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.
‘Art on the Wall ‘ is a rolling exhibition of works on the largest wall in the main space at Yardley Arts.
Katy Burdett and Emma Lindsay are well known local artists and will be filling Yardley Arts with their paintings, prints and greeting cards, all available to view and most to buy.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
On this six-week afternoon course, you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in tackling both drawing and painting. This will be a skills based course, improving your drawing and use of colour, whilst providing hints and tips on a personalised level, enabling you to develop at your own pace.
On this six week evening course, you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in tackling both drawing and painting. This will be a skills based course, improving your drawing and use of colour, whilst providing hints and tips on a personalised level enabling you to develop at your own pace.
In this exciting beginners workshop you will learn how to design and construct a beautiful ceramic bird made with stoneware clay. It can be decorated with detailed feathers on the wings, body and tail.
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
Inspired by Rosa Roberts, create your own collection of pots, jugs, cups, and bottles using mixed media, paint, collage, pens, crayons, oil pastels and more!
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
Create a colourful, sparkling birthday cake using paint, inks and glitter and lots of mixed media techniques.
Stroll through an enchanted floral pathway…
During this workshop you will create an expressive painting bursting with light and radiant colour capturing a glimpse of a garden scene.
Create an expressive painting of flowers bursting with radiance, light and joy. Loosen up and lift your paintings from lack-lustre flowers to radiant blooms with wow factor!!!
Use a mixture of wet in dry and wet into wet method and a limited colour palette along with lively direct brushwork to create paintings that are radiant and fresh with a vital balance of areas of impact with strong tonal contrast combined with soft edges to create beautiful yet bold artworks.
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
Make a crazy, colourful bunch of flowers using collage, paint, crayon and pens!
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
In this bank holiday weekend workshop, let artist Sally Ellis inspire you to create your own contemporary still life paintings using acrylic paints and inks in our stunning art centre.
Sally will guide you through her unique process which will encourage you to be playful, expressive and brave which you can then adapt accordingly in your own painting.
At the end of the weekend, you will have created up to 2 paintings on artist quality acrylic paper on cradled wooden panels.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
This workshop is an ideal introduction to landscape painting in oils. Working from a reference photo provided a landscape painting will be produced with attention to perspective, tonal values, colour mixing and application of colours. Students will be able to create a realistic landscape painting following a step-by-step process.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
We are delighted to have Minnie Teckman return as a tutor with this five-week 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. Each week there will be a different theme such as tone and value, line and texture, form and space.
Come and immerse yourself in the vibrant and expressive world of Henri Matisse. Inspired by the master of color and bold shapes, we will create our own masterpiece using markers and paint. Through this activity, we will explore the joy of color, composition, and creative expression in the spirit of Matisse.
Create an expressive painting of Spring florals bursting with radiance, light and joy. Loosen up and lift your paintings from lackluster flowers to radiant blooms with Wow factor!
Use a mixture of wet in dry and wet into wet method and a limited colour palette along with lively direct brushwork to create paintings that are radiant and fresh with a vital balance of areas of impact with strong tonal contrast combined with soft edges to create beautiful yet bold artworks.
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 with the advantages of a textured canvas. It can also go directly on your wall without a frame! We will follow a step by step demonstrated approach and you will learn and use a wide range of techniques in the process. This is a two morning course, of 6 hours tuition and follows on from my earlier Yardley Arts courses. New students are welcome!
The small group makes more personal tuition time available.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
A two-day course focussing on producing floral oil painting using a loose approach and exploring tone and colour to describe the subject, without overworking.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
Create a painting of this delightful subject in watercolour which is a perfect medium to capture the sparkling eyes, captivating character and the radiant bushy tail of this well loved creature.
We will use a limited colour palate and explore temperature and transparency and a dynamic direct brushwork using limited layers to give our artworks vive and vibrancy. The colours and techniques are very similar to the January workshop painting squirrels so its a perfect move on from this subject but with a little more challenge.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
This workshop is an ideal introduction to landscape painting in oils. Working from a reference photo provided a landscape painting will be produced with attention to perspective, tonal values, colour mixing and application of colours. Students will be able to create a realistic landscape painting following a step-by-step process.
We will be looking at the vibrant and cheerful style of Romero Britto, a renowned pop artist known for his bold colors and playful patterns. Using bleeding tissue paper and paint, we will create our own Britto-inspired giant Valentine’s heart.
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.
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.
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
We will create a wintery tree landscape using collage and paint techniques.
Create a loose and lively painting of this delightful subject using the wet into wet Watercolour method which is perfect to capture elements of nature such as fruit, flowers and foliage.
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
In this class, we will use watercolour and oil pastel resist to create a colourful, patterned landscape and add in 3 dimensional houses.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
If you are an absolute beginner but want to give it a go then Drawing for the Terrified! Is the perfect place to to start!
This 4 week introductory evening course with tutor Jayne Williams will get you started and give you confidence in learning how to draw.
Jayne will not only give you expert tuition, she will hold your hand and give you every encouragement - you will be amazed at what you can achieve through a progression of simple mark-making exercises.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
This experimental art class with Emma Lindsay will teach children new skills and how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
In this watercolour workshop, learn different techniques such as wet on wet, dry on wet and dry brush technique.
Create an expressive painting of autumn florals bursting with warmth, light and joy. Loosen up and lift your paintings from lackluster flowers to radiant blooms with Wow factor!!!
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.
This course is now sold out. If you would like to be notified of similar courses, please email info@yardleyarts.org
This workshop is an ideal introduction to landscape painting in oils. Working from a reference photo provided a landscape painting will be produced with attention to perspective, tonal values, colour mixing and application of colours. Students will be able to create a realistic landscape painting following a step-by-step process.
Create a loose and lively painting of this enchanting subject using the wet into wet Watercolour method which is perfect to capture simple architectural structures, atmospheric landscape and dynamic reflections.
Capture the spirit of summer painting lavender meadows in an expressive and radiant watercolour style. We will create simple yet vibrant landscape paintings of ever inspiring summer vistas of lavender fields both English and Provence to capture different atmospheres. We may even add some busy bees or a simple figure to enhance the paintings and expand our skills.
In this children’s art class with Emma Lindsay, young artists will combine bold patterns and vibrant colours to create stunning works of art!
Learn the techniques of Art Deco tile printing and let your creativity run riot!
Join an enchanting children’s art class with Emma Lindsay, where young artists embark on a magical journey in to the world of fairytale kings and queens!
Children are invited to bring their creativity to life through paint and brushes, turning blank canvases into vibrant realms of royalty and wonder.
A fun and experimental Saturday art class with Emma Lindsay held monthly. There will be an exciting project each time, which will teach children new skills and also how to use different materials in fun and varied ways.
Following on from Cordell’s popular Introduction to Portrait Painting in Oils workshops, this workshop is designed to help students understand colour mixing and design in portraiture using 2 limited colour palettes.
On this four week evening course, you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in tackling both drawing and painting. This will be a skills based course, improving your observational drawing skills and use of colour, whilst being supported with hints and tips on a personalised level enabling you to develop at your own pace.
