10 Week Autumn Courses

New Course: Multimedia Course: Exploring Techniques

Wednesday 10-12pm or 1-3pm

 This hands-on course is designed to develop your creative skills across a wide range of art disciplines, including drawing, painting, printmaking, bookmaking, and collage. Whether you’re a complete beginner or a practicing artist, you’ll have the opportunity to experiment with a variety of materials and techniques in a supportive, relaxed environment.

 Working on either fabric and paper surfaces, you’ll begin by exploring methods of surface manipulation—mark-making, layering, and texture development—using different approaches and techniques. As the course progresses, you will develop pieces using either the surfaces created or new ones through drawing, painting, print, collage and stitch.

 With all materials provided and guidance throughout, you’ll be encouraged to experiment, take creative risks, and develop your own personal responses while working alongside like-minded individuals.

Acrylic Still Life Painting

Tuesday 10-12pm

Still Life – appreciating the beauty in the ordinary. This course focuses on the foundational elements of painting, including drawing, underpainting, colour mixing, tonal values, and brushwork. You’ll work from direct observation & secondary source images, building your skills through a combination of developmental studies and completed paintings. Throughout the course, you’ll look at art history, drawing inspiration from painters, such as Cezanne, Matisse, Van Gogh and Hockney.

The course offers a supportive environment for painters of all levels, from beginners to advanced artists. You'll work alongside others who share your interest, fostering a community where ideas and techniques can be exchanged. Painting is a journey filled with unexpected challenges – it's in the mistakes, the corrections, and the process of resolution that your skills will grow. This course encourages you to embrace these moments and enjoy the journey.

Experimental Painting

Tuesday 1-3pm

This course will help you create systems that open up pathways into experimental painting. You will work from visual resources and follow a structured approach that will underpin your creative process. The class will be fast-paced and filled with practical demonstrations and a variety of exercises.

The sessions are designed to push you beyond traditional painting techniques, encouraging you to explore new ways of thinking about form and composition while building confidence in trusting your intuition. You will engage with the physicality of painting, experimenting with transparency, layering, paint consistency, and various application methods.

The course provides a supportive environment for painters of all levels, from beginners to advanced artists. You’ll work alongside others who share your interests, fostering a community where ideas and techniques can be exchanged. Painting is a journey full of unexpected challenges, and it is through mistakes, corrections, and the process of resolution that your skills will grow. This course encourages you to embrace these moments and enjoy the creative process.