Learn different painting techniques and create your own artworks.

  • Learn brush handling and mark making techniques.
  • Explore colour and tone and create your own landscape painting
  • Free for those who are over 19 and unemployed, on a low wage or over 50. Childcare provided.

Join local artist, Jo Slade for a free, 11-week acrylic painting course that will take you from foundation techniques and skills to applying those skills in specific genres like landscape and abstract painting. The course will build confidence and provide a comprehensive understanding of paint.

No experience is needed, and all materials will be provided for you – Jo will guide you through basic brush handling and mark making. An expert in colour mixing and light, Jo will support you to paint from photographic landscape images to capture a specific mood or time of day using colour and tone.

Wednesday 14 January – Wednesday 1 April  2026 (please note: school term time only so no session on Wednesday 18 February)

9.30 – 11.30am

Old Printworks Arts, 1 Waterloo Rd, Radstock BA3 3EP

There's no need to book - you can just drop in on the day. You can complete our enrolment forms when you arrive.

  • Free, on-site childcare is provided by experienced, fully DBS checked staff from Little Lost Robot
  • Not under Ofsted regulation as parents are present
  • Children can participate in creative and imaginative play while parents work alongside

Please note, childcare is drop-in and cannot be booked.

About M/Others

M/Others is a weekly session for all parents and carers, inclusive of dads, grandparents and any others who are currently bringing up very young children. Children are supervised in an adjacent room so you can practice accessible, creative skills in a relaxed and supportive environment.

All materials and equipment are provided so there are no limits to how creative you want to be. Join us to help keep your hands busy and your brain active, in positive and mindful ways. You can also learn a new creative practice and start a new career path with our holistic approach to creative professional development.

  • Structured sessions that allow for drop-in support
  • Focus on emotional well-being and regular check-ins for parents / carers
  • Opportunities for learners to gain confidence and connect with others
  • Creative skill development leading to potential employment or routes into Higher or Further Education
  • Varied programming, including creative writing, stained glass, landscape painting, printmaking, textile pop-ups, and gardening groups. Programming changes each term.

Meet the team

Jo Slade is a Bath Artist who gained a 6-month art residency at Old Printworks Arts Studios through the Bath Spa University ‘Re-Emerge’ programme in 2024. Since then, she has not looked back – gaining European commissions as well as UK-based ones. Her website, www.josladeart.com showcases her beautiful work and how Jo has mastered colour and light in her ethereal style.

This is the second academic year that we welcome Jo to lead a paint workshop at Old Printworks Arts, and we are very excited to say that this is an extended course after the success of our 8-week programme last year.

Keep in touch with us

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Email Jane Stagg, Community Learning Manager j.stagg2@bathspa.ac.uk

Terms and conditions

Fully funded by the West of England Combined Authority and working with Little Lost Robot, our Community Learning courses are for you if you are:

  • over 19 years old and unemployed
  • over 19 years old earning under the real living wage (£23,400 per year) and/or you are over the age of 50.

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