Nude drawing courses
Nude drawing course: The art of the human body
Would you like to learn how to capture the human body in all its beauty on paper? Then our nude drawing course from Paint It Easy is perfect for you. It's all about loose lines, lively shapes and sharpening your perception of proportions and details. Whether you're a beginner or already have experience, we'll show you how to create expressive sketches using charcoal, pencil or ink.


Introduction to Painting (Acrylics)
Beginner Course · 6 Weekly Classes
- Multi-day Course
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 6 × 2.5 hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Your painting journey starts here.
This six-week foundation course is designed to give you something far more valuable than simply learning how to use acrylic paint. It teaches you the universal principles of painting—the skills and artistic thinking that form the foundation of almost every painting technique, style and medium you’ll encounter in the future.
Using acrylics as our starting point, you’ll discover how paintings are built from the ground up. Together we’ll explore colour theory, composition, brushwork, values, light and shadow, perspective, texture and layering while gradually developing the confidence to approach any blank canvas with purpose.
Throughout the course, every new concept is introduced through demonstrations, practical exercises and individual projects. Rather than simply copying paintings, you’ll learn why artistic decisions work and how to apply those principles to your own creative ideas.
Because acrylics dry quickly, are incredibly versatile and wonderfully forgiving, they’re the perfect medium for learning the fundamentals of painting. Once you understand these principles, you’ll find it much easier to explore oils, watercolours, gouache or almost any other painting medium in the future.
Whether you’re holding a brush for the very first time or looking to replace guesswork with genuine understanding, this course gives you the knowledge, confidence and creative foundation to continue growing as an artist long after the six weeks are over.
✏️ What to Expect
- A comprehensive six-week introduction to painting
- Weekly guidance from a professional artist
- Live demonstrations introducing essential techniques and artistic principles
- Practical exercises and plenty of personal painting time with individual feedback
- A relaxed and encouraging studio environment
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- The fundamental principles of painting
- Colour theory, colour mixing and color palettes
- Brush techniques, layering and texture
- Light, shadow, values and depth
- Composition and visual balance
- How to confidently start, develop and finish a painting
- Artistic thinking that applies to almost every painting medium
🤔 Is This Course Right for Me?
Absolutely.
Whether you’ve never picked up a paintbrush before or you’re looking for a structured foundation before exploring different artistic styles, this course is the ideal place to begin.
Rather than focusing only on acrylic painting, you’ll develop skills and knowledge that will support your artistic journey across virtually every painting medium you’ll encounter in the future.
Le Petit Prince
Guided Acrylic Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Galaxies, friendship & a little cosmic charm.
In this dreamy painting session, we bring a classic moment to life:
The Little Prince and his fox — sitting on their tiny planets, staring into the stars, thinking deep (and probably adorable) thoughts.
You’ll recreate this sweet, spacey scene with soft colours, flowing lines, and a big dose of heart. Along the way, you’ll learn how to paint an effortless galaxy and sprinkle stars across your sky — simple techniques that create that magical, glowing universe effect without the stress.
It’s peaceful, a little playful, and perfect for anyone who loves the quiet magic of childhood stories — even as a grown-up.
No experience needed. Just show up and paint something that feels like a warm hug from another planet. ✨🦊
Blow Me a Summer
Guided Acrylic Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Action Painting Park
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Ever wanted to paint something that feels playful, bold, and just a little bit unexpected? This is your moment.
In this expressive acrylic session, you’ll create two delicate dandelions set against a dreamy, saturated background of glowing pinks and blues. Light, airy, and full of movement, this piece captures that fleeting moment right before a wish takes flight — yes, you can even blow on it ;)
It’s all about contrast: soft meets bold, tiny details meet sweeping gestures. We’ll show you how to push colour to its limits to create that luminous glow, and how to handle the tiniest elements using surprisingly big, confident brushstrokes. The result? A painting that feels loose, expressive, and full of life.
No need to overthink it — this session is about trusting your instincts, embracing bold choices, and letting the magic happen on the canvas.
A Textured Morning By The Sea
Guided Acrylic Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
The sea was already awake, moving slowly.
