Courses & Workshops
Our artist led courses and workshops are suitable for all abilities covering a wide variety of practices. Most classes take place in the Everybody School of Art with all materials and resources provided.
We have developed pricing options for a range of financial circumstances. Please consider which option applies to your own circumstance before booking.
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Life Drawing
This term our Life Drawing sessions are taking a more relaxed approach, as classes will be self directed, giving individuals the time to develop their own practice through drawing from a live model each week, in the Everybody Gallery.

Ceramics: Improvers Course
For those developing their skills in hand-building and throwing ceramics techniques.

Youth Art
Come and have some creative fun and learn about a whole range of art techniques. For young people aged 12-16.

Ceramics: Wheel Throwing Course
This termly 6-week course explores the skills and techniques of throwing pots on the wheel. Join our ceramics tutor, Matt Cameron as he helps you get to grips with the processes involved with this unique art form.

Art Club
Have some creative fun exploring a variety of art skills each week. For children age 7-11

Complete Ceramics - A Beginner's Course
Our brand new ceramics course has the complete beginner in mind. With so many different techniques to explore, when starting your ceramics journey, it can be quite overwhelming and difficult to know where to begin!
This 6 week course is designed to let you try many of the main ceramics techniques - both hand building and wheel throwing - and enable you to create kiln ready pieces to take home.

Drawing for Beginners and Improvers
This 6-week course will explore skills, techniques and methods of drawing that will develop your visual ability and skills. Assignments with clear, step-by-step instructions will develop your understanding of the practice of drawing. You will be encouraged to embrace an experimental approach towards drawing and develop your own creative style. All materials are provided.
Evening Painting
Learn and improve your painting skills and techniques in this 6-week course with tutor Peter Stanyer

Sketchbook Club
Join us for our Sketchbook club! Learn about drawing and advancing your sketchbook skills on this 6 week course

Sketchbook Club
Join us for our NEW Sketchbook club! Learn about drawing and advancing your sketchbook skills on this 6 week course


Drawing for Beginners and Improvers
This 6-week course will explore skills, techniques and methods of drawing that will develop your visual ability and skills. Assignments with clear, step-by-step instructions will develop your understanding of the practice of drawing. You will be encouraged to embrace an experimental approach towards drawing and develop your own creative style. All materials are provided.

Evening Painting
Learn and improve your painting skills and techniques in this 6-week course with tutor Peter Stanyer.
Suitable for beginners or improvers with prior painting experience, you will develop your own creative pathway while learning and extending your fundamental painting skills and techniques.

WEA Creative Drawing for Improvers
Each week will have a themed fun challenge designed to develop your observational, critical and creative skills.

Drawing for Beginners and Improvers
This 5-week course will explore skills, techniques and methods of drawing that will develop your visual ability and skills. Assignments with clear, step-by-step instructions will develop your understanding of the practice of drawing. You will be encouraged to embrace an experimental approach towards drawing and develop your own creative style. All materials are provided.


Evening Painting
Learn and improve your painting skills and techniques in this 5-week course with tutor Peter Stanyer.
Suitable for beginners or improvers with prior painting experience, you will develop your own creative pathway while learning and extending your fundamental painting skills and techniques.

WEA Next Steps Creative Drawing
Each week will have a themed fun challenge designed to develop your observational, critical and creative skills.

Afternoon Ceramics
This termly five-week course will explore various skills, techniques and methods of ceramics. Each term you will be introduced to a different style and technique and given the opportunity to apply what you learn to your own projects. Whether you express them in sculptural forms or explore more decorative and functional pottery, at the end of each term you will have the opportunity to glaze and fire pieces ready to take home.
Suitable for all levels of student, from beginners to those with more experience.

Anatomical Drawing
Each week will have a themed fun challenge designed to develop your observational, critical and creative skills. Themes will include still life, portraits, landscape and life drawing.

Etching
This three-week course will provide an introduction to and opportunities to develop the skills and techniques of non toxic etching on metal, leading to the creation of a series of hand printed artworks.

Ecology of Creativity
Join artist Mishka Leseyova at our first series of Wellbeing at the Weekend sessions; ‘Ecology of Creativity’ running Saturday mornings 10-11:30pm from the 25th February to the 1st April.