Time to get messy this week with these soft pastel drawings of Hydrangea flowers. It’s sometimes difficult to find blue in nature but with these petals we could really let go with all the blues, purples and pinks in our pastel sets. You all did amazing work this week and it was an absolute joy to see all your beautiful drawings. Thanks for bringing so much enthusiasm to the class.

Time for a little break due to next Monday being a bank holiday but we’ll be back on Monday 1st June with another challenge.

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

Enjoy the bank holiday!
See you all soon.

Wendy x

Welcome back everyone! For our first lesson back we painted these watercolour pebbles. Always interesting to play with scale by taking these tiny pebbles and painting them BIG!

You did a fantastic job with these. Next week, something different (and a bit messy).

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

See you soon.

Wendy x

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

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

This week was a real tough one I think. How do we paint white things on white paper? We paint the shadows of course!
This lesson gave us the chance to really observe subtleties in tone and colour and to experiment with how to create those tones/colours. The more you look, the more you see.

Well done everyone for rising to the challenge yet again.👏

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

See you all next week.

Wendy x

This week we did a series of smaller paintings of landscapes. We focused on creating lots of different greens and mixing colours that you maybe wouldn’t expect to find in green.

Great work everyone. Next week, another challenge!😁

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

This week we put together everything from the past 2 lessons to combine in one painting. This image gave us plenty of scope for practising colour mixing, brush control and creating different washes to show tone. We packed a lot in to just one lesson, so well done for getting as much done as we did. Next week – more challenges! Looking forward to it.

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

It’s been a great start to the course so far! We’ve practised lots of different techniques and are getting to grips with the basics of watercolour. Next week we’ll be bringing together everything we’ve learned into one painting. Looking forward to it! Well done everyone.👏

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

Our final lesson of this course was Puffin perfection! We used watercolour to create this colony of lovely paintings. Watercolour can be a really tricky medium to master and you all did brilliantly in the short amount of time we had on this. Watch this space for a new watercolour course coming in the new year.

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

Thank you for all your hard work over the past 7 weeks. Hope you’ve all enjoyed it.

Hope to see you all in 2026!

Cheerio for now.

Wendy x

So how do we paint a blackbird on black paper? We fill the rest of the paper with colour of course! We used watercolour paint to create the patterns in the background and added white gouache paint to each colour to make it more opaque so that it stands out against the black. We all chilled out and got a bit zen painting these patterns. Sometimes it’s nice to just go with the flow and paint whatever comes to you.😁

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

One more week to go in this course.

See you all soon

Wendy x