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Art, craft and clay

Most 2025 activities will be available to book from Monday 2 December 2024. Please check back then to make your booking.

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Acrylic mini masterpieces

Explore acrylic techniques in a fun, supportive environment, perfect for capturing scenes on a small canvas or sketch pads.
- Tuesdays AM at Diamond Creek.

Art class: exploration and discovery

Develop your art, explore boundaries and ignite creativity!
- Wednesdays AM at Diamond Creek.

Art for junior teens

A fun, friendly and supportive group where teens can create and connect.
- Monday afternoons at Diamond Creek.

Arts for health - independent practice

Increase mental health, wellbeing, confidence and social connection through art with the facilitation of trained mental health professionals.
- Mondays AM at Eltham.

Arts for health - supported group practice

Increase mental health, wellbeing, confidence and social connection through art with the facilitation of trained mental health professionals.
- Mondays PM at Eltham.

Botanical illustration

Intermediate to advanced class focused on illustrating flowers and plants.
- Thursdays AM at Eltham.

Clay 'taster' workshop

A fun, short two-session workshop if you have always wanted to give wheel-throwing a go and learn some basic skills.
- Saturdays AM at Eltham.

Hand building and jewellery making with clay

Get creative by hand building practical and usable pieces and/or wearable art.
- Wednesdays PM at Eltham.

Japanese ink art for beginners (one-off)

Traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting and calligraphy.
- Sundays AM at Eltham.

Japanese ink art intermediate (one-off)

Traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting and calligraphy.
- Sundays AM at Eltham

Leadlight co-operative (Tuesday)

Learn the beautiful art of leadlighting and working with glass in a shared learning environment.
- Tuesdays PM at Eltham.

Leadlight co-operative (Wednesday)

Learn the beautiful art of leadlighting and working with glass in a shared learning environment.
- Wednesdays AM at Eltham.

Life drawing co-op

Join a relaxed, friendly group of artists working with a life model.
- Thursdays PM at Eltham.

Mosaics introduction

Create your first mosaic item!
- Two Saturday afternoons at Panton Hill.

Nature illustration Diamond Creek

Delve into the fundamentals of sketching, creating shape and rendering natural objects.
- Mondays AM at Diamond Creek.

Nature illustration intermediate Eltham

Designed for intermediate students. Delve into sketching, creating shape and rendering natural objects.
- Thursdays PM at Eltham.

Nature illustration introduction Eltham

For beginner students as an introduction to our Nature Illustration courses.
- Monday PM at Eltham.

Pottery for beginners - hand building

Get creative by hand building practical and usable pieces of art.
- Thursdays PM at Eltham.

Pottery for beginners - wheel

Learn basic wheel throwing, decorating and glazing skills.
- Thursdays PM at Eltham.

Pottery for kids 8-12 years (Mondays, Eltham)

A fun after-school class to introduce children to creating with clay for kids aged 8 to 12 years old.
- Monday afternoons at Eltham.

Pottery intermediate (Tuesday)

For intermediate potters to advance their skills.
- Tuesdays PM at Eltham.

Pottery intermediate (Wednesday)

For intermediate potters to advance their skills.
- Wednesdays PM at Eltham.

Watercolour for beginners

Learn techniques, colour theory and drawing skills.
- Mondays PM at Panton Hill.

Watercolour intermediate

Build on watercolour skills learnt in our Watercolour Beginners class.
- Mondays AM at Panton Hill.

Watercolour painting: the colours of water

This short course covers different aspects of the medium, building skills and improving technique in the process.
- Saturdays AM at Eltham.

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