Bold, Fast & Loose Watercolour - Beginners £29 Half Day Workshop!
2025-11-18 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of bold, fast and loose watercolour, with a particular focus on wet-in-wet applications to create vibrant pieces that are pleasing to the eye and evoke a smile. By the end of the afternoon, we will have completed several mini-project exercises and created various pieces, varying in subject matter.

Abstract loose works

Vibrant art

Pleasing results quickly!

No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here. You will develop a watercolour confidence, which you can take away or top up on a follow-up workshop with us at the Cornish Craft Barn.

The afternoon will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, not chance!

Watercolour Essentials (Extended Edition) - £49 Day Workshop!
2025-11-19 10:00 - 15:00
From zero to watercolour hero! We will spend a fun-filled extended day immersed in the world of watercolour. By the end of the day, you will have developed complete confidence in watercolour, which you can take away and apply to ideas and projects you have ready or begin using for some journaling, home and abroad. No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here.

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. In the afternoon we will take on landscape work, washes, skies and water. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, not chance!

CCB ART CLUB: Mixed Media Month
2025-11-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-27 10:00 - 13:00
This month’s focus will be a full mixed media month! Session includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop days.

These sessions are designed as an ongoing series to inspire and develop art skills in various media. You will engage in fun, creative, and practical weekly activities that utilise multiple media and unexpected materials. Your creativity will be unleashed!

If you thought you were not creative or ‘arty’, unable to draw or produce pleasing artwork, these sessions are specifically for you. You will learn to draw, paint, and develop creative ideas, then visually bring them to life. Throughout these sessions, you will learn how to use watercolours, acrylics, inks, printing, and much more.

In sessions, we will navigate the journey to unlock our dormant or suppressed creativity. We will inspire you to work on mini-projects and actively encourage you to do so to unlock your creative potential as you develop your art skill set and ‘find your style’!.

Art and creative projects are superb ways to relax and feel re-energised, motivated and empowered. Treat yourself to some ‘you’ time and use these sessions to set aside any ‘I can’t do that…’ thinking and beliefs. Free your suppressed creativity and book your place today.

Wheal Friendly Stitch Club - 3rd Thursday Monthly
2025-11-20 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-18 10:00 - 16:00
Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month. If you’re interested in joining one, please contact us or book in to attend if we have spaces available.

This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with other quilters who are looking to share ideas and experience and can provide guidance for each other – plus lots of lovely chat, cake and coffee! It is not a ‘tutored’ session but a room filled with abundant expertise from which to seek assistance. We can offer short demonstrations or mini projects from time to time if this is something the group decides they want!

The session runs from 10am – 4pm but feel free to attend as much of this as you can to fit in with your other commitments. Lunch can be bought from the cafe with a 10% discount. Plenty of parking outside and we can give you a hand to get your machines upstairs to the training room if needed.

We have several new Janome quilting sewing machines available to borrow for the day if you need one or find it easier than bringing one in from home. The cost is £4 per day. Please book ahead or let us know if you need one so we make sure we have enough available. We ask for payment quarterly in advance £15 per session, so £45 which covers three sessions for you. We close for August so will not run a session in August. For the remaining 11 months; you are allowed a 2 month ‘holiday’ from the sessions if you can’t attend. We can sort out these details and dates with you in person at the group, but for now booking a space secures your spot and gives you three sessions.

Stitch Up Club
2025-11-21 09:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-28 09:00 - 12:30
🎉 Stitch Up – Your Weekly Stitch & Social Club! 🧵Whether you knit, crochet, hand stitch, or machine sew – Stitch Up is the perfect weekly get-together for all things stitchy!

Bring along your unfinished projects or simply come for the creative vibes and friendly chatter. We’re here to support, share tips, and celebrate your crafty wins. Anything goes….crochet, needlework, knitting, sewing, patchwork, cross stitch whatever you have on the go or need to finish, bring it along and share a cuppa and cake.

🗓 Every week at the Cornish Craft Barn

🕘 Room available: 9:00am – 12:30pm (great for spreading out on our big tables or using our sewing machines!)

☕ Social hours: 10:00am – 12:00pm – the heart of the session

💷 £10 per session – includes refreshments and cake!

🍽 Stay for lunch and get 10% off all café purchases

Come stitch, sip, chat, and unwind – we’d love to see you there. Coffee and cake included!

