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ClassBento money-back guarantee
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at £500. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Acrylic Portrait Painting Course
Join us for a painting course in London, designed to build confidence and creativity.
3 x 2 hours
1 to 30 guests
£90
What you'll do
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arrow_right_alt arrow_downward- Face proportions and guidelines
- Basic sketching of a portrait
- Introduction to acrylic materials
- Block in main shapes (light/dark)
- Mixing skin tones
- Understanding light and shadow
- Layering with acrylics
- Developing facial features
- Refining features (eyes, nose, mouth)
- Adding depth and highlights
- Final adjustments and finishing touches
- Group feedback and review
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Upcoming dates for Acrylic Portrait Painting Course
Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 15 Oct 2026, 6:24am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.
4 upcoming dates between 20 Oct 2026 and 2 Feb 2027.
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 27 Oct, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 3 Nov, 6:30pm-8:30pm
- Tue 17 Nov 2026, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 24 Nov, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 1 Dec, 6:30pm-8:30pm
- Tue 5 Jan 2027, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 12 Jan, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 19 Jan, 6:30pm-8:30pm
- Tue 2 Feb 2027, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 9 Feb, 6:30pm-8:30pm then Tue 16 Feb, 6:30pm-8:30pm
What you'll get
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Knowledge required
Beginner friendly
Session repeats
This class series runs over 3 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.
Location
Art Play - 5 Chelsea Manor Street, London
Closest stations are Sloane square and South Kensington
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Recent reviews of Acrylic Portrait Painting Course
- 5/5 from Jennifer Wincott, attended Dec 2024: Great afternoon portrait painting led by Ross. She showed us face proportion and shading and was very helpful supporting us throughout as we painted. I would highly recommend this class. Thank you Ross
- 5/5 from Shirin Majid, attended Jan 2024: Excellent teacher, learned a lot and had fun plus went home with priceless art! Glad we did it :)
- 5/5 from Maria Lingis, attended Oct 2023: I attended not only my first class at Art&Play but also my first portrait class! It was a very positive experience. (Abigail) the instructor’s guidance was exceptional, lots of time and patience. Abigail’s work is truly inspiring. I feel I have learnt new things, conquered fears, improved my skills, gained confidence, and left with a piece of art I have pride in! Highly recommended and I will be back
- 5/5 from Kate Knowler, attended Sep 2023: The teacher was great - encouraging, chatty, friendly, and very positive about our works of "art" We really enjoyed the experience
- 5/5 from Ellie Booth, attended Aug 2023: Simon was great and made the session very chilled, inclusive and enjoyable! Really fun team activity to do with colleagues/friends. Would definitely recommend :)
- 4/5 from Catherine Cheung, attended Aug 2023: Simon is a very patient tutor, very approachable and teaches us with a systematic approach. Overall a very fun afternoon session!
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Art Play London was founded by Silva Castellani in 2018, starting in galleries such as Phillips, and pop up venues around London.Art Play is now a new art studio which opened in East London in February 2022, where children and adults of all ages are free to release their imaginations and inner creativity. Art Play has a strong focus and the environment and aims to educate children and adults on their environmental impact through art, using a variety of sustainable mediums and materials. Art Play is part of the worldwide Precious Plastic community which means it will be a plastic collection point for people to drop off their HDPE plastic which would otherwise end up in landfills or the ocean. The plastic is then shredding and melted and turned into useful objects and pieces of art, such as plant pots and coasters.
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