Classes for adults

The Art Centre offers classes for all levels of experience and ability. Our classes are held in light, airy studios providing a stimulating atmosphere in which to work. If you need help choosing a class you can visit the Art Centre during regular office hours, phone us or email us.

View classes for Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Monday classes

Mastering the portrait: Technique & tradition

Afternoon class with Lyn Wooder Grant – explore portrait composition, tone and perspective.

Drawing essentials

With Rachel Carroll - Develop and refine the techniques of pencil and charcoal.

Acrylics & mixed media

Afternoon class with Rachel Carroll - contemporary composition and colour using acrylics.

Paint with acrylics

Evening class with Brandt Lewis - be introduced to the world of acrylics.

Watercolour for beginners

Evening class with Marguerite de Fondaumiere - Explore the fundamentals of watercolour painting.

Clay hand building and wheel throwing

Afternoon class with Serena Owen - develop wheel-throwing and hand-building skills.

Wheel throwing

Evening class with Ed Hobbs - throw different shapes to create bowls, cups and vessels.

Tuesday classes

Mixed media abstraction

With Jemma Roberts - Experiment and create with colour, shape, design and texture.

Watercolour - objects & composition

Afternoon class with Shipra Shah - Create watercolours with depth, colour and texture.

Drawing & mixed media

Evening class with Brandt Lewis - Painting and drawing using a range of media.

Botanical painting & drawing

Morning class with Shipra Shah - learn the exciting art of botanical painting and drawing.

Creative pottery and sculptural forms

Morning class with Kim-Anh Nguyen -make unique ceramics, guided by an expert potter.

Sculpture studio

Afternoon class with Helen Leete - Life-sculpture working from a model for four sessions per term.

Clay sculpture & wheel

Evening class with Serena Owen - learn ceramic hand building and wheel throwing techniques.

Chinese calligraphy

Learn the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy with an expert tutor.

Still life drawing

Evening class with Gemma King - compose dramatic images capturing still life.

Wednesday classes

Watercolour for beginners

Afternoon class with Marguerite de Fondaumiere - Explore the fundamentals of watercolour painting.

Expressive acrylic painting

Afternoon class with Kim Sotheren - refine your mastery of colour and composition.

Drawing essentials

Evening class with Rachel Carroll - refine the techniques of pencil and charcoal.

Life drawing

Morning class with Kim Sotheren - See and capture form, direction and movement in your subject.

Oil painting

Morning class with Brandt Lewis - learn about materials, palette, tone and composition.

Experiment with watercolour

Morning class with Marguerite de Fondaumiere - take your art in new directions.

Jewellery design and making

Evening class with Susan Peacock - learn the fundamentals of metalsmithing and jewellery making.

Ceramics surface treatment and hand building

Morning class with Kim-Anh Nguyen - Develop your building and experiment with decorating techniques.

Ceramics surface treatment and hand building

Afternoon class with Kim-Anh Nguyen - Experiment with hand building skills and decorating techniques.

Wheel throwing

Evening class with Ed Hobbs - throw different shapes to create bowls, cups and vessels.

Thursday classes

Wheel throwing

With Ed Hobbs - Learn how to prepare and centre your ball of clay to create various vessels.

Foundations of oil painting

Morning class with Jackson Davies - explore foundational oil painting techniques.

Foundations of oil painting

Afternoon class with Jackson Davies - explore foundational oil painting techniques.

Watercolour in motion

Morning class with Dee Jackson - become a true watercolourist.

Mixed media and creative painting open studio

Self-directed studio work by experienced mixed media and creative painting students.

Printmaking

Afternoon class w ith Kari Ferguson - discover the art of printmaking.

Ceramics surface treatments and hand building

Morning class with Kim-Anh Nguyen - Develop your hand building skills and decorating techniques.

Ceramics surface treatments and hand building

Afternoon class with Kim-Anh Nguyen - Develop your hand building skills and decorating techniques.

Life drawing

Evening class with Gemma King - compose dramatic images capturing still life.

Friday classes

The art of watercolour

Morning class with Dee Jackson - Learn to create works with delicate colour and lines.

Jewellery design and making

Morning class with Christine Sadler - be introduced to the fundamentals of metal smithing.

Glass art

Morning class with Jan Blum & Ed Hobbs - make unique creations in clear, coloured and even recycled glass.

Glass art

Afternoon class with Jan Blum & Ed Hobbs - make unique creations in clear, coloured and even recycled glass.

Saturday classes

Foundations of oil painting

Saturday morning class with Jackson Davies - Learn the basics of oil painting.

Saturday studio

Saturday afternoon class with Marguerite de Fondaumiere - grow your artistic style.

Sunday classes

Clay hand building and wheel throwing

Sunday afternoon with Serena Owen - Develop wheel-throwing and hand-building skills.

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