Cardiff Open Art School (COAS)

Date: Mondays, starting 29 September 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. 

For Aspiring Art & Design Students | Ages 16–18
Starts Autumn 2025 | Prepare for University Applications in January 2026
Are you applying for an art or design course at university? Want to elevate your portfolio with hands-on, creative, and sustainable work? Join our Saturday Portfolio Builder Course — a three-session programme designed to help you craft a compelling, university-ready portfolio using expressive, experimental, and digital techniques.
 

Date: Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 November 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.