Atelier Stockholm

Open house May 25, 13:00-16:00

Welcome to our OPEN HOUSE at Atelier Stockholm - The Swedish Academy of Realistic Art (SARA)

May 25th 2013, 13:00-16:00

Come and spend some times with us at our school in Bergshamra Gård, in Bergshamra, Stockholm, Sweden. Meet our students and faculty. See student and faculty work in an exhibition, see a portrait demonstration, and learn about our program. Share our vision!

The school is located in a beautiful national park by Brunnsviken, just 11 minutes from T-centralen (red line towards Mörby) and a short walk from Bergshamra Södra subway exit.

Ateier Stockholm is a fine art school teaching realistic painting and drawing using long established techniques inherited down through history, as well as contemporary methods. Our unique education attracts students not only from Sweden, but from all around the world. Read more about the education on the SARA-website.

For more information, please contact us:

Telephone: (0)8 730 44 71 or email: info@atelierstockholm.se
SARA – Atelier Stockholm, Pipers väg 165, 17073 Solna, Bergshamra

Paul Tobin workshop

Approach to Rivendell (2012), by Paul Tobin

Paul Tobin spent a couple of days in April at SARA, and gave a lecture greatly appreciated both by students who leans towards working in concept art, and by students with a focus on fine art.

Paul Tobbin

Tobin is based in Wellington, New Zealand, and have been working for the better part of 10 years at Weta Workshop as a concept designer. His works with the Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong, Avatar, The Hobbit, District 9 and Tin Tin probably rings a bell for anyone interested in concept art, film or gaming.

Tobins road to his position at Weta Workshop hasn’t been the most classical one. After failing to gain entrance to any art schools, Tobin eventually pursued Ancient History and Medieval English at Victoria University Wellington, after which he travelled abroad for three years to pursue his interest in exploring and working as a volunteer archeologist. It’s obvious to the eye how his deep interest in history, society and archeology has influenced his work. Arriving back in NZ he enrolled at Massey University’s School of Design, where he spent the next four years specialising in graphic design and illustration and began building his portfolio for Weta.

Sherlock Holmes vs The White Fox Woman (2010), by Paul Tobin for Coilhouse Magazine

The motive behind bringing Tobin the school was to broaden the students horizons, and underline what elements of design which fine art can learn to apply from the world of concept art.

Miles Johnston, a SARA-student from England, spontanous reaction after the workshop is that…
- Paul has extensive experience working within the movie industry so he was able to give us a unique and exciting insight into a possible career outlet for the skills we learn at school. It was fun to put more focus on working from our imagination and definitely a challenge. Paul’s sharp eye for design was inspiring and it was a pleasure to participate!

When not working for Weta and travelling to give lectures, Tobin recently produced his first book in collaboration with 27 artists called “White Cloud Words” - An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art from Aotearoa New Zealand.

We had an amazing time with Paul, and hope to see him again!

Visit his official website to keep up to date with his great work!

OPEN HOUSE - MAY 25TH, 13:00-16:00

Come and spend a few minutes or hours with us at our beautiful school in Bergshamra Gård in Bergshamra. Meet our students and faculty. See student and faculty work. Learn about our program. Share our vision!

NEW WEBSITE!

Visit our new website! We are very excited about our new website and hope you will enjoy looking through it. There are tons of new pictures of life at our magical school. In addition to examples of student work there are pictures of the school environment and the students at work and at play. Check it out:

http://www.atelierstockholm.se/

SARA Students Portrait Painting Group

The students at SARA have created their own after school portrait painting group. After classes are done on Tuesdays and Thursdays they stay and paint for three hours. They take turns modeling for each other and sometimes friends volunteer. Such an ambitious bunch!

Chinese New Year dumpling making party at SARA!