Art: art history and theory courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

Interactive online 'Fundamental Art Skills course for beginners' zoom Art course with artist Raya Brown. Every Wednesday 10am-1pm for 10 weeks, starting Wednesday 27th of January. You are welcome to watch the video of the exhibition of Raya's students' work who attended this course on Youtube. The exhibition celebrating the achievement of the students in the above course took place at Kidderminster Library. This is a unique opportunity for Art and Craft lovers, beginners, and people with some experience in Art and Craft, to receive a proper Art education in...

This is a one hour introduction to Sacred Geometry. I'll show you the simple "rusty compass" techniques that I use to produce Sacred Geometric shapes in my Beach Art.  These can also be used in making crop circles. We'll work through an A4 pack of basic examples, templates and photographs that I will send you before the online tutorial, or you can download them for free and print them out yourself.  I'll show you how to guide your designs using Metatron's Cube and the Seed of Life and how these...

The profound relationship between qualitative geometry and the forms of architecture and sculpture is no where better expressed than in the ancient egyptian tradition. During this course we will be drawing inspiration from the work of R.A. Schwaller de Lubitcz, John Michell and others. ​ Themes .covered .. Golden Section: The philosophical implications of the golden section in Egyptian art The Human Canon: Harmonics and proportions underlying human/divine form in Egyptian art The Pyramids: The pyramids and earth measure. Draw and model the great pyramid of Giza to scale!

One of the fastest growing art forms is acrylic pouring and you can create a masterpiece in a day at our workshop. Everything is provided including tools, materials, protective clothing, gloves and PPE. Endless refreshments of hot and cold drinks and biscuits are served all day. There is a splendid sit down lunch and tea and cakes before you depart our studios in the afternoon.

From initial drawing to finished painting. From the beginning of this course the student will be given detailed help in making the finished picture. We will start with compositional sketches, going on to tonal studies and colour notes. With all this detailed preparation we will sail into painting the finished picture. What to bring: An interesting bowl filled with fruit to paint. Due to Covid restrictions it is preferable for you to work from an individual still life group Media of choice Scrappy paper for preparatory work Larger piece of...

How To Draw Out Complex Patterns Using My Simple Method That Anyone Can Learn! Ever looked at some geometric patterns in a Roman mosaic floor and thought, 'I could never understand how they are done?' Now you can! I have developed a simple system that you can easily understand and as you are applying the same system to every pattern the more you do, the better you get! If you make mosaics and need to do this for one of your mosaics or you just want to do it out...

Do you want to learn what is behind the creation of one of the most iconic crafts from the Roman world? Now you can with this unique series that I have put together for you. These two kits are the start of a learning journey that allow you to let yourself become immersed in their work. Easy to start with, you only need a pair of nippers and you have everything you need in the box. What is unique is that it is not just a box with two mosaic...

Do you know your Baroque from your Bauhaus? In this survey of design and decorative style from the Renaissance to the Post-war period, learn how to look at objects with a connoisseur ‘s eye.

Our Diploma courses lead to nationally recognised qualifications that enable successful students to progress onto degree level study at University. The Arts & Humanities Diploma programme is the most suitable route for you if you are looking to go on to study a degree in subjects such as: Psychology, English Literature and/or Language, History, Film studies or other similar subjects. Over recent years are students have successfully progressed on to high-ranking Universities throughout the United Kingdom, such as: Oxford, Cambridge, King's College London, The London School of Economics, Brunel, Goldsmiths,...

Our Diploma courses lead to nationally recognised qualifications that enable successful students to progress onto degree level study at University. The Humanities & Social Science Diploma programme is the most suitable route for you if you are looking to go on to study a degree in subjects such as: History, African and African- American history, African and Diaspora studies, journalism, teaching, development studies and such similar subjects. Over recent years are students have successfully progressed on to high-ranking Universities throughout the United Kingdom, such as: Oxford, Cambridge, King's College London,...