New beginners monthly class starting Saturday February 8th 2025
New beginners art classes starting Saturday 8th February at Lydiate parish hall L31 4EQ, 10am to 3pm.
This is a monthly class, second Saturday of each month. Fee £30 per Saturday.
You will be starting with the very basics of learning art, with how to draw a subject in proportion, the key to successful painting, taking the guess work out of it. Also how to add tonal values, and much more.
All classes are suitable for complete beginners or those with little experience and wanting to improve.
If you prefer a weekly two hour class, fee for the weekly classes is £120 for 10 consecutive weeks, then members can enrol for further weeks and we go through most of the year. Plan to take beginners again late January early February 2025. Venues are Lydiate parish hall, Atkinson art centre, Southport. Also the boat club at Lydiate.
Click to see all the classes available, with addresses and prices.
Also an all day Sunday class at Lydiate on the third Sunday of each month. Times 10am to 3pm. Fee £30 per day. This class is solely focusing on working from semi-abstraction to abstraction.
Art classes for beginners, 2025.
Next intake of beginners for weekly classes, or those with experience seeking to improve and to get more from your art practice, will probably commence early February 2025.
Fee is £120 for 10 consecutive weeks, then you can enrol for further weeks. This class is ideal for absolute beginners to art, as you will start with the very basics. Also suitable for those who feel they need improve their basic techniques, or looking to advance their painting technique.
As places for new members are now limited, if interested, you are best to contact me quickly so you can be placed on the beginner's list.
Places are available on the all day Saturday classes, held monthly. Life drawing first Saturday of the month, general art class second Saturday of the month.
Will be taking beginners for the all day Saturday general art class (held monthly & second Saturday of each month) contact us for more information. Class times 10am to 3pm. Fee £30 per Saturday.
Why not come along to a class? Meet current members and find out what you will learn? Just contact me to arrange a visit.
Also places available on the all day Saturday class. This class is one Saturday a month, second Saturday of the month. Times 10am to 3pm. Fee £30 per Saturday.
by contacting me early, means you will be at the top of the list. New places on the beginners classes are always limited, with new intakes of no more than 10 people.
If you have previous art experience, you could slot into one of the classes almost immediately, if places allow.
Classes also online, via zoom.
Cannot come to one of the venues, then consider learning art online, via zoom.
Tuesday evenings watercolour class, via zoom. Weekly, fee £12 per session.
Or receive the recording of the class to use at your convenience, fee £12 per session.
click for list of all current classes, venues, times & price.
If you'd like to take up zoom art, click for more information...
Artist & tutor, Roy Munday, is still delivering zoom art classes from his studio.
These new online lasses have proved popular with current members. If you have previous experience, then you can join in. If you are a complete beginner, I will be running zoom classes for you as well.
If a complete beginner, or with limited experience and cannot do one of the weekly classes, I still have places on the all day Saturday class, held once a month, second Saturday of each month, at Lydiate L31 4EQ.
Art classes for beginners, starting early February 2025.
Next intake of beginners for weekly classes, early February 2025. If interested contact me now, as places will be limited.
Also the all day Saturday class. This class is one Saturday a month, second Saturday of the month. Times 10am to 3.30pm. Fee £30 per Saturday.
by contacting me early, means you will be at the top of the list. New places on the beginners classes are always limited, with new intakes of no more than 10 people.
If you have previous art experience, you could slot into one of the classes almost immediately, if places allow.
Classes also online, via zoom.
Cannot come to one of the venues, then consider learning art online, via zoom.
Tuesday evenings watercolour class, via zoom. Weekly, fee £12 per session.
Also online, I will be taking complete beginners, or those with limited experience. You will start by learning the very basics of doing art, the drawing & measuring process , early 2025. If a beginner, or you have more experience at art, contact me for more details, or click here
Why not take a quick look at a short demonstration of myself giving a demonstration on basic application of watercolour. Often beginners to watercolour will give up once they realise they cannot control it. This video will help take the mystery out of it, also that you must keep things simple to begin with!
