and breadth of knowledge to aquire and develop traditional skills in oil painting and drawing. Our tutors are trained to Masters level of Fine Art or the equivalent and undergo rigorous training in order to deliver the foundation courses to the highest standards.

further. information and next steps ….

We invite applicants to the studio for an informal interview this way we can see where you are creatively and whether your ambitions match our course criteria and visa versa. This is incredibly important for us since we expect our students to develop and take as much as possible from the foundation courses.  

We conduct these meetings furthermore for you to get familiar with the studio, ask any questions you might have about the courses, for you to see previous works of students and for you to get a feel for the studio. We can at this time assess your reliability to attend class.  We ask you to be settled in Berlin at least 3 months ( or have a good set up in place that creates stability) and have good work boundaries with your employer.

If you do have any sketchbooks, journals, paintings etc feel free to bring those along, although not essential it is great for us to know your artistic practice a little before you join a class and discuss what could be developed based on existing work.

We look forward to reading your application.

Louise Lenz

school director