Drawing is the fundamental basis for all art and design. Working on character shop fronts, we will practise capturing the scene in pen and creatively adding colour in the form of a wash. All materials provided. Refreshments included. Please bring a packed lunch. Only 6 places to ensure maximum tutor contact time. Held at Compton Court, Coldharbour, Sherborne. DT9 4AG Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book.

Come and spend 2 hours working on your own personal creativity. Come and practise your painting skills in a relaxed and friendly environment with tutors on hand for guidance. All levels welcome. Tuesdays 10.00 - 12.00. Please bring your own painting equipment. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book.

Take the fear out of using a sketchbook. Learn creative ways of developing ideas through mixed media including dyeing and staining pages, drawing with found objects, stitching and layering.’ Using collage, colour, drawing and mark making in your sketchbook, you will develop your own ideas to achieve great confidence in composition, colour and design to reflect your own journey and interest. This three day online workshop will be delivered by Cas Holmes from 11am to 1pm on the 4th, 11th and 18th June 2025. Cas Holmes is one of UK's most renowned textile artists. She exhibits widely and runs courses at West Dean College in West Sussex. She is the author of Textile Landscape, Stitch Stories, The Found Object in Textile Art and Connected Cloth, also published by Batsford. She has also written for magazines and websites including Embroidery, The Quilter and Textile Artist and for the The Festival of Quilts. Trained in fine art, Cas’s work combines mixed media with found materials and stitch and is best described as ‘painting with cloth’. The history and familiarity of worn cotton, linen and paper mark the passing of time informing the narratives contained within the work. ‘For every artist, there is the what – what they make – and there is the why – the reason they are compelled to make. And then there is the place where these two converge to make art. Cas Holmes is fascinated by these zones of convergence in the making of art as well as in the concrete world that inspires it.’

Course will run weekly in term time, on Thursdays 10am - 3pm Starting April 24th 2025 Participants have the choice to be put in for formal assessment with City & Guilds, at the end of the course. It is not compulsory! Suitable for beginners, those who are 'dabbling' and those already creating and interested in filling in those foundation basics. This fantastic course covers the vital elements of art, including colour, line, shape, form, value, texture, space, and guides the learner through the processes of experimentation and planning, to produce a series of 6 designed samples covering many different techniques and media. Students will explore the use of a sketchbook to record and evaluate their experimentation. We will provide a wide range of art materials, and provide advice on starting your own collection of art supplies. Students on the course will have the opportunity to come to our drop-in sessions for free for practice and catch-up. At the end of the course participants have the option to put in for formal assessment with City and Guilds to obtain two units, (7156) unit 201 (6 weeks) Developing design ideas and 202 Using sampling techniques for 2D and 3D work (8 weeks). At South West Art Courses, we keep group size small at a maximum of 8 learners. This ensures a high degree of teacher contact time while enabling enough participants for engaging group discussion. . Deposit 25% required at the time of booking with the balance due before enrolment in September. Payment plans available. Please email for details. South West Art Courses Ltd. City & Guilds Centre number 009765

Course will run weekly in term time, on Wednesdays 10.00AM - 3.00PM Starting September 24th 2025 City & Guilds Unit 208 (7516) Using Printing Techniques This 10 week course looks at the material, processes and techniques to create prints. Processes include, monoprint, linocutting, drypoint and etching. Techniques include intaglio, and relief, screenprinting and collagraphs. We will cover the elements involved in print making, line, mark, layers, texture, tone and colour. Finishing with the design and production of 12 prints for an exhibition. Refreshments provided, please bring your own lunch. SWAC reserve the right to change the structure and content of any course. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk-way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book. South West Art Courses Ltd. City & Guilds Centre number 009765

Course will run weekly in term time, on Wednesdays 10.00AM - 3.00PM Starting September 24th 2025 City & Guilds Unit 208 (7516) Using Printing Techniques This 10 week course looks at the material, processes and techniques to create prints. Processes include, monoprint, linocutting, drypoint and etching. Techniques include intaglio, and relief, screenprinting and collagraphs. We will cover the elements involved in print making, line, mark, layers, texture, tone and colour. Finishing with the design and production of 12 prints for an exhibition. Refreshments provided, please bring your own lunch. SWAC reserve the right to change the structure and content of any course. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk-way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book. South West Art Courses Ltd. City & Guilds Centre number 009765

In this workshop you will learn the process with gentle guidance and advice from the tutors. Explore your own design process or adapt a design from a selection of inspirational sources that we provide in our studio. You don’t need any previous sewing experience. The workshop is paced so that (in all likelihood!) you will take home a finished piece. All materials are provided, but if you have a favourite or special piece of fabric that you wish to incorporate into your work, please bring it with you. £95 29th April 10.00AM - 3.00 PM Content of workshops may be subject to slight changes. Refunds only issued if the place can be filled. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book.

