“Coco” boy Nicole Michelle TULLY, oil on linen, 2022
| 2026 SPRING in PARIS / PORTRAIT PAINTING STUDIO (Afternoons) |
“The eye of one beautiful woman does not sit well in the beautiful face of another; nor does a pretty mouth, it goes without saying. What I’d say is most true is the parts are not only beautiful in themselves, but also in regard to all the other parts.”
[Che un bell’occhio d’una femmina non istà bene sopra un bel viso d’un’altra; così una bella bocca, e vadasi discorrendo; cosa che io direi esser verissima, perché le parti non sono belle solamente per se stesse, ma anche in riguardo alle altre parti.]
– Bernini, Vita del Cavaliere Gianlorenzo Bernini (1682)
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| LOCATION: | The Spring in Paris – Portrait Painting Studio (Afternoons) will offer theory and practice in portrait painting from life at our Montmartre Studio (75018 Paris). Please see our Facilities page for details on the location. |
| CLASS DATES: | Monday, 11 MAY – Friday, 5 JUNE 2026 (4 weeks) |
| CLASS SCHEDULE: | Portrait painting from life 75 hrs total, Monday – Friday (afternoons only Weeks 1, 2, 3 and all day Week 4) as follows: Week 1: 15 hours, 1430 – 1730 The course will offer a curriculum of in-studio painting only. This course schedule permits simultaneous enrolment in 2026 Spring in Paris – Portrait Drawing Studio (Mornings) in Montparnasse, to study portrait drawing and painting in Paris all day for 5 weeks total. |
| CLASS SIZE: | 12 maximum + instructors |
| WHO is ELIGIBLE? | Anyone may apply – There are no academic or other pre-requisites. All students must enroll full-time for the course. |
| TUITION PRICE: | 2500 EUR Cost of housing in Paris not included. Students required to find and contract their own housing in Paris. |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE: |
FRIDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2025 |
| ADMISSIONS DECISIONS RETURNED: |
SUNDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2025 |
| TUITION PAYMENT DUE: |
SATURDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2025 |
| HOW to APPLY: |
Admissions for 2026 SPRING in PARIS – PORTRAIT PAINTING STUDIO will open soon.
Please review the ADMISSIONS page for general information about the application process. COMING SOON
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: “2026 Spring in Paris – Portrait Painting Studio (Afternoons)”
Our Spring in Paris – Portrait Painting Studio is a special 4-week program that offers a unique curriculum of in-studio painting from life at our Montmartre Studio in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, 70 hrs over 4 weeks (Monday to Friday).
2026 Spring in Paris – Portrait Painting Studio (Afternoons) will be taught by Nicole Michelle TULLY and Timothy STOTZ. The course will offer lecture-demonstrations and critique in the studio 5 days per week.
Students will primarily explore perceptual color using direct/ alla prima painting methods with both limited and prismatic palettes. Multiple portrait models will offer short (3,5 hour) 2-day (7-hour), and longer poses (15 hours) over the 4 weeks.
75 hrs total, Monday – Friday (all day Week 1, and afternoons thereafter) as follows:
Week 1: 15 hours, 1430 – 1730
Week 2: 15 hours, 1430 – 1730
Week 3: 15 hours, 1430 – 1730
Week 4: 30 hours, 930 – 1230; 1430 – 1730 daily
The course will offer a curriculum of in-studio painting only. No museum component is offered in this class.
This course schedule permits simultaneous enrolment in 2026 Spring in Paris – Portrait Drawing Studio (Mornings) in Montparnasse, to study portrait drawing and painting in Paris all day for 5 weeks total.
The course will offer a curriculum of in-studio portrait painting only. No museum component is offered in this class.
Studio Escalier – Montmartre Studio (75018 Paris)
FACULTY
The 2026 Spring in Paris – Portrait Painting Studio will be taught in studio by founding faculty Nicole Michelle TULLY and Timothy STOTZ.
See our FACULTY page for instructor biographies and additional portfolio images.
Ashley (Attic Window) by Nicole Michelle TULLY, oil on linen, 2025
