Choose from a variety of creative art courses

Explore your creativity through painting and drawing and choose from a variety of creative art classes. With a huge range of subjects to learn from, you can choose from online or in-person options.

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Our creative arts courses will get you working with pastels and pencils, exploring fine art and even get you out and about discovering new galleries in your spare time. 

Paints to pastels

Delivered by experienced art tutors, why not try getting creative with clay, or getting hands-on painting your very own masterpiece. 

If you’re interested in drawing, you won’t be disappointed either. Collage making, oil painting, pastel painting and printing are just some of the subjects that have proved popular in recent years.  

Many of our arts courses are delivered for different levels of experience too, so whether you’re a beginner or a little more advanced, you’ll be able to choose the art course that’s right for you. 

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Art Practical: Learn to Paint an Abstract Landscape

Discover the art of abstract landscape painting with our Art Practical: Learn to Paint an Abstract Landscape course. Learn techniques for blending abstraction with the natural world to create expressive and dynamic artworks. Ideal for artists looking to explore new styles and techniques.
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Course Information

Dates:
Thu 17/07/2025 -
Thu 31/07/2025
Times:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Duration:
3 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Abi Kremer
Course code:
Q00017766
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £16.65

Art Practical: Exploring Drawing

Unlock your creative potential with our Art Practical: Exploring Drawing course. Learn fundamental drawing techniques and experiment with different styles and mediums. Ideal for beginners and experienced artists looking to refine their skills.
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Course Information

Dates:
Thu 17/07/2025 -
Thu 31/07/2025
Times:
9:00am - 10:30am
Duration:
3 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Abi Kremer
Course code:
Q00017767
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £16.65

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Art Practical: Arts & Crafts for Wellbeing

Indulge your creativity while nurturing your wellbeing by joining us on this Arts and Crafts course designed to provide relaxation, self-expression, and practical skills, whilst exploring your artistic style. Through a series of hands-on sessions, you will explore the therapeutic benefits of crafting while learning to create beautiful pieces from fabric, glass jars, and natural materials. From crafting beads to dabbling with macramé techniques, embellishing vases to repurposing old fabrics into new decorations, this course offers a holistic approach to artistic expression and self-care, as well as helping to foster an interest in crafty recycling and how we can use found, natural materials to create unique artwork.
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Dates:
Wed 23/10/2024 -
Wed 04/12/2024
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
7 sessions
Location:
Belle Isle Tenant Management Org. Commun
The Gate ,Off Haverfield Rd
Leeds
LS10 3QH
Tutor:
Victoria Bould
Course code:
Q00019326
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £58.80

Craft: Hand Clay Pottery

This course is designed for you to develop your creative side and use your previous clay hand-building techniques to progress to an intermediate level, plus a chance explore the different decorative styles working with Clay. By the end of the course you should have lots of different pottery pieces and different pottery skills. You will be in a group with others and led by a talented Arts and Crafts tutor. Your work will be taken away and fired in a kiln by the tutor and it will be yours to keep!
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Dates:
Mon 04/11/2024 -
Mon 09/12/2024
Times:
10:30am - 12:30pm
Duration:
6 sessions
Location:
Oakley Resource Centre Hub
Clyde Crescent
Cheltenham
GL52 5QL
Tutor:
Victoria Hendzel
Course code:
Q00016896
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £50.40