ColourWheel Art Classes Cheltenham & Stroud

ColourWheel Art Classes Cheltenham & Stroud Classes are held weekly in Cheltenham and Stroud.

ColourWheel Art Classes are inspired by the desire to offer accessible, fun and creative art classes, for people who think they can't draw or paint and for those that can.

A huge thank you to all our wonderful students in our classes who donated so generously to our Macmillan Cancer Coffee F...
30/09/2026

A huge thank you to all our wonderful students in our classes who donated so generously to our Macmillan Cancer Coffee Fundraiser.
We are so grateful to you all for helping out such a worthwhile and important cause.

Week 3 Cheltenham Morning Class - Coloured Pencil PortraitsThis week we worked on developing our understanding of portr...
30/09/2026

Week 3 Cheltenham Morning Class - Coloured Pencil Portraits

This week we worked on developing our understanding of portraiture. We introduced the Loomis Method as a different method for drawing portraits, giving us another way to approach the subject and achieve a 3D form.

Using colour for the first time this term, we enjoyed exploring the water colour pencils and the variety of ways these could be used, dry or wet, traditional or more contemporary, shading, layering, hatching and cross hatching. In particular, using strong highlights on protruding parts of the face and darker tones on receding parts of the head.

A lot of new things in this lesson and some wonderful work created.

An additional thank you to everyone for their wonderful contributions to our Macmillan Cancer Fundraiser. Your generosity is hugely appreciated.

Week 3 Cheltenham Afternoon Class - Coloured Pencil PortraitsThis week we worked on developing our understanding of port...
30/09/2026

Week 3 Cheltenham Afternoon Class - Coloured Pencil Portraits

This week we worked on developing our understanding of portraiture. We introduced the Loomis Method as a different method for drawing portraits, giving us another way to approach the subject and achieve a 3D form.

Using colour for the first time this term, we enjoyed exploring the water colour pencils and the variety of ways these could be used, dry or wet, traditional or more contemporary, shading, layering, hatching and cross hatching. In particular, using strong highlights on protruding parts of the face and darker tones on receding parts of the head.

A lot of new things in this lesson and some wonderful work created.

An additional thank you to everyone for their wonderful contributions to our Macmillan Cancer Fundraiser. Your generosity is hugely appreciated.

Week 3 Stroud- Morning and Afternoon Class - Coloured Pencil PortraitsThis week we worked on developing our understand...
30/09/2026

Week 3 Stroud- Morning and Afternoon Class - Coloured Pencil Portraits

This week we worked on developing our understanding of portraiture. We introduced the Loomis Method as a different method for drawing portraits, giving us another way to approach the subject and achieve a 3D form.

Using colour for the first time this term, we enjoyed exploring the water colour pencils and the variety of ways these could be used, dry or wet, traditional or more contemporary, shading, layering, hatching and cross hatching. In particular, using strong highlights on protruding parts of the face and darker tones on receding parts of the head.

A lot of new things in this lesson and some wonderful work created.

An additional thank you to everyone for their wonderful contributions to our Macmillan Cancer Fundraiser. Your generosity is hugely appreciated.

Week 2 - Cheltenham Morning Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and ChalkOur images today were all about atmosphere and un...
23/09/2026

Week 2 - Cheltenham Morning Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and Chalk

Our images today were all about atmosphere and understanding how to achieve mood and movement through the use of tone. Once again, looking for mid tones, highlights and deep tones we were able to achieve mood, movement and atmosphere in our work.

By using one point perspective in our drawings and understanding the qualities of different types of charcoal , we had great fun recreating the excitement and wonder of the glorious days of travel on steam engines.

Fabulous work everyone.

Week 2 - Cheltenham Afternoon Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and ChalkOur images today were all about atmosphere and...
23/09/2026

Week 2 - Cheltenham Afternoon Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and Chalk

Our images today were all about atmosphere and understanding how to achieve mood and movement through the use of tone. Once again, looking for mid tones, highlights and deep tones we were able to achieve mood, movement and atmosphere in our work.

By using one point perspective in our drawings and understanding the qualities of different types of charcoal , we had great fun recreating the excitement and wonder of the glorious days of travel on steam engines.

Fabulous work everyone.

Week 2 - Stroud Morning Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and ChalkOur images today were all about atmosphere and unders...
23/09/2026

Week 2 - Stroud Morning Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and Chalk

Our images today were all about atmosphere and understanding how to achieve mood and movement through the use of tone. Once again, looking for mid tones, highlights and deep tones we were able to achieve mood, movement and atmosphere in our work.

By using one point perspective in our drawings and understanding the qualities of different types of charcoal , we had great fun recreating the excitement and wonder of the glorious days of travel on steam engines.

Fabulous work everyone.

Week 2 - Stroud Afternoon Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and ChalkOur images today were all about atmosphere and unde...
23/09/2026

Week 2 - Stroud Afternoon Class - Steam Engines in Charcoal and Chalk

Our images today were all about atmosphere and understanding how to achieve mood and movement through the use of tone. Once again, looking for mid tones, highlights and deep tones we were able to achieve mood, movement and atmosphere in our work.

By using one point perspective in our drawings and understanding the qualities of different types of charcoal , we had great fun recreating the excitement and wonder of the glorious days of travel on steam engines.

Fabulous work everyone.

Week 1 - Cheltenham Morning Class - Light and Shadow - Exploring Tonal Values - Sketching PencilsWhat a lovely start to ...
16/09/2026

Week 1 - Cheltenham Morning Class - Light and Shadow - Exploring Tonal Values - Sketching Pencils

What a lovely start to the new term and a big welcome to our new students and welcome back to our returners.
This week we were developing our basic drawing skills by working with tonal values to express light and shadow and to give form and dimension to objects.
We made accurate observations of our subjects and recapped on measuring to achieve realistic proportions.
We practised a variety of different shading techniques (blending, hatching, scumbling and stippling) to create light and texture on a variety of fresh produce, garlic, peppers and pears.
What fantastic work and effort from everyone and such an important skill to carry through the term, whatever medium we are using in the following weeks.

Week 1 - Cheltenham Afternoon Class - Light and Shadow - Exploring Tonal Values - Sketching PencilsWhat a lovely start t...
16/09/2026

Week 1 - Cheltenham Afternoon Class - Light and Shadow - Exploring Tonal Values - Sketching Pencils

What a lovely start to the new term and a big welcome to our new students and welcome back to our returners.
This week we were developing our basic drawing skills by working with tonal values to express light and shadow and to give form and dimension to objects.
We made accurate observations of our subjects and recapped on measuring to achieve realistic proportions.
We practised a variety of different shading techniques (blending, hatching, scumbling and stippling) to create light and texture on a variety of fresh produce, garlic, peppers and pears.
What fantastic work and effort from everyone and such an important skill to carry through the term, whatever medium we are using in the following weeks.

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