Practical Arts and Crafts
Whether you are experienced or a novice you are welcome in one of our practical art and craft classes. Paint with a brush, draw with chalk or a pencil, write calligraphy with a pen or print in linocut. We have every art form to suit you from acrylics to watercolours to pastels and from still life to portraits and landscapes. Come to WEA and explore the artist in you.
Available Classes
Colour and Collage: Beginners and Continuers
<p>Collage is a foundation for our cut and paste digital present day and remains popular as an art making activity across all age groups and cultures. This is a creative and engaging course with
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Colour and Collage: Beginners and Continuers
<p>Collage is a foundation for our cut and paste digital present day and remains popular as an art making activity across all age groups and cultures. This is a creative and engaging course with
...Available Classes
Advanced Colour and Collage Artist Studio
<p>Continue with the highly creative realm of collage and the art of visual composition. Use elements and principles of art & design to investigate and explore the possibilities of collage.
...Advanced Colour and Collage Artist Studio
<p>Continue with the highly creative realm of collage and the art of visual composition. Use elements and principles of art & design to investigate and explore the possibilities of collage.
...Available Classes
Crochet for Beginners
<p>Learn to crochet - it will be fun and relaxing and you’ll be able to make lovely crochet items. This beginners’ level course will introduce you to crochet methodology including various simple
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Crochet for Beginners
<p>Learn to crochet - it will be fun and relaxing and you’ll be able to make lovely crochet items. This beginners’ level course will introduce you to crochet methodology including various simple
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Intermediate Calligraphy: Exploring Capitals
<p>The form of capital letters changed between ancient Rome and more modern times. This intermediate calligraphy course explores capitals from Roman inscriptions to later historical and contemporary
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Stitch by Stitch: Continental Knitting for Beginners
<p>This beginner-level course introduces the essential skills of continental knitting in a calm and supportive learning environment. It is ideal for students with little or no previous knitting
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Creative Flower Arrangements with Dried and Artificial Flowers
<p>This hands-on course invites creativity through floral design using dried and artificial flowers. Participants experiment with colour, texture and form, exploring unconventional containers such as
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Introduction to Tunisian Crochet
<p>Learn to use all 10 fingers to engage with yarn and colour to learn new stitches and create your own crocheted articles in Tunisian crochet which is not the same as regular crochet. It could be
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Calligraphy for Beginners: Humanist Script
<p>The Humanist Script is one of the most graceful calligraphic hands to emerge from the Renaissance, valued for its clarity, balance and timeless beauty. This beginner-friendly course introduces
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Linocut Relief Printing Without a Press for Beginners
<p>Learn relief printmaking techniques without a press. You will learn basic skills with strong encouragement to dig deep into your own creative imagination. Endless fun with like-minded students who
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