Sat painting course for all levels. Budapest
26 September, 3 October, 10 October & 17 October 2026
Saturdays, 10:00–13:00

In this four-week course, we will explore the work of artists who travelled, lived abroad or became fascinated by cultures different from their own. We will look at how they painted local people, traditional costumes, landscapes and everyday life — and how their encounters with other cultures influenced their artistic language.

Our inspirations will include Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Amrita Sher-Gil and other artists who found new subjects and new ways of painting through travel and cultural encounters.

We will begin each project by studying and copying a painting by one of these artists. From there, we will move towards our own work, experimenting with different genres and approaches — from a portrait based on a photograph to a painting from a live invited model.

You will learn how to:

• study a master painting and understand how it is constructed;
• work with colour, composition and simplified forms;
• translate a reference into your own painting rather than simply copying it;
• approach portraiture, figure painting and other subjects through the language of different artists;
• use inspiration from another culture as a starting point for developing your own visual language

The goal is not to reproduce an exotic image, but to look closely at how artists respond to unfamiliar places, people and visual traditions — and then find your own way of transforming that experience into a painting.

Our artists have gone from their very first stroke to their first sale. We've helped participants exhibit and sell their work — through our own curated art markets and joint shows. You could be next.