Our Regular Tutors

Peter

Founder & Lead Tutor

Peter 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 Instructor

Till 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.

Guest Instructor

Yasmine Elgamal

I am a figurative painter, drawn to the human figure in the subtle narratives of everyday life, often framed, accompanied or taken over by flowers; sometimes vibrant with full petals and lush leaves, other times fading, with twisted petals, curled leaves, and fragile stems. By blending still life and figure, I capture moments from daily life with a touch of poetic license, painting in oil with a direct, expressive technique. My practice is rooted in close observation, yet reaches beyond realism to explore intimacy, memory, and the presence of impermanence in the everyday.

Born in Rome in 1993, I recently relocated to Germany.

In the last years my work has been recognized internationally through prizes such as The Almenara Prize in Cordoba(winner of the Moving Award, 2025) and curated group exhibitions, such as:

  • "Running with scissors" at Anders Gallery in Berlin (2026)

  • ''Under Cover" (2026) and "Blindness" (2025), at Espaço Exibicionista Gallery in Lisbon

  • "Tronies" at Salmagundi Gallery in New York (2023)

  • "Wish You Were Here" at Dalek Art Gallery in Antwerp (2022).

Nationally (in Italy), I had my work shown at Galleria delle Arti (Rome) for the double-solo show "Personale" (2025).

Also I have participated in Art Collection at Palazzo Pisani Revedin in Venice (2021), Private at the Accademia di Belle Arti di San Pietroburgo in Florence (2020), and collaborated with Contemporary Cluster in Rome (2022). My professional trajectory also includes a collaboration with Tevere Art Gallery in Rome (2019–2020) and commissioned works for Mizuno’s launch event (Milan, 2023).

Guest Instructor

Pablo Kencana Brandt

I was born in 2000 in Berlin Kreuzberg, into a family of artists, where creativity was always part of my life. My artistic journey, however, truly began during the pandemic years, when I chose to develop a classical foundation in painting at the Florence Academy of Art.

To fund my education, I worked as an industrial climber repairing wind turbines. After a year and a half of preparation, I was admitted to the Academy, where I immersed myself not only in drawing, painting, and sculpture, but also in anatomy, art history, and the craft of materials — from grinding pigments to preparing canvases.

With a foundation in craftsmanship and art history, I now look toward contemporary culture, asking fundamental questions about our modern age. I draw from my cultural background, a lifelong passion for philosophy, and inner explorations through meditation retreats and transformative psychedelic experiences.

What does it mean to create beauty in a fractured world?


Can we still speak the language of the old masters without slipping into nostalgia?

I invite you to follow along as the journey unfolds.