Love plants? Have a favourite you want to sketch? This workshop is an introduction to plant illustrations and is ideal for anyone interested in drawing and painting the botanical world.

Explore the awesomeness of resin with jewellery artist Maca Bernal. Learn how to make your own utterly unique resin jewellery incorporating pigments and glitters.

Join renowned artist Evan Woodruffe to learn the essentials of oil painting including preparation, brush selection, colour selection and composition whilst learning about allergy-friendly painting processes.

Join us for a fun and creative half-day weekend workshop where you'll learn how to make your own beautiful beaded and coloured glass earrings! This hands-on class is perfect for beginners and those looking to explore their artistic side. You’ll learn the basics of earring design, bead selection, and the techniques needed to create your own unique jewellery pieces.

Unleash your creativity and explore the vibrant world of alcohol ink in this hands-on four hour workshop! In Alcohol Ink Blooms, you'll learn the techniques to create stunning florals, landscapes, and even abstract designs using the dynamic and colourful medium of alcohol ink.

Begin your exploration into drawing the human form, involving both figure and portrait set in a supporting and encouraging environment. Undraped models. 18+ years.

Create a self portrait with paper collage. While creating this piece of work you will be encouraged to be spontaneous and intuitive and quieten the mind and let your heart and hands lead the way.

Learn to prepare and fragrance two container candles.

Do you want to extend your watercolour skills by painting the ever-changing landscapes of sky and water? Come and learn how to harness light and dark and create atmospheric scenes that you will be proud of. This course is suitable for those with a base knowledge of painting.

Come and learn the skills to paint portraits from photos. Learn the basics of form, value and colour - while stealing a few tricks from some of the old masters. Create your very own masterpieces. Includes materials $55.

During this course you will learn calligraphy skills and other related techniques that will complement your letters, creating a beautiful personalised 'journal story' of our six weeks together.

This eight week course introduces young art students to art using a wide range of mediums. The classes are very practical and fun, as well as educational. Each term, the focus changes. All materials are included within the course fee. Both courses are open tor 6 - 14 year olds. Note that the earlier session has mostly younger children and the later session is more suitable for older children.

This eight week course introduces young art students to art using a wide range of mediums. The classes are very practical and fun, as well as educational. Each term, the focus changes. All materials are included within the course fee. Both courses are open tor 6 - 14 year olds. Note that the earlier session has mostly younger children and the later session is more suitable for older children.

Learn the art of decoupage in this evening workshop. Decoupage is the art of decorating a surface with paper, and is a fun way to make everyday items special.

Do you want to extend your watercolour skills by painting the ever-changing landscapes of sky and water? Come and learn how to harness light and dark and create atmospheric scenes that you will be proud of. This course is suitable for those with a base knowledge of painting.

Interested in classes at our Auckland pottery studio? Have you ever wanted to work with clay, but not known where to start? Join our beginner pottery class and learn a range of essential clay techniques. Whether you're a complete novice or have some experience, this pottery course will help you develop key skills, including hand-building and clay molding. Come and join Matt McLean, one of New Zealand's top award-winning potters and learn a range of hand building and wheel throwing techniques.

Whether you're new to the medium or a seasoned painter in other media, Robyn’s very experienced approach to painting offers something for everyone to learn. With her gentle encouragement you will to start with drawing before progressing to oils, using art history and contemporary art references to help you find your chosen style.

Learn to paint with acrylic paints. This practical course is aimed at people with little or no previous experience, as well as at those who have painted with acrylics before. All materials included.

If you have already attended our Pottery Beginners classes (preferably two terms), this Next Steps course will help you extend your skills. You will be encouraged to develop your hand building and sculptural techniques including learning about creating handles and spouts for your creations.

Using drawing, painting and crafts come and explore how to connect and express yourself in a creative way. You don't need to have any artistic talent or prior knowledge! All materials are provided.

Join waste warrior Ronja Schipper (AKA re:purpose Ronja) in this fun workshop, crafting a pair of earrings and a necklace from discarded bicycle inner tube.

