Small group classes, designed to enable anyone, at any level, receive the individual attention they need to develop their skills.
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We provide quality art course tuition suitable for all levels from complete beginners to those with more experience. Learn from our team of 30 contemporary artists teaching small groups, in our studio overlooking Porthmeor beach in St Ives, where we have been since 1938.
Take a bit of St Ives magic into your home or studio with our online courses. Browse our library for courses to watch now or look out for new courses added every month. From landscape to life, oils to watercolour we’ll help you find the approach that’s right for you.
Studio Courses
online Courses
Enjoy the same quality tuition at home. Watch live or on demand.
ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
Find your creative voice with 1-1 mentoring and a curated practical programme over several months
weekenders
Combine a weekend away in St Ives with a chance to develop new skills and explore making art.
St Ives, one of the most stunning locations in the world, has long been attracting artists. For more than 85 years we have been running art classes in Cornwall in Porthmeor studios overlooking the ocean.
Stunning Studios
Step into history and tread the boards where Ben Nicholson walked. Feel inspired in our spacious studios overlooking Porthmeor beach.
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The Art of Learning
As seen in… Is it a bird, is it a plane? Our budding Rothko, Sean Newsom, signs up for an abstract art class in St Ives. Can I remind you that this jumble of fisherman cottages and harbour walls was also – for a time – the forcing house of British abstract art? – When…
Expressive Painting in the Elements
Mon 29 Apr – Wed 1 May – 3 days
Amy Albright
Explore expressionist painting in the elements with artist Amy Albright as you immerse yourself in the Cornish landscape to sketch and paint with playfulness and emotion.
Nina Squire
With her early life spent on the coast of Devon, Nina Squire, has always been drawn to the sea and the rugged coastline that surrounds her. She seeks to capture the changing moods of the sea, from the calm, serene blues of a summer’s day to the stormy, tumultuous greys of a winter’s evening. Initially, it was…