From Sketch to Portfolio – Drawing and Painting Course with Dr. Konrad Wieniawa-Narkiewicz

About the event

We invite you to participate in a drawing and painting course designed for those planning to study at art academies and wishing to develop their artistic skills. ✨ Dates 2025/2026: 1st semester: - October 9, 16, 23, and 30 - November 6, 13, 20, and 27 - December 4, 11, and 18 - January 8 and 15 2nd semester: - February 5, 12, 19, and 26 - March 5, 12, 19, and 26 - April 9, 16, 23, and 30 🕒 Classes are held from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM 📍 Venue: Oficyna Ermitażu (new museum space - check location) https://maps.app.goo.gl/PcdXLGCinzZFoKqEA 💰 PASS: 1200 PLN / 1st semester (13 sessions) https://bilety.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/pozycje-cennika 1200 PLN - 2nd semester (12 sessions) - passes available from January Instructor: Dr. Konrad Wieniawa-Narkiewicz Participation in the course will significantly expand your creative skills and allow you to create a professional exam portfolio. The program is tailored to the requirements for candidates applying to various departments of art academies, including the Academy of Fine Arts. In the first semester (13 sessions), classes will engage with various drawing tools (e.g., pencil, charcoal, ink, marker) and painting techniques focused on water-based media such as acrylic or gouache. Mastering these artistic techniques will help participants build or supplement their exam portfolio from scratch and prepare precisely for entrance exams. In practice, this means primarily drawing studies of models and still life, as well as painting studies of still life (with possible expansion to various means of expression). The second semester (12 sessions) will continue and creatively develop the experiences from the first semester, with an emphasis on selecting and possibly correcting works. At all stages, it is possible to purchase additional individual consultations. The pass also includes special guided tours of the Royal Sculpture Gallery in the Old Orangery, the Royal Painting Gallery in the Palace on the Isle, and the Royal Graphic Collection in the White House. The tours will be led by specialists from the Royal Łazienki Museum. Dr. Konrad Wieniawa-Narkiewicz - graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at PWSSP in Łódź. He received his diploma in 1993 in the intaglio studio of Prof. Leszek Rózga and painting studio of Prof. Juliusz Narzyński, and later obtained a doctorate at the Faculty of Arts at UMCS in Lublin. His artistic achievements include dozens of solo and group exhibitions. Winner of many awards, including the Grand Prix at the 4th International Painting Biennale "Quadro Art" in Łódź in 2014. In 2017-2018, assistant professor at the European Faculty of Arts at the Vistula University of Finance and Business in Warsaw. Lecturer in postgraduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He has thirty years of teaching experience at various levels of art education, including as a university lecturer and teacher of drawing and painting at the High School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He practices painting, graphics, and drawing.