Expressive Watercolour Landscapes

An expressive watercolour painting of the outdoors with greenery and a wooden gate.

Learn the expressive potential of watercolours to create landscape paintings which convey atmosphere, mood and ideas. Each week we will explore a particular aspect of watercolour paints and use their […]

Bloom & Life: Exploring Flowers and Fauna in Pastel

A field of wild flowers with a blue sky drawn in pastels.

A five-week course exploring the vibrant world of flowers and fauna in pastels. Beginning with an introduction to materials, colour confidence, and expressive mark-making, you will gradually build your understanding […]

Drawing and Painting in the Botanic Garden

A green and well-tended botanic garden.

The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden is an inspirational place. Spend three days immersed in the gardens as you experiment with different drawing, painting and mixed media approaches, leading to […]

Adventures in Art

Adventures-in-Art

Adventures in Art is our weekly multi-disciplinary art workshop for adults. The sessions are usually in Studio 4 on the first floor, accessible via lift, stairs or external ramp. We […]

Sunday Sessions: Sacred Patterns

A mixed palette of different swirls of coloured paint broken up by abstract silver lines across the image.

We are partnering with local creative community groups for our weekly Sunday Sessions, to support artists and organisations while bringing you incredible workshops each week. The sessions are designed and […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club: with Poonam Thanki

A piece of white paper on top of a collection of scattered photographs. The paper has shapes and squiggles created with pens, threads and cut up paper. In the corner is another white piece of paper with a black squiggle with leaves made out of paper cuttings.

Saturday Gallery Art Club is your opportunity to get creative, explore art hands-on, and take inspiration from our latest exhibitions to create your own work. This session has been designed […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club: with Jaida Salmon

An abstract, colourfully painted background with an outline of a black square over the top. Inside the square it says 'This is me'.

Saturday Gallery Art Club is your opportunity to get creative, explore art hands-on, and take inspiration from our latest exhibitions to create your own work. This session has been designed […]

Sunday Sessions

Sunday-Sessions

Join in fun and engaging creative activities in our café, that are open and available for all. Give yourself permission to get creative in a welcoming and engaging environment with […]

Sunday Sessions: with Lizzie Howley

Four colourful squares in blue, red, yellow and pink fill the image. In three of the squares are a half-circle, a triangle and a circle with textured colourings inside them.

We are partnering with local creatives for our weekly Sunday Sessions, to support artists and organisations while bringing you incredible workshops each week. The sessions are designed and led by […]