RITA is a working studio and learning space in Vienna for artists at every stage of their practice.
Courses
Drawing
for Everyone
18:00–20:30 ·
8 weeks ·
Started 8 July · join anytime
Intended for both beginners and advanced participants, this course tackles the challenges of composition, contrasts and volumes, proportions and perspective, as well as color layering and vibrancy. Bring your photographs or objects — or work from a still life prepared for the class.
18:00–20:30 ·
8 weeks ·
Started 8 July · join anytime
Intended for both beginners and advanced participants, this course is about improving your skills, whether you have just started, or you are deeply invested in the medium. The fundamentals of painting will be introduced to help you develop your visual language in the painting medium of your choice. For more advanced painters, this course can help you with more specific challenges related to figuration, composition and vibrancy. There is nothing more helpful than a painter looking at another painter's work, and giving insight.
Schnupperkurs/Trial
Course
Course
one session ·
dates by arrangement
€40 | 2.5 Hours
Unsure if a full semester fits your rhythm? Come for a single session to experience the studio vibe, meet the community, and get personalized guidance at the easel.
- All Materials Included: We provide the paint, brushes, and surface for your first day—just show up and create.
- 100% Risk-Free: If you decide to sign up for the full semester within 48 hours, your €40 trial fee will be fully deducted from the tuition.
How to join: Please send us a quick email in advance to let us know which session you’d like to attend so we can set up a spot for you.
10er
Card
Ten sessions, used flexibly. The 10er Card is for artists who want continuity without committing to a fixed weekly slot — drop into any active course over the semester, in any combination that fits your life. Discuss your plan with Marc and we'll keep track on your behalf.
One
on One Mentoring
For those who have a hectic schedule and find it difficult to attend a course on the same day every week, or for those who from time to time simply need to level up their skills: Rita offers one-on-one mentoring sessions. We meet on a "need to" basis. You can purchase a six-session bundle and, after discussion, we will set meetings that suit your schedule.
RITA
Our courses are built around a single belief: that everyone already possesses their own visual language — a distinct line, a personal brushstroke, an instinctive way of solving the problems that drawing and painting put in front of you.
At Rita, the work is to uncover that language, not replace it with someone else's rules.
For beginners, this means starting with creativity rather than convention. Academic frameworks — proportion, composition, representation — are introduced not as prerequisites, but as tools, offered at the precise moment they become useful on the page. For more experienced artists, the focus shifts to deepening what's already there: advanced techniques and mediums in service of a style that is distinctly yours.
Classes are small by design. Feedback is direct and personal. The studio is a working one — and that matters.
RITA is an initiative from artist Marc-Alexandre Dumoulin, and the courses take place at his studio. Participants get to improve their skills in a truly artistic environment, with easels, drawing basics, a selection of objects and plants for still lifes, and a bookshelf full of art catalogs to take inspiration from.
Marc-Alexandre Dumoulin (b. 1984), is a Canadian artist, writer and educator specialized in inter-war and post-war Parisian Avant-Garde. He obtained his Masters of Arts from Central Saint-Martins College of Art and Design, London (2008). Recently, he completed his PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2023), and has exhibited internationally. Exhibitions include: A Thousand Cuts at 8BR1, Vienna (2025), Pur Bonheur at New Jörg, Vienna (2024), Saturnine Musings at Memphis, Linz (2022) and Über das Neue at Belvedere 21, Vienna (2019) among others.
Courses available in German, English and French.