Archive of course summaries of the different art courses, drawing classes and workshops delivered by Creative Art Courses, with student feedback from almost every course.
“I now want to draw buildings all the time, when previously I avoided them at all costs!” Heather M What a wonderful weekend sketching our urban environment on my Cityscapes: urban sketching course! The weather was extremely kind to us, so in contrast to the summer course, we drew outside on site, for almost the […]
“Challenged my traditional expectations of drawing a 3D item.” Mariam B The first in my series of Modern Master artists who led the way in Modern art around the turn of the 19th century. Cezanne is the first evening workshop that looks at what developments he heralded in art, how his work influenced artists after […]
“Helpful because you learn what you like and don’t like – it’s experienced.” Sam F The first Autumn course for absolute beginners was a joy to teach as usual. Students were so pleased to be back in a creative space after so long at home due to Covid. The students all had a wonderful time […]
“Thoroughly enjoyable 2.5 hours” Rob L My first autumn workshop after the summer holidays. With people just getting back into the swing of things with new Covid restrictions in place we had just a couple of students attending this workshop. However it did not stop us from having a wonderful creative experience in the studio. […]
“A great introduction to techniques in acrylic paint.” Freya W A wonderful weekend spent encouraging students in their first steps in painting with acrylic paint. The tutor Brigid did a fabulous job in teaching and inspiring the students. Read further to see what they thought of their experience.
“Covid-19 safety and Creativity combined!! What more could we ask for? Sue M Urban sketching in August sounds wonderful – sitting outdoors in the summer sunshine drawing our surroundings. Sadly that did not happen much during our summer urban sketching weekend course. The weather was awful! We managed to get outdoors for about 1 hour […]
“Challenging preconceived ideas and ways of looking at objects and ideas. Steve J One of the first courses I taught after resuming once Covid-19 lockdown restrictions had ben lifted. It was great to be back teaching in my studio again. I know students were thrilled to be back learning and being creative within a supportive […]
“Exactly what you need to start a fabulous new venture – go for it!!” Karen C I’m a bit late posting this after the Art Elements course in February 2020 because Covid-19 came along and changed the world!! Little did I know this was to be one of the last courses I was to teach […]
Good course explains the basics in a short time” Roy N I had a very enjoyable weekend working with this smaller group of students than usual due to Covid-19 restrictions. It did mean I was able to offer more 1:1 support where needed, but honestly the group did fabulously well anyway. Roy considered the course […]
“It was excellent – a brilliant two days.” Jane S A very enjoyable weekend encouraging students to embrace experimentation, playfulness and to keep asking the question ‘what if?’ This is the best way to keep mixed media painting alive and fresh and discover new and exciting things to do with paint and a variety of […]
My 2nd post lockdown workshop took place on Tuesday evening. Again, it has to be said just how enjoyable it is being back in the studio talking about the subject I love the most – art! The Matisse workshop is part of a series of 3 short evening workshops that balances a bit of art […]
Finally, after 4 months of Cornavirus lockdown I was allowed to hold courses again. With much reduced class sizes (just 5 students max) and loads of mitigations in place to reduce risk as much as possible the Begin to draw + paint course was the first course held to mark the unlocking of lockdown. It […]
“Very friendly and informative. Great for building confidence as a beginner.” Laurence C Brigid taught another of her well attended acrylic painting courses. The course is based around still life painting, but students will be able to take away new skills and techniques and apply this to any subject matter of their choice. Sara found […]
“It’s fun and you learn new techniques to improve your art.” Silvi Student comments My class was: Fun, Exciting, Great My class highlight was: using the pastels and learning about shading to expand my current skills I would recommend the class because: it was incredible Maja My class was: Fun, Messy, Artistic My class highlight […]
“Well structured, informative and fun.” Deborah L I taught another very enjoyable Begin to draw + paint course. The group of students got off to a fab start, introducing themselves, chatting and getting to know each other – creating a real buzz of new friendships and anticipation in the studio. As Laurence said after the […]
