FULL PROGRAM DRAWING 2025/2026
Heads of Department: Marcelo Costa
Full three-year programme aiming at the development of the technical and conceptual/authorial dimensions in drawing. A diversified learning process leads to the widening of the student’s cultural, technical and artistic horizons. Practical and thematic exercises promote the development of the student’s observation and representation skills, while simultaneously encouraging an experimental attitude in regard to ways of making and the use of materials (oil paint, India ink, gouache, charcoal, pastel, graphite, etc.). Individualized modes of expression should translate a progressive familiarity with the main questions concerning contemporary artistic creation. Personalized attention is paid to each student’s progress, followed in a continuous manner by teachers and confirmed in formal evaluations with the head of department. In each of the three levels of the course, the main objective is to produce an abundant personal portfolio.
Options for further development: Individual Project, Advanced Course in Visual Arts or other.
Teachers: Alexandre Camarao, Ana Santos, António Marques, Francisca Carvalho, Gonçalo Pena, Hugo Bernardo, João Catarino, João Miguéis, Madalena Parreira, Manuel Caldeira, Manuela Falcão, Marcelo Costa, Margot Vilaça, Pedro Calhau, Pedro Tropa, Pedro Barateiro, Pedro Sousa Vieira, Tiago Lança, Pedro Tropa e professores convidados.
Fee 10 x 220€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission No special requirements. By order of enrolment.The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year may be considered after a selective interview with the Heads of Department.
Disciplines
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Enrolment form: https://arco.pt/site/download/pdf/108
Attachments Schedule
Fee 10 x 230€ + 200€ (Insc) + 4,50€ (Seg) (for enrolment up to 15th Semptember)
Admission Drawing Level 2 or recognition of equivalent training (through interview). Presentation of portfolio. The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year may be considered exceptionally after a selective interview with the Heads of Department.
Disciplines
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments Schedule
Fee 10 x 230€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (enrolments until 15th September)
Admission Drawing Level 2 or recognition of equivalent training (through interview). Presentation of portfolio. The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year may be considered exceptionally after a selective interview with the Heads of Department.
Disciplines
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments Schedule
Price 220€ + 22€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Mondays from 14h to 16h30
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Without the line, there is no drawing. Whether clear or fuzzy, subliminal or imagined, it’s the line that makes drawing possible. In his theoretical writings, Kandinsky explains how each curved line gives life to a portion of space and how horizontal and vertical lines give birth to the space where the drawing emerges. We will explore different aspects of the work based on the line with materials such as graphite, pen or colored pencils.
Teachers
Price 90€ +9€ (Insc) + 0,75€ (Seg)
Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment.
Schedule Fridays from 14h to 16h30
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
An open approach to portraiture through drawing. Observation exercises with live models and other sources. Extensive use of various materials: India ink, graphite, coloured pencil and charcoal.
Teachers
Price 90€ + 9€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Fridays from 14h to 16h30
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
Taking landscape as the point of departure, this theme will be explored in various ways, ranging from the most naturalistic to the viewing of landscape as background scenery.
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Drawing Workshop: The stain, space and objects.
Date 5 Jan to 9 Feb 2026
Price 150€ + 15€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (Insurance)
Schedule Monday from 14h to 16h30
Type occasional
Program
On-campus classes.
In each drawing the stain acts as a prelude, making composition possible. Beyond the line and its structures, it opens up a space for representation. Using techniques and materials such as India ink or charcoal, this workshop will deal with this potential of the stain in the creation of surfaces, in the revealing of an object and in the construction of spaces that render drawing possible.
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Night Course: Drawing and Painting 1
Date 7 Oct 2025 to 26 Jun 2026
Price 10 x 160€ + 170€ (Insc) + 4,50€ (Seg) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission Level 1: No requirements. By order of enrolment.
Schedule Tuesdays and Thursdays 20h to 22h30 + Wednesdays 20h00to22h00 (on-premise or on.line, every tolher week,)
Type annual
Program
Drawing and Painting I
On-campus.
7 Oct 2025 to 18 Jun 2026
Tuesdsays and Thursdays 20h00-22h30
Teachers: Hugo Bernado, João Catarino, João Migueis, Marcelo Costa and Margot Vilaça.
The Evening Course in Drawing/Painting follows the general pedagogical orientations of the standard daytime course, providing a more diversified training and a quicker widening of the students’ cultural, aesthetic, and technical horizons. Teachers will likewise attend to the students’ progress in a personalized and differentiated way. Within this context, practical and thematic exercises help promote the students’ capacities for observation and representation as well as the development of their expressive skills. Emphasis on experimentation in what regards both working modes and materials (oil paint, India ink, gouache, charcoal, oil pastel, graphite, etc.) ensure that students will gradually acquire an awareness of the more relevant questions regarding contemporary artistic production. Progress is closely followed by teachers and confirmed in formal evaluations with the presence of the head of department. For each level of the Course, the main objective is the constitution of a portfolio that is both abundant and as personal as possible.
Live Model Drawing I
On-campus classes.
14 Oct to 9 Dec 2025
Tuesdays from 20h to 22h
Teachers: Hugo Bernardo, João Catarino
Live Model Drawing is the situation of observation drawing par excellence, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale, lighting and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.
Lab I (drawing/painting)
On-campus classes.
15 Oct 2025 to 17 Jun 2026.(every other week)
Wednesdays 20h -22h
Teachers: Marcelo Costa and/or guest teachers
Relevant themes within the context of school experience will be discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. The program also includes contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities important for the development of a personal aesthetics and an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing and Painting I.