This is a place you return to in memory — solid, calm, built layer by layer. A reminder that not everything needs to be light or perfect to be beautiful. Some things are meant to be felt, not thinned down.
In this textured painting session, we’ll work with modelling paste to create depth, structure, and a truly tactile landscape. You’ll learn how to effortlessly blend colour into the paste itself and apply it in different ways across the canvas, building surfaces that feel almost sculptural.
We’ll explore how to mix beautiful muted yet vibrant tones inspired by a Northern European landscape — atmospheric, cool, and quietly luminous rather than Mediterranean brightness. You’ll discover how subtle colour shifts and layered texture can create mood, distance, and emotional depth, turning the surface into something you can almost step into.
Action Painting, Neon Edition
Guided Expressive Abstract Art Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Action Painting Park
- 2.5 hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Splash. Drip. Splatter. Then… Glow.
Looking for a creative experience that’s energetic, expressive and unlike anything you’ve tried before?
Our Neon Action Painting Workshop combines the freedom and excitement of Action Painting with the spectacular world of fluorescent colours and UV light, creating abstract artworks that transform before your eyes.
After a short introduction, your instructor will guide the group through a series of Action Painting techniques while explaining the artistic principles behind strong abstract compositions. You’ll explore layering, movement, colour relationships, texture and composition as your painting gradually develops over approximately two hours. Rather than following a predefined design, every splash, brushstroke and creative decision becomes the inspiration for the next, allowing your artwork to evolve naturally from one moment to another.
Action Painting is an intuitive creative journey. Every mark on the canvas invites a new response, creating a continuous process of experimenting, observing and building upon what has already emerged. Throughout the workshop, you’ll work with a wide variety of paints, bottles, brushes, palette knives, rollers and other creative tools while your instructor demonstrates techniques, shares artistic insights and offers individual guidance whenever you need it.
And then the magic begins.
As the studio lights fade and the UV lights come to life, your painting reveals an entirely new personality. Fluorescent colours begin to glow, hidden details suddenly appear, and layers you barely noticed under daylight transform into vibrant, luminous compositions. What felt exciting before suddenly becomes immersive.
No two paintings will ever look alike. While everyone explores the same techniques together, each participant follows their own creative path, discovering a unique balance between spontaneity, intuition and artistic intention.
Whether you’re looking to switch off after a busy week, celebrate with friends or simply experience painting in a completely different way, the Neon Action Painting Workshop combines creative freedom, artistic guidance and an unforgettable visual spectacle unlike any other workshop.
You’ll leave with a one-of-a-kind artwork that tells two stories—one in daylight, and another that only comes alive under UV light.
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Champagne Skies
Guided Acrylic Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Action Painting Park
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
One glow, all the mystery, maximum vibes.
Ready to get lost in warmth and light?
In this abstract painting session, we’re blending dusky pinks, creamy beige, and shimmering gold — building layers of depth, glow, and quiet drama without painting anything specific.
It’s all about mood on canvas. You’ll create soft fades, luminous highlights, and rich textures with various painting tools like brush, palette knife and sponge. No rules, no right or wrong — just a chance to sink into colour and let it move the way it wants.
Whether you see sunset, silk, or something entirely your own, this one’s about feeling, flow, and that golden moment you never want to end.
Action Painting
Guided Expressive Abstract Art Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Action Painting Park
- 2.5 hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Splash. Drip. Splatter. Total Freedom.
Looking for a creative experience that’s energetic, expressive and completely different from traditional painting?
Our Action Painting Workshop combines the excitement of throwing, dripping and splashing paint with the artistic principles behind creating a powerful abstract artwork.
After a short introduction, your instructor will guide the group through a series of Action Painting techniques while explaining how abstract paintings are built through composition, layering, colour relationships and texture. Rather than recreating a predefined motif, you’ll gradually develop your own artwork over approximately two hours, allowing every splash, brushstroke and creative decision to influence what comes next.
Action Painting is an intuitive journey. Every mark on the canvas becomes the starting point for the next, creating a continuous process of acting, observing and reacting. Along the way, you’ll experiment with a wide variety of paints, tools and creative techniques while your instructor shares demonstrations, artistic guidance and individual feedback whenever you need it.
