Art Classes

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.

Create an abundance of collage papers using Gelli plate printing
techniques, to devise unique and exciting new work.

This popular course takes a close look at the plants we use in our everyday lives in this course we will be drawing with pigments derived from some of these plants to create unique illustrations of the herbs, vegetables and flowers that have particular significance to us

Develop your approach to life drawing using our fantastic models for inspiration, investigate different materials and techniques to find new ways to represent the human form.

Work with willow and other materials to weave a sculptural vessel to
use or to display as a decoration.

In this course you will explore ways of using hand drawn text in your artwork in a way that creates impact and meaning.

Two workshops to mark International Women’s Day where we will be stitching our own representations of family, community, and everyday acts of protest and finding out more about the rich history of the textile art of Latin America.

Welcome to the International Women‘s Festival […]

Work from a still life inspired by the Mexican Surrealist artist. Use a variety of media and create a vibrant image full of colour and symbolism.

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

Design and make a unique amulet for protection or a talisman for luck. Your design may include clay beads to go with the amulet. There will be a number of different clay bodies to choose from, including porcelain, earthenware and stoneware.

Lumen printing creates soft, ethereal effects and a range of beautiful colours can be achieved using this technique. Using freshly cut flowers and foliage, workshop participants will be invited to create their own compositions onto paper and watch their images appear using daylight.

Using household materials such as vitamin c tablets and washing soda, participants will learn how to make their very own light sensitive chemistry. This can then be applied to light sensitive materials such as 35mm film to create unique prints.  

This Spring learn a new craft and make some fun decorations for your home and garden. Your tutor will take you through some of the basic techniques for creating woven willow structures.