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.
A fun and experimental Saturday art class with Emma Lindsay running for the Autumn term. There will be an exciting project each time, inspired by a different artist, which will teach children new skills and also how to use art materials in fun and varied ways.
Come and learn how to create a wide textured band and add two spinning components. You will be guided through different ways to add textures with hammers and a rolling mill. We'll use traditional silver soldering and forming techniques, as well as polishing processes to create your very own spinner ring. Materials are included in the course fee.
Would you like to learn the art of linocut and create your own linocut Christmas cards? Come and join Northamptonshire-based linocut printmaker, Kat Lendacka. You will learn a new skill you can keep improving at home and you will leave with a batch of your own festive cards.
No need to be shy with colour this festive season, tutor Nicky Hunter will teach you to use watercolours in a vibrant and joyous way to paint super shiny festive baubles with WOW factor.
This afternoon at the Saturday Life Drawing Group with Sara Myers, we are excited to have a relatively new model – Hayley. She has modelled once before and is curvy and experienced, and will be taking medium length poses of 20-30 minutes for the whole session.
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.
Would you like to learn the art of glass fusing? In this workshop with tutor Anne Wagstaff, you will design and make a beautiful fused glass festive freestanding scene.
Yes, in this class you really can … and your tutor, Cathy Burnett will give you the confidence to do so. Come and give yourself a couple of hours off and immerse yourself in drawing, using a choice of materials, and we’ll put the kettle on.
Learn the art of resin inlay to add a pop of colour to your work in this workshop with silversmith, Beccy Gillatt. You will be guided through all the techniques needed to make silver wire frames which you can then fill with colourful opaque or transparent colours.
Would you like to learn the art of linocut and create your own linocut Christmas cards? Come and join Northamptonshire-based linocut printmaker, Kat Lendacka. You will learn a new skill you can keep improving at home and you will leave with a batch of your own festive cards.
Have you seen the Rodin exhibition at the Tate? Feeling inspired? Want to try sculpture but don’t know where to start? Already tried modelling in clay, but would like to progress? In this short intensive course with Sara Myers, you will sculpt a small reclining nude, working directly from life.
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.
We have the fantastic Yvette who will be posing for the whole day in two sessions. It will be short to medium length poses in the morning and a long single pose in the afternoon. Yvette brings a deep vitality and narrative to the short pose sessions and elegance and rhythm to her long poses.
We have the fantastic Yvette who will be posing for the whole day in two sessions. It will be short to medium length poses in the morning and a long single pose in the afternoon. Yvette brings a deep vitality and narrative to the short pose sessions and elegance and rhythm to her long poses.
Learn how to encase sea glass with fine silver to create pendants or earrings in this three-hour workshop with Beccy Gillatt. You will be gently guided through all the techniques to enable you to make your very own pieces of jewellery from these treasures of the sea.
Yes, in this class you really can … and your tutor, Cathy Burnett will give you the confidence to do so. Come and give yourself a couple of hours off and immerse yourself in drawing, using a choice of materials, and we’ll put the kettle on.
Learn how to make three different stacking rings from a selection of five styles. The techniques you will use include twisting, texturing, forming, soldering, finishing and polishing. A relaxed workshop with silversmith, Beccy Gillatt.
We are delighted to have Minnie Teckman join us as a tutor with this 4-week introductory drawing course to get you started and give you confidence. It is designed to build up your observational drawing skills, as well as exploring and learning techniques.
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.
On this two-day course for beginners with silversmith, Beccy Gillatt, you will learn the basic techniques of jewellery making including soldering, forming, saw piercing, stone setting and polishing.