No two paintings will ever look alike. While everyone explores the same techniques together, each participant follows their own creative path, discovering their own balance between spontaneity and intention.
Whether you’re looking to switch off after a busy week, reconnect with your creativity or simply experience painting in a completely different way, Action Painting offers the freedom to experiment while giving you the artistic guidance to turn expressive marks into a finished abstract composition.
You’ll leave not only with a unique artwork, but with a deeper understanding of how abstract paintings evolve—and the confidence to trust your own creative instincts.
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Rosé-Glam
Guided Acrylic Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Acrylics, texture, and all the glam.
In this abstract painting session, we’re diving into a colour palette that lives somewhere between blush and bold — think peach, pink, rose, and shimmering gold.
Using sponges, palette knives, and brushes, you’ll layer tones and textures to create a one-of-a-kind abstract piece. Whether you go full glam or soft and minimal, this session is all about movement, elegance, and letting your inner glitter goddess do her thing (minus the actual glitter — we’re classy like that).
Introduction to Drawing
Beginner Course · 6 Weekly Classes
- Multi-day Course
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 6 × 2.5 hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Every great artist starts by learning to see.
Drawing is much more than putting pencil to paper. It’s the foundation of almost every visual art form—the skill that teaches you to observe, understand and interpret the world around you.
In this six-week foundation course, you’ll develop the most important artistic ability of all: seeing like an artist. Together we’ll explore observation, proportion, perspective, light, shadow, composition and form while learning how to transform the three-dimensional world around us into convincing drawings.
Every week introduces new concepts through demonstrations, structured exercises and practical projects that gradually build your confidence. Rather than simply learning how to copy what you see, you’ll discover why objects look the way they do—and how artists simplify, analyse and reconstruct them on paper.
Drawing is often described as the language of visual art. Whether you dream of becoming a painter, illustrator, designer, sculptor or simply want to draw with confidence, the skills you develop here will support everything you create afterwards.
If you’ve ever thought “I can’t draw,” this course is here to change your mind. With the right guidance and plenty of practice, you’ll soon discover that drawing isn’t a talent reserved for a few—it’s a skill that anyone can learn.
✏️ What to Expect
- A comprehensive six-week introduction to drawing
- Weekly guidance from a professional artist
- Live demonstrations introducing essential drawing techniques
- Structured exercises that gradually build your observation and drawing skills
- Plenty of individual drawing time with personal feedback
- A relaxed and encouraging studio environment where curiosity and experimentation are always welcome
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- How to observe like an artist
- Shape, proportion and perspective
- Light, shadow and creating three-dimensional form
- Line quality, values and texture
- Composition and visual storytelling
- The universal drawing principles that support every artistic medium
🤔 Is This Course Right for Me?
Absolutely.
Whether you’ve never held a pencil with artistic intention before or you’d like to build a stronger creative foundation before exploring painting, illustration or other artistic disciplines, this course is the ideal place to begin.
The skills you’ll develop here won’t just improve your drawings—they’ll change the way you observe the world and support every creative step that follows.
Introduction to Oil Painting
Beginner Course · 4 Weekly Classes
- Multi-day Course
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Painting Studio & Action Painting Park
- 4 × 2.5 hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Rich colours. Timeless techniques. Paintings that only get more beautiful with time.
There’s a reason the world’s greatest masterpieces were painted in oils. Rich colours, incredibly smooth blending, luminous light effects and the freedom to keep refining your work make oil painting one of the most rewarding artistic mediums to learn.
In this four-week course, you’ll discover everything you need to start painting with confidence. Whether you’ve never touched a tube of oil paint before or would like to build a stronger foundation, we’ll guide you through the essential techniques step by step.
Unlike acrylic paint, oils stay workable for much longer, giving you time to blend colours seamlessly, soften transitions and gradually build beautiful layers. Throughout the course, you’ll learn how to mix colours, understand light and shadow, work with brushes, palette knives and painting mediums, and create paintings with depth, atmosphere and personality.