Beginner's Screenprinting workshop Come and spend the day with us and learn the art of screenprinting. In the first half of the day, you will learn how to screenprint by making collaborative prints. After that you will design your own print, cut stencils and produce a small edition of prints. You will learn: The difference between a hand-pulled and a commercially produced print and about the different types of printmaking The resources needed for screenprinting: screen, squeegee, acrylic paint and medium, acetate and different papers How to set up the workspace for screenprinting, preparing the screen, mixing the ink and registration How to design a two-colour print To pull a successful print and troubleshoot if necessary To keep the workspace safe from potential hazards and know how to use a craft knife safely and to know how to clear up after a print run! No experience is necessary and all materials will be provided. Small group of only 6! Saturday 24th May 2025 Materials included & cake, coffee & tea. Please bring a packed lunch. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book.

Come and join us for this fun Gelliprinting and dragon/explosion book workshop suitable for all levels including beginners. Printing from a gel print is an immediate and fun way to produce prints. You will creatively find and use textured objects and stencils to create variety in your prints. In the afternoon you will use some of the prints to make an explosion book, which is a beautiful object to handle and a fine way to display your prints. You will learn: The difference between a hand-pulled and a commercially produced print and about the different types of printmaking. How to create textures with every day and found objects and cut and use stencils on a gel plate. To explore how different colours react in layers. To use magazine photo transfer How to accurately measure the paper, fold and assemble an explosion book. How to keep the workspace safe from potential hazards and know how to use a craft knife safely Refreshments and all workshop materials provided. Please bring a packed lunch. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book.

Batik is a dyeing technique using wax resist. It is made by applying wax on a cloth to prevent colour absorption during the dyeing process. This creates a patterned negative when the wax is removed from the cloth. Resist dyeing using wax has been practiced since ancient times having been thought to have been developed in Indonesia. During the course of this workshop you will be provided with tuition that will equip you to create a beautiful design on the day. You will be given instruction and advice as to how you can use this amazingly versatile medium to its full potential. Techniques such as colour blending with the dye and other ways of using the wax, such as crackling, and over coating dye with wax in order to achieve stunning effects. You will first make a preliminary design on paper and we can discuss how to best achieve your vision. You can then practice using the tjanting tool to enjoy the flow of wax and the delicate movements of the hand with this amazing tool. Once you feel confident to begin your main piece of work you will attach your plain white cloth to a wooden frame and then let your creative juices flow! Once your batik has been completed and dried you shall take your cloth off the frame and iron off all of the wax. It shall then be stapled to a plain canvas. Materials included & cake, coffee & tea. Please bring a packed lunch. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book. Cait Crisp joins SWAC as tutor for this Floral Batik workshop. Cait's interest in Batik started over thirty years ago when she was a student at Chichester University. She still never tires of the wonderful effects that can be achieved using a variety of techniques applied with the Batik process. Cait's own particular interest in Batik focuses on floral artwork.

If you have starting painting in watercolour and are finding it tricky this is the day for you. Steve will take you through more techniques to help in painting landscapes and botanicals. - Lifting out - adding texture - Mixing colours - and much more! There is a maximum of only 6 places for the workshop to ensure that everyone obtains maximum contact with a tutor. Demonstrations and guided tasks will enable you to practise the techniques of this challenging medium. A day packed with instruction and practical activities that will help you with painting with watercolour. All materials for the day are available but it is important to bring your own paints and brushes. Getting to know your equipment is really important. All refreshments are provided. Please bring a packed lunch Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk-way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book.

Steve will take you through everything you need to produce beautiful watercolour paintings. This includes:- - Choice of paper, paint and brushes - Paper preparation - Washes and working wet - Colour mixing (especially greens!) There is a maximum of only 6 places for the workshop to ensure that everyone obtains maximum contact with a tutor. Demonstrations and guided tasks will enable you to practise the techniques of this challenging medium. A day packed with instruction and practical activities that will springboard you into painting with watercolour. All materials for the day are provided. (If you do have you own paints and brushes please bring them along.) All refreshments are provided. Please bring a packed lunch SWAC reserves the right to change the content of the workshop to suit the learning level and experience of the group. Parking Please note there is no parking directly at the venue. There is on-road parking in the road opposite or in The Avenue where there is a walk-way to the studios. Coldharbour pay and display carpark is a short walk. Disabled Parking We have 2 disabled parking bays for blue badge holders directly outside the door to the studios that may be reserved in advance. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to book.