Art Classes Liverpool
Looking for Art Classes in Liverpool?
Why not consider Creative Art Courses in Manchester?
Courses + Classes
Weekend 1-day workshops
Exciting 1-day workshops exploring different materials and techniques. Great to attend as stand-alone workshops or as part of your wider creative journey
Explore multi-layered mark-making, surfaces and textures
Book individually or together over a single weekend
Experimental drawing
1-day workshop, Saturday or Sunday
Explore drawing in its purest form to help expand your gesture and mark-making skills
Mixed-media textures
1-day workshop, Saturday or Sunday
Create tactile mixed-media textures using acrylics and a variety of materials and techniques
Experience the thrill of charcoal drawing and pen + ink wash mixed media
Book individually or together over a single weekend
Charcoal drawing
1-day workshop, Saturday or Sunday
Discover the freedom of gestural drawing with willow, and the drama of compressed charcoal
Pen + ink wash drawing
1-day workshop, Saturday or Sunday
Embrace the freedom of drawing with black Indian ink and colourful drawing ink using dip pens, natural sticks and brushes.
Weekend 2-day courses
Our 2-day weekend courses from Saturday to Sunday are the perfect opportunity to indulge your creative self, learn new skills and techniques and leave inspired to get stuck into your art at home.
Begin to draw + paint
Weekend course 2-days
The absolute-beginners guide to starting art, drawing and painting
Creative sketchbooks
Weekend course 2-days
Unlock creativity, explore transformative new ideas, and find your unique voice by embracing the true power of your sketchbook
Abstract Art
Weekend course 2-days
Discover the key ingredients, materials and techniques to creating highly personal self-expressive abstract art.
Urban sketching Ancoats
Weekend course 2-days
Build confidence in technical and creative urban sketching techniques with a focus on drawing buildings
Dynamic Colour Mixing
Weekend course 2-days
A practical beginner’s guide to colour mixing. Gain confidence in mixing the colours you want when you want
Extended weekend 3-day courses
Longer 3-day courses from Friday to Sunday offering foundations to new ways of approaching your art. Exciting, challenging and profoundly rewarding.
Essential Drawing Foundations
Friday – Sunday 3-day course
A unique course teaching an innovative and creative approach to drawing that will form the foundation to all your future drawing
Life drawing Foundations
Friday – Sunday 3-day course
A unique life drawing course teaching an innovative and creative approach to drawing the figure that will form the foundation to all future life drawing
Midweek daytime courses, classes + workshops
Midweek daytime classes offering a mix of flexible classes, year-long courses and short workshops
Art + Creativity
Monday morning 10-week course
Gain skills to grow your creative-confidence and learn how to flourish as a visual artist. Series of 3 courses to choose from
Weekly Art Class
Wednesday morning + Thursday afternoon – flexible classes
Be inspired every week with a new tutor-led art project exploring a variety of materials, techniques + styles
Artists Development Group
Thursday afternoon bi-weekly art group over 11 weeks
The Artists Development Group is for you if you are looking for new creative challenges and feel ready to make a real commitment to your creative development
Midweek evening courses
Multi-week evening courses on a Wednesday evening
Life drawing courses + groups
Weekly life drawing peer-group, tutor-led workshops, and 3-day course
Life drawing Ancoats
Monday eve peer group
Peer-led life, figure and portrait drawing and painting for everyone, with tutor-guidance available during Show+Share social time
Begin Life Drawing
Monday eve tutor-led class
Tutor-led step-by-step life drawing class for absolute-beginners and those returning to life drawing
Life drawing Foundations
Friday – Sunday 3-day course
A unique course teaching an innovative and creative approach to drawing that will form the foundation to all future life drawing
Life drawing Marathon
July 2026 dates to be announced
The ultimate life drawing challenge. 100 drawings in 12 hours! A real short-pose extravaganza.
Full and half marathon options available
Children + youth art classes
Sunday art classes for primary + secondary school-aged children
Youth art class
Sunday afternoon class 1-session
Ages 11-15 or Secondary-school aged. Tutor-led art class exploring a variety of materials, artists, and techniques
Children’s art class
Sunday morning class 1-session
Ages 8-10 or Primary-school aged. Tutor-led art class exploring a variety of materials, artists, and techniques
About my art courses
Art courses and drawing classes for beginners to experienced artists
and those of you yet to try
Creative Art Courses offer you the perfect blend of supportive quality teaching, enthusiastic encouragement, and space to experiment at your own pace. All of us at Creative Art Courses have an Inclusive approach that embraces Diversity and celebrates individual achievement.
Discover inspiration & creativity
A great learning experience
The Gallery Studio offers students a warm welcome where everyone interested in learning and growing as artists can feel comfortable to pursue their passion for drawing, painting and mixed-media: start your journey as a complete-beginner; develop your skills further as a beginner + improver; or re-invigorate your creativity as an intermediate. Even those artists with more experience find my courses stimulating.
