Scheduling Lessons & Courses

Regular Lesson Times at the Studio in Brighton

Lessons are available within the following times:

Tuesday 9am-9pm

Thursday 9am-9pm

Sunday 9am-9pm

it is recommended that you arrange your personal diary and confirm a regular weekly or fortnightly schedule, to ensure continued availability. 

Note: the minimum time for an oil painting lesson is 2 hours.  

Timing

• Lesson time will be counted and charged from the beginning of the time booked. For example, if a lesson is scheduled for 2pm-4pm, but the student arrives at 2:15pm, the lesson will still end at 4pm and the full two hours will be charged.  This is so that other lessons can begin on time and personal committments can also be fulfilled. 
• There can be no changes to the lesson time at short notice. A request to change the start and end time of a lesson will be considered a request to cancel and re-book the lesson (see cancellations policy). If I have received a short-notice cancellation      from another student, then I may offer a more desirable time, but this would be the only exception.
• It is recommended that students aim to arrive a minute or two prior to the beginning of the lesson.  Please do not arrive more than a few minutes early as sometimes there is only a short turnover period between different students having lessons and they need time to pack up and leave.  I also need time to clear up and prepare the studio.
  

Intensive Lessons at the Studio in Brighton

Intensive tuition can be booked to complete 4 or more hours of lesson time in a single day. 

This would usually take place on a Monday or Friday.

Home-Based Lessons & Courses

Lessons can be taken at home, locally as well as outside of Brighton & Hove, depending on available times. 

See specific locations or make an enquiry.

24 hour cancellation policy

Please see cancellations policy

Cancellation of Lessons

Cancellations - 24 hour policy (effective from 22nd April 2025)

When making a booking, the fee covers not only the lesson itself, but also the time.

Every booking is a time period that is specially reserved and will not be offered to another student. Therefore, students will often have to book lessons that are not at the ideal times for them (due to their preferred times already being reserved for another student).

This means that my time periods are not only valuable me, but also to my students.

With the above in mind, the following rule applies with no exceptions:

The full amount of time booked will be charged or deducted for any lesson cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.

The above rule also applies to changing the time of a lesson at short notice or re-scheduling a lesson to a different day, as this involves cancelling one appointment and making a new one.

Note: Until 22nd April 2025 half time may be charged / deducted for a cancellation with less than 24 hours notice (less than one hour notice or a no-show will be charged / deducted at full time). Anyone who paid for a block of hours prior to 22nd April 2025 will only be subject to these rules until all of those hours have been used.

Important Updates (effective from 22nd April 2025)

Due to increased demand, it is strongly recommended that regular schedules are fixed or multiple lessons are booked in advance, while time periods remain available.

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Timing

• Minimum lesson time for oil painting will be 2 hours.

• Lesson time will be counted and charged from the beginning of the time booked.

• Lesson time cannot be changed at short notice (see cancellations policy).

• Please aim to arrive a minute or two prior to the lesson start, but not too early as a previous student may need time to pack up and 

  leave and I may need time to organise the studio.

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Cancellations

The full amount of time booked will be charged or deducted for any lesson cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.

This includes changing the time of a lesson at short notice or re-scheduling to another day.

See full information >

Note: anyone who paid for a block of hours prior to 22nd April 2025 will only be subject to the previous rules / norms on scheduling, timing & cancellations until those hours have been used, then the above updates will apply.