Please reserve your spot in our upcoming Stitch Up session today!

Unleash your creativity! Come and join our friendly sewcial stitch club!

Illustrate & Write A Children's Picture Book
2025-11-21 10:00 - 13:00
In this workshop, we will apply the principles of numerous well-known children’s authors and illustrators, review good practices from our carefully curated CCB library of children’s books, and unlock our creative illustrative skills through explorations with unexpected materials during each session. We will draw from our imaginations, capture the essence of a story, and create our visuals around a well-crafted narrative, whether through rhyme, alliteration, playful repetition, or even wordless storytelling. Let the illustrations tell the story!

10am till 4pm for TWO half day sessions, October 24th and 21st November includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop day and qualifying attendance at the monthly Children’s Book Creation Workshop with a growing body of peers.

In this fun, hands-on-from-the-start workshop series, you will get to:

Apply good practice for a wide variety of picture book types

Develop a plot structure and storyboard it

Work on character development (written and design)

Look at writing techniques and styles

Create a book dummy for words and pictures

Develop your style and approach for page spreads

Explore illustrative techniques and unusual materials

Design your book cover

Cover final artwork and book design file for submission

Plus much more. Join today and lose yourself in a rewarding and fulfilling experience. You’ll leave with the knowledge and tools to produce an end product that you can be proud of, share with family and friends, or even publish.* Please note this workshop provides the underpinning base and knowledge to develop an illustrated children’s book with words fully. Full book completion, however, will naturally require more than one 6-hour workshop. Monthly half-day club sessions will be available, allowing ongoing development and an aspired completion of a first pass to use as a Christmas gift. 🙂

Oils for Beginners - Landscapes
2025-11-25 10:00 - 15:00
A new format, 10 am till 3 pm, is a short-day workshop focusing on oil painting skills for beginners, progressing to a landscape in the afternoon session. In this workshop, we focus on core oil painting skills and then put them to use on a landscape. Best methods to approach a landscape in oils, from preparing the ground to blocking out and working fat over lean to bring our reference images to life. Method will be covered, and some key tips to make progress fast, but excitingly, it will still be your style that shines through and makes your pieces unique. You will be busy with practical exercises from the start and are sure to have an enjoyable day, becoming more confident with oils and transferable landscape painting skills applicable to other media.

Gallery from previous workshop

Materials will be provided for the workshop; you need nothing! All excuses to ‘have a go’ have been removed. Treat yourself to some ‘you time’ and turn up energised and ready to conquer oils. Refreshments are also included during mid-session breaks, and you’ll also receive a 10% discount at the cafe and shop on the day. Come and join an enjoyable and sociable atmosphere with fellow aspiring artists and kick start ‘having a go’ with oils.

Snowflakes & Strings: Macramé for Christmas
2025-12-01 10:00 - 12:30
Want to learn the basics of Macrame? Come along to our festive decoration session – perfect for beginners who want to learn a new craft and go home with a few cheerful creations. We will be making the popular gonk / Santa, snowflakes and various hanging tree decorations with Macrame yarn

Workshop OverviewMaterials ListAbout Tutor

A message from Lucy:

Festive Macramé Decoration Workshop📅 Monday 1st December, 10am – 12.30pm💷 Half-day workshop – £30 (all materials included)

Get into the festive spirit and enjoy a creative morning making your very own Christmas decorations with the art of macramé. This relaxed and friendly workshop is perfect for complete beginners as well as those looking for a seasonal project.

Under the guidance of our Lucy, you’ll learn the basic knots and techniques of macramé while creating a selection of beautiful handmade decorations. Popular makes include our cheeky macramé gonk (Santa), delicate snowflakes, and a variety of hanging ornaments to decorate your Christmas tree or home.

🎄 What’s included:

Step-by-step tuition in a fun and welcoming environment

All macramé yarns, beads and accessories provided

Festive refreshments from the Craft Barn Café included in the workshop

10% discount off any cafe purchases on the day if you fancy staying for lunch after the workshop, or grabbing breakfast before it!

Your own unique handmade decorations to take home and treasure

No experience is necessary – just bring your enthusiasm and enjoy a morning of festive creativity! If you catch the macramé bug, you’ll also find a selection of other macramé craft kits and tutorials available to purchase in the Craft Barn gift shop.

✨ Spaces are limited, so book early to secure your place.

