Improve your arts & craft skills, or learn some new ones

We’ve got the best modern arts and crafts classes that you can do online or in person at one of our learning venues across England and Scotland. It's never been easier to try your hand at something a little different and discover a new talent.

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Our arts and crafts workshops are perfect if you’re looking to get creative and hands on.

Show your creativity

Take centre stage with one of our performing arts courses, or indulge your photography passion and strike a pose with tips and techniques on how to capture that perfect shot.  

Develop the skills and get crafty with some jewellery making, with no previous experience required. With courses in textiles and sewing, as well as the arts, we really do have something for everyone, and everyone is welcome too.  

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The combination of small class sizes and guidance from expert tutors means that taking part in one of our arts and crafts courses is the perfect place for you to develop your talent, learn a new skill, or start that hobby you’ve always wanted to try.

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Art Practical: Drawing and Painting (Reaching Out) - L’Arche

This course gives students, including those who otherwise cannot get access to art classes, the opportunity to experiment with a range of materials and techniques and complete a number of exciting projects in drawing and painting. The course, which is run by our highly experienced tutor, is open to beginners as well as those looking to improve their skills. The projects include: painting for fun, tracing and transferring designs, colouring-in, drawing and painting animals, painting landscapes, poster design, abstract art and copying faces. You will learn about colour mixing, blending and how to create various textures and other cool effects.
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Dates:
Mon 21/04/2025 -
Mon 14/07/2025
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
L'Arche Bognor Regis
188 Hawthorn Road
Bognor Regis
PO21 2UX
Tutor:
Frank Ferrie
Course code:
Q00021565
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £92.40

Art Practical: Creative Painting

To introduce students to painting in acrylics and take them to a higher level and begin to develop their skills. This course is accessible to beginners but also provides an ideal stepping stone towards intermediate levels. With step-by-step instructions, demonstrations and handouts, students can build their skills with confidence. Students are supported throughout the course by a process of constructive assessment. They will develop confidence in appraising their own work, engage in frequent discussions with their tutor and encourage each other through regular reviews and group critiques of projects. You will explore a variety of painting techniques whilst developing confidence and creative expression in visual form.
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Dates:
Mon 21/04/2025 -
Mon 14/07/2025
Times:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
John Pounds Centre (Portsmouth)
23 Pounds Gate
Queen Street
Portsmouth
PO1 3HN
Tutor:
Frank Ferrie
Course code:
Q00021569
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £92.40

Craft: Intermediate Mosaics

Enhance your mosaic-making skills with our Craft: Intermediate Mosaics course. Learn advanced techniques for creating intricate and detailed mosaic designs. Ideal for individuals with basic mosaic experience looking to refine their craft.
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 08/07/2025
Times:
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Sophie Robins Mosaics (Nottingham)
unit 6 Hartley House
Hucknall Road
Nottingham
NG5 1FD
Tutor:
Sophie Robins
Course code:
Q00015896
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £115.50

Textiles and Fashion: Sustainable sewing: Advanced small sewing projects

This class will teach you how to make a range of small projects: cushions, bags, zip purses, peg bag/tea cosy, hanging hearts or birds or you can choose patterns of your own. Weekly skills will also be covered including buttonholes, ways to insert zips, piping, darts and more. Basic knowledge of the sewing machine is needed.
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 08/07/2025
Times:
11:30am - 2:30pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Rebecca Spear
Course code:
Q00021279
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
0 places remaining
Status:
Waiting list (Waiting list)
Fee range
Free to £122.10

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Duration:
12 months
Fee:
£15

Creativity for Calm

Are you looking for a relaxing hobby to help you unwind? Creating moments of calm in the day is essential for our emotional well-being and mental health. Step into the world of mindful crafts with this course and enjoy art for relaxation. This creativity course allows you to explore your art and craft skills to find practices that soothe you. Whether you enjoy drawing, painting, origami, or craft-making, art courses can help you find a relaxing hobby.
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 08/07/2025
Times:
9:00am - 11:00am
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Rebecca Spear
Course code:
Q00021285
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £81.40

Art Practical: Art by the Sea

Experiment with a range of materials and complete a number of exciting projects in art including landscape painting and a personal project. This course offers expert but accessible instruction in drawing, colour mixing, landscape painting and a personal project such as a portrait or abstract design. The course takes place at Ashley Place, which is a residential home for adults with a physical disability, but the course is open to everyone from the community with or without a disability.
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 01/07/2025
Times:
10:00am - 11:00am
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Ashley Place (Bognor Regis)
Kings Parade
Bognor Regis
PO21 2QP
Tutor:
Frank Ferrie
Course code:
Q00018432
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £92.40

Art Practical: Intermediate Watercolours with Mixed Media

Have you learnt the basics of painting in watercolours and are looking for fresh ideas? Do you want to learn and develop the use of watercolours alongside different art media? Why not join this course to explore your own creativity, find inspiration and receive support and encouragement? This ten-week course aims to provide ideas and techniques for working spontaneously and expressively as well finding sources of inspiration and methods for using a variety of drawing and painting media with watercolours. You will also have the opportunity to share ideas and take part in weekly discussions about your artworks with the tutor and other students on the course. This online course also follows on from Q00019810 but you can also attend if you haven't attended that course.
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 01/07/2025
Times:
11:00am - 1:00pm
Duration:
10 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Deborah Crofts
Course code:
Q00021545
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £74.00

Craft: Advanced: Community Mosaics

This course has two main objectives. It will enable you to work on a series of individual mosaics to display or sell at a local public event. Secondly it will equip you in the planning of a collaborative group mosaic designed for installation in a community space. Teamwork will be encouraged where you will be contributing in several ways, from the planning, making, advertising, curation, and event participation.
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 08/07/2025
Times:
10:00am - 12:30pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Sophie Robins Mosaics (Nottingham)
unit 6 Hartley House
Hucknall Road
Nottingham
NG5 1FD
Tutor:
Sophie Robins
Course code:
Q00020250
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £115.50

Patch work sewing: quilts and cushions

Discover the wonderful technique of patchwork. This course will help to develop your craft in measuring, marking and creating your own patterns for quilts and cushions.
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 29/07/2025
Times:
4:00pm - 6:30pm
Duration:
14 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Nasim Younis
Course code:
Q00021719
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £129.50

Art Practical: Advanced Arts and Crafts for Health and Wellbeing

The purpose of this course is to support your individual health and wellbeing and for you to gain confidence. The course is designed to build on your individual skills and knowledge of arts and craft. You will be given the opportunity to experiment and create pieces of art and or crafts using a variety of materials. This course is about planning for a major piece or of work that will highlight your individual skills and acknowledge the skills and techniques you have learnt. You will be able to take your time to produce a major piece or pieces of work.
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Dates:
Wed 23/04/2025 -
Wed 23/07/2025
Times:
10:00am - 2:30pm
Duration:
14 sessions
Location:
NST Hub (North Somerset Training Communi
31 Alexandra Parade
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1QZ
Tutor:
Rebecca Williams
Course code:
Q00016834
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £245.70