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New courses starting May 2026!

Hi everyone
I will be running the Beginners Drawing from Nature Course from Monday 11th May 2026.  Please note the closing date is Friday 1st May 2026 (places are limited and may fill up before this time).  Scroll down for further information. 

Beginners Drawing from Nature Course

Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael’s Road, Headingley, LS6 3AW.

Mondays 10am – 12pm – morning course (Ref: NATMORN)

Mondays 6.30pm – 8.30pm – evening course (Ref: NATEVE)

Start date: Monday 11th May 2026 – this course will run for 7 lessons over 8 weeks (no lesson on 25th May).

Price: £70

In this course we will use nature as our inspiration for creating drawings and paintings.  You will work from both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional sources using subjects such as plants, fruit and flowers.  Each week we will explore different materials and techniques and use a series of simple steps to build up a picture.

This course is designed for beginners and is ideal for anyone with a love of nature or who would like to improve their drawing/painting skills whilst experimenting with a variety of materials.

This course will run twice on Mondays, please state which time slot you would like when booking.

All materials will be provided during the lessons.

All classes will be taught by myself, Wendy Atton BA (Hons).   If you would like to view my work please visit my website at http://www.wendyatton.co.uk or my Instagram page @wendyatton_artist.  Please note that places cannot be reserved without full payment and all fees are non-refundable in part or in full.  These classes are open to anyone aged 18 or over.

If you have any questions or would like to book a place please get in touch by either email:leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or telephone: 07788 871286.  Payment can be made by bank transfer or cheque.  If you already have my online payment details please use the correct reference when booking and please drop me an email when you have paid so that I can confirm receipt and book you on the correct class.

Online tutorials

Online tutorials can be found on my Patreon page and individual lessons can now be purchased for £3 each without subscribing.

If you don’t yet subscribe to my Patreon page and would like to join for free please click on the following link and select  “See membership options” then “Start 7 day free trial”;  Art by Wendy Atton on Patreon.  This will give you free access to over 120 videos.  If you wish to keep your subscription after the free trial, the cost is £6 +VAT (=£7.20) per month and you can cancel at any time.

If you have any questions please get in touch and I hope to see you soon.

Wendy x


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Beginners Watercolour Course – Lesson 7: objects.

For this lesson it was up to you to set up your own mini composition of different objects and create your own still life painting. This week you had to utilise everything we’ve learned in the past 7 weeks and bring it all together.
You all did an amazing job – what a finale to the course!👏

Yes, this is sadly the last lesson of this course and I’ve had so much fun teaching you all this term. I hope you’ve enjoyed it too.😁

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

Time for a short break now but courses will resume in May so watch this space for further details!

Cheerio for now.

Wendy x


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Beginners Watercolour Course – Lesson 6: flowers.

Wow! What bloomin beautiful paintings this week! We painted flowers and plants this week. Enlarging the images in our paintings gave us the space to really work on those washes and practise changes in tone and colours. You all did such a great job this week. Well done everyone!👏

Next week is the last lesson of the course and don’t forget to bring in an object to paint!

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.


See you all soon.

Wendy x