”Learning to draw & paint enhances our lives through recording the beauty around us.”
”It helps our wellbeing and brings happiness into our lives!”
Friendly & relaxing art classes with guided tuition to enable you to produce expressive & unique personalised art work.
Life long learning……..Please Scroll down to see term dates & course information.
Art Courses:
Art Courses runs for 12 weeks. Payment is made in two blocks/parts, depending on the length of the art course. Students can sign up for one block or the two blocks. Each block is six weeks
Course: Creative Watercolour with Drawing Skills Level: Intermediates – Structured Art Course
- Day & Time: Monday 10:15am – 1:15pm
- Block/Part Two of the Autumn Term:
- Course Start Date: Monday 9th November 2026
- Course End Date: Monday 14th December 2026
- Project Theme: Group Project Themes to support learning. It is important to be open minded about project themes & techniques. It helps one to learn & develop art skills. It gives one an opportunity to try out subject themes without being afraid & try techniques. This is what my art classes are all about. My demonstrations help one to explore subjects, mediums & techniques.
- Techniques demonstrated to stimulate & support learning
- Course Length: 3hour sessions over 6weeks
- Course Cost: £106:50
Course: Intermediate Mixed Media (Drawing & Painting Techniques)
- Day & Time: Tuesday 10 – 1pm
- Term Dates:
- Block/Part Two of the Spring Term:
- Start Date: Tuesday 3rd November 2026
- End Date: Tuesday 8th December 2026
- Course Length: 6 weeks
- Course Cost: £106:50
- Spaces Available on the Art Course
- Course Learning: This is carried out by some group, individual group project work/themes and also some workshop style learning. All subject themes, techniques & mediums are demonstrated to support painting/project work. This also stimulates creative ideas & techniques. ‘One to One’ advice & guidance to help you develop & produce your art work in the lesson/throughout the art course. We will cover drawing/sketching skills & techniques, including all drawing & water-based mediums. Subject themes covered are; Seasonal Landscapes, Natural Forms, Flowers, Still Life, Portraiture, Old rugged buildings, Street/town scenes, Seascapes, Beach & Coastal etc.
- Students can bring their own photographs to work from, related to project work. Tutor also will have photograph reference available to work from. There is a photocopy fee of (80p) per A4 photo/image from the Tutor
- A project Questionnaire is available for you to fill & add projects you wish to learn & have demonstrated, along with technical skills & mediums. This helps me to support your learning on the course. (Please enquire & I will email you the form).
Course: Beginners Mixed Media (Drawing & Painting Techniques)
Project Theme: Introduction to Landscapes Dramatic Skies Exploring the Unique Qualities and Versatility of the Watercolour Medium, Texture & Textural Mediums
- Day & Time: Tuesday 1:30 – 4:30pm
- Term Dates: Tuesday 22nd September – Tuesday 8th December
- Block One of the Autumn Term:
- Course Start Date: Tuesday 22nd September
- Course End Date: Tuesday 3rd October
- Course Length: 6 weeks
- Course Cost: £106:50p
- Block Two of the Autumn Term:
- Course Start Date: Tuesday 10th November
- Course End Date: Tuesday 15th December
- Course Length: 6 weeks
- Course Cost: £106:50p
- Course Learning: This is carried out by group project learning. Each six week block Students learn how to paint a variety of subject themes. They start by learning & exploring the technical skills & processes of the Watercolour medium. Other water-based, ground textures & drawing mediums can be gradually learnt & they can be combined with the Watercolour as well.
Course: Beginners Watercolours (level 2)
- Day & Time: Thursday 10:15 – 1:15pm
- Thursday 5th November – Thursday 2026
- Autumn Term Dates:
- Course Start Date: Thursday 5th November
- Course End Date: Thursday 10th December 2026
- Course Length: 3hour sessions over 6 weeks
- Course Cost: £106:50
- Course Learning: This is a structured course & learning is carried out by group project learning. Each six week block Students learn ‘how to’, paint a variety of subject themes. This course focuses on the application of watercolour processes & technical skills, along with drawing/sketching skills. Watercolour can be combined with graphite, watercolour pencils, crayons, texture, inks, & resist mediums.
Course: Beginners Creative Watercolours (level 3 & 4)
- Day & Time: Thurs 1:30 – 4:30pm
- Autumn Term Dates:
- Course Start Date: Thursday 5th November
- Course End Date: Thursday 10th December
- Course Length: 3hour sessions over 6 weeks
- Course Cost: £106:50
- Course Learning: This course builds upon the Thursday morning course. It is a structured Course for Beginners & those who wish to brush up & develop their Watercolour processes & Technical skills.
Course: Mixed Media Drawing & Painting
- Level: Intermediate & Advanced
- Day & Time: Friday 10am – 1pm
- Block/Part Two of the Autumn Term:
- Course Start Date Friday 6th November
- Course End Date Friday 11th December
- Course Length: 6 weeks
- Course Cost: Total: £106:50
- Spaces Available on the Art Course
- Course Learning: This is carried out by some group, Individual group project work/themes and also some workshop style learning. All techniques & mediums are demonstrated to support painting/project work. This also stimulates creative ideas & techniques. ‘One to One’ advice & guidance to help you develop & produce your art work in the lesson/throughout the art course
- Students can bring their own photographs to work from, related to project work. There is a photocopy fee of (80p) per A4 photocopies if you use photographic reference provided by the Tutor.
- A project Questionnaire is available for you to fill & add projects you wish to learn & have demonstrated, along with technical skills & mediums. This helps me to support your learning on the course. (Please enquire & I will email you the form).
