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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: Arts and Crafts

This course will look at famous artists and paintings and use these as inspiration to create our own paintings.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £228.00 | Staff fee: £193.80

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

A course for those who have some knowledge of watercolour painting and would like to develop a theme in their work by producing a series of linked paintings. The aim of this course is to experiment with watercolour and to understand what your personal style is. You will think about how you like to paint and how you would like to paint in the future.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 12 January 2027
Number of weeks: 10
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £190.00 | Staff fee: £161.50

Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts

A course for those who have some knowledge of watercolour painting and would like to take a risk and push their work in new directions.

Delivery type: In-person
Start date: Tuesday, 13 April 2027
Number of weeks: 12
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £228.00 | Staff fee: £193.80