Classes are filling up fast, so book early to avoid disappointment. Both the bright and airy main space and craft room are being kept clean and as safe as possible, so you can enjoy being creative with likeminded people. We look forward to seeing you at Yardley Arts.
Becky Gillatt runs a number of 3 hour, whole day and evening workshops throughout the year in our jewellery studio. Workshops include cabochon stone setting, spoon making and sea glass setting, all suitable for total beginners and those with some experience.
To view all workshops, please visit Becky’s website.
Yardley Arts is proud to present "Art for Planet Earth", a series of thought-provoking paintings that confront the pressing environmental crisis facing our planet by renowned abstract expressionist artist Jack Watto. Free Admission.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
On this seven-week afternoon course, you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in tackling both drawing and painting. This will be a skills based course, improving your drawing and use of colour, whilst providing hints and tips on a personalised level, enabling you to develop at your own pace.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
On this seven-week evening course, you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in tackling both drawing and painting. This will be a skills based course, improving your drawing and use of colour, whilst providing hints and tips on a personalised level enabling you to develop at your own pace.
Join us for an immersive full-day experience and discover the art of traditional leaded stained glass, as used in cathedrals, churches and houses across the UK. Led by an experienced instructor and artist, learn traditional techniques and craft your own leaded panel to hang in a window or for display in the garden.
Join our pre-Christmas ceramic workshop to learn, create, and discover the joy of pottery! Create a pair of Quirky Penguins or make a Quirky Penguin tealight holder, using stoneware clay.
On this one-day course, you will experiment with a rich variety of materials and mediums to make vibrant and colourful collage papers that we will then use to decorate a simple handmade paper sketchbook.
A fun workshop making decorations for use on the tree or around the home for this festive season. You will make and take home two small reindeer and two stars – and possibly more! These small decorations make adorable displays or perhaps as gifts for family and friends.
All items will be made out of willow (with possibly a little extra foliage or decoration).
Sara Myers’ Saturday life drawing is a relaxed and friendly untutored life drawing group with professional models and lighting, set in our stunning main studio. Each event has a different model and theme carefully chosen to inspire and enhance your drawing skills.
Would you like to learn the art of linocut? Come and join Northamptonshire based linocut printmaker Kat Lendacka. You will leave with a selection of prints and greeting cards and a new skill you can keep improving at home! In this workshop, we will be looking at linocuts of animals and you will be creating your own.
On the first Friday of every month the main studio turns in to a working space to paint, draw, or simply have time to work on some ideas with others in a mutually supportive creative atmosphere. Whether you consider yourself an artist, a creative or an art student, we invite you to come and make the most of our great facilities, for only £10 for the day (please book in advance)
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
Inspired by the artist Elouise Renouf we will create collaged and printed trees in a landscape using painted papers, paint and printing methods.
Join us for an immersive full-day experience and discover the art of traditional leaded stained glass, as used in cathedrals, churches and houses across the UK. Led by an experienced instructor and artist, learn traditional techniques and craft your own leaded panel to hang in a window or for display in the garden.
A Christmas Special with goodies, mince pies and mulled wine to feel festive!
Sara Myers’ Saturday life drawing is a relaxed and friendly untutored life drawing group with professional models and lighting, set in our stunning main studio. Each event has a different model and theme carefully chosen to inspire and enhance your drawing skills.
Loosen up your acrylic landscape painting! We will make exploratory sketches in paint followed by a larger version on canvas board. Learn how to make a dynamic composition, select and bring attention to the focal point and experience and use a wide range of acrylic techniques.
The small group makes more personal tuition time available.
This workshop is an ideal introduction to landscape painting in oils. Working from a reference photo provided a landscape painting will be produced with attention to perspective, tonal values, colour mixing and application of colours. Students will be able to create a realistic landscape painting following a step-by-step process.
Sara Myers’ Saturday life drawing is a relaxed and friendly untutored life drawing group with professional models and lighting, set in our stunning main studio. Each event has a different model and theme carefully chosen to inspire and enhance your drawing skills.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
Come and create a beautiful bird out of willow. Bird sculptures are fun to make using recently cut and buff willow. The starting point for a sculpture is the framework, followed by free weave technique. This workshop is suitable for newcomers to willow weaving and those with some experience.
Would you like to learn the art of linocut? Come and join Northamptonshire based linocut printmaker Kat Lendacka. You will leave with a selection of prints and greeting cards and a new skill you can keep improving at home! In this workshop, we will be looking at linocuts of animals and you will be creating your own.
Cordell Garfield’s ‘Exploring Colour’ is an exciting one day workshop exploring colour theory and the application of colour. The workshop is designed to help both beginners and more experienced artists in understanding colour.
Join Anne for this fun session where you will design and make a colourful and sparkly large fused glass star which will be ready for you to hang in your home in time for the festive season.
All tools and materials are included, as well as a wide range of glass types and colours to make your piece with. You will receive expert tuition and guidance to help you put your design into practice.
