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Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Watercolour for Beginners is an introduction to painting with watercolours for learners with a little experience or absolute beginners wanting to try something new.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 13:00 - 15:30
Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Full fee: £187.50 | Concessionary fee: £93.75 | Staff fee: £159.38

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This is an exciting course that teaches you to paint in a variety of different paints. You will use watercolour, gouache and acrylic to create different types of paintings in many different styles. You’ll experiment with different brush strokes, colour palettes, mark making and composition.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 14 September 2026
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Full fee: £228.00 | Staff fee: £193.80

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This is an exciting course that teaches you to paint in a variety of different paints. You will use watercolour, gouache and acrylic to create different types of paintings in many different styles. You’ll experiment with different brush strokes, colour palettes, mark making and composition.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 11 January 2027
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Full fee: £190.00 | Staff fee: £161.50

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

This is an exciting course that teaches you to paint in a variety of different paints. You will use watercolour, gouache and acrylic to create different types of paintings in many different styles. You’ll experiment with different brush strokes, colour palettes, mark making and composition.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Monday, 12 April 2027
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Venue: Harraby Community Centre

Full fee: £228.00 | Staff fee: £193.80

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

Improvers Drawing – how to draw better! Develop your understanding of the essentials of art through a series of drawing exercises to develop your drawing skills. This is a course that is run over 3 terms, but you sign up termly.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 09:30 - 12:00
Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Full fee: £237.50 | Staff fee: £201.88

Curriculum area: Family Learning

Create your own Storybox to retell the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, We're Going on a Bear Hunt or The Gruffalo

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Number of weeks: 1
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Venue: Appleby Library

Free Course