Every class combines live demonstrations with plenty of hands-on painting time, allowing you to immediately apply what you’ve learned while receiving individual guidance from your instructor. Along the way, you’ll also become familiar with the materials, tools and studio practices that artists have used for centuries.
✏️ What to Expect
- A carefully structured four-week learning journey
- Weekly guidance from a professional artist
- Live demonstrations introducing each new topic
- Plenty of individual painting time with personal feedback
- Practical tips, techniques and professional workflows
- A relaxed, encouraging atmosphere where you can experiment and grow
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- Colour mixing and the unique properties of oil paint
- Brushwork, palette knife techniques and painting mediums
- Creating depth through light, shadow and colour
- Layering techniques and understanding drying times
- Choosing the right materials for your artistic goals
- Building confidence to continue painting independently
🤔 Is This Course Right for Me?
Absolutely.
Whether you’re completely new to oil painting or would like to revisit the fundamentals with professional guidance, this course offers the perfect introduction to one of history’s most celebrated artistic mediums.
Rhapsody of Northern Lights
Guided Acrylic Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Action Painting Park
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Aurora, but make it neon.
A classic northern landscape — dark mountains, quiet water, and a sky waiting to explode with colour. Then we turn the lights up. In this bold, playful painting session, we’ll transform a traditional aurora landscape with neon paints, electric colour, and expressive abstract gestures.
You’ll start with the foundations of a classic landscape, learning how to create depth, atmosphere, and a sense of space. Then comes the fun part: layering luminous neon colours over the scene with bold, flowing brushstrokes that twist, sweep, and dance across the sky.
We’ll explore how abstract marks can work on top of a realistic landscape — adding movement, energy, and personality without losing the sense of place underneath. You’ll play with colour contrast, layering, transparency, and expressive brushwork to make the aurora feel almost alive.
There’s no need to make every stroke perfect. In fact, the opposite. This one is about letting go, making big gestures, and seeing what happens when a little chaos meets a well-built landscape.
Classic underneath. Psychedelic on top.
A little bit northern lights, a little bit neon dream. 🌌✨
Thick Wave, Thin Shade
Guided Acrylic Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Sculpt. Shape. Sunbathe. A beach day on canvas.
In this semi-guided textured event, we’re going overhead — your view of the seaside from above. With modelling paste and paint, you’ll learn to shape foamy waves, sandy shores, and scatter tiny umbrellas with sunbathers below. Think playful details, summer vibes, and a splash of humour worked into every stroke.
No experience needed — just a taste for fun, bright colours, and beachy imagination. You’ll leave with a holiday scene that’s tactile, vibrant, and full of summer joy.
Why take a nude drawing course at Paint It Easy?
We believe that nude drawing is far more than just a drawing exercise - it's an art form that trains your technique, your eye and your imagination. Of course, we'll teach you the basics of proportions, light and shadow. But the best thing is that you get to try out a lot. With short sketches, long studies and different materials, you will have fun and find out what suits you best. Our focus is on practical work. And if you dare, you will realise: People are the most exciting subject you can draw.
Absolutely! We'll show you step by step how to develop your skills - no stress, just fun drawing.
No, we provide everything. All you need to bring is curiosity and a desire to be creative.
Yes, of course! Drawing together is twice as much fun, so grab your favourite people and sign up!
Our offers in Zurich and Basel
Our nude drawing courses are for anyone who wants to try out their creativity - regardless of whether you are a beginner drawing your first lines or a professional looking to refine your technique. You will learn to capture the human body in all its facets, try out different drawing materials and become more confident with every stroke.


Tips and tricks from drawing maniacs
We are a creative bunch of artists who want to share their passion for nude drawing with you. With a lot of passion, good humour and patience, we will teach you everything you need to know - from proportions to unusual techniques. We have no strict rules, but plenty of room for experimentation. We look forward to drawing with you.
Peter
Pati
Eszti
Coco - +31Zum Team
Nude drawing courses in Zurich and Basel
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FAQs - What you always wanted to know about nude drawing
The term "nude" comes from art and refers to the depiction of the naked human body - whether in painting, drawing or sculpture.
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