Workshops

Workshops

Term time and one-off workshops 

Discover something new or sharpen your skills – our workshops offer an exciting opportunity for all ages to learn, create, and grow!

Explore a variety of creative workshops throughout term time and one-off sessions, from Latin American dance to oil painting and life drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, our friendly tutors offer guidance and support.

Our term-time workshops are very popular and tend to sell out quickly, if you’d like to be one of the first to know when the next season will launch, click here to become a member for exclusive priority booking!

An Introduction to Acrylics

Explore the basics of acrylic painting in this beginner-friendly course. Learn colour mixing, light, shadow and depth through step-by-step demos and guided landscape studies.

Drawing Essentials

Build strong drawing foundations in this course for beginners and experienced artists. Explore line, form, tone, composition and proportion through varied subjects, live model sessions and guided exercises to help you draw with confidence.

Latin American Dance

A series of vibrant sessions covering the chacha-cha, samba and more. Fantastic exercise and fabulous fun, these are dance classes perfect for everyone. Come with a partner or alone and you will be welcome.

Life Drawing Essentials

Learn life drawing essentials with guided sessions using nude models. Build skills in line, tone, composition and proportions in relaxed, beginner-friendly classes.

Oil Essentials

Learn essential painting skills in this guided course. Explore still life, portraits and landscapes while developing colour theory, underpainting, mixing and blending techniques.

Pastel Essentials

Discover the versatility and potential of soft and pencil pastels during this course. Learn a wide range of techniques and styles covering a variety of themes and subjects.

Portrait Essentials

Learn to draw realistic portraits in this course covering head structure, facial features, proportions, tonal values and colour mixing. Improve your likeness skills with guided demos and pastel techniques.

Watercolour Essentials

This essentials course will guide you from first principles into confident paintings in a few weeks. Through step-by-step tutorials, tips, and tricks, tutor Nic Cowper will show you all the shortcuts you need to begin with watercolours and encourage good habits for your own practice.

Watercolour Explorers

Expand your artistic style in this exploratory course. Try new themes, experiment with techniques, and gain inspiration from featured artists as you develop your work through guided discovery.