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A friendly introduction to acrylic painting for absolute beginners — colour mixing, layering, and a finished piece on the day. What You’ll Learn Acrylic brush handling Layering and glazing Colour mixing without mud What’s Included All materials provided Refreshments Workshop Details Date: Friday 3 July 2026 Time: 11:00am (3 hours) Skill Level: All Levels Price:…

A practical watercolour problem-solving day — fixes to common problems and tips to prevent them. What You’ll Learn Troubleshooting common problems Control, timing and confidence Practical, repeatable techniques What’s Included All materials provided Refreshments Workshop Details Date: Friday 10 July 2026 Time: 11:00am (3 hours) Skill Level: All Levels Price: £33.00 per person Places: 10…

Join us for a relaxed but full morning of tuition on the techniques and stages involved in creating a beautiful textured raggy quilt. Depending on how big you want your quilt – you may not finish your quilt in this session but will leave with a good start made on your quilt in this fun…

Stitch Up Club here at Cornish Craft Barn. It’s a relaxed, weekly get-together for anyone who loves—or wants to love—all things stitching and textile arts. What we all love about it: There’s no pressure: you bring your project (or ideas) and work at your own pace The vibe is warm, informal, and friendly — perfect for chatting,…

More details to come but this will be an all day workshop to make a bag from pattern. Workshop Details Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026 Time: 11:00am (Full day (7 hours)) Skill Level: All Levels Price: £50.00 per person Places: 8 maximum Tutor: Rachel Semonin

This one-day workshop will teach you all the processes involved in making this very popular dungaree pattern from cutting to stitching and fitting. I will also walk you through my own personal method for facing them, so that you retain the nice drape around the arm-holes but avoid the broken needles… Suitable for all skill…

2 Session Block (April) £36 (£18 per session) ~ Watercolour In The Style Of…. In response to popular demand and with Thursday morning sessions now over subscribed we have a new instance of the popular Creativity Unleashed Art Club. New monthly themes, always a variety of media from watercolour to acrylics to oils and everything…

A hands-on afternoon exploring creative watercolour portraiture — loose, expressive, and full of character. You will paint two portraits using techniques drawn from the Illustrated Portrait in Watercolour approach, working with colour, mark-making, and confidence. No experience needed. What You’ll Learn Expressive watercolour techniques for portraits How to capture likeness without overworking Loose brushwork and…

Paint urban scenes the impressionist way — bold marks, confident colour, no overthinking. We paint café fronts, streets, light on buildings. The approach is impressionist: big blocks of colour, expressive marks, optical mixing. Less fiddling, more painting. What You’ll Learn How to see and mix colour like an impressionist Optical colour mixing techniques Bold confident…