Getting Your Brain to Draw
Like an Artist

This Drawing Course is a great place to start - designed to build confidence for the absolute beginner but challenging enough to include experienced artists wishing to improve their drawing skills.
COST: £260 for a 6-week course of 3-hourly sessions in Storrington.

Next 6-week course starts Tuesday 23rd Sept - 28th Oct, 1.30-4.30pm at Storrington Village Hall, RH20 4DZ. Please contact Kate if you are interested in booking a place or are interested in the 3-week ‘Draw Quicker’ course.

Introduction to Pastels

If you would like to be introduced to the different types of oil, soft and pencil pastels and the techniques and supports best suited for each, then this is the course for you! For beginners starting out, to artists already confident in other mediums, this is a chance to draw with colour. COST: £260 for a 6-week course of 3-hourly sessions in Storrington. Also available as a weekend course for £210.

Please contact Kate if you would like to book a place on this course.

Mastering Pastels (intermediate)

This course is designed for those who are confident with pastels or have completed the introductory course and wish to enhance their skill levels. Discover new ways of improving your personal style of painting with more advanced techniques and use of a live model for one session.
COST: £310 for 6 classes of 3 hours (includes fee for model).

If you are interested in attending the next one, please contact Kate.

Learn to Paint with Acrylics

Everything you need to know to get you started with this fabulously versatile medium which spans both oil and watercolours. Suitable for beginners and more experienced painters with demonstrations and one-to-one guidance. 
COST: £260 for a 6-week course of 3-hourly sessions in Storrington. The weekend course is £210.

To book a place on the next weekend course: 19th & 20th July, 10am-4.30pm at Storrington Village Hall, 59 West Street, Storrington, RH20 4DZ, please contact Kate. Join the 6-week Summer Art School from Thursday 24th July - 28th August, 10am-1pm or request a 3-week ‘Paint Looser’ course.

Introduction to Oils

This course is a great introduction to the merits of painting with traditional oils versus fast-drying alkyd oil paints. It covers the materials, skills and techniques needed to get the most from this wonderfully lustrous traditional medium.
COST: £260 for a 6-week course of 3-hourly sessions in Storrington. Also available as a weekend course for £210.

The next 6-week course starts Thursday 12th June - 17th July, 10am-1pm, at Storrington Village Hall, 59 West Street, Storrington, RH20 4DZ. Please contact Kate also if you are interested in the 6-week Summer Art School from Thursday 24th July - 28th August, or the 3-week ‘Paint Looser’ course.

Watercolour Techniques

If you have already dabbled with watercolours or have learned the basics techniques with other paints and want to work with a more challenging medium then this is the course for you. We will try out lots of different techniques to help you find the style that works best for your way of painting. Pen & Ink with Watercolour is another course available, as well as the NEW Botanical Watercolour Course. Suitable for intermediate painters.
COST: £295 for 6 classes of 3 hours at Storrington Village Hall.

Please contact Kate if you would like to attend the next Watercolour Course starting Thursday 18th Sept, 10-1pm, in Storrington (see below) or the 6-week Summer Art School from Thursday 24th July - 28th August.

Pen & Ink with Watercolour

This course is a fun mixture of drawing and painting with watercolour. Suitable for all abilities although a basic understanding of drawing and using watercolour paints is advantageous for those who wish to give this course a go.
COST: £246 for 5 classes, £295 for 6 or £393 for 8.

Starts Thursday 18th Sept, 10-1pm, for 5, 6 or 8 weeks at Storrington Village Hall. Please contact Kate if you would like a place on this course.

Comprehensive Portrait Course

This 8-week course teaches you step-by-step the skills needed for drawing and painting a portrait from start to finish. Suitable for complete novices and artists who love to paint people, by the end of the course you will have completed at least one portrait from a photo of your choice using acrylics or oils.
COST: £360 for 8 classes of 3 hours includes a clothed model one week.

If you would like a place on the next portrait course, please contact Kate.

Improving Portraiture Skills

Fancy another challenge? This course has even more tips and tricks on producing a convincing portrait, drawing from techniques used by famous portrait artists of the past, as well as the inspiration to develop your own unique personal style. Choose any mediums to work in.
COST: £310 for 6 classes of 3 hours, includes fee for model.

Please contact Kate if you would like a place the next time this course runs.

Fur & Feathers - Animal Drawing Course

This six-week course will enable you to accurately draw then recreate the textures of fur and feathers. Using drawing-based materials such as pencils, pens, charcoal, coloured pencils and soft pastels we will look at how different mediums can work to create styles suitable for character and movement. Suitable for artists who already have a good level of drawing skills and are familiar working with pastels and other drawing mediums.
COST: £295 for 6 classes of 3 hours.

Please contact Kate if you would like a place on the next course.

