At Schilderles Utrecht, everyone is welcome, from the absolute beginner to the experienced student. In our courses, you receive personal instruction from our teachers, with whom you can follow a lesson program or design on your own path. All the assignments can be viewed via videos. We use a flexible roster so you can plan your lessons around your schedule. This way, everyone can come paint with us.
The
studio
Schilderles Utrecht is located in the Vechtclub XL, a former factory building, on a ten-minute bike ride from Central Station. In this vibrant place you will find various creative companies, such as ceramic studios and several designers. Park your car for free in the spacious parking lot and discover the magic of oil painting in our studio.
Our
courses
Trial Course oil paint
Trial Course oil paint
- 4 lessons, 2.5 hours each, in our studio
- Valid for 10 weeks from date of purchase
- Flexible planning via our online roster
- Oil paint, brushes, and solvent included
- With extra online instructional videos (via Vimeo)
- 169 (incl. VAT)
Basics Course oil paint
Basics Course oil paint
- 10 lessons, 2.5 hours each, at our studio
- Valid for 5 months from date of purchase
- Flexible planning via our online roster
- Oil paint, brushes, and solvent included
- With extra online instructional videos (via Vimeo)
- 319 (incl. VAT)
Extended Basics Course oil paint
Extended Basics Course oil paint
- 20 lessons, 2.5 hours each, at our studio
- Valid for 8 months from date of purchase
- Flexible planning via our online roster
- Oil paint, brushes, and solvent included
- With extra online instructional videos (via Vimeo)
- 639 (incl. VAT)
One-year Course oil paint
One-year Course oil paint
- 40 lessons, 2.5 hours each, at our studio
- Valid for one year from date of purchase
- Flexible planning via our online roster
- Oil paint, brushes, and solvent included
- With extra online instructional videos (via Vimeo)
- 1179 (incl. VAT)
Follow-up courses
Follow-up courses
Did you follow a course and want to continue painting?
Take one of our follow-up courses to keep developing your painting techniques!
Workshops
Workshops
- inspiring workshops in our studio
- with our teachers or a guest instructor
- explore a painting technique, a particular artistic school, or a specific subject
At-home Painting Courses
At-home Landscape Painting Course
- acrylic paint in four basic colors, brushes, a palette and a canvas
- instructional videos that you can watch when it suits you best
- including a gift card
Gift card
Gift card
- an inspiring gift
- for the course of your choice
- valid for two years
Plan your lessons
on your schedule
Because we teach multiple painting classes per week and guide everyone personally, you can choose when you want to join us. After you have booked a course, you can immediately begin planning your lessons on our roster.
The
instructors
Jan Timmers
Jan is a visual artist en mainly works with oil paint. He graduated from the HKU in 2023, with a degree in Fine Art, after gratuating from Fine Art & Education earlier in 2021. For him, painting is a game of building up and tearing down, where he belances between recognision and alienation.
Elma Čavčić
Elma Čavčić graduated from the HKU, in Fine Art and Design in Education. Since then, she has been working as a visual artist and teacher. Elma makes both abstract and realistic art and specializes in collages and still lifes. An important theme in her work is the war from her parents’ stories.
Martijn den Ouden
Martijn graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy with a degree in Image and Language. Martijn is a teacher at various art academies, like the ArtEZ Academie for Art & Design in Zwolle en the AKI in Enschede. In addition to being a visual artist and owner of Schilderles Utrecht, he is also a writer. From the vantage point of several disciplines, Martijn expertly guides you through your creative process.
About
us
Schilderles Utrecht is an initiative of Janne Colenbrander. Together with Martijn den Ouden, she founded Schilderles Amsterdam, a busy studio where visual artists and students meet. Janne made her mark in the book industry, where she created successful campaigns at various publishers and collaborated with numerous writers and visual artists.
With Schilderles Utrecht, we want to create a space where everyone is welcome, the student is central, and the pleasure of painting is experienced.
What our students say about our Amsterdam studio
“Lovely fresh, open space. Good advice. Quiet work environment.
You can make your own plan or follow the assignments with instructions. Would recommend!”
“I think you’re a strong team: enthusiastic, motivating, and inspiring feedback on your work. The teachers divide their attention and time evenly among all the students.”
“Nice, open atmosphere, good support from the teachers. You can follow the lessons or work on your own paintings… Wonderful!”
“I enjoy it. There is lots of room for self-development and discovery.”
