Art Holidays and courses

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Here we list organisers of art-related holidays or permanent locations of centres where courses are held. Initially we cover the British Isles - overseas organisers and locations are invited for the expansion of this listing, in addition to any British Isles entries we have missed. We do not list specific courses by topic or title; please contact the address or number given for latest information. We have listed contacts by county. If we are aware that organisers also operate in other areas this is indicated. Home learning art courses are listed under Distance Learning, at the top of the list.

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DISTANCE LEARNING
London Art College, PO Box 22, Milnthorpe LA7 7WY • 0800 3280465

DISTANCE LEARNING
Open College of Arts, The Michael Young Arts centre, Unit 1B, Redbrook Business Rark, Wilthorpe Road, Barnsley S75 1JN • 0800 731 2116

DISTANCE LEARNING
Learn to Paint at Home, Cheltenham Tutorial College, Freepost (GL1105) Cheltenham, Glos GL50 3BR • 01242 241279

NATIONAL
Christian Guild Holidays (at Hotels throughout England) • 01629 580550

NATIONAL
Field Studies Council (over 200 courses throughout UK) • 01743 852100

CORNWALL
Crantock Bay Hotel, West Pentire, nr Newquay, TR8 5SE • 01637 830229

CORNWALL
Botanical painting courses, Heligan Gardens (Mally Francis) • 01726 844505

CORNWALL
St Ives School of Painting, Back Road West, St Ives, TR6 1NG • 01736 797180

CORNWALL
Greenshades Holidays • 01428 683320

CUMBRIA
Higham Hall, Residential College for Adult Education, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth CA13 9SH • 01768 776276

DERBYSHIRE
Pear Tree Farm Creative Holidays, Lea Bridge, Matlock, DE4 5JN • 01629 534215

DEVON
Moor to Sea Arts, (Rob and Sean Dudley), 8 Luscombe Close, Ivybridge PL21 9TT • 01752 895588

DEVON
Brambles Art Retreat, Brambles, Sprytown, Lifton PL16 0AY • 01566 784359

DEVON
Dart Valley Art Holidays, (Anne and Rob Reddaway) • 01803 732026

DEVON
Art Breaks, The Lodge Hotel, Malborough Nr Salcombe TQ7 3RN • 01548 561405

DORSET
Creative Landscape Painting (Helen Haliday), Cromwell House Hotel, Lulworth Cove BH20 7RJ

DURHAM
Paint and Relax Holidays, The Fold, Witton Gilbert DH7 6SY

ESSEX
Watershed Studio, St Clere’s Hall Lane, St Osyth, Clacton on Sea CO16 8RX • 01255 820466

HEREFORDSHIRE
Weobley Art Centre, The Old Corner House, Weobley HR4 8SA • 01544 318548

HEREFORDSHIRE
Brockington Hall Golf Club and Country House, Bodenham, HR1 3HX • 01568 797877

KENT
Watercolour Painting Holidays, (Peter Day) Elonville Hotel, Margate • 01843 298635

LINCOLNSHIRE
Life Drawing and Sculpture Classes, Mill House, 19 Main Road, Dyke Bourne • 01778 393244

LINCOLNSHIRE
Painting Holidays (Anna and Michael Webster), Toynton Lodge, Boston Road, Toynton All Saints, Spilsby PE23 5NP • 01790 752876

NORFOLK
Broadlands Arts Centre, The Old School, Dilham, North Walsham, NR28 9PS • 01702 475361

NORFOLK
National Trust Beginners Painting, (Marion Perkins), Brancaster Millennium Centre, North Norfolk • 01485 210719

NORFOLK
West Norfolk Arts Centre • 01553 631689

NORFOLK
Jan Blanch, Paint flowers and gardens in watercolour • 01493 393639

NORFOLK
Nicola Slattery: Art Courses and Holidays • 01986 788853

STAFFORDSHIRE
Annie Thompson: tuition at all levels and in all media, near Tutbury • 07816 118776

SUFFOLK
East Coast Arts, Walberswick • 01603 456157

SURREY
Andrew Ferguson, 10 Clarence Street, Richmond TW9 2SA • 020 898 5336

SURREY
Boxhill Painting Courses, oil and watercolour, Juniper Hall, Boxhill • 0870 199 7720

SUSSEX
Elda Abramson Ink Painting Holidays, 9A Old Orchard Road, Eastbourne BN21 1DD • 01323 648494

SUSSEX
Painting for Pleasure, The Earnley Concourse, Earnley, Chichester PO20 7JL • 01243 670392

SUSSEX
Andrew John: Sussex by the Sea Paint Watercolour • 01323 736745

YORKSHIRE
Nigel Overton, The Tea Cottage, Bolton abbey, Skipton BD23 6EX • 01943 608447

YORKSHIRE
Janet Willoner, 7 Greenways, Boroughbridge YO51 9EN • 01423 326637

YORKSHIRE
Dave Jeffrey, The Forge gallery, New Road, Robin Hood’s bay YO22 4SF • 01947 881049

YORKSHIRE
Shipley College, Exhibition Road, Saltaire BD18 3JW • 01274 327327

YORKSHIRE
Tony Hogan Art Centre Gallery, High Street, Rudston East Yorks YO25 4UB • 01262 420259

YORKSHIRE
Watercolour, Calligraphy and Drawing, (Jenny Storey), Scottshandy, St Helens Avenue, Pocklington YO42 2JF (also by distance learning) • 01759 302760

WALES: North
Brush Strokes, Capel Isa, Dolwyddelan, Conwy, LL25 0TJ • 01690 750488

WALES: Mid
Kath Sapey, Paint at Glanhellyg near Cardigan • 01239 68219

WALES: South
Paintaway, (Anna and Theo Whalley), Haroldston House, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 1UH • 01437 76211

SCOTLAND
Landscape Painting, (Gerry Pine MA), 67 Nethergate, Crail, Fife KY10 3TX • 01333 450842

SCOTLAND
Castle of Park Painting Courses (Lois and Bill) • 01466 751111

SCOTLAND
North West Highlands Art, (Ann MacKay), Coulags, Strathcarron, Ross-Shire, IV54 8YU • 01520 766201

SCOTLAND
Margaret Evans, Shinafoot Studios, Auchterader, Perthshire PH3 1DU • 01764 663639

SCOTLAND
Wood of Shaws Painting Holidays, Alvah, banff AB45 3UL • 01261 821223

SCOTLAND
The Squashed Frog Studio, Ceannocroc Lodge, Glen Moriston, Inverness-Shire IV63 7YN • 01320 340243

CHANNEL ISLANDS
Tony Taylor, Greenacre, Rue des Pres, St Peters, Guernsey, GY7 9AH (also Cumbria and Norfolk) • 01481 264572

IRELAND
Painting Holidays Ireland, (Mairead Holchan), Dranagh, St Mullins, Co Carlow • 00353 51 424570

IRELAND
Christine O’Neill, The Burran Painting centre, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare 8 00353 65 707 4208