Skyblue Art Classes

brighten up February with pastel drawing or as it is sometimes known as pastel 'painting'

We are wrapping up our sketchbook Thursdays with this final sketchbook class of the year. We have come such a long way with the sketchbooks and it will be great to see them. You are invited along either to bring your sketchbook or even to start a new one. We will be continuing the sketchbook theme into 2026. November Sketchbook class (Thursday morning 27 November 9.30-12 see weekly newsletter for full details) The theme is; Snowy scenes and winter Think about how you can crea

Join us for a gelli printing Xmas special! Gather ideas for Christmas cards in your sketchbook or start printing them as cards in class. If you have bought a gelli plate and want to use it this is the time to get going and if you want to have a test drive of one I have a couple of Gelli plates you can use. Image from Raw Pixel here If you want to find out what a gelli plate is check out YouTube or Google - its a silicon plate that you roll acrylic paint onto before adding an

Join us for our last Thursday morning of the month - sketchbook class! This month we focus on The Garden. This might be a garden you have or had in the past, maybe an imaginary garden?

If you missed the first sketchbook class do join us for the February one on the last Thursday of the month. You are encouraged to sketch...

I am planning new 2025 classes and one thing I am excited about is to get us started on developing a sketchbook.

Are you thinking of getting more watercolour paper? Not sure where to start? There are so many to choose from but in this blog post I have n

Every year we try our hand at printmaking with a Gelli plate, read all about what this is

The first week of the month is dedicated to drawing and for February we try our hand using charcoal. Below I have listed the types of...

If you are new and starting out, getting art equipment can be a dizzying experience. With so many products and choices it can be...

There is a new section on the website which will be updated periodically with free tips from myself. To get you going I did a video a...

Using photographs to paint from is second best to sitting in front of the scene and painting. However, this is not always possible and...

Ever considered using one of the painting apps that you may have seen advertised? A long while back we tried out one in particular -...

We have two Saturday workshops, Easter Saturday and 21 April, dedicated to drawing with pastels. Watch me explain in a video from my...

As we are using acrylics in March you may find that acrylic matt medium is mentioned and added to the paint. There are also acrylic gels...

In March we start to explore painting with pastels. There are two workshops coming up on Saturday afternoons to introduce you to this...

Last summer we enjoyed a lovely day out sketching and painting at Borde Hill Gardens. This year we are planning a trip to the Sussex...

Hope that everyone had a lovely break and are keen to get back to drawing and painting? After taking all of our Xmas decorations down...

Big thanks to everyone who came to classes this year, all of the topics we have been through, together with all of the techniques are...

So a few years back, pre-Covid I called PEP printers on Tarring Road to arrange prices and set up for any Xmas cards you want to have...