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Art Classes For Children Art Classes for Children taught by experienced Artists & DBS certified tutors, based in RAMSBOTTOM, Bury, Lancashire Classes are paid for in monthly blocks.

My name is Sally Goulding and I am an artist with a lifetimes experience in drawing, painting and creativity. I am a 4th generation artist in my family and I first began teaching children and adults in 2004 from my Bury studio. As well as teaching I completed a variety of commissions ranging from pet portraits to calligraphy. I also worked on several shop and children's murals as part of my first business "Mural Magic" and assisted the "John Hassall Studio" with several shop window murals additionally acting as a supply tutor to his watercolour classes. Several years later this was followed by my second business "The Chocolate Strawberry". Working as a cake designer I completed commissions for celebration cakes and supplied yummy cakes and also handmade cards to a local cafe. After breaking off to start a family I began teaching again in 2016 from the "John Hassall Studio" and in 2017 "Art Classes For Children" was born. I moved art classes to my purpose built home studio. Here, further classes were added to the week and more recently the launch of "Paint a pARTy". Later I was joined by my husband Andy who now teaches the older children in the intermediate drawing and beginners acrylics classes. Like many families and businesses we were hit by the pandemic but it didn't stop us. Classes moved online during lockdown and we spent the summer that followed working on a plan to re-open safely. In October 2020 we relaunched at Clark Craft in Ramsbottom with larger, well spaced and ventilated class sizes, and plenty of other important safety measures in place. Up and running again we used the 3rd lockdown to consider further improvements that we could make. In April 2021 we secured a brand new Art Classes For Children art studio in the very heart and hub of Ramsbottom within the Stitch Studio on Bridge Street. Here we were able to return to smaller class sizes within a safe and more permanent setting. Never sitting still when we know there's room for improvement, in August 2022 we moved two streets away to somewhere a little more accessible and spacious and settled in to our current space on 54A Bolton Street. With the knowledge and experience we have gained over the years since we first opened in 2017 we're so happy to be able to teach 5 days a week and safely continue to inspire, nurture and support 102 young artists a week on how to be even better at what they love doing! Classes offer a relaxed enjoyable atmosphere but with a gentle routine. The children learn without it feeling too much like school. The children improve their drawing skills and master basic watercolour techniques in the younger classes and older children can learn basic acrylics and more advanced drawing techniques. Classes start from £15.00 an hour per child**
Maximum of 8 pupils in the younger classes and 10 in the older classes.

**Classes must be booked in advance to secure a place. Please follow our schedule links to join the waiting lists. All materials are provided. For use in class only. Sibling discounts available. Taster sessions offered. Please feel free to contact us, with no obligation to book, to find out more about the classes and current availability. More details about classes can be found by following our schedule link. Please note classes are permanently full and places are offered via a waiting list system. Classes are on-going and not course based.

Brilliant work from EA, AL & SM in the younger watercolour class. Fabulous softness on the mountain tops and lovely deta...
15/10/2026

Brilliant work from EA, AL & SM in the younger watercolour class. Fabulous softness on the mountain tops and lovely detailed work on the trees.

Well done superstars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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These mountain paintings are so dreamy! It's wonderful to see all the subtle colour changes that have occurred with the ...
14/10/2026

These mountain paintings are so dreamy! It's wonderful to see all the subtle colour changes that have occurred with the way the artists have used their painting.

Amazing superstar work from PM, CD, HD ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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We love this photo! 💕Best friends SL and OR recently joined us in the younger watercolour class. They did so well creati...
13/10/2026

We love this photo! 💕

Best friends SL and OR recently joined us in the younger watercolour class. They did so well creating these beautiful paintings at a pace with the older half of the class. They did great listening and observing as they were shown the different stages of the painting and have created work to be very proud of indeed!

Well done to two awesome superstars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Photos from our second anime drawing workshop at the weekend! This brilliant work has been created by the young artists ...
13/10/2026

Photos from our second anime drawing workshop at the weekend!

This brilliant work has been created by the young artists that joined us aged 9 - 14

Another great mixture of regular pupils who and brand new young artists visiting for the first time.

Huge well done to Amelia, Sam, Finn, Abigail, Freya, Nahla, Niamh and Saashi.

A whole bunch of superstars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We have so much beautiful work to share with you and we're going to be celebrating it right here every day over the next...
13/10/2026

We have so much beautiful work to share with you and we're going to be celebrating it right here every day over the next few weeks!

Our first lovely collection are these gorgeous mountain paintings from the Age 7 - 11 watercolour classes. The children had the technique explained and were shown a demonstration in class of how to create the blended background and soft mountains one by one with layering.

This incredible work here has been done by young artists Luna, William, Elijah and Arthur!

Excellent work from these superstars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

We are SO PROUD of our very own Andy Goulding having his beautiful portrait selected as a finalist from 600 applicants f...
12/10/2026

We are SO PROUD of our very own Andy Goulding having his beautiful portrait selected as a finalist from 600 applicants for The Whitaker Open Exhibition 🤩. He’s an extremely talented portrait painter and we’re so happy he’s been recognised! ❤️⭐️🖌️🎨👍🏻

His work along with the other finalists will be displayed at The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery from 17th October - 13th December 2026.

Also jump onto his page and give him a follow to see more of his stunning work 👌🏻

154 Followers, 501 Following, 50 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from

We hosted an awesome anime drawing workshop at the weekend after the success of our summer workshops! Look at all this a...
12/10/2026

We hosted an awesome anime drawing workshop at the weekend after the success of our summer workshops!

Look at all this amazing work created by the young artists that joined us aged 10 - 13 in this group.

The class was lovely mixture of regular pupils who fancied something different and brand new young artists visiting for the first time.

Huge well done to Ellen, Isla, Lilly, Lochlan, Niamh, Seth, Teddy & Wynter.

A whole bunch of superstars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Address

54a BOLTON Street, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, LANCASHIRE
Bury
BL09HX

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 9pm
Thursday 10am - 8:30pm
Saturday 10am - 12:30pm

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