Course: Mixed Media Drawing & Painting
- Level: Intermediates
- Day & Time: Friday 1:30 – 4:30pm
- Block/Part Two of the Autumn Term:
- Course Start Date: Friday 6th November
- Course End Date: Friday 11th December
- Course Cost: £106:50
- Spaces Available on the Art Course
- Course Learning: A mixture of group & individual/personal project based art work. Project work is discussed with the Tutor. All techniques & mediums are demonstrated to support project work & stimulate creative ideas & techniques. ‘One to One’ advice & guidance to help you develop & produce your art work in the lesson/throughout the art course.
- Students can bring their own photographs to work from, related to project work. There is a photocopy fee of (80p), if one chooses to use photographic reference provided by the Tutor.
- A project Questionnaire is available for you to fill & add projects you wish to learn & have demonstrated, along with technical skills & mediums. This helps me to support your learning on the course. (Please enquire & I will email you the form).
SHORT ART COurses
Beginners Mixed Media (Drawing & Painting)
Introduction to Watercolour Landscapes
Day & Time: Tues 1pm – 4pm
Course Dates: to be confirmed
Friday Mixed Media (Drawing & Painting) – Workshop – Landscape Realistic & Abstract
Day & Time: 10:30 – 1:30pm
Further Course Information
Over View of the Beginners Art Courses:
Beginners Watercolour Courses: You will learn/focus on watercolour processes & techniques. The watercolour medium will be combined with graphite/pencil medium, inks & textural mediums. You will also learn drawing & sketching skills. Watercolours is a lovely medium to learn, due to the manipulation & textures you can create with it.
Beginners Mixed Media Drawing & Painting Course: You will learn watercolour processes & techniques. You will also learn about drawing mediums & water-based mediums, such as Acrylics. Once the mediums have been gradually learnt they can be combined to create exciting expressive paintings.
What you will learn on the Beginners Art Courses:-
- Preparation of all surfaces & paint mediums to create the paintings: How to prepare paper or canvas & paint mediums. Use of various types of papers, brushes, palettes, processes drawing & paint mediums etc.
- Mark-making, Texture & Brush Application used to suggest various aspects of the environment such as foliage, grass, floral, tree, water, rock, & brick work detail etc.
- Wash Application: How to apply washes for backgrounds & foregrounds. How to achieve water & paint consistency,
- Highlights, Resist & lifting out techniques to achieve highlights on objects & clouds formations etc
- Colour mixing & Tone: starting with simple colour mixes.
- Aerial Perspective/Depth: How to achieve distant, depth & aerial perspective through the application of colour, flat washes & layering.
- Composition & Design: How to draw, plan, structure, build up & develop scenes.
- Simple drawing skills: you will learn simple drawing skills which will enable you to achieve the proportions, depth & perspective that is required in some scenes. This will help you to confidently draw/sketch & plan scene(s) etc.
- Other technical skills covered: will be the various properties of watercolour. This is quite specific to watercolour medium.
- Mediums Gradually Covered: Graphite, Charcoal, Pastels, Pen & Ink, FW Acrylic Inks, Watercolours, Acrylics & Water-based Oils.
The Intermediate Art Courses:
Students on the intermediate art courses build up on skills, technical processes & mediums learnt on the Beginners Art Courses. The students cover a variety of subject themes, mediums & technical skills through group & individual project work, including workshop learning. All group & Individual project themes are discussed with the Tutor. Demonstrations, guidance & advice from the Tutor help you to develop your paintings/project work. Students work at their own pace. The course builds confidence & enables one to develop their own creative ideas/skills
Creative Watercolour Intermediate Course: The learning on the course is structured. Watercolour techniques will be focused on, but can also be combined imaginatively & creatively with drawing mediums, graphite, ink & water-based/textural surface mediums. All mediums & technical skills will be demonstrated. The learning will be carried out through group project work/themes.
Mixed Media Drawing & Painting Intermediate Courses: Drawing skills & sketching skills will be built upon & developed. All drawing & water-based mediums/techniques are taught/demonstrated. This includes collage using paper & fabric. Also simple print making techniques such as mono printing. The learning will be carried out through group & Individual project work. You will build upon drawing & water-based mediums/skills learnt at Beginners level. You can concentrate on a medium you enjoy learning about.
Subject Themes Covered: Seasonal Landscapes, Seascape/Water in Various Moods, Portraiture (human & animals), Putting figures into a scene, Still life, Buildings; Ruins, Old & Modern, Erosion & Dereliction, Town/Street Scenes, Plants, flowers etc. The scenes created can be realistic or abstract in design.
Project Work & Demonstrations: All project themes, mediums & technical skills will be supported by Demonstrations to help with your learning. Feed back & advice is given on the development/progression of all art work produced
Project Work: Students learn through project work which will enable them to explore their creative skills & apply personal expression/interpretation into their painting.
Art Materials List: Please contact the Tutor for more information & I will send one out to you.
All Students work at their own pace. Personal creativity & development is important on the art course.
Course Fee: This depends on numbers attending the art course.
Half Term Breaks There won’t be any art classes running during the Half Term Breaks
All Art Classes will start again Beginning of September 2026
Parking: Free Parking & the Venue is on the main bus route. Bus stops very close to the Lichfield Sports Club & on Walsall Road, Lichfield.
Venue Room Both rooms are on the ground floor. Easy Access to class for the mobility impaired. Free car parking.
For further information on the courses, including prices please contact Imogen on:
- Email Address: imogen.kilfoyleartisttutor@gmail.com
- https://www.facebook.com/lichfieldartgroup/
- https://www.wordpress.com/imogenkilfoyleart/
- Your Contact Information: Please Leave your email address, mobile & main line telephone number so I can contact you & discuss the art courses with you.
Lichfield Sports Club Venue – Students relaxing, discussing & developing their art work!
