Art: life drawing and portraiture courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

Classes are held in lovely venues - Windsor Race Course on Thursdays. Classes are fun and friendly, a place to learn and make new friends. There are 3 hour morning and afternoon classes to fit in with student’s schedules. You receive tuition and guidance from our excellent tutors allowing you to produce beautiful art using a variety of mediums over a 14 week period. We start with pencil drawing, setting the building blocks of skills for the course. We then work with charcoal, coloured inks, pastels both soft and oil,...

Classes are held in lovely venues - Desborough Bowling Club on Wednesdays. Classes are fun and friendly, a place to learn and make new friends. There are 3 hour morning and afternoon classes to fit in with student’s schedules. You receive tuition and guidance from our excellent tutors allowing you to produce beautiful art using a variety of mediums over a 14 week period. We start with pencil drawing, setting the building blocks of skills for the course. We then work with charcoal, coloured inks, pastels both soft and oil,...

‘Introduction to Portrait’ 10-week Interactive online Art course. (Some experience in Art is necessary) Wednesdays 10am-1pm. Starting in January. Cost £15 a week. (Total cost £150) This is a brilliant interactive course for those who are eager to learn how to draw beautiful portraits in a classroom environment and develop their artistic skills further. This is a great chance for everyone to observe professional artist’s demonstrations, ask questions and socialise with like-minded people. The course will teach you how to capture facial proportions and likeness and show feelings and emotions...

A one-day life drawing class covering the fundamentals of drawing from a life model. Drawings are created as quick sketches or longer studies, topics covered include proportion, gesture, anatomy, setting out, relationship of form and using tone. ​Classes are suitable for beginners as step-by-step guidance and individual attention will be given throughout.

These mosaic pet portraits are bespoke and a work of art. They can be ordered 1 month in advance and delivery can be negotiated. I keep in touch throughout the process via whatsapp or email/FB so you can adjust/have a say in the final piece. My art career spans over 35 years and my expertise in mosaic is foremost in my current commissioned work.

This is a really fun one-day workshop exploring the structure & foibles of the human face. In order to represent the face convincingly in either a literal or exaggerated sense, it is necessary to observe its variations, constants and visual anchors. Suitable for complete beginners and keen enthusiasts I will take you through a series of exercises and experiments examining features and proportions of the human face whilst trying out a number of drawing techniques. You'll use drawing paper, charcoal, pencil, rubbers, rags and your hands. You'll get messy and...

This is a sketching workshop with a Female nude model. This course is suitable for all levels as individual support will be given to help you get the most out of the day. The day will be made up of a morning of short poses from 2 minute to 15 minute exploring measuring techniques (for beginners), form, structure and line. Then after lunch there will be the opportunity for you to discuss your own ideas and poses, which could contain longer poses for painting or more dynamic poses to explore...

Still Life Drawing Live Class With our brilliant in-house illustrators Abby and Maika, we can also do live drawing sessions. Learn to draw household plants, fruit or even the moon! Bring household items like pens, pencils, markers and paper. £250 for live class Ideally, minimum group size is 10 guests, maximum is 50. Good to know ✔ De-stress, create, connect and have fun! ✔ No experience required and all suitable for beginners ✔ We can send you equipment, materials and instructions in a lovely creative kit ✔ Some classes just...