ADULT ART CLASSES
Find out what adult art classes are online and in person in your area.
Classes currently running
Wednesday zoom class 7-9pm Painting water with watercolours
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Thursday in person 7-9pm Drawing through art history
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.
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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.
January - March 2026
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
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January - March
10 week course
Birds of Britain in watercolours
14th January -25th March. (No class 4th March)
£170
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In this course you will learn to paint a variety of birds that are found in Great Britain, including the pheasant, barn owl, puffin, blue tit and much more.
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​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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January - March
10 week course
Beginners/ refreshers drawing
15th January -26th March. (No class 5th March)​
£190
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In this class you will learn the fundamentals of drawing. We will look at perspective, measuring, proportion, tone and mark making using the still life. This class is great for beginners and refreshers.
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​​​​​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
April - June 2026
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
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April - June
10 week block
Drawing and painting trees ( Watercolour) ​
22nd April- 1st July
(No class on 14th May)
£170
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In this course you learn how to paint a variety of trees and inn different settings. We will look at individual trees, tree roots and trees in their natural setting along with some leaves and fruit. Learn to paint silver birch, palm tree, snowy forest, oak tree and acorn and much more
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​​​​​​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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April - June
10 week block
Drawing the portrait
23rd April- 4th July
(No class on 14th May)
£190
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In this class you will learn a few different methods of drawing the portrait, including the grid method, Charles Bargue technique and drawing from a live model. Each step will help you understand and train your eye to see. ​
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​​​​​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
August - October 2026
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
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Travelling Asia through art
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8 week block
Wednesday 19th August - 7th October
£136
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In this class you will travel through Asia visiting artists and learning about the techniques that they used. You will try your hand at different techniques and materials influenced by these artists including Yayoi Kusama from Japan, Ovissi from Iran, Jamini Roy from Thailand and much more.
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​​​​​​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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Beginner/refresher Oil painting
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8 week block
Wednesday 19th August - 7th October
£152
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This course is great for beginners or refreshers. You will learn about brushes, surfaces, basics in colour mixing and application and how to understand light and tone. We will use still life to help us learn. ​
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​​​​​​You will receive a list of required art materials on signing up, along with the course handout.
October - December 2026
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
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Copying the masters with watercolour
28th October - 16th December
8 week block
£136
In this class we will look at a wide variety of artists from art history who used watercolours and try our hand at copying their colours, sketch lines and brush techniques. We will look at Gauguin, Van Gogh, Renoir and many more. ​​
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​​​​​​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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Painting like Peploe (Scottish colourist) Oil Paints.
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29th October - 17th December
8 week block
£152
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​There will be an additional option to visit Kirkcaldy galleries for a talk and sketching session. Information to come.
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In this course you will learn to techniques used by Samuel Peploe, one of Scotland's most regarded colourist. First you will copy step by step once of his oil paintings. Then you will have the chance to create your own Peploe style still life.
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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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Understanding colour with watercolour
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Plein air painting