Life Painting & Drawing Course
This evening course offers the opportunity to develop figurative painting and drawing based on working with a live model. In addition to drawing techniques, participants can also choose painting approaches — for example, acrylic, watercolor, or smaller formats of oil painting. Emphasis is placed on proportions, perspective, body structure, composition, volume, and character expression.
Spring 2027
The dates and details for the summer semester course will be announced in January 2027.
Autumn 2026
The course runs from 9 September to 16 December 2026, every Wednesday from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (28 hours in total).
The course takes place at the Modern Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts (AVU), Výstaviště 188, Prague 7.
Subject to change.
Registration is only possible via the registration form until 31 August 2026.Participants under the age of 18 must provide written consent from their legal guardian, as the course includes drawing from a live nude model. The signed consent form must be brought to the first course session and handed to the instructor.
The course fee is CZK 6,100. Payment must be received no later than 6 September 2026. If the fee is not paid by this deadline, the place will automatically be offered to a participant on the waiting list.After submitting your registration, you will receive a confirmation email informing you of your acceptance to the course, together with payment instructions.
The course is led by MgA. Radim Langer, Ph.D.
Bring your drawing supplies, fixative, cardboard, and a cloth for drawing; we will provide everything else.
For painting, bring your own brushes, palette, preferably acrylic, tempera, or watercolor paints, a container for water, a cloth, and, if necessary, your own sturdy pad.
If you have any questions, please contact us at kurzyproverejnostavu@avu.cz.
Radim Langer (born 1985, Zlín, Czech Republic) is a painter, writer and educator. He studied at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Brno before continuing his education at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM), where he worked across both applied and fine art studios. He completed an internship in a painting studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, undertook study placements in Portugal and New Mexico (USA), and received his PhD from UMPRUM. He lives and works between the Czech Republic and Italy. His practice is centred on contemporary abstract painting. He explores the relationships between light, colour, matter and space, developing the painting as an open structure in which the experiences of the body, landscape and perception intersect.
His process is based on layering, transformation and the search for the internal relationships that shape the image.
His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad. He is the author of the novel Manuály (Revolver Revue, 2016). At the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, he teaches drawing and painting from the live model as a means of developing close observation and a deeper understanding of the human body. His teaching draws upon an interest in anatomy, medicine and the internal structures of living organisms, connecting them with artistic thinking about form, movement, light and space.He places particular emphasis on an individual approach, sustained attention and the development of each student’s own way of seeing.