Live Model in Drawing II
(on-campus)
24 Feb to 28 Apr 2026
Local: Ar.Co – Xabregas
Horário: Tuesdays 20h00-22h00
Teachers:Hugo Bernardo and João Migéis
Live Model is the situation par excellence of observation drawing, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, with scale, lighting and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.
Artistic Residency
(on-campus)
22 to 26 Jun 2026
Location: P28 - Associação de Desenvolvimento Criativo e Artístico, Pavilhão 31 - Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Av. do Brasil n.º 53, 1700-063 Lisboa
Horário: Monday to Friday 10h00 às 17h00
This residency aims at the development of each student’s individual work, at the end of the school year and in a close relationship with the working place. The program will end with a public exhibition of the results obtained.
Notes The Evening Course promotes the development of technical and artistic skills in the areas of Painting/Drawing. Further development options: Level 3 of the Standard Course in Painting or Drawing, Advanced Course in the Visual Arts, Individual Project or other.
Students will always be notified in advance in case of a change of date and/or time or attendance regime.
Teachers
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Enrolment form: https://arco.pt/site/download/pdf/108
Attachments Schedule
Night Course: Drawing and Painting 2
Date 8 Oct 2025 to 26 Jun 2026
Price 10 x 160€ + 170€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission Drawing and painting night course 1 or interview.
Schedule Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 20h to 22h30 (see full programme)
Type annual
Program
Drawing and Painting II
On-campus
8 Oct 2025 to 17 Jun 2025
Wednesdays 20h to 22h30.
Teachers: Alexandre Camarao and João Miguéis
The Evening Course in Drawing and Painting 2 differs from the previous year in two fundamental aspects: a more specific orientation of the experimental dimension, promoting a growing individualization of the students’ work; continuous studio practice, complementing the classroom sessions. As was the case in the previous year, evaluation of the student’s progress is at once continuous (the responsibility of teachers) and formally confirmed several times a year in the presence of the head of department. All throughout the year, participants are expected to build an individual, abundant and consistent portfolio..
Printing Workshop: Printing techniques
on-campus
14 Oct to 9 Dec 2025
Local: Ar.Co Xabregas
Teacher: Madalena Parreira
Tuesdays from 20h00 to 22h30 (every other week)
The workshop will explore the techniques of etching, aquatint, and linocut. The technical work is preceded by the presentation and discussion of the works of contemporary artists-engravers and by the execution of drawings and preparatory studies.
Lab II
On-line + on-campus classes
16 Oct 2025 to 11 Jun 2026 (every other week)
Thursdays 20h00-22h30
The program includes sessions where relevant themes within the context of the school experience are discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. There will be contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities, important for the development of a personal aesthetics and of an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing II.
Workshop: Construção 3D
on-campus
Data: 6 Jan to 10 Feb 2026
Local: Ar.Co, Xabregas
Horário: Tuesdays 20h00 to 22h30
Professora: Manuela Falcão
Workshop: Projecto b
on-campus
Data: 24 Feb to 16 Jun 2026 (every other week)
Local: Ar.Co - Xabregas
Horário: Tuesdays 20h00 to 22h30
Professor: Pedro Barateiro
Artistic Residency
On-campus
22 to 26 Jun 2026
Location: P28 - Associação de Desenvolvimento Criativo e Artístico, Pavilhão 31 - Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Av. do Brasil n.º 53, 1700-063 Lisboa
Horário: Monday to Friday 10h00 às 17h00
This residency aims at the development of each student’s individual work, at the end of the school year and in a close relationship with the working place. The program will end with a public exhibition of the results obtained.
Teachers
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments Schedule
Night Course: Drawing and Painting 3
Date 9 Oct 2025 to 15 Jun 2026
Price 10 x 160€ + 170€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission Drawing and painting night course 2 or interview.
Schedule Mondays and Thursdays from 20h to 22h30 (see full program)
Type annual
Program
Evening Course in Drawing and Painting III
On-campus classes
9 Oct 2025 to 11 Jun 2026
Thursdays 20h00-22h30
Location: Ar.co - Xabregas
teachers: Pedro Calhau and Pedro Sousa Vieira
Orientation of the students’ work is highly individualized, approaching the model of tutorials. Thursday classes are more dedicated to this type of orientation, promoting an informed and up to date attitude. Wednesday and Friday classes have a more theoretical character, aiming to stimulate and contextualize the individual work of each student.
Lab III (Drawing/Painting)
On-line or on-campus classes.
13 Oct 2024 to 15 Jun 2026
Mondays 20h00-22h30
Location: Ar.Co - Xabregas
Teacher: Marcelo Costa, Pedro Calhau e Pedro Sousa Vieira
Relevant themes within the context of the school experience will be discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. The program also includes contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities, important for the development of a personal aesthetics and of an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing and Painting III
Guest Artists (Night)
28 Jan, 11 Mar, 6 May 2026
Location: Ar.Co – Xabregas
Wednesdays 20h00 às 22h30
Artists visit the 3rd grade students' studios to comment on and analyze their work.
Teachers: Francisca Carvalho, Manuel Caldeira e Pedro Barateiro
Notes students will always be notified in advance in case of a change of date and/or time or attendance regime.
Teachers
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments Schedule
Price 200€ + 20€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Tuesdays from 20h00 to 22h00
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Live Model Drawing is the situation of observation drawing par excellence, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.
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Evening Workshop Live Model Drawing II
Date 18 Feb to 8 Apr 2025
Price 200€ + 20€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)
Schedule Tuesdays from 20h00 to 22h00
Type occasional
Program Live Model is the situation par excellence of observation drawing, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.
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