Pencil Sketching for Beginners
Saturday 25 April
City centre cafe, Aberdeen - 10am - 2 Hours
Shin Maeng
A relaxed beginner session exploring pencil sketching techniques. Practice basic skills like shading, lines, and simple forms in a friendly group. Perfect for complete beginners.
Pencil Sketching for Beginners
Saturday 16 May
City centre cafe, Aberdeen - 10:01am - 2 Hours
Shin Maeng
A relaxed beginner session exploring pencil sketching techniques. Practice basic skills like shading, lines, and simple forms in a friendly group. Perfect for complete beginners.
Beginner's Crochet Class
Saturday 02 May
Gaelic Lane area, Aberdeen - 2pm - 3.0 Hours
Dama
Come along to a relaxed, beginner-friendly crochet workshop where we'll learn how to make a classic granny square together. We'll take it step by step, from how to hold your hook, how to select the yarn to creating your first stitches and building your square. It's all very informal, so you can go at your own pace and ask questions as you go. All materials are provided by us, just bring yourself and enjoy a cosy, creative session. Tea and coffee included.
Tonal Drawing
Saturday 09 May
Stonehaven - 10am - 2 Hours
Adelina Abasli
In this workshop, we will explore the art of creating depth and dimension in your drawings through the use of shadow and tone.Our experienced instructor will guide you through the process of understanding and applying the principles of tonal drawing, including the use of value, contrast, and composition. We will cover topics such as creating a tonal range, building contrast, and simplifying composition to create a clean and striking image.
Beginner's Drawing Class
Saturday 16 May
Stonehaven - 10am - 2 Hours
Adelina Abasli
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork. Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
Beginner's Portrait Photography Class
Sunday 17 May
Don Street - 10am - 3.0 Hours
Jay Buchan
Discover portrait photography in this beginner-friendly workshop. Learn posing, lighting, backgrounds, and composition techniques. Practice hands-on with your model in scenic Seaton Park.
Beginners Watercolour Urban Sketching
Sunday 17 May
Aberdeen city centre - 10:30am - 2.0 Hours
Anastasiia Zyrianova
Beginner-friendly urban sketching session focusing on simple architectural forms, tone, and loose watercolour washes. If weather allows, we'll paint directly from life in surrounding streets. Bring your own watercolour supplies.
Speed Landscape Drawing and Painting
Saturday 23 May
Stonehaven - 10am - 2 Hours
Adelina Abasli
The focus of this two-hour structured session is "speed" and "form", i.e. capturing the essence of a subject. You will be guided to complete some "warm-up" colour and drawing exercises and prepared for doing ink and watercolour-based painting in the session. You will learn how to quickly sketch and capture multiple subjects in the garden with ink and wash technique. You will be advised to keep things rather loose and time your drawing/painting.
You will have a chance to meet and greet like-minded people, choose your own subjects in the garden and be guided to complete the exercises, and artwork and have some takeaway homework with the learned technique. All levels and experiences are welcome.
Spring Watercolour
Sunday 31 May
Duthie Park, Aberdeen - 10:30am - 2.0 Hours
Anastasiia Zyrianova
Seasonal session inspired by parks and spring surroundings. Focus on painting fresh greens, simple florals, light and colour layering, keeping watercolour loose and expressive. Suitable for beginners. Bring your own watercolour supplies.
Beginner's Drawing Class
Saturday 06 June
Stonehaven - 10am - 2 Hours
Adelina Abasli
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork. Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
Summer Light: Aberdeen Beach in Watercolour
Sunday 14 June
Aberdeen Beach Promenade - 10:30am - 2.0 Hours
Anastasiia Zyrianova
A relaxed coastal-themed session exploring sea, sky and summer light. We'll look at simple ways to capture reflections on water, soft horizons and the atmosphere of the Aberdeen coastline using fresh colours palettes.
Figure Gesture Drawing
Saturday 20 June
Stonehaven - 10am - 2 Hours
Adelina Abasli
In this workshop, we will explore the art of capturing the essence and movement of the human figure through gesture drawing.
Our experienced instructor will guide you through the process of simplifying the figure, breaking it down into basic shapes and forms to create accurate and expressive poses. We will cover topics such as exaggerating poses, building shapes, and drawing with accuracy.
Summer Flowers in Watercolour – Seaton Park
Sunday 28 June
Seaton Park - 10:30am - 2.0 Hours
Anastasiia Zyrianova
A gentle floral session inspired by summer gardens and wildflowers. We'll explore loose botanical sketches, expressive brushwork and layering colour to create light, airy compositions inspired by the park's flowers and greenery.
Beginner's Drawing Class
Saturday 04 July
Stonehaven - 10am - 2 Hours
Adelina Abasli
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork. Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
