Art & Craft Courses
with Vitreus Art @The Bell Plantation

** Please Note - the gallery and studio is closed from 15th to 24th October **

"Loved the day...felt very safe in the class (re Covid). Atmosphere very conducive to creativity! - Denny

"I had a fantastic time, I can't wait to come back!" - Kate

"Excellent facilities and tuition, very knowledgeable tutors" - Kate

"Great class - I can't believe we managed to make an almost-professional looking piece in one day! - Michael

"Learnt so much - a really great day and inspiring teachers" - Helen

"An amazing day, full of learnings with knowledgeable instructors. Good fun!" - Garry

"Educational, informative,and inspiring!" - Jeremy

New Update - Covid-19 - September

Workshops have resumed, bookings are being taken, and we're committed to remaining flexible to accommodate changes and re-schedules as needed. We're continuing to provide visors and sanitised working enviornment, and expect all workshop attendees to wear a visor or face covering during our workshops.

We've updated our COVID-19 fact sheet - find it here.
If you have any questions or concerns get in touch and we'll do our best to help.

Would you like to learn a new art skill? Discover your creative side? Approach your existing artistic activities from a new direction?

Our ethos has always been to hold fun, creative and friendly classes in small groups, and to include all materials in the cost, wherever possible.

Read more about each type of art class on its own dedicated website page to the right.
Classes take place at the Vitreus Art studio in Northants near Towcester in our spacious studio, with small class sizes, widely spaced benches and COVID-Secure measures in place.

New - Glass Fusing Weekend courses just introduced for 2022.

In addition to our new Intensive 6-week Glass Fusing Intensive course (see below), we've just introduced this new course - 2 day 'Turning Up the Heat' Weekend course for those already doing glass fusing. This course will add to your skills, and introduce you to new techniques, like screen printing with glass powders, and build your knowledge of firing and kiln use.

The first course is already 50% booked...

New - two Glass Fusing evening courses just introduced for 2021 & 2022.

Choose to join our intensive 6-week evening course in Glass Fusing and discover a range of new fusing techniques, and make a body of work of your own design!
Suitable for beginners and beyond.

Or make a pair of fused glass flowers on our new 2-evenings Fused Glass Flowers course - suitable for beginners.

New - lots of brand-new one-day classes with painter, print-maker and art teacher Clare Tebboth - all are suitable for beginners and beyond!

Expressive Watercolours - Flowers & Plants - 1 day class - learn to paint beautiful flowers and plants in watercolours with real style!
Print Your Own Greetings Cards - half-day lino-cut workshop - discover the basics of lino-cutting and make a number of printed cards from your design!
Textured Landscapes Mixed Media - 1 day class - get to grips with mixed media, add texture to your painting, and create fabulous landscapes or seascapes!

Watch Clare introduce her Oil Painting In A Day workshop:

Watch Emily introduce her Art For Beginners Evening Course:

Visit this page to see more videos on workshops and courses, rotating views of art, chats with artists and helpful tips for glass crafters - click here.

We'll always be happy to answer your questions, or chat to you at our studio.

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Gift voucher - buy a craft class as a gift from Vitreus Art
Did you know - you can buy a Gift Voucher for a class?
Look out for the voucher symbol on each class page.