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Art Modules: 12 week curriculum, from pencil modules to acrylic.
Exciting News! Art Friends Creative Classes are now enrolling for Autumn 2026 @ Padbury Pavilion 🎨
Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to build your skills, you'll enjoy friendly, relaxed classes where creativity grows week by week. Many of our students choose to join us throughout the term, enjoying the chance to develop their confidence, explore a variety of techniques and become part of our welcoming art community.
Prefer to start with just one class? You're very welcome. Every session is designed to be enjoyable on its own, so you can try us first and continue whenever you're ready.
All materials are provided – just bring yourself!
Browse our Autumn classes below and reserve your place:
There's still time to enjoy our remaining Summer Term classes before they finish on 29 July 2026
There's still time to enjoy our remaining Summer Term classes before they finish on 29 July 2026
Book your summer classes below
Some of the amazing work from our classes:
Week 1 - Pencil study 'Hedgehog' We look at pencils. HB to 8B. How to work with depth of colour and an intro to composition.
Week 2 - Pencil study 'Smokey London'. Learn about perspectives. Working in graphite to create depth and contrast.
Week 3 - Oil pastels 'Seaside Springtime' Introduction to oil pastels. Explore different coloured paper, smudging and blending.
Week 4 - Watercolour 'Bluebell Woods' Introduction to watercolour painting. Colour theory, and exploring painting techniques.
Week 5 - Watercolour & Ink 'Tea For Two' Whimsical ink and watercolour still life study. Working with ellipses and scale.
Week 6 - Watercolour 'A Stroll With My Dog' Watercolour wet-in-wet, glazing and composition.
Week 7 - Watercolour & Ink 'Four Legged Friends' A fun look at cartoon ink and watercolour, animal anatomy and abstraction.
Week 8 - Acrylic 'Portrait Of A Friend' Introduction to portraiture and acrylic paint. We look at 'grounding', complementary colour and impasto painting.
Week 9 - Acrylic 'Low Tide' Exploring landscape painting, working with palette knife and colour theory
Week 10 - Acrylic 'Corner Rendezvous' Scale and composition. Further work in grounding, layering and impasto.
Summer Term:Â
Mondays 11th May - 27th July 2026
Wednesdays 6th May - 29th July 2026
Autumn Term:Â
Mondays 21st September - 7th December 2026
Wednesdays 23rd - 9th December 2026
*We have a limit for 16 spaces. Please let us know which class, module (or full term) you'd like to enrol in, and we'll save your seat and brushes!
Keep an eye out for our next term dates:
Autumn course: Mondays and Wednesdays - runs from 21st Sept - 9th December
*We have a limit for 16 spaces. Please let us know which day, module (or full term) you'd like to enrol in, and we'll save your seat and easel :)
Where are we in Padbury?Â
We're in the wonderful Padbury Pavilion.
There is free parking at the venue.
Go on! Treat yourself to this weekly immersion of art. Learn new skills and artistic techniques amongst great company.
£25 includes all art materials, plus tea, coffee and yummy biscuits :)
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