Great for beginners & Improvers
Creativity at the heart of historical heritage
Our studio is based in Hope Mill and is part of AWOL Studios, Manchester’s largest creative hub of over 80 creative businesses. You will find The Gallery Studio an inspiring and creative space where you can cherish the rich cultural history of the grade 2 listed mill reaching back into the heart of the Industrial Revolution, while nurturing your own artistic development.
Easy access from the city centre
Can’t find what you want in Liverpool?
Expand your horizons beyond Liverpool and treat yourself
to a creative weekend in Manchester.
Join us in Manchester?
Indulge yourself in Manchester’s unique creative energy. The art scene here is so different to the art classes in Liverpool, be sure to experience one of Creative Art Courses’ many inspirational and creative art classes, drawing courses and workshops.
Artist-led Classes
Based at AWOL Studios, Manchester largest creative industry collective, Creative Art Courses offer you a wide range of independent artist-led art classes, drawing courses and workshops. My classes will exceed your expectations and make it a worthwhile journey away from the art classes in Liverpool. My drawing courses give you an excellent reason to try something different to the range of art classes in Liverpool. You are guaranteed well planned courses, a friendly and safe space to learn and experiment, to ensure you leave having improved your drawing and painting and return to your regular art classes in Liverpool with added skills, techniques and above all inspiration to drive your forward.
Beginner – Intermediate – Experienced
Everyone is welcome
WHAT MAKES TRAVELLING TO MANCHESTER SO EASY?
- Quality budget hotel 10 minutes walk from Creative Art courses
- Easy access from the national motorway network. Plan your journey.
- Easily accessible via Intercity train links and Manchester Metrolink
- On-site free car parking. Check out our location and directions.
- Based at AWOL Studios, which is Manchester’s largest Creative industries collective.
- Week-end, + Mid-week, and evening courses available
Liverpool Art Gallery Listings
Liverpool has a choice of art galleries that shouldn’t be missed. Below you’ll find a selection of galleries and art venues available for you to visit around Liverpool.
Walker Art Gallery
William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EL
Opening times
Open daily: 10am – 5pm
Free entry!
One of the finest art galleries in Europe, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool is home to renaissance masterpieces, Tudor portraits and one of the best collections of Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art in the country. For 130 years it has housed Liverpool’s most outstanding art collection. Many of the gallery’s most important works have been on display in the city for nearly 200 years.
The gallery also has an outstanding display of contemporary art including work by David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Bridget Riley.
Tate liverpool
Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 4BB
Opening times
Open daily: 10.00 – 17.00
Tate Liverpool is part of Tate, along with Tate St Ives, Cornwall,Tate Britain, London, and Tate Modern, London. Tate Liverpool was created to display work from the Tate Collection which comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and international modern art. The gallery also has a programme of temporary exhibitions. The gallery opened in 1988 and is housed in a converted warehouse within the Albert Dock on Liverpool’s waterfront.
The Bluecoat
The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
Opening times
Mon – Sat: 10.00 – 6.00
Sun: 11.00 – 6.00
The Bluecoat is open every day except 25, 26 December and 1 January.
The Bluecoat is the oldest Grade 1 listed building in central Liverpool and re-opened in March 2008, after a £14.5m redevelopment, as a major landmark on the UK map of contemporary culture. The Bluecoat uses its spaces to showcase talent across all creative disciplines including visual art, music, literature, dance and live art and is a hub for new talent, providing studio spaces for artists within a unique creative community.
FACT
Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 4DQ
Opening times
Mon-Sat: 10.00 – 9.00pm
Sun: 11.00 – 9.00pm
Free entry
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is the UK’s leading media arts centre, based in Liverpool. Offering a unique programme of exhibitions, film and participant-led art projects, we use the power of creative technology to inspire and enrich lives. The futuristic-looking space within the building – made up of three floors of galleries, cinema screens, a cafe and a bar.
Student Testimonials
“Really interesting. More educational than I thought it was going to be. Warm, friendly, clean and light.”
Simon C
“Well worthwhile. Learned a lot.”
Ruth C
I wanted an opportunity to … discover how to be creative. I found it a really good experience + gave a good flavour of different materials and techniques and how to use them. Angela B
“I learned real and useful techniques. I learned how to see what was wrong and how to fix it, and techniques I can replicate, practice and use for drawing and painting.” My course highlight was “the Vision Cone and practicing it.”
Susan W
STUDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE
Structured learning
Carefully structured teaching that will lead you step by step, giving you the confidence to try new things.
Individual attention
Loads of individual 1:1 encouragement to explore, experiment and discover.
Inclusive + personalised learning
A teaching style that focuses on your individual needs and is fully accepting of your individuality.
Creativity and technical skills
Teaching that allows you to learn new technical skills and develop your creativity, ensuring you leave inspired to continue to develop your skills further at home.
Welcoming studio
The Gallery Studio is a warm, creative and friendly space offering a relaxed informal, yet focused, learning environment.
Essential Art skills
Students learn essential core skills that provide the springboard to future artistic independence.
Within easy access of Manchester city centre
Easy to travel to from Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan, and within easy access of mainline train stations and motorway networks making us accessible from anywhere in the country.
Beginner – Improver – Intermediate – Experienced.
Everyone is welcome.
