Below you will find courses to help you learn new skills, progress at work, start or grow your business, or gain qualifications that will open the door to a new career. We have a wide range of affordable courses and activities to help you achieve your potential at work, in life, and in your leisure time. Learning is also proven to improve your well-being as it involves exploring your creativity, finding new interests and hobbies, making friends and keeping active. Refresh yourself and your leisure time by joining one of our vibrant learning groups.
Upholstery - Working on Small Objects from Home
This fun and relaxed class gives learners the opportunity to revive a beloved/preloved piece of furniture with a truly unique and creative transformation. Reupholstering is great for the environment and is very cost-effective! It is also a great way to focus the busy mind and to improve your well-being.
Join us to learn different techniques, approaches and tools to use for each project. Be inspired by our tutor and other learners to experience a really creative class. This class is suitable for all levels - from beginners to advance. BOOK NOW
Working with Silver and Metals
Develop the skills and techniques necessary to use silver, copper, brass, gold, and aluminium to create beautiful and unique pieces of jewellery. You will learn to recognise and use a range of appropriate materials to produce your pieces of jewellery worn on the body or applied to surfaces, and how to remedy any problems encountered during the making of the pieces. BOOK NOW
Digital Photography Intermediate
This course is for digital photographers who have a basic knowledge of photography and would like to take this to the next level. Through a series of location shoots, studio sessions, set projects and project reviews you will have the opportunity to apply new technical skills and composition techniques to improve and enhance your work.
The course is suitable for students who have some experience in digital photography and wish to further improve and develop their skills. BOOK NOW
Ceramics - Mixed Ability
A practical course to learn a variety of ceramic techniques, including pinching, coiling, press moulding, slabbing and throwing. You will be encouraged to keep a sketchbook of design ideas and drawings, notes and recorded results. Surface decoration at raw and bisque stages including use of slip colours, oxides and glazes will also be covered.
The course is suitable for complete beginners as well as students who wish to further improve and develop their skills. BOOK NOW
Ceramics Studio
Studio time provides you with a space to continue with your personal project. BOOK NOW
Explore Watercolour | Art and Art History
A perfect course if you want to learn traditional and experiment with imaginative techniques and inventive painting tools. Explore the abstract and fluid nature of watercolours and inks using experimental, and traditional techniques. During the Summer Term Course, we will use on location settings by the Thames in Greenwich and Greenwich Park weather permitting and developing our sketches into Larger Paintings in the studio. Themes covered: Landscapes, Abstraction, Patterns in Nature, and Flowers in Nature. BOOK NOW
Art for Professional Practice | Art and Art History
This is an advanced level course for people with previous experience in drawing and painting. By the end of the course, you will be able to practice your own style of painting and drawing, be self-critical, work independently and promote your work. BOOK NOW
Art Mixed Media | Art Design and Media
During this course, you will investigate, explore, record and develop art techniques through drawing, painting and mixed media activities. There will be opportunities to experiment with materials including pencils, charcoal, paint, pastel, collage and other media. The tutor will set projects that include observational skills, as well as working from the imagination. You will be encouraged to convey expression and explore preferences for different materials. You will be inspired by the work of other artists and current exhibitions and share ideas, artwork and your creative process with the other students. BOOK NOW