Dynamic Pet Painting Course

This drawing and painting course teaches you how to source photos, create sketches and transfer an image of an animal onto a canvas. During the remainder of the six weeks we will build the portraits either in acrylic or oil paints to create depth and character. Suitable for artists who already have a good level of drawing skills and are familiar working with acrylic paints or oils or have already been on a painting course.
COST: £295 for 6 classes of 3 hours.

If you are interested in this course in 2026, please contact Kate to express your interest.

Draw Quicker & Paint Looser

Kick-starting the new year in 2025 there are two NEW short courses: Draw Quicker and Paint Looser for those of you wanting to try out some fast-paced techniques on how to get the most out of sketching quickly in a sketchbook using pens, pencils, ink, chalk & charcoal, or painting freely with watercolour, acrylic or oil paints.
COST: £160 for each course.

Draw Looser ran on Tuesdays and Paint Looser on Thursdays in January 2025, at Storrington Village Hall, 59 West Street, Storrington, RH20 4DZ. If you are interested in doing either of these later this year, please contact Kate.

Artynoon Drop-in Classes

Pop in and paint, or draw, or craft... Bring something you are currently working on, get some advice if you need it, paint with other like-minded artists or just come for the homemade goodies! Suitable for all abilities working in all mediums and all are welcome.
COST: £30 includes advice if you want it, camaraderie and cake.

Every Thursday from 2-5pm at Storrington Village Hall, 59 West Street, Storrington, RH20 4DZ. Please contact Kate for more details. Please note: there are no classes on 5th June, 4th & 11th Sept, 13th & 20th Nov or Christmas Day in 2025.

Workshops, Art Group Demos & Art Day Challenges

One-off Workshops may look at a single technique, medium or subject, like how to tackle pen & wash, life drawing or cutting mounts to frame your own pictures. Summer Art Challenges aim to take advantage of any warm, sunny, days and are held at the Weald & Downland Museum and other open-air venues in Sussex. Kate also teaches and gives talks to local art groups and societies.

Forest Bathing & Art Event planned for 11th August & 20th October near Poynings. Weekend Courses, Landscape Painting Days and a Sound Bath Event are being considered for 2025. Click the titles or contact Kate for more info.

Weekend Courses

The ‘Essential’ Drawing & Painting Weekends explored various mediums for those who cannot make weekdays. These small groups are tailored to the individuals who book on for the whole weekend or individual days and will be repeated on demand in 2025.
COST: £210 for each weekend (£115 per day), includes refreshments but not lunches or art materials. Please see individual corresponding course pages above for an overview of the course content and list of materials to bring.

If you are interested in the Acrylics weekend on 19th & 20th July, 10am-4.30pm in Storrington Village Hall, please contact Kate.

Summer Art School

Try your hand at a number of different mediums in this 6-week taster course. Suitable for beginners wanting to learn new techniques and also established artists wanting to play/explore/learn while the sun shines, indoors or outside!
COST: £285 for 6 classes of 3 hours or £50 per session plus any additional material costs.

Starts Thursday 24th July - 28th August, 10am-1pm, at Storrington Village Hall, 59 West Street, Storrington, RH20 4DZ, Please contact Kate for more details.

One-to-One Tuition

Learn to draw or paint in the comfort of Kate's fully-equipped garden studio with woodland views. One-to-one tuition is tailored exactly to what you would like to learn or gather a few friends for a few hours of creative fun! 
VENUE & TIME: At Kate's studio or via Zoom at a time to suit you.
COST: £66 per person per hour or £50 per person for two-to-one per hour, plus any materials. Charges are higher if not at Kate’s studio to take into consideration travel costs and prep time.

To arrange tuition please contact Kate.

Pitch Up & Paint on Zoom

Anything goes at these online sessions designed to keep all you arty folk inspired, connected and enthused in your creativity if you can’t meet up face-to-face. It ran a bit like a taster course during lockdown and in 2022 we looked at a different famous artists each month… You can request a medium, a style and a subject you would like to try your hand at and we’ll learn from the ‘Masters’!
COST: £66 per session on Zoom.

If you would like to get a Zoom link, please contact Kate.

Masterclasses

Learn a bit more about art history and techniques used by 'The Old Masters', watch art demos and pick up tips on how to improve your personal style. In this course we look at famous artists - historical and contemporary - and what they can teach us through their style, medium or methods used.
COST: £310 for 6 classes of 3 hours.

If you are interested in this course, please contact Kate.

For yummy cake recipes click here...

For each course there is a list of recommended materials. For brushes I particularly recommend Rosemary & Co. - a small family business who have been making high quality brushes for over 35 years. I have asked them to put together a basic set of brushes for those just starting out (see above). Please ask to see the catalogue and the brushes I use as they are all great quality at reasonable prices and they last!