Art & Craft Courses
with Vitreus Art @The Bell Plantation
"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
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-Secure measures in place.
New classes!
New - lots of brand-new one-day classes with painter, print-maker and art teacher Clare Tebboth - all are suitable for beginners and beyond!
- Winter Watercolours Greetings Cards half-day Workshop - paint a series of mini-paintings to make in to unique seasonal cards!
- Expressive Watercolours - Flowers & Plants - 1 day class - learn to paint beautiful flowers and plants in watercolours with real style!
- Print Your Own Greetings Cards - half-day lino-cut workshop - discover the basics of lino-cutting and make a number of printed cards from your design!
- Textured Landscapes Mixed Media - 1 day class - get to grips with mixed media, add texture to your painting, and create fabulous landscapes or seascapes!
New - Precious Metal Clay Rings for Beginners and up - make two silver rings using PMC on this new one-day workshop - possible designs include textured rings, embellished rings, snake rings and more!
New - 3d Copper Foiling Stained Glass for Beginners and up - make your own 3d projects - hummingbird, butterfly, succulents, spinner in a day; even a kaleidoscope on the 2-day course!
New - Glass Fusing Tealight Holders for beginners - make four beautiful fused glass tealight holders on this fun afternoon workshop
Perhaps you've always wanted to learn to paint and draw, or would like to learn how to make print-work without a press? You'll find evening and daytime courses for absolute beginners and up, mixed media too.
Or you can design and make your own Fused Glass or PMC (Precious Metal Clay) Jewellery or rings.
We'll always be happy to answer your questions, or chat to you at our studio.
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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.
You can download a PDF list of all current class dates here.
October classes with places available:
- 15th Oct - Glass Applique for Beginners
- 16th Oct - Wild With Watercolours for all Painters
- 17th Oct - Intro to Painting & Drawing in a Day for Beginners
- 23rd Oct - Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Silver Jewellery for Beginners
- 24th Oct - 3d Copper Foiling Stained Glass for Beginners
- 28th Oct - Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 31st Oct - Glass Fusing Tack-Relief for Beginners
November classes with places available:
- 1st Nov - Fused Glass Tealights (half-day) for Beginners
- 2nd to 6th Nov - 5 day Glass Experience Course
- 10th Nov - Fused Glass Icicles (evening) for Beginners
- 15th Nov - Scented Candles for Beginners
- 20th Nov - Fused Glass Lanterns for Beginners
- 21st Nov - Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 22nd Nov - Fused Glass Christmas Decorations for Beginners
- 26th Nov - Fused Glass Tealights (evening) for Beginners
- 25th Nov - Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 27th Nov - Winter Watercolours Greetings Cards - with Clare Tebboth
- 28th Nov - Fused Glass Icicles (evening) for Beginners
- 29th Nov - Stained Glass Copper Foil for Beginners
December classes with places available:
- 3rd Dec - Fused Glass Icicles (evening) for Beginners
- 4th Dec - Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Silver RIngs for Beginners
- 5th Dec - Fused Glass Christmas Decorations for Beginners
- 11th Dec - Expressive Watercolours - Flowers and Plants - with Clare Tebboth
- 12th Dec - Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 23rd Dec - Designing for Stained Glass
January classes with places available:
- 8th Jan - Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Silver Jewellery for Beginners
- 9th Jan - Stained Glass Copper Foil for Beginners
- 15th Jan - Glass FUsing - Fusion-Inclusion for Beginners
- 22nd Jan - Glass Slumping for Beginners
- 23rd Jan - Glass Applique for Beginners
- 24th Jan - Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
