Art Classes

A course that welcomes both beginners and experienced painters Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of super intense watercolour, exploring texture and resist techniques.

This course is aimed at those wishing to explore a more abstract way of working and will draw on the images and memories that inspire you. Artist Liese Webley will guide you through a series of exercises designed to give you the confidence to develop your own abstract painting style.

Build your repertoire of techniques and incorporate collage, Mono printing and drawing into your work.

5 Week Course Take time […]

This course will boost your artistic confidence, building on basic skills
you already have.

This new course will help develop your observational skills and allow
artistic freedom to create sensational forms in clay that express the
tactile nature of sculpture making, based on the human form.

Take a vibrant artistic journey through Latin America and explore some of the 20th C artists who have drawn from their indigenous culture, European colonialism and modern political struggles to shape the art of this region and beyond. 

Work from a model and explore the principles of life drawing. Perfect for beginners or those wishing to improve their skills.

Explore new ways to draw faces. Use experimental techniques to create exciting portraits. All materials provided.

An opportunity to spend 2 days working from a model to create a portrait in clay all materials provided

Join us for a chat and a drink. Bring along seeds if you have any. Take away a few for yourselves. Everyone welcome.

Learn the ancient skill of Japanese watercolour woodblock printing.
This beautifully subtle and painterly technique is ideal for those
wishing to print at home without a press.

This workshop is a great introduction to Gelliplate printing. You will
have the opportunity to try out various techniques and explore
different ways of using your prints.

Work in pairs with a family member or friend and use fun techniques to create portraits of each other.

Learn the basics of sculpting in clay and create a clay model of your own face in this fun workshop.

Get up close to a replica skeleton and develop your observational drawing skills by sketching the bare bones of the human body.

A new addition to our All Ages workshops, be inspired by the plants
we come across in our everyday lives and learn how to draw them to
create a personal record of your favourites.

Work from a model and explore the principles of life drawing in our Saturday 1/2 day workshops. Perfect for beginners or those wishing to improve their skills.

This course is aimed at those wishing to develop a more abstract way of working and will draw on seasonal changes in the landscape for inspiration as well as your own favourite images and memories.

An exploration of the use of collage through dive into the work of pioneering artists and experimental approaches to creating your own series of collages.

An ideal course for those wishing to further develop an individual abstract painting style. Explore a range of techniques for developing painting skills, use of colour and composition.