Weekly sessions
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 weekly 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!
Acrylic Painting: Learn, Explore, Create (Previously: An Introduction to Acrylics)
Suitable for: Beginners to Intermediate. Learn essential acrylic painting skills including colour, brushwork and blending while exploring a variety of subjects. A friendly course for beginners through to intermediate artists.
Drawing: Build Your Skills (Previously 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: Structure & Observation (Previously Life Drawing)
Suitable for: Improvers to Intermediate. Strengthen your life drawing skills through guided sessions with professional models. Explore structure, gesture and proportion while developing confidence in both short and sustained poses. Ideal for improver to advanced learners.
Oil Painting: Build your Skills (Previously Oil Essentials)
Suitable for: Beginners to Intermediate. A welcoming introduction to oil painting for beginners and onwards. Across 12 weeks, explore colour mixing, composition and essential techniques such as underpainting, layering and blending.
Pastels: Building Your Foundation (Previously Pastel Essentials)
Suitable for: Beginners to Improvers
A relaxed introduction to pastel art. Explore colour, texture, blending and expressive mark‑making while building confidence and developing your own style.
Portraits: Build Your Skills (Previously 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: Explore & Experiment (Previously Watercolour Explorers)
Suitable for: Intermediate to Advanced. Expand your watercolour skills through creative weekly challenges. Experiment with new approaches, develop your style, and build confidence through guided exploration. Ideal for intermediate learners ready to stretch their creativity.
Watercolour: Techniques & Confidence (Previously Watercolour Essentials)
Suitable for: Improvers to Intermediate. Elevate your watercolour technique with a supportive, skills‑focused course designed for improvers and more experienced painters. Strengthen your control of washes, colour and brushwork while preparing to move confidently into advanced practice.
Short courses and masterclasses – New for 2026
Short Course: Drawing Exploration and Development
Suitable for: Beginners to Improvers. Strengthen your drawing skills.
Short Course: Drawing in Detail
Suitable for: Beginners to Improvers.
Come and make friends, get acquainted with pencil and paper.
Short Course: Watercolour Fundamentals
Suitable for: Beginners
Rediscover the joy of watercolour in a calm, supportive space designed especially for complete beginners and anyone feeling anxious about getting started again.
Short Course: World Stitching Workshops
Suitable for: Beginner to Intermediate. Come and join artist Helen Sill for her World Stitch Series.
Family and young people workshops – New for 2026
A Play in Three Days
These exciting, fast-paced creative experiences give young performers the chance to collaborate, create and rehearse an original piece from scratch – ready to share with an audience in just three inspiring days. Friendly, supportive and loads of fun.