Cardiff Open Art School (COAS)

Date: Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2025, 10:00am -4:00pm
Course length: Weekend 
Price: £150
Tutor: Penelope Rose Cowley 
Level: All Welcome 

Immerse yourself in the process of creating a unique portrait that captures mood, expression, and atmosphere. This two-day workshop blends technical exploration with artistic freedom, allowing you to work from references, memory, and imagination while experimenting with a variety of materials. 
 

Date: Wednesdays, 7 - 9pm 
Course Length: 10 sessions (with a break week for Half term) 
Price: £225 
Tutor: Christopher Holloway
Level: Beginner/ Intermediate 

Develop your drawing skills within a studio setting by exploring a range of different methods and approaches to drawing, in a creative and supportive environment 

Date: Mondays, starting 1 May 2025, 6:00-8:00pm
Course length: 6 sessions * 
Price: £175
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 
Price: £240 
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 10 and Sunday 11 May 2025, 10:30am -3:00pm
Course length: weekend 
Price: £150
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 paint

Date: Tuesdays, starting 29 April 2025, 7:00-9:00pm
Course length: 10 sessions 
Price: £230
Tutor: Russell John 
Level: beginner / Intermediate 
Reduction linocut printing was popularised by Picasso and his master printer Hidalgo Arnéra. It is a bold and usually colourful relief print technique.
 

Date: Wednesdays, starting 30 April 2025, 6:30-8:30pm
Course length: 5 sessions
Price: £180
Tutor: Kath Wibmer 
Level: All Welcome
Learn how to produce a stencil screen printed length of fabric and use it to make a lampshade of your own design!
 

Date: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July 2025, 10:30am -3:00pm
Course length: weekend 
Price: £150
Tutor: Christopher Holloway
Level: All Welcome 

Still Life Painting has remained a popular subject matter throughout the history of art and maintains its importance as a subject for painting today. This two-day class which explores the technical aspects of painting in oil or acrylic, with a study of composition, colour mixing practice, and observation.