Macrame strings and boards : supplied by Lucy on the day for use in the workshop

Lucy from Hearts and Pearls is a self-taught Macrame artist based in Falmouth. Grown from a hobby, her business specialises in propagating rare trailing semi-succulent plants, including the popular String of Hearts and Pearls, and through this, she first explored making decorative plant hangers from Macrame yarn. Having experimented with various projects over the years, she now runs Macrame workshops in the local area. She designs tutorials for others to learn the basics of this historic art form.

Wheal Treasure Stitch Club - 1st Tuesday Mthly
2025-12-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-06 10:00 - 16:00

Festive Wreath Workshop Evening
2025-12-02 18:00 - 20:30
✨ Join us in creating a truly unique statement wreath using sustainably grown and foraged Cornish naturals, including flowers, foliage, cones, berries, seed heads, ferns, lichens, and mosses, to create a beautiful Christmas wreath. 🌿💫

Living Cornish Wreath Workshop 🌿✨

Join us in creating a truly unique living statement wreath, inspired by the wild beauty of the Cornish landscape. Using sustainably grown and foraged naturals — from flowers, foliage and cones to berries, seed heads, ferns, lichens and mosses — you’ll craft a beautiful piece that evolves with the season.

Guided step-by-step, you’ll build your design on a recycled cardboard base filled with compost and mini living plants, creating a natural, eco-conscious foundation. This living framework is then enhanced with seasonal cut blooms, which can be refreshed as they fade to keep your wreath vibrant throughout the festive period.

Each wreath is individually crafted and richly textured, blending the colours, scents and forms of plants such as Myrtle, Yew, Bay, Rosemary, Box, Ivy, Holly, Hypericum, Eryngium, Winter Box, Rose Hips and Cones. The result is a design that is not only eye-catching but deeply sustainable — a reflection of the Cornish countryside in its winter glory.

Whether displayed on your front door or used as a festive table centrepiece, your living wreath will bring warmth, texture, and a touch of nature’s magic into your home all season long.

✨ Suitable for ages 12+

We’ll provide all tools and materials, along with drinks, snacks and seasonal inspiration. Enjoy a creative session with friends new and old and we’ll provide cheese and wine too!

Extra Info :

Step by step guidance with all materials and equipment provided. No previous crafting experience is needed.

All the flowers, foliage and fruits are home grown and / or foraged personally by Angela the Cornish Wreath Maker.

Refreshments provided as part of the workshop price

All necessary instruction is provided in our beautiful light and airy workshop space.

Learn how to create this beautiful unique wreath in a single, satisfying session.

Click here to view Angela’s website

Experience the Workshop

Create and learn in our beautiful, inspiring venue with fantastic views — the Cornish Craft Barn — while enjoying the atmosphere, camaraderie, and creative buzz of spending the day with like minded people.

ART CLUB: Mastering Impressionism Month
2025-12-04 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-11 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-18 10:00 - 13:00
This month’s focus will be focusing on the Impressionist movement and developing our artists toolkit to deconstruct, understand and replicate this style of painting that was so formative and where England played a key role with many French artists settling in London, fleeing the Franco-Prussian war. Session includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop days.

These sessions are designed as an ongoing series to inspire and develop art skills in various media. You will engage in fun, creative, and practical weekly activities that utilise multiple media and unexpected materials. Your creativity will be unleashed!

If you thought you were not creative or ‘arty’, unable to draw or produce pleasing artwork, these sessions are specifically for you. You will learn to draw, paint, and develop creative ideas, then visually bring them to life. Throughout these sessions, you will learn how to use watercolours, acrylics, inks, printing, and much more.

In sessions, we will navigate the journey to unlock our dormant or suppressed creativity. We will inspire you to work on mini-projects and actively encourage you to do so to unlock your creative potential as you develop your art skill set and ‘find your style’!.

Art and creative projects are superb ways to relax and feel re-energised, motivated and empowered. Treat yourself to some ‘you’ time and use these sessions to set aside any ‘I can’t do that…’ thinking and beliefs. Free your suppressed creativity and book your place today.

