Learn to Draw & Paint

Designed for absolute beginners and intermediates alike, our art classes offer expert guidance in a friendly, supportive environment.

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Creative Art Classes

Learn to draw and paint with Creative Art Classes. With the help of our expert tutors you learn key techniques and create art in a variety of mediums. Our classes are suitable for everyone, from absolute beginners who have never held a brush, to more experienced leisure artists who are looking to expand their skills in a friendly, supportive environment.

We offer a money-back guarantee too so it’s risk free!

What we do

Art classes for all abilities with materials provided.

We run in-person daytime art classes for adults. Our courses cover a range of art mediums including pencils, charcoal, watercolour and acrylic and each session focuses on a unique project designed to teach you new techniques and expand your skills.

We provide art materials, tools and references so you don’t need to buy expensive art supplies to join in. All you need is pencils and paper, which you can purchase from us when you enrol (or bring your own).

Art class student smiling and displaying colourful mixed media artwork
Beautiful watercolour peacock painting created by a student during one of our art classes

What to expect

Live demonstrations and everything set up for you before you arrive.

We set up everything before you arrive with all of the art materials, tools and references needed for the project. Your experienced tutor will introduce the project then give a live demonstration before you tackle the project yourself.

Printed guides are provided to help you and your tutor will give personal one-to-one tuition as you progress.

Refreshments are available throughout the session to fuel your creativity.

At the end of the lesson you’ll have a unique piece of art you can show your friends and family. You also get to keep your printed guides and have access to a video of the live demonstration so you can revisit them in your own time.

What you'll learn

Foundational skills in core mediums along with exploration of other medium and techniques.

We cover a range of mediums and techniques in our classes. Every term of our 10-Week Art Course will have at least one project using pencil, one using charcoal, three using watercolour and three using acrylic, but we also cover other mediums and techniques for you to explore too. Each term varies.

Pencils

Pencil drawing of a baby orangutan. Learn to draw at our art classes.

Charcoals

Artwork of a pair of boots created in charcoal.

Watercolour

Watercolour artwork of winter seed heads.

Acrylics

Acrylic artwork of winter seed heads. Learn how to paint in acrylics at our art classes.

Our money-back guarantee

We firmly believe that we provide the best art tuition available and you’ll love our art classes.

For our 10-Week Art Course, we offer a money-back guarantee to all new students, so if after two lessons you don’t feel our course is right for you, we’ll give you a full refund.  

How to enrol

Enrolling is easy - you just need to choose your location and session then pay a deposit.

1

Choose course

Choose the location, course and session you wish to attend.

2

Pay deposit

Pay a deposit to secure your place. You can enrol online, or contact us to pay with cash, cheque or bank transfer.

3

Come to your lesson

Come to your first lesson. You’ll receive a warm welcome and everything set up for you.

Our locations

Locations across the South of England with more opening soon.

Basingstoke

Viables Community Centre

Creative Art Classes Basingstoke students group photo

Farnham

St Mark's Church

Happy art students working on their paintings at one of our art classes

Guildford

St Albans Church Hall

Our Guildford students working away on their art projects

Horsham

Holbrook Tythe Barn

Horsham art class students enjoying creating their art

Newbury

Wash Common Scout Hut

Woking

Chobham Village Hall

Chobham Hall the lovely venue for our Woking art class

What our customers say

See what our students have to say about our classes. Our students’ experiences are at the heart of what we do. 

Google Reviews
5 Over 58 Reviews
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Such a warm welcome from the lovely team helps you to settle in. Step by step instruction is great each week, you never have to feel out of your depth and there’s always help offered when you need it. I’ve learnt so much since I started at the beginning of the year- still a lot more to learn!
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Having always been terrified and with no confidence in my doing any art I plucked up courage and have now just finished my first term. These classes are so well organised and the teaching is fantastic. Good clear demonstrations, lots of encouragement, equipment provided and a really warm atmosphere. Thank you Carrie and team for a brilliant first term and for anyone looking for an art course I totally recommend this one!
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A very well organised and run art experience for students of all ages and standards.All materials are provided and of exceptional standard making learning a pleasure.
Demonstrations and work sheets are easy to follow and the videos to follow are always there for you to follow if you want to review the session at home.
I've had a great time over the last 10 weeks and increased my confidence using new media.
Thank you, looking forward to next Year's challenges.
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I have wanted to attend an art class for years and I'm so glad I signed up for Creative Art Farnham. I have learnt so much in just one term and I now feel confident to try different mediums myself. The tutors are excellent and great fun. Everything is provided including step by step instructions and a video of the lesson as well as fun, lots of laughs and biscuits.
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Really well run course, well taught well organised and extremely friendly. Full of encouragement and detailed teaching. I have really learnt a lot, and it’s been good to go back to basics and have guided teaching- and it’s great fun!
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Inspiring, creative, art lessons which are structured to provide a demonstration of various art mediums allowing the student to gain knowledge whilst in a calming space and to explore their individual styles by drawing or painting a different subject matter over ten weeks.
I have absolutely loved each lesson. It has allowed me the time to let go and dedicate three hours to one of my loves, art exploration. The only criticism, is the time goes far too quick!

Do you have questions?

If you have any questions about our art classes feel free to contact us using the form below and we will be happy to help you.

Or you can visit the Contact Us page for more contact options

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