Art & Craft Courses
with Vitreus Art @The Bell Plantation
"Loved the day...felt very safe in the class (re Covid). Atmosphere very conducive to creativity! - Denny
"I had a fantastic time, I can't wait to come back!" - Kate
"Excellent facilities and tuition, very knowledgeable tutors" - Kate
"Great class - I can't believe we managed to make an almost-professional looking piece in one day! - Michael
"Learnt so much - a really great day and inspiring teachers" - Helen
"An amazing day, full of learnings with knowledgeable instructors. Good fun!" - Garry
"Educational, informative,and inspiring!" - Jeremy
Vitreus Art - Fun and Distinctive Art Classes and Craft courses
Would you like to learn a new art skill? Discover your creative side? Approach your existing artistic activities from a new direction?
Our ethos has always been to hold fun, creative and friendly classes in small groups, and to include all materials in the cost, wherever possible.
Read more about each type of art class on its own dedicated website page to the right.
Classes take place at the Vitreus Art studio in Northants near Towcester in our spacious studio, with small class sizes, widely spaced benches and COVID measures in place.
See inside our studio here....
New - Half-day Glass Fusing workshop - ColourBurst Suncatcher with Jenny Timms
This is a lovely, fun workshop suitable for beginners with a great end result - a lively ColourBurst suncatcher to hang in your window! Learn basic glass cutting and fusing and spend an enjoyable morning being crafty! Find out more here...
New - Join these fun Papercut Art classes with Stacey Young
Experienced paper cut artist Stacey is leading 3 new workshops with us - Make Greetings Cards, Papercut Art Family Tree and a full-day Themed framed Papercut Art workshop.
All suitable for beginners and beyond, these will be fun and productive and perfectly timed for the Autumn and Christmas!
New - Create Amazing Portraits 5-week course with Lesley Passey
A brilliantly structured course for all levels from beginners up - you'll be creating amazing portraits, working in paint, charcoal, clay and more with experienced tutor and artist Lesley Passey.
The course covers observation, using grids to achieve realism, working with the acclaimed 'Zorn Palette', and modelling with clay to fully understand how facial features can be reproduced.
New - Glass Fusing Sunflower 2-day workshops with Vitreus Art
Make a brilliant glass Sunflower over 2 days with Roger Loxton at our studio!
New - Glass Fusing Ocean Wave workshops with Vitreus Art
Make your own Ocean Wave art on this one-day glass fusing workshop!
We'll always be happy to answer your questions, or chat to you at our studio.
We've updated our COVID-19 fact sheet - find it here.
If you have any questions or concerns get in touch and we'll do our best to help.
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Did you know - you can buy a Gift Voucher for a class?
Look out for the voucher symbol on each class page.
August classes with places available:
- 11th August - Fused Glass Pocket Vases for Beginners (half day)
- 12th August - Fused Glass ColourBurst Suncatchers for Beginners (half-day)
- 13th August - Precious Metal Clay Silver Jewellery for Beginners
- 14th August - Fused Glass Ocean Wave for Beginners
- 16th August - Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 17th &18th August - Fused Glass Sunflower with Roger Loxton for Beginners
- 19th August - Introduction to Glass Fusing for Beginners
- 21st August - Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 23rd & 30th August - Fused Glass Flowers for Beginners 2x evenings
- 26th August - Fused Glass Tealights for Beginners (half day)
- 27th August - Stained Glass Copper Foiling for Beginners
- 29th August - Stained Glass Copper Foiling Taster Workshop for Beginners
September classes with places available:
- 1st September - Stained Glass Evening Course begins
- 2nd September - Fused Glass ColourBurst Suncatchers for Beginners (half-day)
- 2nd September - Fused Glass Mushrooms for Beginners (half-day)
- 3rd &4th September - Fused Glass Sunflower with Roger Loxton for Beginners
- 6th September - Fused Glass Flowers for Beginners - half-day
- 9th Sept - Printing Without a Press With Clare Tebboth for Beginners
- 11th Sept - Fused Glass Screen Printing for Beginners
- 14th Sept - Fused Glass Pocket Vases for Beginners
- 16th Sept - Stained Glass Lanterns Copper Foiling for Beginners
- 17th Sept - Introduction to Glass Fusing for Beginners
- 18th Sept - Stained Glass Copper Foiling for Beginners
- 22nd Sept - Stained Glass Copper Foiling 3d for Beginners and Improvers
- 28th Sept - Fused Glass Tack Fusing for Beginners and Improvers
- 30th Sept - Macmillan Coffee Morning with demos
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