Painting & Drawing

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

Experimental drawing session suitable for all. Explore mark-making techniques using a variety of materials to unlock your creativity.

Immerse yourself in the traditional craft of watercolour paint making and take home your unique palette of hand mulled watercolour paints.

Explore colour and materials and unlock your creativity in this fun session designed to be suitable for all ages. Come on your own, or bring a friend or relative.

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

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

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

As one of the most famous German printmakers of her time, Käthe Kollwitz used graphic art and sculpture to express her outrage at social injustice.

Working from a still life set up in the studio as a starting point we will abstract natural forms, consider exciting colour combinations and add collage to create new and vibrant artwork. 

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.

A course that introduces you to some basic techniques and materials and encourages you to experiment and develop you own style. Perfect for beginners and those wanting to develop their approach to drawing

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.

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

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

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. 

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.

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.

Take a fresh look at still life and create an artwork inspired by the Portuguese artist Maria Helena Veira da Silva

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

Get up close to a replica skeleton and draw the bare bones of the human body. This is a great way to develop your observational drawing skills.