Beginners / All Abilities Courses

Complete Beginners to Improvers. 10 sessions, once a week, with start dates throughout the year

No matter how much previous experience you have, if you want to receive expert tuition and guidance in drawing and painting - this is the course for you! The lessons are taught by our team of experienced and supportive tutors, who teach you the skills and techniques you need in order to become a more confident artist, whether you’ve not picked up a paintbrush since school or already have some experience.  It's a fun and friendly environment in which to learn, and many of our students come back term after term to continue learning and enjoying each other's company.

We cover a range of subject matter over the 10 sessions, including still life, portraiture, animals and landscapes. The final session of each term allows us to go ‘freestyle’ and create an artwork of your choice, or we will have an exciting mixed media piece for you to try. There is a new curriculum every term so there's always something fresh and interesting to learn if you decide to stay with us long-term.  However, you only need to sign up for one course and take it from there. 

The course fee includes 10 x 3-hour sessions of group and individual tuition, all materials including paper, refreshments, and printed course notes and guidance for you to keep for future reference.

  • For artists of all abilities

  • All materials and paper included

  • Refreshments provided

  • Mornings or afternoons

  • Expert tuition in a variety of skills

  • Variety of media including pencils, charcoal, oil pastels, soft pastels, water colour, gouache, acrylics…

Diverse Range of Subject Matter

  • Still Life

  • Buildings & Structures

  • Landscapes & Seascapes

  • Animals & Sea Life

  • Birds and Insects

  • Flowers

  • Plants & Trees

  • Figure Drawing

  • Portraiture

  • Paint Like / Draw Like (an artist)

  • Freestyle

Don’t think you’re ready for that just yet?  Why not check out our 5-week total beginners course, where we’ll go through the absolute basics from scratch to help you build your confidence before you join one of our other courses and workshops.