Also contact me to go on the waiting list so you can be regularly updated.
click for list of all current classes, venues, times & price.
If you'd like to take up zoom art, click for more information...
Artist & tutor, Roy Munday, is still delivering zoom art classes from his studio.
These new online lasses have proved popular with current members. If you have previous experience, then you can join in. If you are a complete beginner, I will be running zoom classes for you as well.
If a complete beginner, or with limited experience and cannot do one of the weekly classes, I still have places on the all day Saturday class, held once a month, second Saturday of each month, at Lydiate L31 4EQ.
Will be enrolling the last of complete beginners, or those with limited experience, on Saturday December 11th. Next intake after that, possibly March.
Art classes for everyone, beginners and upwards
New beginners art classes starting at our various venues throughout 2025, Lydiate, Liverpool, Formby & Maghull. Also for those with previous experience seeking to improve their art and be introduced to new ways of doing art. This course will run for 10 consecutive weeks, fee £120, then on going through the year so you can keep learning. If interested, please contact me for further details. Also if you would like to take up art online, via zoom art classes.
Before deciding if you'd like to take up art, you are welcome to visit any of our art classes, meet members and talk to them, find out what their experience has been. Remember, they all started with no more than a desire to want to take up art! And that's all you need as you can learn all the basics of doing art, and more.
Life drawing class, taster session for beginners, Saturday. Date to be announced
Interested in trying life drawing direct from the model, but not sure if it's for you, or how to go about it?
Why not come along and try life drawing on a Saturday. Ideal for absolute beginners. Also for anyone who feel they need tuition to master drawing in proportion. Held at Lydiate L31 4EQ. on a Saturday. Taster session for anyone wanting to give life drawing a try. Fee £20. Times 10am till 1pm.
Date yet to be announced, but if interested, contact me to go on the waiting list so you can be kept updated. find out more...
Regular all day life drawing class is held first Saturday of each month. Fee £30. Times 10.am till 3.30pm
If interested, contact me... as places are limited, or find out more...
Regular exhibitions
We have at least two exhibitions each year. This gives members an opportunity to prepare paintings, display them and hopefully start to enjoy selling their work! Next exhibition at Lydiate parish hall L31 4EQ will be weekend of November 16th & 17th 2024
Every one can learn art!
Many people believe that to take up art you have to be born
with a natural talent...! Not true...
You can be taught the basics of art, and much more.... Yes, you can be taught drawing, art, painting.
In the same way you'd learn other things in life:
how to drive, ride a bike, bake a cake. All you need to learn art is to have nothing more than the desire to want to do it!
All day general art class, Saturdays
For people who cannot make a weekly class, you can come to the following class held at Lydiate L31 4HL.
Second Saturday of each month is the general art class. Times 10am till 3.15pm. For both beginners and those more advance who want to develop. Fee: £30 per Saturday.
Next enrolments, please contact me soon, as places are limited.
Painting out of doors
When the weather allows, the members on the weekly classes, also the Saturday class, work out of doors. Each venue allows us this opportunity, whether in Southport, Lydiate and Hightown. Artists enjoy this experience as it allows you to work directly from the subject, much better than relying on a photograph!
New monthly, second Sunday of the month, semi-abstraction to abstraction, or Wednesday afternoons
Developed by professional artists Roy Munday & Varsha, this class is dedicated solely to developing your personal journey in exploring the potential of working from semi-abstraction to full abstraction, over a period of monthly or weekly classes.
Ideally you will have some experience of doing art, and feel you’d like to explore the ultimate challenge of working semi-abstract to abstraction, which gives you complete freedom to develop your own personal style, where nothing is right, nothing is wrong.
venue
Lydiate parish hall
288 Southport rd,
Lydiate L31 4EQ
This class will be second Sunday of each month. Times 10am to 3pm. Fee £35 per Sunday. Possibly a weekly class, Wednesday afternoons, 1pm to 3pm. 10 consecutive weeks £130. Then you can enrol for further weeks and we go through most of the year, with August off.