This session is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, apologies for any inconvenience. Please do join the December session.
On the first Friday of every month the main studio turns in to a working space to paint, draw, or simply have time to work on some ideas with others in a mutually supportive creative atmosphere. Whether you consider yourself an artist, a creative or an art student, we invite you to come and make the most of our great facilities, for only £10 for the day (please book in advance)
Sara Myers’ Saturday life drawing is a relaxed and friendly untutored life drawing group with professional models and lighting, set in our stunning main studio. Each event has a different model and theme carefully chosen to inspire and enhance your drawing skills.
Enjoy the experience of painting a landscape in acrylics with the advantages of a textured canvas. It can also go directly on your wall without a frame! We will follow a step by step demonstrated approach and you will learn and use a wide range of techniques in the process. This is a two half-day course, of 6 hours tuition and follows on from my earlier Yardley Arts courses. New students are welcome!
The small group makes more personal tuition time available.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
We welcome back the talented Cordell Garfield to run another full day’s portraiture workshop. Cordell teaches a step by step process to create a portrait from a photographic reference. The workshop is designed to help both beginners and more experienced artists.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
Would you like to learn how to weave a natural willow basket? An ideal shape for flowers and herbs in the garden. Come and enjoy a few hours in our beautiful space at Yardley Arts and learn a new skill. This sweet basket is suitable for newcomers to willow weaving and those with some experience.
Would you like to learn the art of linocut? Come and join Northamptonshire based linocut printmaker Kat Lendacka. You will leave with a selection of prints and greeting cards and a new skill you can keep improving at home! In this workshop, we will be looking at linocuts of animals and you will be creating your own.
During this workshop you will create an expressive painting bursting with light and radiant colour, capturing a glimpse of a charming group of birds.
Join us for an immersive full-day experience and discover the art of traditional leaded stained glass, as used in cathedrals, churches and houses across the UK. Led by an experienced instructor and artist, learn traditional techniques and craft your own leaded panel to hang in a window or for display in the garden.
Sara Myers’ Saturday life drawing is a relaxed and friendly untutored life drawing group with professional models and lighting, set in our stunning main studio. Each event has a different model and theme carefully chosen to inspire and enhance your drawing skills.
Join Anne for this fun session where you will design and make a colourful fused glass lantern of your own design. Each lantern has 4 panels to design and decorate.
All tools and materials are included, as well as a wide range of glass types and colours to make your piece with. You will receive expert tuition and guidance to help you put your design in to practice.
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
Using collage materials with paint, pens and crayons we will create a vibrant and delicious fruit bowl.
Learn how to design and construct a beautiful ceramic bird made with stoneware clay. Add delicate textures and mark-making, to decorate your bird with detailed feathers on the wings, body and tail.
On the first Friday of every month the main studio turns in to a working space to paint, draw, or simply have time to work on some ideas with others in a mutually supportive creative atmosphere. Whether you consider yourself an artist, a creative or an art student, we invite you to come and make the most of our great facilities, for only £10 for the day (please book in advance)
Sara Myers’ Saturday life drawing is a relaxed and friendly untutored life drawing group with professional models and lighting, set in our stunning main studio. Each event has a different model and theme carefully chosen to inspire and enhance your drawing skills.
Learn the art of silk painting using wax resist and inks. It’s such a beautiful mindful process, and the outcome is always a lovely surprise. Suitable for beginners and those with previous experience.
Sara Myers’ Saturday life drawing is a relaxed and friendly untutored life drawing group with professional models and lighting, set in our stunning main studio. Each event has a different model and theme carefully chosen to inspire and enhance your drawing skills.
During this workshop you will create an expressive painting bursting with light and radiant colour capturing a glimpse of a fountain in a sun-dappled courtyard.
Would you like to learn the art of multi-block linocut? Come and join Northamptonshire-based linocut printmaker, Kat Lendacka on this three-week course
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
On this six week evening course, you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in tackling both drawing and painting. This will be a skills based course, improving your drawing and use of colour, whilst providing hints and tips on a personalised level enabling you to develop at your own pace.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
On this six-week afternoon course, you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in tackling both drawing and painting. This will be a skills based course, improving your drawing and use of colour, whilst providing hints and tips on a personalised level, enabling you to develop at your own pace.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
On this six-week course you will learn the basics of painting in watercolour and pick up tips and tricks to help you tackle your watercolour painting with confidence.
We are delighted to have Minnie Teckman return as a tutor with this five-week drawing course to get you started and give you confidence.
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
Using a repeated favourite word we will create a colour, abstract painting using paint, pencils, chalks and more.
On the first Friday of every month the main studio turns in to a working space to paint, draw, or simply have time to work on some ideas with others in a mutually supportive creative atmosphere. Whether you consider yourself an artist, a creative or an art student, we invite you to come and make the most of our great facilities, for only £10 for the day (please book in advance)
Stroll through an enchanted floral pathway…
During this workshop you will create an expressive painting bursting with light and radiant colour capturing a glimpse of a garden scene.
