Upcoming Courses/Events.
‘En Plein Air’ Summer Workshop
2 Day Workshop.
Tuesday 14th July - Wednesday 15th July 2026
OR
Tuesday 21st July & Wednesday 22nd July 2026.
10:00AM - 4:00PM
In-Person at All Saints Church Hall, Winterbourne Down, Bristol.
Learn how to find inspiration to fill your summer sketchbooks.
How do you begin with framing a composition for your sketchbook? Which art materials are easily transported for ‘en plein air’ drawing. How can you take a sketch and transform it into a realised final piece?
On this workshop, we will take inspiration from the surrounding scenery of Winterbourne Down (reference images will be provided if the weather is not on side!) using both classical & modern techniques. You will then have an opportunity to use our studio materials to transform your sketches into a fully realised final piece.
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The ‘Life’ Art Course
Daytime Classes.
September - December 2026
In-Person at All Saints’ Church Hall, Winterbourne Down, Bristol.
Develop your technique and refine your creative voice, drawing inspiration from the life cycles throughout this mixed media art course.
Which key techniques give an artwork strength and character? How can the natural world enrich and inform our own creative practice?
Across 10 weeks, we will create a series of mixed media pieces inspired by nature, each designed to be completed as a satisfying one-week project. Subjects will include charcoal mushrooms, soft pastel abstract landscapes, soft pastel autumn leaves, coloured pencil butterflies, watercolour botanicals, pen-and-wash jellyfish, pen-and-gouache contemporary stags, acrylic underwater seascapes, and acrylic winter wonderlands
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Paint & Sip
Evening Event - Saturday 25th April 2026,
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM.
Join us for the perfect collaboration with Averys Wine Cellar.
Join myself and Averys Wine Merchants for a delightful Paint and Wine evening in an atmospheric 18th Century wine cellar underneath the streets of Bristol.
Unleash your creativity, whilst enjoying 1 glass of something fizzy and 4 specially selected glasses of wine from Avery’s Sommeliers. Four carefully selected cheeses will complement and enrich the flavours of the wine.
What’s Not to Love?
Private Classes.
1:1 Tutorials, Online & In-Person, Bristol.
Have you got an image in your head of what you want create but don't know where to start? Are you suffering from a creative block? Do you need help building a portfolio?
Get 1:1 support and guidance from a fully qualified teacher with over a decades experience in guiding Artists to achieve their masterpiece.
Email me to book a FREE consultation:
brushstrokes.courses@gmail.com
The Landscape Course
Evening Classes.
June - July 2026
In-Person at The Westcott Studio, Kingswood, Bristol.
Learn how to elevate your technique, gain inspiration, and discover your creative style by learning how to create urban & rural landscapes.
What is at the root of a good landscape? How can I simplify complex urban and rural scenery to create an impactful piece of art?
On this course, we will have a deep dive into mark-making & simplifying complex compositions using both classical & modern techniques. Over six weeks, we will look at three different ways of capturing both urban & rural vistas using different mediums.
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Book a Class
If you are interested in any of our upcoming courses, then please click the link below to book yourself a place.