Not sure if it's for you? We are running a taster session on Sunday 15th December 2024, fee £30. Times 10am to 3pm. An overview of what the course entails, plus spending the day discussing and working on a simple idea, subject. Varsha and Roy will be guiding you through the process and demonstrating various drawing techniques to help you explore yourself.
Our next exhibition will be weekend of November, Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th 2024
contact us for more information
Opportunity to buy art or thinking if taking art up as a hobby. Or click here to find out more.
Watercolour weekly, Tuesday evenings, online, via zoom
A regular weekly, Tuesday evenings, watercolour class. Suitable for those with limited experience also those wanting to improve technique.
These classes are about helping you to paint more loosely, experimenting and using instinct, rather than copying the subject.
Now taking beginners.
New weekly beginners art class, each Thursday daytime. Southport.
Places currently available. New beginners class now enrolling. Contact me for more information.
Weekly art classes
Art classes, especially for beginners, held at Southport, Hightown (Formby), Lydiate and Liverpool.
Now taking names for the next beginners class, commencing soon.
If you have previous art experience, then you might well slot in immediately. Contact me for more details.
Not able to do a weekly class?
Then come to the all day Saturday class, held second Saturday of each month. L31 4EQ
First Saturday of each month, life drawing classes. L31 4EQ
watercolour classes are being done online, using zoom weekly Tuesday evenings. Contact me for more information and an introduction to using zoom to do your art.
Lydiate. L31 4EQ
New weekly art class starting soon 2024, on a Wednesday afternoon 1pm to 3pm. If interested, contact me for more details & to be put on the waiting list.
Yes, a new class for complete beginners and those with previous experience keen to improve. This class will be structured to teach from the very basics, starting with the drawing practice and eventually moving onto the painting process and much more.... The fee will be £110 for 10 consecutive weeks, then you can enrol for further weeks and we go through most of the year. Contact me if interested.
If you cannot make it to any of the local classes, these art classes are online, where you can still learn art and take part in the painting and drawing exercises, using zoom.
Atkinson Art Centre, Southport PR8 1DB
Lydiate art class 36 Pilling Ln, Lydiate, Liverpool L31 4HF
Every Thursday evening, 7.30 to 9.30. Again, suitable for beginners and those more advanced. Fee £110 for ten consecutive weeks. On-going through the year.
Lydiate Parish Hall,288 Southport Road, Merseyside L31 4EQ
Every Friday, two classes, 10am till 12 and 1pm till 3.
Again, suitable for both beginners and those more advanced.
Fee £120 for ten consecutive weeks. On-going through the year. Commencing again from spring 2024.
If interested, contact me to be put on the waiting list, as places fill up quickly.
Drawing for everyone
Drawing for everyone is over 3 consecutive Sundays.
This class is designed for anyone wanting to draw and eventually paint. Or those who paint but feel that the drawing part lets them down. You will start with how to measure a subject and draw it in proportion, using the thumb-and-pencil method. You will also use charcoal to develop skills in applying tonal (shading) values. Also, how to use the 'grid system'. This is especially useful if drawing up a complex subject, or a portrait.
More information, contact me...
All day life drawing classes, 10am till 3pm. First Saturday of each month. £30
This class is held at Lydiate L31 4HL, first Saturday of each month. Times: 10am till 3pm. Suitable for all abilities, especially for beginners, who will be taught how to draw the figure in proportion. Fee is £30. Contact me to be put on the monthly notification list.
Also, a beginners taster sessions are held twice a year. Many people would like to take up life drawing, but feel nervous because they lack the skills. This taster session will cure that fear! You can come along and give it a try and get tuition. Next opportunity is Saturday October 19th 2024. Times 10am to 1pm, fee £20.
Contact me for more information...
Liverpool art classes
Classes are held at several locations in Liverpool.
Please contact me on what art classes are available in Liverpool, Merseyside.