Weekly classes
Ten Thursdays a term in watercolour, gouache and drawing, for complete beginners and people who have painted for years.
- Mornings 10 to 12, evenings 7 to 9
- Eight painters and one tutor to a table
- Everything you paint with is included
What a term covers
Washes and water
How much water, how much paint, and when to leave it alone.
Mixing colour
Twelve colours from five tubes, and why grey is never just black and white.
Gouache
Flat, opaque colour for posters, illustrations and bold little studies.
Drawing
Looking first: shapes, edges and the space around things.
Light and shadow
Painting the same lemon at nine and at four, and seeing the difference.
A painting of your own
The last three weeks go to one picture you choose and finish.
Ways to come
Open studio
Good to know
Morning or evening?
The same lessons, a different crowd. Mornings are quieter and fuller of retired painters; evenings are livelier and end in the pub on the quay more often than not.
What if I miss a Thursday?
Come to the other class that week instead, or to an open studio on Friday.
Will I be the only beginner?
Never. About half of every table started with us knowing nothing.
Try one Thursday first
A taster class costs £28 and comes off the price of the term if you stay.