Upcoming workshops

Watercolour Landscapes with Paul Talbot-Greaves 

- Finding a key colour in watercolours
Friday 14th November 2025 - Old Brampton Schoolroom, Main Rd, Old Brampton, Chesterfield, S42 7JG     £79

This day will focus on colour, starting by identifying a connecting colour from your reference and using it to harmonize your painting. We will look at combining this with a limited palette to create a painting based around a three-colour scheme.  Paul will start the day with a demonstration painting to get you inspired and ready to paint, then you will work on your own painting with Paul's expert guidance throughout the afternoon.  Suitable for all abilities.

Darkness to Light - Improve your drawing skills

Saturday 11th April 2026 from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Old Brampton Schoolroom, Main Road, Old Brampton, Chesterfield, S42 7JG    £79

Working with coloured pencils on dark paper, learn to use a simple technique to "draw" out highlights, looking for tone and contrast and watching how the subject appears from out of the paper. Great for sketching interiors, we will use this fun and inventive technique to work from still life subjects in the studio, using coloured glass with strong lighting to add interest to our compositions. Stuitable for all abilities.

New! Botanical Illustration with Sue McHugh

The Nightingale Centre, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, Monday 13th to Thursday 16th April 2026

3 days -£698 fully residential - £469 non-residential

Residential botanical illustration course using watercolours to depict floral springtime subjects.  Enjoy working with a small group of likeminded participants in the peaceful surroundings of the Nightingale Centre, Derbyshire. We will make detailed studies of flowers, plants and leaves which are blooming at this time of year. Suitable for all abilities.

Landscape and Industry... location sketching in Ironbridge, Shropshire

Monday 20th - Thursday 23rd April 2026
(non-residential, 4 day)
£380 including refreshments 

Four days sketching and painting with Hazel Money, entirely on-location at this fascinating site of industrial heritage, situated in the lush green Severn Valley.  Join us in this stunning and fascinating location with your sketchbook, pens and paints, looking at the spring trees and river reflections, quaint corners and hidden industrial architecture to be discovered all around Coalport and the Ironbridge Gorge.

New! Expressive Watercolours with Phil Biggs

Thursday 30th April 2026 from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Old Brampton Schoolroom, Main Road, Old Brampton, Chesterfield, S42 7JG    £79

Join watercolour expert Phil Biggs for a day of hands-on painting, using a variety of different techniques to help you get to grips with this wonderful medium.  Looking at the importance of using a tonal scale, we will use a limited palette of carefully chosen colours to help build up the scene, looking at ways to create realistic skies, simplifying details and mixing natural looking colours.  Suitable for all abilities.

Portraits in Acrylics or Oils for Beginners with Richard Kitson

Saturday the 16th of May 2026 from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Old Brampton Schoolroom, Main Road, Old Brampton, Chesterfield, S42 7JG    £79

Learn how to understand the human face by joining Richard Kitson with your oil paints. This fascinating workshop will take you right from the first steps and look at mixing skin tones, facial structure and capturing likeness. If you have tried oil paints but never taken the leap to portraits, with Richard’s guidance you will find it easy to start your painting journey here. Acrylics can also be used instead. With a foundation on the basic elements, this workshop is suitable for all abilities.

Exploring Botanical Art in watercolours with Dawn Wright

NEW VENUE!! Cliff College, Calver, Derbyshire, Monday 1st to Thursday 4th June 2026
3 days - £779 fully residential - £469 non-residential

Join us for an immersive art break as we celebrate the floral delights of early June on this delightful residential art retreat, learning the fascinating art of botanical illustration in watercolours.  All abilities welcome.

Vibrant Watercolours with David Wilcox 

Saturday 27th June 2025 - Chesterfield, exact venue TBA,  £79 per place

Let your watercolours sing out and join us for a glorious exploration of colour.  Using your paint brushes in a loose and fluid way, David will show us how to portray this energetic saxophonist using simple technques to make the best of this translucent and vibrant medium.  Suitable for all abilities.

Felting Workshop with Eve Marshall

Date TBA 

Please do contact us if you are interested in reserving a place

Following last year's sell-out event, felting artist Eve Marshall will be returning to host another step-by-step felting workshop.  Theme and date to be arranged soon, please check back here for details, thank you!

Summer Art School 2026

The Nightingale Centre, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire,
July 13th at 3:00pm to 17th July at 2:00pm 2026  

£690 fully residential - £370 non residential

Annual residential art holiday based in the glorious Derbyshire countryside.  Soak up the landscape and enjoy painting with relaxed company in a glorious location.  Try out new ways to work and enjoy being inspired by likeminded artists. 

4 nights, full board with en-suite accommodation.  Non-residential places also available, also non-painting partners welcome.

Art & The Great Outdoors

Watercolour Sketching & Acrylic painting on location in Devon with Hazel Money
New venue!! 3rd - 6th August 2026, Lone Pine Retreats, Lynmouth, Devon  From £795 pp

Immersive luxury en-suite residential art retreat in stunning coastal location, with guided walks and home cooked, locally sourced cuisine.  

Capturing Nature's Golden Light - Autumn Painting Retreat

The Nightingale Centre, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire - exact dates TBA

Three nights full board residential or non-residential

A relaxed three day weekend painting retreat featuring on Autumn's golden palette with derbyshire based artist Hazel Money.  Please register your interest by clicking below:

More workshops are added here regularly, so please check back here soon or contact us to register your interest in a course or tutor, thank you. 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

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