Art classes for adults
Classes currently running
Wednesday zoom: Watercolour flowers in context
Thursday in person: Painting with a palette knife
April - June 2025
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Watercolour flowers in context
Wednesday 7-9pm
23rd April -2nd July
(No class on May 14th)
10 week course
£160
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​​​In this course we will learn to paint flowers in context. We shall explore flowers in a field, a garden, up a wall, in pots and help you learn different ways to tackle flowers and foliage.
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You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
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IN PERSON, ST ANDREWS
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Painting with a palette knife
24th April - 3rd July
(No class 15th May)
10 week course
St Leonard's Parish Church, Donaldson Gardens, St Andrews.
£180
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​In this course you will learn to utilise the palette knife to make wonderful thick marks. You will use use oil paints to create your landscape. I will demonstrate the individual stages and then you will be able to choose your own masterpiece to work on for the remainder of the course.
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​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
IN PERSON, FALKLAND, DAYTIME
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Sketching and painting Falkland Palace Gardens
Monday 16th June
11 am - 4.30pm
£65 for Non National trust members
£60 for Members
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Join me for a day of sketching and painting in the gardens of Falkland Palace. There are a wide variety of views and interesting focal points that you can choose from. You can focus on some up close flowers, choose to paint the palace itself or the views looking outwards. Beginners welcome.
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You will need to bring a picnic and some basic art materials such as watercolour. Falkland palace has no refreshment facilities but you can purchase coffee on the high street. Toilets are also available.
IN PERSON , CUPAR , DAYTIME
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Sketching and painting Hill of Tarvit
30th June
10am -3.30pm
£65
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Join me for a day of sketching and painting in the grounds of Hill of Tarvit near Cupar. There are a wide variety of views and interesting focal points that you can choose from. You can focus on some up close flowers, choose to paint the building itself or the views looking outwards. Beginners welcome.
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You will need to bring a picnic and some basic art materials such as watercolour. Refreshments can be purchased from the Golf cottage. Toilets are also available. Non National trust members will pay £4 for parking.
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August - October 2025
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
​Painting water with watercolour
Wednesday 20th August to 8th October
7 week block
7-9pm
£112
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In this class you will learn different ways to paint water from very detailed to loose. We will look at the the ocean, loch, rain, puddles, waves against rocks, a swimming pool and a glass of water using some interesting and classic watercolour techniques.
​​​​​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
IN PERSON, ST ANDREWS
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Drawing Through Art History
21st August - 9th October ( No class on 18th Sep)
7 week block
St Leonard's Parish Church, Donaldson Gardens, St Andrews.
£126
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In this class you will explore many different techniques that have been used by artists throughout art history. You will learn the art of silverpoint used by many Renaissance artists including Da Vinci, tonal studies with sanguine stick, soft pastels by Degas, mark making with reed pen and ink like Van Gogh and experiment with line techniques used by Picasso.
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​​​​​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
October -December 2025
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
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Creating Weather With Watercolour
29th October - 17th December
8 week block
£128
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In this class you will learn how to create a variety of watercolour paintings exploring different effects of weather. This will include, stormy skies, snow, rain, bright sunshine and dramatic shadows and sunsets.
​​​​​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
IN PERSON, ST ANDREWS
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Understanding colour with paints
30th October - 18th December
8 week block
£144
In this class you will learn how to understand colour and how to better mix colours. You will learn about the colour wheel and create paintings with analogous, complimentary, warm, cool and limited palette themes. You will also learn about different brands of paint, high and low chroma and how to mix more realistic colours. We will look at Claude Monet for some inspiration.
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​​​​​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
Coming soon
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​Sketching outdoors
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Travelling the Americas through art
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Travelling through Asia through art
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Drawing the portrait
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Understanding colour with watercolour
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Plein air painting