Festive Wreath Workshop Afternoon
2025-12-04 14:00 - 16:00
✨ Join us in creating a truly unique statement wreath using sustainably grown and foraged Cornish naturals, including flowers, foliage, cones, berries, seed heads, ferns, lichens, and mosses, to make a stunning Christmas wreath to adorn your door or be a central table piece.🌿💫

Living Cornish Wreath Workshop 🌿✨

Join us in creating a truly unique living statement wreath, inspired by the wild beauty of the Cornish landscape. Using sustainably grown and foraged naturals — from flowers, foliage and cones to berries, seed heads, ferns, lichens and mosses — you’ll craft a beautiful piece that evolves with the season.

Guided step-by-step, you’ll build your design creating a natural, eco-conscious foundation. This living framework is then enhanced with seasonal cut blooms, which can be refreshed as they fade to keep your wreath vibrant throughout the festive period.

Each wreath is individually crafted and richly textured, blending the colours, scents and forms of plants such as Myrtle, Yew, Bay, Rosemary, Box, Ivy, Holly, Hypericum, Eryngium, Winter Box, Rose Hips and Cones. The result is a design that is not only eye-catching but deeply sustainable — a reflection of the Cornish countryside in its winter glory.

Whether displayed on your front door or used as a festive table centrepiece, your living wreath will bring warmth, texture, and a touch of nature’s magic into your home all season long.

✨ Suitable for ages 12+

We’ll provide all tools and materials, along with drinks, snacks and seasonal inspiration. Enjoy a creative session with friends new and old and enjoy cake and coffee too!

Extra Info :

Step by step guidance with all materials and equipment provided. No previous crafting experience is needed.

All the flowers, foliage and fruits are home grown and / or foraged personally by Angela the Cornish Wreath Maker.

Refreshments provided as part of the workshop price

All necessary instruction is provided in our beautiful light and airy workshop space.

Learn how to create this beautiful unique wreath in a single, satisfying session.

Click here to view Angela’s website

Experience the Workshop

Create and learn in our beautiful, inspiring venue with fantastic views — the Cornish Craft Barn — while enjoying the atmosphere, camaraderie, and creative buzz of spending the day with like minded people.

Stitch Up Club
2025-12-05 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-12-19 09:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-09 09:30 - 12:30
🎉 Stitch Up – Your Weekly Stitch & Social Club! 🧵Whether you knit, crochet, hand stitch, or machine sew – Stitch Up is the perfect weekly get-together for all things stitchy!

Bring along your unfinished projects or simply come for the creative vibes and friendly chatter. We’re here to support, share tips, and celebrate your crafty wins. Anything goes….crochet, needlework, knitting, sewing, patchwork, cross stitch whatever you have on the go or need to finish, bring it along and share a cuppa and cake.

🗓 Every week at the Cornish Craft Barn

🕘 Room available: 9:30am – 12:30pm (great for spreading out on our big tables or using our sewing machines!)

☕ Social hours: 10:00am – 12:00pm – the heart of the session

💷 £10 per session – includes refreshments and cake!

🍽 Stay for lunch and get 10% off all café purchases

Come stitch, sip, chat, and unwind – we’d love to see you there. Coffee and cake included!

Please reserve your spot in our upcoming Stitch Up session today!

Unleash your creativity! Come and join our friendly sewcial stitch club!

Wheal Rose Stitch Club (2nd Tuesday Mthly)
2025-12-09 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-13 10:00 - 16:00
Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month. If you’re interested in joining one, please contact us or book in to attend if we have spaces available.

This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with other quilters who are looking to share ideas and experience and can provide guidance for each other – plus lots of lovely chat, cake and coffee! It is not a ‘tutored’ session but a room filled with abundant expertise from which to seek assistance. We can offer short demonstrations or mini projects from time to time if this is something the group decides they want!

The session runs from 10am – 4pm but feel free to attend as much of this as you can to fit in with your other commitments. Lunch can be bought from the cafe with a 10% discount. Plenty of parking outside and we can give you a hand to get your machines upstairs to the training room if needed.

We have several new Janome quilting sewing machines available to borrow for the day if you need one or find it easier than bringing one in from home. The cost is £4 per day. Please book ahead or let us know if you need one so we make sure we have enough available. We ask for payment quarterly in advance £15 per session, so £45 which covers three sessions for you. We close for August so will not run a session in August. For the remaining 11 months; you are allowed a 2 month ‘holiday’ from the sessions if you can’t attend. We can sort out these details and dates with you in person at the group, but for now booking a space secures your spot and gives you three sessions, whether those are June, July and September or later is up to you.

