The Swedish Academy of Realist Art Information

The Swedish Academy of Realist Art (SARA) (also known as Atelier Stockholm) is a school of fine art located in Simrishamn, Sweden. It was founded in 2006 as Sweden's first school of fine art dedicated to traditional, realistic drawing and painting. Students are trained in realistic drawing and painting using traditional techniques and methods of the Renaissance, 18th and 19th century European and Russian academies as well as contemporary methods. The education is a three-year program with a curriculum designed as a systematic progression that breaks down the complex and intimidating challenge of learning to draw and paint realistically from life into practical stages. Each stage requires that the student acquire and demonstrate specific skills before advancing to the next more challenging stage. Students progress in a logical, step-by-step fashion leading ultimately to free and confident painting in oil. SARA is one of only a few serious academies in the world that concentrates on the creation of realistic art.