Our Regular Tutors
Peter
Founder & Lead TutorPeter Najad Kasim is a professional 2D and 3D character animator, art tutor, and traditionally trained draftsman and oil painter. Drawn strongly to the visual arts since childhood, he went on to animate characters for major film and video game projects, including The Hobbit Trilogy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Disney’s The Jungle Book, and Grand Theft Auto V.
Peter’s animation and traditional art practices are interconnected. Working in oil and charcoal offers both observational refinement and a meditative, hands-on creative process.
In 2018, he received the Next Generation Fund from London Fine Art Studios for his work in charcoal and oil, an experience that shaped his technique and artistic path. He also studied under master portrait painter Alex Tsavaras, whose mentorship continues to inspire his painting.
Till
Guest InstructorTill is a master of capturing likeness and personality from life, as well as being extremely knowledgeable about oil paint as a technical medium.
He works from live models using the time-tested Alla-Prima method confidently and knows exactly how to express his methods, both in English and native German.
Till is the most recent addition to the team and is excited to pass his skills -learned through persistence, study, trial-and-error - in a way that is easy for newcomers to the medium to understand.