Children's Book Creation Workshops (Monthly Club - All Welcome!)
2025-12-12 10:00 - 13:00
In this monthly workshop series, we will apply the principles of numerous well-known children’s authors and illustrators, review good practices from our carefully curated CCB library of children’s books, and unlock our creative illustrative skills through explorations with unexpected materials during each session. We will draw from our imaginations, capture the essence of a story, and produce our visuals around a well-crafted narrative, whether with rhyme, alliteration, playful repetition, or even wordless. Let the illustrations tell the story!

Please sign up to our regular Children’s Book Illustration & Authoring workshop series (3 introductory sessions) before signing up to this monthly club 🙂 The three session induction ensures you then attend the club with our project(s) developed enough to get value from the monthly session and your peers.

In these fun, hands-on-from-the-start workshop sessions, you will continue to:

Apply good practice for a wide variety of picture book types

Develop a plot structure and storyboard it

Work on character development (written and design)

Look at writing techniques and styles

Create a book dummy for words and pictures

Develop your style and approach for page spreads

Explore illustrative techniques and unusual materials

Design your book cover

Cover final artwork and book design file for submission

Plus much more. Join today and lose yourself in a rewarding and fulfilling experience with peers, while also developing their projects. We’ll develop the knowledge and tools to produce an end product that we can be proud of, share with family and friends, or even publish.

Christmas Fused Glass Workshop
2025-12-15 09:30 - 12:00
Get creative and festive this season with our Christmas Fused Glass Workshop at the Cornish Craft Barn!

🎄✨. Get creative and festive this season with our Christmas Fused Glass Workshop at the Cornish Craft Barn!

During this relaxed and hands-on session, you’ll learn how to cut, layer and design glass to create your own unique festive pieces. You will make three beautiful glass projects to take home and treasure or gift to someone special this Christmas. Please note that in this particular Christmas workshop, we will be focussing on making Christmas trees that stand in a wood rounds, snowflakes and wreaths. If you would like to make anything else in particular, please tell us in advance.

Projects will be taken to be fired and will be usually ready to collect about a week later in time for christmas.

All materials and tools are provided and no previous experience is needed – just come along, have fun and discover the magic of fused glass!

Your tutor is an experienced Adult Education tutor who has been teaching glasswork for nearly fourteen years and academic courses for over seventeen years. Passionate about sharing her craft, she’ll guide you step by step through the process, offering plenty of tips and inspiration along the way.

Please note:

Wear old clothes and bring an apron

No open-toed shoes, please

Long hair must be tied back for safety

Come and spend a joyful morning learning a new skill, meeting like-minded makers, and getting into the festive spirit.

All materials included – no experience necessary!

☕ Festive drinks & treats included in ticket price. Enjoy a delicious selection of festive snacks with your choice of teas and coffees!

You’ll leave with a beautiful, handcrafted creation — perfect for the festive season or as a thoughtful, hand made-inspired gift.

Spaces are limited to keep the experience intimate, unhurried, and personal, so early booking is recommended.

We’ll provide all tools and materials, along with drinks, snacks and seasonal inspiration.

About the Tutor – Liz Simpson

Liz Simpson is an experienced and passionate glass artist and Adult Education tutor.

Her friendly, hands-on approach makes learning both enjoyable and accessible, whether you’re a complete beginner or a returning maker. Liz loves helping people discover the joy of working with glass; from the first satisfying score and snap to the sparkle of a finished piece fresh from the kiln.

When she’s not teaching, Liz continues to explore her own creative practice, experimenting with colour, light and texture to produce stunning glass artworks inspired by the beauty of the Cornish landscape.

Experience the Workshop

Create and learn in our beautiful, inspiring venue with fantastic views — the Cornish Craft Barn — while enjoying the atmosphere, camaraderie, and creative buzz of spending the day with like minded people.

Festive Table Centre Workshop
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:00
✨Bring a touch of handmade magic to your home this Christmas with a beautifully crafted festive table arrangement. 🌿💫

Festive Table Arrangement Workshop 🎄✨

Bring a touch of handmade magic to your home this Christmas with a beautifully crafted festive table arrangement. Using an abundance of seasonal foliage, flowers, and natural accents, you’ll create a stunning centrepiece that fills your table with warmth, colour, and festive charm.