Join us for a weekend of creativity and craftsmanship as I guide you through the process of hand stitching and binding your own unique book.

Interested in classes at our Auckland pottery studio? Have you ever wanted to work with clay, but not known where to start? Join our beginner pottery class and learn a range of essential clay techniques. Whether you're a complete novice or have some experience, this pottery course will help you develop key skills, including hand-building and clay molding. Come and join Matt McLean, one of New Zealand's top award-winning potters and learn a range of hand building and wheel throwing techniques.

Join EK on this introduction to abstraction using pattern and repetition. Have a fun day completing an artwork. All materials are included including paper and paints and a large canvas.

Spend an inspiring weekend with Sally to develop landscape painting techniques in oils. You will depict, in a semi-abstract form, a landscape that is important to you.

Using traditional methods and also modern machinery participants will get to create a Rei Niho (whale's tooth) pendant.

Join waste warrior Ronja Schipper (AKA re:purpose Ronja) in this fun workshop, crafting a pair of earrings and a necklace from discarded bicycle inner tube.

Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Each workshop is three hours long. Full courses with long waiting lists may not be visible on the website.

Learn the art of folding books to form beautiful art.

Join this one day course and learn how to use pen, watercolours and pencil to create your own personal travel journal.

Join textile artist Lesley Pearce to create your own personalised fabric book cover using dyes, stencils and block printing.

Use words and watercolours to express feelings and emotions which arise from consideration of nature.

This engaging supported workshop invites you to approach the portrait in a creative way, looking at contemporary New Zealand artists as a source of inspiration.

Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Each workshop is three hours long. Full courses with long waiting lists may not be visible on the website.

Want to capture the world around you using the magical world of watercolour? Learning both traditional and experimental techniques, we’ll learn how to paint simple landscapes (mountains, coasts, bush, gardens, streams) from the masters. By the end of the course, you will be beginning to paint atmospheric landscapes that are meaningful to you, and have gained some experience using watercolour.

Learn how to mosaic and create your own designed piece of garden art on a natural stone or for your driveway or patio. All materials are supplied. Available as an evening or weekend workshop. This is an ideal opportunity to re-use the broken china you've been collecting or create a personal gift using the materials provided - it could be a letterbox number or a garden ornament or even a door stop.

Come and learn this beautiful and healing Japanese art that uses gold or silver-coloured glues to bring together pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks.

Explore the awesomeness of resin with jewellery artist Maca Bernal. Learn how to make your own utterly unique resin jewellery incorporating pigments and glitters.

During this one day course you will learn to feel confident using basic art materials to create your own style of drawing. All materials provided.

Zentangle ® is mindful drawing. Come along and create a miniature abstract work of art with a collection of patterns. All your materials are provided and you will spend a relaxing half-day drawing structured patterns in a mindful way.

Learn to explore and create these indigenous paintings of gratitude used in Mexico for centuries to offer thanks to the saints for recoveries from misfortune.

Unleash your creativity and explore the vibrant world of alcohol ink in this hands-on four hour workshop! In Alcohol Ink Blooms, you'll learn the techniques to create stunning florals, landscapes, and even abstract designs using the dynamic and colourful medium of alcohol ink.

Embark on a thrilling artistic journey as we delve into the captivating world of still life.

Create your own bone carving out of beef bone in this tikanga-based contemporary workshop.

In this immersive workshop, you will learn how to create stunning landscape paintings using acrylics on canvas. Starting from the fundamentals, you'll explore how to effectively lay out your composition and build a painting, while focusing on key elements like balance, perspective, and proportion.

Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Each workshop is three hours long. Full courses with long waiting lists may not be visible on the website.

Join Lisa Critchley for a holistic experience of raranga weaving in accordance and alignment with traditional indigenous practices (Tikanga and Kaupapa Māori). You'll learn the basic skills to weave a kete.

Learn to prepare and fragrance two container candles.

This course utilises established methods in drawing a convincing head.