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.
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.
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. The wax is applied using “Batik” methods but instead of dipping the fabric into dye, the colour is applied by painting silk inks directly onto the fabric giving much fresher and vibrant results.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
Enjoy the experience of painting a landscape in Acrylics on a textured canvas with Chris Richbell.
Over two half days (that’s six hours of tuition) you’ll be painting onto a 10” x 12” canvas.
For those who have attended Chris Richbell’s previous course, you will have a chance to put into practice and progress the skills you’ve learnt before, and for those who have not experienced a class with Chris, you are in for a treat - new students are most welcome.
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.
In this workshop Sally will guide you through making candle holder. You will have access to a wide choice of colours in transparent glass to design your candle holder. You will learn how to cut glass and make the pieces fit together and you will have access to all of the tools and safety equipment necessary to make your beautiful creations.
Create paintings of this delightful subject in watercolour which is a perfect medium to capture the cheeky character and the radiant bushy red tail of these much loved woodland creatures.
We will use a limited colour palate and explore temperature and transparency and a dynamic direct brushwork using limited layers to make our artworks feel fresh and vibrant.
Come and learn the unpredictable, but fun, process of two-step monoprinting, designed to unleash creativity while introducing children to the exciting world of printmaking. Through the exploration of colors, shapes, and textures, children will have the opportunity to create a beautiful Greek pot using gelli plates and foam relief.
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)
‘Art on the Wall ‘ is a rolling exhibition of works on the largest wall in the main space at Yardley Arts.
The paintings currently hung at Yardley Arts, as part of Art on the Wall are a cross section of the work illustrating the journey of Sally Pennycate's professional art career.
