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Friendly and creative art classes for adults.

31/07/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

The end of the summer term is always tinged with a bit of sadness – six weeks without any classes – but every year we aim to sign off on a high, and this week was no exception.

After quite a long run of acrylics painting lessons, it was lovely to return to one of the simplest mediums we use – willow charcoal – always a favourite with our students. What was a surprise was how popular the subject matter turned out to be - who would have thought that an old castle door could provide such scope to explore the versatility of the charcoal and to produce such pleasing artwork! It was a great lesson and a great way to finish a fabulous term.

Enjoy the break everyone! Have a great summer and we’ll see you again in September, ready for more exciting and creative art projects. 😃

23/07/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

Our artwork this week was inspired by the stunning tree paintings of Julie Dumbarton, a fine art painter living and working in Cumbria. After a general introduction by our very talented teacher Dave, about how to approach the painting of trees, students were encouraged to work from a range of images of birch trees to produce their own gorgeous paintings, experimenting with colour and texture.

At ColourWheel we love to give our students the opportunity to try new things, so this week it was wonderful to be able to introduce everyone to the idea of adding more texture to their paintings using modelling paste. The paste was applied to the surface with a palette knife and then shaped to create interesting knots and ridges. Once dry, the students were able to paint over the textured surface giving their work a sense of relief.

The modelling paste proved very popular and is something we will definitely return to for a future class. Fabulous work everyone – such beautiful paintings!

16/07/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

It was off to the farmyard for our budding artists this week. Working with acrylics again, students were taught how to draw pigs and cows from a ‘forced’ perspective – snout first – before painting the animal of their choice.

A big thank you to Lelanie who stood in for our teacher Dave once again. It was a fun lesson, resulting in some truly characterful artwork. What gorgeous cows and piggies!🤣👏👏👏

09/07/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

Our lessons at Marthall this week were inspired by the beautiful artwork of Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt. It was an opportunity for students to unleash their creativity, using acrylic paints and paint pens to create stunning and completely unique patterns and designs within their paintings.

Love these!😃

02/07/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

Our classes at Marthall this week were just pure fun! Easels, palette knives and credit cards were the order of the day and students were encouraged to work with freedom and expression, simply focusing on achieving colour and texture in their work.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable lesson and I think it's clear from the finished artwork that our students really did embrace the aims of the session. Well done everyone - what gorgeous paintings!😄

25/06/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

It’s fair to say it was a bit warm in the hall this week!!🥵 Thankfully the heat didn’t detract too much from the enjoyment of our first lesson back after the break, where our students learned how to use gouache to paint a charming beach scene featuring a child or children.

Our teacher Dave spent the first part of the session revisiting colour mixing – possibly the hardest thing for budding artists to master, so incredibly useful. Students learned how to create tints, tones and shades which were then used to help them recreate the colours of the beach landscape in the reference images we were using.

Such a valuable class which also proved very popular. Check out this week’s fabulous artwork!

04/06/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

What a fabulous way to end the first half of our spring/summer term! Our students had a wonderful lesson, revisiting the principles of atmospheric perspective and practising a range of watercolour and mark making techniques, to help them recreate a beautiful mountain landscape.

Great work everyone - enjoy the break and we'll look forward to seeing you again in a few weeks, ready to tackle some more new and exciting art projects!🙂

28/05/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

We are so lucky to have the most wonderful teachers at ColourWheel. This week, while our brilliant teacher Dave was taking a well-earned break, we were able to call on the services of Lelanie who teaches at two other local CW locations and did a fabulous job when she stood in for Dave this time last year.

Our art project came highly recommended by Lelanie and she was so right – everyone absolutely loved it and said they found it very relaxing and enjoyable. The line and wash technique is always popular (black pen with a watercolour wash) but the subject matter for the lesson, whimsical houses, made it even more fun. The students were encouraged to be as creative and fanciful as they wanted, and there was no pressure to draw anything accurately – in fact Lelanie actively encouraged them to make their houses as wonky and quirky as they could – nothing was off limits!

A lovely lesson – thank you so much Lelanie.

23/05/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

Something completely new for our students this week – learning to use Chinese brushes and brush strokes to paint some truly beautiful images of blossom on handmade cotton rag paper. It was a hugely enjoyable session – and I think you’ll agree, the finished artwork on the rag paper is just gorgeous! Great work everyone! 👏👏👏

13/05/2026

Face-to-Face Classes - Marthall
Tuesday Mornings/Tuesday Afternoons

Working with a white medium on black paper always produces such dramatic results – and our lesson this week was no exception. Check out these wonderful drawings of the majestic black panther – not the easiest subject matter to draw – so well done to all our students for another fantastic gallery of artwork!

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Alderley Edge

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https://colourwheelartclass.co.uk/

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