Cardiff Open Art School (COAS)

Date:  Saturday 21 February
Course length: 1 session 
Tutor: Nikolett Kovacs
Level: beginner/ intermediate  
An inspiring one‑day journey into the world of loose, expressive watercolour. This workshop encourages you to let go of control, embrace spontaneity, and allow water, pigment, and intuition to lead your brush.
 

Date:  Saturday 14 March, 10:00am -4:00pm
Course length: 1 session 
Tutor: Nikolett Kovacs
Level: beginner/ intermediate  
An inspiring one‑day journey into the world of loose, expressive watercolour. This workshop encourages you to let go of control, embrace spontaneity, and allow water, pigment, and intuition to lead your brush.

Date: Mondays, starting 9 February, 6:00-8:00pm
Course length: 6 sessions
Tutor: Nikolett Kovacs 
Level: All welcome  
Designed for all skill levels, this course will guide you through the vibrant world of acrylics, offering hands-on techniques, color mixing, and brushwork mastery. 

Date: Tuesdays 7 - 9pm 
Course Length: 10 sessions with a break week for half term 
Tutor: Christopher Holloway
Level: All levels 

Life Drawing offers the opportunity to draw and study the human form over ten focused classes. This offers the opportunity to draw and study the human form over ten focused classes. Thsi is an open to all class, which will appeal to all levels including beginners. 

Date: Saturday 11 April 2026, 10am – 4pm 
Course length: 1 session 
Tutor: Nikolett Kovacs 
Level: All Welcome 

This unique course invites individuals of all artistic levels to explore the intersection of creativity and the mind-body connection.  

Date: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March, 10:30am -3:00pm
Course length: weekend 
Tutor: Christopher Holloway
Level: Intermediate / Advanced 

Figurative painting has remained a popular subject matter throughout the history of art and maintains its importance as a subject for painting today.
‘Painting the human figure’ offers the opportunity to study the human form over two days.

Date: Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March, 10:30am -3:00pm
Course length: weekend 
Tutor: Christopher Holloway
Level: All Welcome 

‘Still Life Painting – Composition and Colour’ is a two-day class which explores the technical aspects of painting in oil or acrylic, with a study of composition, colour mixing practice, and observation.