Painting and Drawing Courses

  On this course, through short, half-hour, demonstrations and lots of individual coaching, you will receive a basic foundation in portraiture – in oils, acrylics and the main drawing media. You’ll learn about head construction, the ground rules for successful …

The weekend course is designed for improvers to intermediate painters. Jacky will cover a range of subject matter: landscape, water, boats and figures to populate your paintings. Each day you will complete a painting following Jacky’s step-by-step demonstration. You will …

    Cotswolds sketching & drawing courses for beginners Everyone can draw! Forget those who said you couldn’t draw and pick up where you left off if you have not drawn since your school days.   Drawing on a lifetime’s experience, …

  Watercolour is the ideal medium with which to capture the atmosphere of an interesting sky, or the movement of a tumbling mountain stream. Add to these the subtle colours and drama of high places and we have all the …

The Impressionists worked outside and so shall we: in and around the stunning landscape that makes up the Farncombe Estate. Beautiful panoramic views over the valley to Broadway and intimate views of wooded areas and the lake will provide the …

  Many budding artists look on pencil sketching purely as a means to an end. That is, they want to ‘get it over with’ so that they can get stuck into their painting – this is the workshop antidote for …

This is an opportunity for painters of all abilities to be guided through their own project by a highly experienced artist and tutor. The weekend offers a supportive and stimulating environment where you can learn new techniques, experiment with style …

The course is suitable from beginners to more advanced levels. We will use the evocative subjects of harbours and boats to learn a range of skills, for instance painting thinly (like watercolour) to thick (using oils.) You can paint on …

This is an exciting course that gives you the opportunity to learn some techniques in botanical or natural history illustration by a very experienced tutor.  Simon will demonstrate the techniques required and offer lots of individual help on paint application …

If you want to refine or break out of your current way of painting with acrylics, this course is for you. We explore creative ways to render effects and styles with a variety of surfaces, try different brushes and palette …

  The transparent and luminous qualities of watercolour are perfect for capturing the atmospheric effects of light and shade. From an open landscape broken by the soft shadows of passing clouds to the bright, crisp sunlight and deep mysterious shade …

Have you ever longed to create a painting of your favourite building or your own home? Here’s your chance. Throughout the weekend, Colin shows you how to produce beautiful watercolour paintings from a photograph, step-by-step. During this course you will …

Pine cones and seed pods have fascinating structures with folds, crinkles and spirals that just beg to be drawn!  You can choose from an amazing array of cones and seed pods provided by Sue or have a foray of your …

Cotswolds Sketching & Drawing Courses for Beginners Everyone can draw! Forget those who said you couldn’t draw and pick up where you left off if you have not drawn since your school days.   Drawing on a lifetime’s experience, Doug …

  On this course, through short, half-hour, demonstrations and lots of individual coaching, you will receive a basic foundation in portraiture – in oils, acrylics and the main drawing media. You’ll learn about head construction, the ground rules for successful …

  This course will show the use of soft pastels to produce effective paintings on pastel papers, using a variety of techniques to paint skies, landscapes and water scenes, including reflections. The techniques of using pastels will be included along …

Discover how to produce Christmas scenes with watercolour paint. Using photographs supplied by the tutor, you will be shown how to paint snow, holly, snowmen, Christmas trees and festive scenes using watercolour paint. There will also be an opportunity to …

  Which canvas, paint, brush, how to blend, dry brush, ‘wet in wet’, ‘Fat over lean’- what does that mean? All these questions and many more are explored in creative ways to render effects and styles. We’ll try different surfaces, …