We are delighted to announce our Autumn Programme of Creative Courses. Treat yourself to a creative course or art workshop in an inspiring Liverpool location with dot-art. Discover your inner artist, try something new and develop your skills across a range of fantastic venues: The Bluecoat, Museum of Liverpool, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Duke Street Market, Sudley House anddot-art Gallery.
If dot-art is unable to deliver a course, course participants will receive a full refund, so book with confidence today.
Over lockdown, dot-art’s wonderful team of art tutors created a range of NEW instant access online classes for art lovers everywhere, scroll down to find the right class for you.
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Creative Courses Autumn 2024
Abstract Painting
The Bluecoat
Abstract Painting
3 Day Course
Sundays, 12pm-4pm
29th September – 13th October
Bluecoat
£135
Delve into the imaginative world of abstract painting with professional artist Madeleine Pires.
Portrait Drawing: Taster Session
dot-art Gallery
Portrait Drawing: Taster Session
1 Evening Course
Thursday 3rd October, 6-7pm
£30
dot-art Gallery
Enjoy a taster session of our Portrait Drawing course. An introduction to the basics of what the 10 week course will cover if you join..
Still Life Drawing
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Still Life Drawing
3 Day Course
Saturdays, 12pm-4pm
5th October – 2nd November
£135
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Still life drawing is a wonderfully meditative practice. With years of experience, Kathy your tutor, will give you prompts and tips for creating your unique sketches. Over the course of three intensive all day sessions, take your still life drawing to the next level.
Life Drawing
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Life Drawing
10 Week Course
Mondays, 5-7pm
£170
Victoria Gallery & Museum
This 10 week course will teach you to perfect the human figure across a programme of lessons developing your skills in life drawing, including accurate measuring, shading and drawing techniques.
Portrait Drawing
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Portrait Drawing
10 Week Course
Thursdays, 5-7pm
£170
Victoria Gallery & Museum
This 10 week course will teach you to perfect your portraiture skills across a programme of lessons. Learn to capture the human features including accurate measuring, shading and drawing techniques.
Oil & Cold Wax
Museum of Liverpool
Oil & Cold Wax
1 Day Course
Saturday 12th October, 11am-5pm
£75
Museum of Liverpool
Cold Wax medium painting over 1 Saturday to create a series of small experimental pieces with artist Amanda Oliphant.
Introduction to Pastels
Duke Street Market
Introduction to Pastels
2 Day Course
Saturday 13th & 20th October, 10:30am-4:30pm
£135
Duke Street Market
This 2 day course is designed for beginner level attendees to understand and practice using pastels to create skilled and beautiful art.
Workshopping Your Practice
dot-art Gallery
Workshopping Your Practice
3 Day Course
Wednesdays, 6-7pm
16th, 23rd & 30th October
£50
dot-art Gallery
These sessions are aimed at artists and creative practitioners looking to diversify their practice and income. This programme aims to develop and teach you how to adapt your artistic visual practice into a series or model of workshops and courses to deliver to students of all ages in an engaging and interactive format.
Fine Art Colour Pencil
The Bluecoat
Fine Art Colour Pencil
3 Day Course
Sundays, 12-4pm
27th October, 3rd & 10th November
£135
The Bluecoat
Suitable for artists at all levels, ‘Fine Art in Colour Pencil’ offers hands-on experience in mastering the medium’s unique properties, enabling students to bring life to still lifes, capture the texture of animal fur, and replicate the subtleties of human skin tones.
Botanical Painting
Sudley House
Botanical Painting
1 Day Course
Saturday 2nd November, 10:30am-4:30pm
£65
Sudley House
Botanical watercolour painting class designed specifically for beginners who wish to explore the enchanting world of plant artistry. In this course, we will focus on mastering the fundamental techniques of watercolour painting while capturing the elegance of a sunflower. By the end of the class, you’ll have the essential skills to delve into a wide array of other plant and flower paintings.
How to Paint a Mural
The Bluecoat
How to Paint a Mural
1 Day Course
Sunday 3rd November, 11:30am-4:30pm
£95
The Bluecoat
Artists! Expand your practice into large-scale murals. Learn from artist Madeleine Pires, creator of the Flower Street Murals in Kirkdale.
Landscape Painting
The Bluecoat
Landscape Painting
3 Day Course
Sundays, 12pm – 4pm
3rd & 10th October & 24th November
£135
The Bluecoat
Over 3 days you will be taught the process of creating a finished landscape painting in both abstract and realistic styles. This comprehensive landscape painting course will walk you through the process of developing your own unique visual response to the landscape.
