Capture the essence of dwarf irises elegantly swaying in the breeze in this workshop with tutor Nicky Hunter. Paint these beautiful flowers in a vibrant and expressive style with loose and lively watercolour techniques. Focus on translucent and radiant qualities of the magical medium of watercolour and trap the sunlight on theses delightful blooms to give you artwork a radiant colour boost.

By popular demand, art studio sessions are back! Come and make yourself at home in our beautiful studio. You can join Polly in a spot of painting and lose yourself in your creative own project. This is a great opportunity to either practice what you’ve learned in previous art courses, finish something you’ve never had time for or simply start something new.

A fun and relaxed workshop with Jo Turner, where you will make Butterflies and Bee suncatchers to take home on the day, using the basics of the Tiffany copper foil technique.

Come and spend the day with Beccy Gillatt in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere learning all the techniques needed to be able to craft your own piece of silver jewellery with a gemstone. Choose from either cabochon stone setting or tube setting for your project.

Here is an opportunity for all past and current learners that would like to practice their skills, use tools that they may not have in their home workshop and complete their own projects without guidance. You must be confident enough to use tools and equipment in the workshop without tuition.

These NEW sessions for 2022 are available to all current and past learners that would like to use the workshop to complete their own projects but need some guidance with tools, techniques and projects they are working on.

Do you have experience life drawing/painting but really want to get a longer time in front of a model? Come along to our Saturday Life Drawing Group with artist and tutor, Sara Myers. Emma is modelling – it a long single pose.

This Saturday’s morning model at the Life Drawing Group with Sara Myers is the wonderfully expressive Yvette. It will be one long pose for the session. Yvette brings a deep vitality and narrative to the short pose sessions and elegance and rhythm to her long poses.

On this one-day course with silversmith, Beccy Gillatt, you will use a different range of items to experiment with casting. From pasta to lentils and water, test them all out to develop interesting forms that can be created into pendants, earrings or charms.

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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.

An introduction to the magical craft of ecoprinting with tutor, Fiona Balding. You will be amazed and delighted at the fabulous images that can be created, on both paper and fabrics, using the natural dyes and tannins from leaves.

Spend the day in the jewellery workshop with silversmith, Beccy Gillatt learning how to create beautiful colours and textures on fine silver and copper to create earrings, pendants and pictures that can be framed.

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Mixed media Sunday with Cathy Burnett will be a relaxed, welcoming and creative opportunity for you to explore drawing and painting through a range of materials. You will be encouraged to combine media and enjoy mark making in a personal and expressive manner.

Do you have experience life drawing/painting but really want to get a longer time in front of a model? Come along to our Saturday Life Drawing Group with artist and tutor, Sara Myers. The model will be Yvette and she will be doing one long pose.

Fully booked

Do you have experience life drawing/painting but really want to get a longer time in front of a model? Come along to our Saturday Life Drawing Group with artist and tutor, Sara Myers. This morning’s model is the fabulous Emma, who will be doing a bunch of shorter poses this session.

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Design and make a fused panel of your choice in this workshop with Anne Wagstaff. Once fired, your scene will be set into an attractive, free standing, oak block.

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In this workshop with silversmith, Beccy Gillatt, you will learn all the silversmithing techniques needed to be able to create your own unique silver spoon. You will be guided through the following techniques: forging, texturing, forming, doming, cutting, soldering, finishing and polishing.