174 Arts & Crafts courses

Stained Glass - PAINTING ONE DAY Workshop 9.00am - 15.00pm

Have a go at enamelling is a 3 hour workshop, suitable for complete beginners, enamelling on copper with kiln-fired vitreous enamel.  Participants will experiment with various decorative techniques and will complete several pieces of jewellery to take home. You don't need to bring anything for the workshop: as all materials are provided.  We recommend wearing clothes that you don't mind getting messy and sturdy, closed toe shoes are best (not sandals).

Introduction to palette knives, developing textures and depth in creating landscapes in oils. Learn key points in creating dynamic paintings using reference materials from the rural landscape of Neath. Teaching will be through demonstrating and one to one time with students.

Explore what equipment and surfaces you will need for acrylic painting, cover the basic of colour mixing, brush-handling and simple palette-knife uses, as well as using mediums.

Explore the wonderful effects you can create using Ink resist and gouache in this one day workshop with mixed media artist Lesley Dearn. The step by step process makes it suitable for everyone from the absolute beginner to advanced. We will cover elements of design and colour along with technique as you create your own ‘one off’ images.

Creative textiles skills workshop for textiles enthusiasts and teachers

Huddersfield-based artist Puy Soden is offering an exciting new buon fresco painting workshop in Crafters Cottage, Honley, near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire this June. In Puy’s hands-on workshop you’re invited to experience specialist materials and methods, similar to those used by Michelangelo over 500 years ago for his incredible Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome. Learn an ancient painting method and create your own beautiful fresco artworks on tiles for your home and garden.

Learn to push boundaries and perfect paintwork like never before.Our One-day sanding course for automotive paintwork is for experienced, high-end detailers looking to add to their portfolio with the ultimate refinement, along with the option to pre-purchase a machine pack - including Flex ORE 3-150 sander, Interface pad and sanding film kit, at a fantastic low price in advance, for collection on the day. Our one-day sanding and flatting course for automotive paintwork is for experienced detailers looking to add to their portfolio with the ultimate refinement and correction technique to improve results, and productivity, and add a valuable and marketable service to their business. Sanding is a skill which can be used to perfect and rectify the harshest repairable damage and imperfect paintwork. Using a range of tools from electric and pneumatic sanders to specialist tools and compounds, you will work through the day to perfect a series of ever more challenging panels under the watchful eye of our instructors who are there to guide and demonstrate every step. wet sanding is a critically difficult skill which can bring high-yield finishes to a detailing portfolio and turn around the most challenging and rewarding of projects. Course fees cover all materials and lunch, with the day starting at 9.30 and running to around 4.30 pm. You also have the option to pre-purchase the Machine add-on pack - a Flex ORE 3-150 - at a fantastic low price in advance, for collection on the day. Because of the high demand and complexity of the skill, all attendees will need a working knowledge of machine polishers - both rotary and DA - and confidence in heavy correction to benefit from this course as it assumes a high level of competency prior to taking on the most challenging work in a detailers arsenal. Course Length 1 Day (0930-1600) Location UK Detailing Academy, 2 Purlieus Barn, Ewen, Cirencester, GL7 6BY Group Size One-to-One Experience / Qualification Competent with a machine polisher Refreshments or Lunch Refreshments included

Stained Glass Workshop: 2 Days

The one day glass fusing course is designed to give total beginners an introduction to a new skill, and allow more time to create a larger piece of work. At the end of the day, you will have created a glass bowl, wall hanging or large wave (approx 30cm x 30cm). You should also have had some fun! I keep the glass fusing classes small, to make sure it's easy to give everyone as much input as is required. There is a 2m gap between all work-stations, to help maintain social distancing. We also provide visors (or you can wear your own mask), and there is lots & lots of hand sanitiser. All equipment & materials are disinfected before the start of each day. You don't need to bring any materials, as everything required to create your piece of work is provided. The only thing you need to wear are closed shoes (e.g. no sandals), and to bring some lunch. We can also arrange lunch at a small cost, if required. You'll start the day by creating a design - you can bring your own, or we can provide one. You'll learn how to cut the glass & then build up your design which is then fired overnight. You will be able to collect your design the next day, or we can arrange to post it to you (you just need to cover the cost of the postage). Timings: 10am - 4pm Buying as a gift? Just select the most appropriate date and, if that turns out not to be suitable, the recipient can simply reschedule over the phone or by email (we just need 2 weeks' notice).