Studio
Where observation becomes a body of work. From a three-year diploma to a single Saturday morning class, Fine Art at RPSA meets you wherever you are, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, illustration and more, all taught by practising artists.
Art Starts Here
Fine Art at RPSA is not one path. It is a full three-year diploma for those ready to commit to the practice, and it is a Saturday morning or a Wednesday evening for those who want to make time for the work alongside everything else. Painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, illustration and mixed media all sit inside this studio, taught by mentors who are practising artists themselves. However you arrive, you leave with real skill and work you made yourself.
This is where you learn to see properly, and then to make from what you see. The Fine Art Studio works across painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, illustration and mixed media — not as separate subjects, but as one continuous practice of looking, testing, and remaking until the work is genuinely yours.
Whether you are here for three years or three weeks, the approach does not change: you work from day one, alongside mentors who are practising artists themselves, in a studio small enough that nothing gets missed.
Best suited to those drawn to observation, image-making, material exploration and an ideas-led practice.
Programmes & Study
Accredited diploma
Diploma in Fine Art
A three-year studio-based diploma across painting, drawing, printmaking and more — NQF Level 6, SAQA accredited.
3-year diploma, NQF 6
360 credits
SAQA ID 49864
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Fine Art
Collage, originating from the French “coller”, “to glue”. It involves creating an image by combining snippets of photographs, fabric, magazine clippings, and paper — glued onto a surface.
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R682.50
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Fine Art
This wonderful course introduces or expands the knowledge of Intaglio Printmaking with the creation of a Tetra Pak plate with drypoint etching.
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R840
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Fine Art
Discover the disciplined and rewarding art of watercolour illustration or painting.
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R682.50
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Fine Art
Discover the wonderful world of MONOPRINT that allow for unusual freedom and spontaneity.
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R720
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Fine Art
This intensive, introductory figure drawing course with a live model focuses on the fundamentals of drawing the human figure.
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R1,250
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Fine Art
An exciting course exploring style,imaginative content and portraits. It is a course for mixed levels of experience.
3 October - 14 November 2026
Saturday 10:00am - 1:00pm
R2,100
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Fine Art
Make your own limited edition collagraph print.
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R1
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2027 Registrations Now Open
Portfolio-based admission, three accredited diploma programmes, one studio culture built on over fifty years of practice.
