WEA courses

During this friendly and creative course you will continue to generate your own personal visual language by using your sketchbooks and your collage work on paper as a starting point for larger work. This course will encourage you to become more experimental with colour. We will make a colour wheel, paint swatches and look at different artists using a variety of colour palettes. he many techniques, materials, themes, concepts and artists that influence your artwork will be crystallised in your more finished pieces to be completes the term.

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.

Explore the art of landscape painting with our Art Practical: Landscape Art course. Learn techniques for capturing the beauty of natural scenes in your artwork. Ideal for artists of all levels looking to develop their skills in landscape art.

We will learn how to draw chosen animal portraits (students can get to draw their own pets or those of friends) in pencil, charcoal with white pastel for highlights, pen and coloured pencils and pastels. Advice will be given on materials, but please have a pencil, eraser and cartridge paper ready for the first session. Artists studied will be Durer, Rembrandt, Landseer, David Shepherd and Lucian Freud up to living masters and countless contemporary examples. Learn the thrilling skill of drawing animal portraits - achieve an ability to create a likeness, while developing your own style, in a supportive friendly group.

Unleash your creativity with our Art Practical: Mixed Media and Abstract Art course. Learn how to combine different materials and techniques to create unique and expressive abstract artworks. Ideal for artists and crafters looking to experiment with new mediums.

There are many reasons to study this English functional skills course but you might be surprised to know that they’re not academic. Whether you want to feel more confident at public speaking or would like to study an apprenticeship or traineeship, this Level 2 English Functional Skills course can help you achieve your goals in a fun and practical way. Functional skills courses teach you English skills for learning, life, and work- not just to pass an exam. Enjoy the learning process as you watch your vocabulary grow, your spelling improve, and your confidence soar. If you’re fed up with academic courses and want to learn English in a practical and gratifying way, you won’t regret taking this English functional skills level 2 course. Functional Skills qualifications are free if you don't already have a GCSE in English or Maths at grades A*-C, or 4-9. We'll check your level and any previous qualifications before you start. This ensures you are on the correct course.

The aim of this course is to give an opportunity to develop your existing mosaic skills and will move you in the direction of a small business. A variety of approaches will be discussed, from selling online, at craft fairs, as well as bespoke commissions. You will be encouraged to undertake market research, to define your style, design products to sell and calculate costings. The aim will be to create pieces that can be sold at the forum of your choice.

If you are getting ready to take an ESOL entry 2 reading course, this course can help you prepare. Set yourself up for success with this ESOL preparation course. Learn reading skills to get up to speed before starting your entry 2 ESOL course. Get ready courses help you learn English at your own pace. They give you extra study time for each level and module so you can reach your full potential. This is an introductory English course for beginners. If you’re helping others access entry 2 ESOL classes in the UK, you’ve come to the right place.

This 10-week course is an introduction to the art the United States. It will take us from colonial portraiture and early American history painting to mid-century abstract art. Artists as diverse as John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, Mary Cassatt, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock will be studied with a range of figurative to abstract painters we will look at how art progressed through different styles, and the context with in which they took place. Join us to uncover how historical events, cultural shifts, and artistic innovations shaped the nation’s visual identity.

I aim to encourage close looking at artworks, to set art into artistic and historical contexts, including the Cold War, and to create an environment where students are comfortable talking about art. For some images our discussion will be just to figure out what is going on! The course will begin with Abstract Expressionism (including Pollock, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Ed Reinhardt, Barnett Newman, Lee Krasner, and more), moving to Robert Rauschenberg’s very different practice and Jasper John’s Flag (1954-5). We look at 1960s pop art (Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein), and thinking about sculpture discuss Minimalism, and for site-specific art Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) among others. The course ends with artists who focused on identity and worked for societal change: Judy Chicago’s feminist The Dinner Party, Betye Saar’s The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972) and the Guerrilla Girls’ significant public interventions – they highlighted the paucity of women’s art in public.