Choose from a variety of creative art courses

Explore your creativity through painting and drawing and choose from a variety of creative art classes. With a huge range of subjects to learn from, you can choose from online or in-person options.

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Our creative arts courses will get you working with pastels and pencils, exploring fine art and even get you out and about discovering new galleries in your spare time. 

Paints to pastels

Delivered by experienced art tutors, why not try getting creative with clay, or getting hands-on painting your very own masterpiece. 

If you’re interested in drawing, you won’t be disappointed either. Collage making, oil painting, pastel painting and printing are just some of the subjects that have proved popular in recent years.  

Many of our arts courses are delivered for different levels of experience too, so whether you’re a beginner or a little more advanced, you’ll be able to choose the art course that’s right for you. 

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Craft: Crochet Patterns,following a Crochet Along

This crochet class is all about developing confidence in reading patterns. You will learn all about pattern reading by following a Crochet Along pattern. One will be provided by the tutor but you will also have the option to choose your own, and be fully supported by the tutor whilst making it. This course is for intermediate crocheters but beginners are also welcome to join.
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Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 11/03/2024
Times:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
9 sessions
Location:
St Marys Community Centre (PONTEFRACT)
The Circle
Chequerfield
PONTEFRACT
WF8 2AY
Tutor:
Victoria Bould
Course code:
Q00012459
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee:
£84.00

Craft: Craft Design Fun Fold Cards A-Z Part Two

Come and join a friendly and supportive group of crafters, along with our enthusiastic tutor, as you work your way through the alphabet of fancy fold and other card designs. From A to Z we will visit different style and folds for each letter of the alphabet, from now until July 2024, in 3 manageable chunks. This course is aimed at card makers wishing to build up their existing skills as certain tools and equipment will be required, such as good quality card stock, score board or score tool and ruler, craft knife and cutting mat, assorted sentiments and embellishments.
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Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 18/03/2024
Times:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
10 sessions
Tutor:
Tracey Broomfield
Course code:
Q00012112
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £74.00

Craft: Charcoal and Pastels

Our creative arts courses will get you working with pastels and charcoals, exploring what creative pieces you can achieve. In this course develop your own style of drawing in this welcoming safe space. This class will encourage you to challenge your skills and build on your love of art. Bring your favourite materials or use the resources provided and express yourself in this friendly and warm setting. This tutor has years of art experience and is very popular with out learners. The venue offers a friendly atmosphere and even a free lunch prior to the course beginning.
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Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 19/02/2024
Times:
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Duration:
6 sessions
Location:
Lonsdale Community Centre
Lonsdale Road
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL2 0TA
Tutor:
Victoria Hendzel
Course code:
Q00012128
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
1 places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £50.40

Art Practical: Miscellany

Come and join our tutor at the Green Spaces venue in Plymouth to learn more about painting in watercolours in a supportive and relaxed environment. This course is ideal for those learners who have some previous experience who wish to develop their skills and expertise in painting a wider range of subjects. In this Watercolour course you will use an assortment of natural history objects to observe, draw and paint with accuracy and detail, resulting in thoughtfully composed paintings of beauty and slow meditation. Our experienced tutor will guide you in using new techniques so you can create wonderful new pieces of art.
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Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 18/03/2024
Times:
10:00am - 12:30pm
Duration:
10 sessions
Location:
Keyham Green Places (Plymouth)
163 Renown Street
Plymouth
PL2 2DT
Tutor:
Mary Boreham
Course code:
Q00012356
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £105.00

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Art Practical: Beginners Creative Painting

To introduce students to art and take them to a higher level and begin to develop their skills. This course is accessible to beginners and provides an ideal stepping stone towards intermediate levels.
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Course Information

Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 18/03/2024
Times:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Duration:
20 sessions
Location:
John Pounds Centre (Portsmouth)
23 Pounds Gate
Queen Street
Portsmouth
PO1 3HN
Tutor:
Elaine Alexander
Course code:
Q00012773
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
9 places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £88.20

Creativity for Calm

This is a course ONLY for Roshni Ghar service users. Are you looking for a relaxing hobby to help you unwind? Creating moments of calm in the day is essential for our emotional well-being and mental health. Step into the world of mindful crafts with this course and enjoy art for relaxation. This creativity course allows you to explore your art and craft skills to find practices that soothe you. Whether you enjoy drawing, painting, origami, or craft-making, art courses can help you find a relaxing hobby
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Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 18/03/2024
Times:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
10 sessions
Location:
Keighley Library
North Street
Keighley
BD21 3SX
Tutor:
Nazmeen Sadiq
Course code:
Q00010588
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £84.00

Craft: New Year New Hobby

Come and join a friendly and supportive online course, where you will meet like-minded people and have fun undertaking paper-based craft projects. Join our enthusiastic tutor and fellow crafters as we dip our toes into a rewarding new hobby. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to ask questions and share ideas with your classmates and tutor. You will be able to share your work and view others, and offer and receive feedback from both tutor and peers. During the 5 weeks of this course we will explore: • Miniature paper-crafts • Mini Journals and albums • Simple paper-folding techniques and much more. This course is suitable for beginners, those totally new to the world of crafting with paper and seasoned crafters who would like to try a new craft and add to their skill set.
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Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 05/02/2024
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
5 sessions
Tutor:
Tracey Broomfield
Course code:
Q00012109
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £37.00

Art Practical: Expressionism in Watercolour

This course will help you understand watercolour techniques through the lens of illustrative examples in art history. It will help you understand classical techniques in a subtle way, by relating them to examples created by various masters of watercolour, such as William Turner or Paul Cezanne, who will inspire personal artworks of great subtlety and sensitivity. If you would like to have a fresh view of watercolour painting, and learn how to achieve expressivity by carefully combining techniques such as glazing, graded wash or blending, this course will offer you an introduction to this style of painting. It will also encourage you to create your own original artwork based on the techniques learned.
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Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 04/03/2024
Times:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
8 sessions
Location:
Ripley Arts Centre (Bromley)
24 Sundridge Avenue
Bromley
BR1 2PX
Tutor:
Emanuela-Alina Baloiu
Course code:
Q00012092
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £80.00

Craft: Quirky Pottery

This course is designed to help you be more creative within the clay medium, explore and experiment, a chance to develop further creatively pottery skills and build-up more knowledge of the different hand-building pottery techniques. Enabling you to experiment and expand your own style working with clay, as well as discovering different decorative styles and the use of different colourful paints/glazes. Lots of inspired designing encouragement too, there will be much discussion touching on a little history of pottery and looking several different styles of well-known potters and potteries throughout the world, who use the different techniques that we will be touch on over the course within each session. A refresher of new and known clay building skill, join this course with enthusiasm to share and develop your own knowledge and skills of pottery with others.
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Course Information

Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 18/03/2024
Times:
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Duration:
10 sessions
Tutor:
Victoria Hendzel
Course code:
Q00009358
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £55.50

Craft: Charcoal and Pastels

Our creative arts courses will get you working with pastels and charcoals, exploring what creative pieces you can achieve. In this course develop your own style of drawing in this welcoming safe space. This class will encourage you to challenge your skills and build on your love of art. Bring your favourite materials or use the resources provided and express yourself in this friendly and warm setting. This tutor has years of art experience and is very popular with out learners. The venue offers a friendly atmosphere and even a free lunch prior to the course beginning.
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Course Information

Dates:
Mon 08/01/2024 -
Mon 19/02/2024
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
6 sessions
Location:
Lonsdale Community Centre
Lonsdale Road
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL2 0TA
Tutor:
Victoria Hendzel
Course code:
Q00012659
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
9 places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £50.40