Emily Roberts
My approach to teaching is one of mutual discovery. Firmly grounded in the atelier tradition, I always work alongside the student in order to guide and move through obstacles together. The basis of the method I use is very step by step, offering guidance to those with less experience, but allows for the personal expression and touch of the individual to shine through.
Emily Roberts is an artist and art teacher specialising in working from life and imagination. After training at Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence where she took on various teaching roles, she moved to Margate and then Cornwall.
Emily has taught in studios in Antwerp, Basel, Florence, Firle, London and across Cornwall.
Her work is held in private collections across Europe and North America. In her newer, more personal work, she hopes to bring traditional methods to a contemporary experience, bridging the void between the visual tradition and the modern psyche.
What our students say
Excellent teacher!
Approachable teacher, informal and friendly.
I thought the course was thoughtfully structured and the process was really helpful to understand the fundamentals. I was initially reticent to the idea of two days of sketching but found that it really helped me hone in on the details and move towards painting the portrait with a lot of the structure, composition, tonal range, thought out.
Emily was great – incredibly helpful, concise feedback and strategy. Just brilliant.
Courses with Emily Roberts
Still Life in Oils: Lessons from the 17th Century
Art Courses - Oil - Still Life
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Course ID: a00Nz00000NBp8U
Active Instance: a02Nz000009R8U9IAK, 01-Dec-2025
Craft a striking layered oil painting that evokes depth and volume through the masterful use of texture, colour, and chiaroscuro.
| 1 - 3 Dec - 3 days - £425 | Book |
The Realistic Portrait
Art Courses - Oil - Figure
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Course ID: a00Nz00000A91VN
Active Instance: a02Nz000009BvU1IAK, 10-Nov-2025
How do you paint realistic portraits with great accuracy and detail? Learn how to master light and shadow and the basics of the classical sight size technique.
| 10 - 13 Nov - 4 days - £595 | Full | Request |