Raw Umber Studios

Excellent courses run by amazing artists - the facilities are great, and the staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. Overall highly recommended and cant wait to return!

A lovely studio with great space, resources, courses and the warmest welcome. The quality of teaching is excellent, encouraging and inspiring. Having followed their weekly online drawing sessions through Covid-19, I finally met Neil and Lizet in person in October 2022 and have attended several courses since - all excellent! And I Plan to enjoy many more next year too...hope to meet you there! Oh and P.S. RawUmberStudio has introduced us to Stroud, a lively, bohemian and interesting small town.

Beautiful studio with great lighting and resources. Attended a fantastic workshop with visiting artist Oliver Sin in his first UK workshop, well done Raw Umber! worth every penny! Highly recommend.

I thoroughly enjoyed my recent life drawing class at Raw Umber Studios with Lydia Cecil. The whole set up was totally professional, in a great location and with superb facilities, and models Kate and Azhm did a brilliant job holding their poses solidly over the three days. Lydia was a great tutor, keeping her advice clear and simple, and tailoring her teaching to meet individual students' needs. I have taken away some great tips and techniques that will improve my drawing, and I will certa...

I enjoyed a four day portrait painting course here. The studio is spacious, bright and airy, with all the amenities you would want . There is parking on site and access is easy. The course was very well taught, using good professional models. The people were friendly and welcoming and learning was made appropriate for several levels of learners.