Under the guidance of The Cornish Wreath Maker, you’ll be shown each step — from building a balanced base to adding floral highlights and textural details. Whether you’re a beginner or a confident crafter, you’ll enjoy a relaxed and inspiring creative session surrounded by the scents and textures of the season.

🌿 What’s Included:✨ Step-by-step guidanceCreate your own unique arrangement using fresh, locally sourced foliage, berries, flowers, and seasonal treasures in our beautiful woodland workshop.

☕ Festive drinks & treats – Cheese & Wine included in ticket priceEnjoy a delicious selection of festive snacks with your choice of teas and coffees!

You’ll leave with a beautiful, handcrafted centrepiece — perfect for your festive table or as a thoughtful, nature-inspired gift.

Spaces are limited to keep the experience intimate, unhurried, and personal, so early booking is recommended.

Ages 12+

We’ll provide all tools and materials, along with drinks, snacks and seasonal inspiration.

Extra Info :

Step by step guidance with all materials and equipment provided. No previous crafting experience is needed.

All the flowers, foliage and fruits are home grown and / or foraged personally by Angela the Cornish Wreath Maker.

Refreshments provided as part of the workshop price – cheese and wine

All necessary instruction is provided in our beautiful light and airy workshop space.

Learn how to create this beautiful unique wreath in a single, satisfying session.

Click here to view Angela’s website

Experience the Workshop

Create and learn in our beautiful, inspiring venue with fantastic views — the Cornish Craft Barn — while enjoying the atmosphere, camaraderie, and creative buzz of spending the day with like minded people.

CCB ART CLUB: Creativity Unleashed!
2026-01-08 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-15 10:00 - 13:00
This month’s focus will appear here soon! Session includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop days.

These sessions are designed as an ongoing series to inspire and develop art skills in various media. You will engage in fun, creative, and practical weekly activities that utilise multiple media and unexpected materials. Your creativity will be unleashed!

If you thought you were not creative or ‘arty’, unable to draw or produce pleasing artwork, these sessions are specifically for you. You will learn to draw, paint, and develop creative ideas, then visually bring them to life. Throughout these sessions, you will learn how to use watercolours, acrylics, inks, printing, and much more.

In sessions, we will navigate the journey to unlock our dormant or suppressed creativity. We will inspire you to work on mini-projects and actively encourage you to do so to unlock your creative potential as you develop your art skill set and ‘find your style’!.

Art and creative projects are superb ways to relax and feel re-energised, motivated and empowered. Treat yourself to some ‘you’ time and use these sessions to set aside any ‘I can’t do that…’ thinking and beliefs. Free your suppressed creativity and book your place today.

Bold, Fast & Loose Watercolour Workshop
2026-01-13 10:00 - 13:00
We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of bold, fast and loose watercolour, with a particular focus on wet-in-wet applications to create vibrant pieces that are pleasing to the eye and evoke a smile. By the end of the morning, we will have completed several mini-project exercises and created various pieces, varying in subject matter.

Abstract loose works

Vibrant art

Pleasing results quickly!

No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here. You will develop a watercolour confidence, which you can take away or top up on a follow-up workshop with us at the Cornish Craft Barn.

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, not chance!

Acrylics & Ink Landscape Workshop: Water focus (Sea & Riverbank)
2026-01-14 10:00 - 13:00
A tribute to superb mixed media artists Glynn Macey and Chris Forsey we will start fast and produce two landscapes, one seascape and another river side, both dealing with aspects of capturing water effectively.

A half-day 10-1 workshop that focuses on mixed media skills for beginners. In this session, we focus on landscapes and explore the best methods for approaching them using a variety of media, including acrylics, inks, collage, wax, and watercolour, among others. The technique will be covered, along with some key tips to make progress quickly. However, excitingly, it will still be your style that shines through and makes your pieces unique. You will be busy with practical exercises from the start and are sure to have an enjoyable morning, becoming more confident as a mixed-media creative.

Gallery from previous workshop work

Materials will be provided for the workshop; you need nothing! All excuses to ‘have a go’ have been removed. Treat yourself to some ‘you time’ and turn up energised and ready to conquer oils. Refreshments are also included during mid-session breaks, and you’ll also receive a 10% discount at the cafe and shop on the day. Come and join an enjoyable and sociable atmosphere with fellow aspiring artists and kick start ‘having a go’ with oils.
