This is a beginner-kind class. It’s inspired by nature, the season and aimed at re-establishing a connection to nature and oneself. We'll work with non-toxic vegetable oil based inks and pull prints that look almost photographic in quality and detail. No previous print experience necessary - perfect for beginners. All materials included. You’ll come away with multiple prints.

This is a beginner-kind class. It’s inspired by nature, the season and aimed at re-establishing a connection to nature and oneself. We'll work with non-toxic vegetable oil based inks and pull prints that look almost photographic in quality and detail. No previous print experience necessary - perfect for beginners. All materials included. You’ll come away with multiple prints.

For current Print Club members only. Some basic materials will be available and a press! Feedback, advice and practical support from Ellie and Paul.

Open to current Sketchbook Club members and anyone curious about Sketchbook Club - come and find out more! Some basic materials included, bring your sketchbook! Feedback, advice and live demonstrations from Ellie.

We’re delighted to have been invited back to Painshill Park this summer for a soothing Wildflower Watercolour Painting Workshop inspired by the gardens at this stunning park in Cobham. Your ticket includes entry to Painshill Park & you are free to roam the park after the workshop.

Bring along your i-phone or android device and Ellie will share a few tricks to help you up-level your phone-ography as well as encouraging you to connect to your surroundings through a mindful lens.

Bring along your i-phone or android device and Ellie will share a few tricks to help you up-level your phone-ography as well as encouraging you to connect to your surroundings through a mindful lens.

Summer is coming, the sun is out and 'drawing with light' expert and SAS founder Ellie Green is back with her super popular Cyanotype Masterclass this season!

This workshop is suitable for absolute beginners and requires NO PRIOR understanding of Photography at all. 

Add a new string to your bow with our contemporary beginner's Calligraphy workshops with Fine Letter Co. You’ll learn how to create beautiful modern lettering, with our step by step beginners workshop.

Booking includes a full personalised starter kit with pen holder, nib, ink and plenty of worksheets to support your learning.

Workshop Date: Saturday 27th June 2020

AM session: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

PM session: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

You'll begin by learning practice strokes and getting a feel for working with a brush pen, before moving on to learning both lower and uppercase letter-forms. Then we'll be putting them together to make words before finally writing out a phrase.

Join experienced artist teacher and SAS founder Ellie Green for a comprehensive introduction to the Lino Printing process suitable for absolute beginners.

Linoleum is one of the most versatile materials for creating a long-lasting print block.

During this workshop you'll explore the range of options available for designing and carving a print block - exploring not only carving techniques, but how to get the most out of both the positive and negative space in your design. 

Ellie will also offer guidance on the types of ink available to you (we only work with non-toxic vegetable oil based inks - professional quality with beautiful vibrant pigments) and how to work safely with them. We will explore both hand-printing methods and press-based practice through the workshop.

Add a new string to your bow with our contemporary beginner's Calligraphy workshops with Fine Letter Co. You’ll learn how to create beautiful modern lettering, with our step by step beginners workshop.

Booking includes a full personalised starter kit with pen holder, nib, ink and plenty of worksheets to support your learning.

Workshop Date: Saturday 2nd May 2020

AM session: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Add a new string to your bow with our contemporary beginner's Calligraphy workshops with The Fine Letter Co. You’ll learn how to create beautiful modern lettering, with our step by step beginners workshop.

Booking includes a full personalised starter kit with pen holder, nib, ink and plenty of worksheets to support your learning.

Workshop Date: Saturday 28th March 2020

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

You'll begin by learning practice strokes and getting a feel for  working with a brush pen, before moving on to learning both lower and uppercase letter-forms.  Then we'll be putting them together to make words before finally writing out a phrase.

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

This season we are inviting you to meet with Ebru for a calming and mindful introduction to the magical art of painting on water. Ebru - also known as cloud-painting for the way that the paint clouds as it spreads across the water - is an ancient art-form originating in Turkey and dating back to as early as the 15th Century. Of course we’ll be adding a contemporary twist to the outcomes we produce, but the rest of the experience will be as authentic as it gets folks!

Workshop Date: Saturday 22nd February 2020

Workshop Time: 2pm - 5pm

Add a new string to your bow with our contemporary beginner's Calligraphy workshops with Fine Letter Co. You’ll learn how to create beautiful modern lettering, with our step by step beginners workshop.

Booking includes a full personalised starter kit with pen holder, nib, ink and plenty of worksheets to support your learning.

Workshop Date: Saturday 15th February 2020

AM session: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

PM session: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

Drawing is simply taking a line for a walk - Paul Klee

Does it seem that simple to you? If drawing feels like a chore and you’d like to learn more about how to loosen up your line, let it flow with ease and glow with light and shadow then our learn to draw course is just what you need! We’ve designed a 6 week course with absolute beginners in mind that takes you gently through the core concepts of drawing, teaching you the tricks that make putting marks to paper easy!

Add a new string to your bow with our contemporary beginner's Calligraphy workshops with Fine Letter Co. You’ll learn how to create beautiful modern lettering, with our step by step beginners workshop.

Booking includes a full personalised starter kit with pen holder, nib, ink and plenty of worksheets to support your learning.

Workshop Date: Saturday 18th January 2020

AM session: 10:00 to 12:30

PM session: 1:30 to 4:00 pm

Workshop location: Surrey Art School, Dean House Farm, RH5 5DL

Sketchbook Club - Morning Session: 9:30am - 10:45am

Sketchbook Club - Evening Session: 7pm - 8.15pm

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

Calling all young artists - either studying Art for GCSE or who just love the subject and would like to take their practice a little more seriously but in a fun and exploratory way. If you have an aspiring creative who isn't getting the input they need to grow - send them our way and we'll provide bespoke support that complements the curriculum in school but also enable greater creative freedom and initiative!

Sketchbook Club - Session 1: 9.30am - 10.45am

Sketchbook Club - Session 2: 11am - 12.15pm

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

Calling all young artists - either studying Art for GCSE or who just love the subject and would like to take their practice a little more seriously but in a fun and exploratory way. If you have an aspiring creative who isn't getting the input they need to grow - send them our way and we'll provide bespoke support that complements the curriculum in school but also enable greater creative freedom and initiative!

Calling all young artists - either studying Art for GCSE or who just love the subject and would like to take their practice a little more seriously but in a fun and exploratory way. If you have an aspiring creative who isn't getting the input they need to grow - send them our way and we'll provide bespoke support that complements the curriculum in school but also enable greater creative freedom and initiative!

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

Drawing is simply taking a line for a walk - Paul Klee

Does it seem that simple to you? If drawing feels like a chore and you’d like to learn more about how to loosen up your line, let it flow with ease and glow with light and shadow then our learn to draw course is just what you need! We’ve designed a 6 week course with absolute beginners in mind that takes you gently through the core concepts of drawing, teaching you the tricks that make putting marks to paper easy!

There are 5 key concepts that will help you to draw with accuracy.

Over this 6 week comprehensive course you’ll gain a full understanding of:

• Edges - All lines

• Spaces - The space between those lines

• Relationships - One shape in relation to another or proportion

• Light and Shadow - Understanding tonal scales

• Gestalt - Your own style