Accompanied by delicious vodka spritzes from Forage, we will be oil painting flowers with accuracy and energy.

In “Painting Flowers” we will use the ‘sight-size’ method and ‘colour matching’ to capture the true likeness and beauty found in flowers. The purpose will be to enjoy painting, learn new things and create a work of art!

Drawing and reinterpreting the Masters - Picasso, Auerbach, Cecily Brown and many others have made contemporary work that refers to art of the past. In this class we look at how to make fast and meaningful thumbnail sketches from paintings by the Old Masters. We will then look at ways of responding via coloured drawing to their work as part of a journey towards finding your own contemporary voice. The class is suitable for all levels. All that is needed is a genuine , open-eyed appreciation of both contemporary and past art.

Accompanied by delicious vodka spritzes from Forage, Venetia will introduce you to the relief-print technique of lino-cutting.

During this class you will be shown how to use specialist tools to create your linocut and then how to ink and hand-press it onto a Kraft greeting card.

Accompanied by delicious vodka spritzes from Forage, and with luscious summer fruits as our specimens, Mary Ellen will introduce a few botanical artist’s techniques to paint your own colourful plant portraits in rich watercolour.

In this class, we will consider the still life as a miniature terrain that we can explore through drawing. The class will begin with some exercises that warm up our hand and eye, helping us to consider line, tone and form. We will explore techniques in charcoal and ink to consider mark making, and develop ideas around composition by working on horizontal and vertical formats.

George Butler is an award-winning illustrator but has reinvented the role of the Artist Reporter drawing conflict zones, climate issues, humanitarian crisis and social issues for the news. His drawings are done in situ - in pen, ink and watercolour.