Our specialist and holiday courses change each term, so why not explore our offerings below to find out more about what’s on offer at the moment.
Our wide range of courses offer classes for all age groups and interests. Whether you’re a first time potter or an experienced painter – we’ve got something for you.
February Half Term Courses Coming Soon
Clay & Calm: Pottery for Wellbeing
If you’re hoping to slow down and be more mindful in 2026, this one-day pottery class offers the perfect opportunity. Coming Soon - Our next course will be on offer in our Autumn Term. Please email psad@enablelc.org to register your interest.
Egg Tempera Painting
Egg tempera is a painting technique that was a primary method of painting until after 1500 when it was superseded by the invention of oil painting.
Experimental Art & Media (Intermediate)
This course will give you the knowledge and confidence to experiment with a range of different materials to develop your own ideas and personal visual language.
Family Learning Pottery
With an emphasis on fun, this is an opportunity to work with your child on some great creative projects with clay.
Fine Art Textiles
In the last decade the expressive skills of crafts and making have become valued as fine art practice. This course will allow students to work creatively with a broad range of materials and processes usually associated with textiles. It will provide an opportunity to explore and combine a variety of accessible techniques.
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Interviews have started...This Diploma course is offered part-time, 9 hours a week, with a requirement to attend two core courses plus a third option each term over two years. Interviews have started for the Diploma 2026 (September start) two year course. Please contact Belinda Bates, Curriculum Manager for more details and for an application form. bbates@enablelc.org
Garden Design (All Levels)
This is an intensive 10-week course aimed at people who are interested in garden design but have varied to no experience of gardening or design.
Illustration (All Levels)
Over this 10-week course, published author/illustrator Sophie Ambrose will take you through all the steps from developing your initial idea to putting together a dummy picture book with a sample of artwork
NEW Portfolio Preparation 3D Campus
If you wish to develop a good grounding in a variety aspects of painting, drawing and mixed media together with an awareness of contemporary and historical art . In particular those who may wish to put together a portfolio for application to a higher level* course or employment in a related field.
NEW: Independent Practice (Fine Art)
This Painting/Fine Art course is aimed at students who need additional time within a purpose built (North Facing) large painting studio. You will be able to work on your own projects.
Planting Design
This is an intensive 8 week course in planting design, aimed at students that have completed the garden design course earlier this year and may be interested in learning about planting design and apply this to their own garden design during the course.
Pottery: Glazing Workshop
This course is aimed at students that want to improve their glazing techniques. Some experience with pottery is expected but not required.
Summer School – Good Artists Copy Great Artists Steal: Matisse – Still Life
Take what you need from this course which explores the colour and ambiguities of space in the still-life paintings of Henri Matisse, and how these works influenced late twentieth-century painters such as Hans Hofmann, Richard Diebenkorn, and Nicolas de Staël.
Summer School – 2 Days Collagraph Printmaking Workshop
A two-day course where you will create collagraph plates using simple found materials, textured papers, glue, resins and more.
Summer School – 2 Days: Alternative Sustainable Etching (All Levels)
On this 2 day course you will explore alternative sustainable Etching processes.
Summer School – 2 Days: Art and Design for Young People 13-17 years
An enjoyable and challenging course designed to build on existing skills to create a varied body of work useful for GCSE and A level course work or for a dynamic foundation portfolio.
Summer School – 2 Days: Creative Landscape Painting
Exploring different materials and approaches to creating lively landscape responses.
Summer School – 2 Days: Creative Sketchbooks
Exploring different materials and approaches to creating a lively and an exciting artist's sketchbook that will support in developing and transforming your creative ideas.
Summer School – 2 Days: Experimental Painterly Etching
Suitable for those who already have basic experience of etching who want to learn experimental and non-traditional etching techniques including using White Ground and resists to achieve fluid, painterly and tonal effects, exciting textures and expressive mark making in their prints.