Creative Pattern Design
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Creative Pattern Design
1 Day Course
Saturday 9th November, 10am-4pm
£75
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Creative pattern design workshop inspired by the amazing interior treasures of the Victoria Gallery and Museum. The beautiful interior of Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery and Museum is a rich Aladdin’s cave of decorative treasures and bold architectural features.
Sip & Sketch
dot-art Gallery
Sip & Sketch
1 Evening Course
Saturday 2nd November, 6pm – 8pm
£45
dot-art Gallery
We have partnered with our neighbours R&H Fine Wines to offer you an evening of still life sketching and sipping a special selection of 3 wines.
Introduction to Cartooning
The Bluecoat
Introduction to Cartooning
3 Day Course
Sundays, 12pm – 4pm
10th, 17th October & 24th November
£135
The Bluecoat
Suitable for beginners to intermediates, this course will teach you the fundamentals you will need to create your own illustrated characters or depict others in cartoon form.
Botanical Painting
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Botanical Painting
1 Day Course
Saturday 23rd November, 10am – 4pm
£75
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Botanical watercolour painting class designed specifically for beginners who wish to explore the enchanting world of plant artistry. In this course, we will focus on mastering the fundamental techniques of watercolour painting while capturing the elegance of a sunflower. By the end of the class, you’ll have the essential skills to delve into a wide array of other plant and flower paintings.
Introduction to Chinese Painting
Sudley House
Introduction to Chinese Painting
1 Day Course
Sunday 24th November, 11:30am-4:30pm
£65
Sudley House
This Chinese brush painting session is a mixed ability class, suitable for experienced artists looking to experiment with a different technique, or beginners looking to create graceful and simple paintings.
Sketching for Beginners
The Bluecoat
Sketching for Beginners
1 Day Course
Sunday 24th November, 11:30am – 4:30pm
£65
The Bluecoat
This 1 day course will introduce you to sketching techniques and how to use your materials to create different effects.
Beginner’s Acrylic Painting
Museum of Liverpool
Beginner’s Acrylic Painting
3 Day Course
Saturdays, 11am – 4pm
7th, 14th & 21st December
£135
Museum of Liverpool
Over a 3 day course you will learn a variety of traditional painting techniques using acrylics.
Choose from a range of Online Courses to complete at your own pace from the comfort of your home!
Online Course
Pet Portraiture
2 Session Course
This course will introduce you to an effective toolkit of painting techniques that will help you breathe life into your artwork, and immortalise your pride and joy in oil paint.
Online Course
Drawing and Painting Nature
2 Session Course
Delve into a world of nature through a relaxing and inspiring, drawing and painting course. Create something truly authentic and special with artist tutor Madeleine Pires.
Sculpture with Faith Package of 3 online workshops!
Sculptor Faith Bebbington has created three short films exploring the exciting possibilities of sculpture:
Create a Simple Coil Pot
Create a Human Figure
Create your Name in 3D
3 for £12!
Online Course
Create your name in 3D
Sculptor Faith Bebbington will guide you through the process of creating your name in 3D at home using simple techniques and recycled materials.
Suitable for complete beginners, for children to enjoy on their own or as a family activity.
Online Course
Create a Simple Coil Pot
Sculptor Faith Bebbington will guide you through the process of creating a coil pot at home using simple techniques and recycled materials.
Suitable for complete beginners, for children to enjoy on their own or as a family activity.
Online Course
Create a Human Figure
Sculptor Faith Bebbington will guide you through the process of creating a human figure at home using simple techniques and recycled materials.
Suitable for complete beginners, for children to enjoy on their own or as a family activity.
Online Course
Introduction to Caricature
2 Session Course
Explore the world of caricaturing with financial times Illustrator, Phil Disley. Discover fundamental caricaturing techniques and create your own characters!
Online Course
Abstract Art
4 Session Course
Each lesson will begin with an introduction to classic and modern painting methods, covering a broad history of techniques that will help you develop your own unique painting style.
Online Course
Fundamentals of Drawing
2 Session Course
Through this course, you will learn the principles of drawing and develop your own drawing style, mastering drawing fundamental techniques with professional artist Roy Munday.
Online Course
Drawing Techniques
4 Session Course
No matter what medium you enjoy using, learning the fundamental drawing techniques will further develop your natural drawing ability which you can apply to a range of creative outputs.