{"id":466540,"date":"2026-03-09T20:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/466540\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:29:14","slug":"traditional-florence-style-painting-classes-open-in-southbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/466540\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Florence style painting classes open in Southbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Dhanraz Ramdharry, 50, a classically trained painter who specialises in portraiture, has transformed a room in his home into a warm space to teach his craft to all levels of artistic ability.\n<\/p>\n

\n Dhan described how his lessons offer a taster to what tuition is like when taught in Florence, and they can act as a pre-cursor into the elite Sarum Studio artists school in Salisbury.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Dhan’s initial artistic spark came from sketching as a child while he was meant to be doing his science homework, he told the Echo, but left his passion behind after pursuing the sciences at university.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, he knew his true calling always lay in his creativity, and now he is adept in\u00a0still life and land and seascapes.\n<\/p>\n

\n His classes are never more than eight people to ensure all students get close mentoring.\n<\/p>\n

\n One of his students Jess had lost her passion for painting but since joining Dhan\u2019s classes she says she has \u2018learned so much\u2019.\n<\/p>\n

\n Dhan\u2019s studio is a full family affair, with his daughter sharing his love of the craft, with the family beagle Bagel being a regular visitor to the classes.\n<\/p>\n

\n Classes run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and cost \u00a330 per session and alongside his regular classes Dhan is also set to host \u2018sip and paint\u2019 evenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dhanraz Ramdharry, 50, a classically trained painter who specialises in portraiture, has transformed a room in his home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-466540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}