The Art School, Chester

The Art School, Chester Inspiring creativity and excellence in visual arts. Home to passionate tutors, termly programmes, and a thriving creative community.

A centre for structured art education, offering fine art courses for all levels in drawing, painting,pottery and more.

🎃 THE HALLOWEEN ART ACADEMY IS HERE! 👻After an amazing Summer Art Academy, we’re doing it all again this October Half Te...
31/08/2026

🎃 THE HALLOWEEN ART ACADEMY IS HERE! 👻

After an amazing Summer Art Academy, we’re doing it all again this October Half Term… with a spooky twist!

Four days. Four completely different creative experiences. SO much to make.

🎨 TUESDAY 27th October — Halloween Paint Studio
Create a Halloween canvas masterpiece + paint pumpkins!

🏚️ WEDNESDAY 28th October — Haunted House Workshop
Design and decorate your own light-up haunted house.

👹 THURSDAY 29th October — Clay Monster Workshop
Sculpt, build and create spooky monsters, ghosts and creatures from clay.

🕷️ FRIDAY 30th October — Halloween Print & Design Studio
Design and print your own trick-or-treat bag, plus printmaking, art games and our end-of-week gallery!

Come for one day, choose your favourites or join us for the whole Academy.

🏆 BOOK ALL 4 DAYS and children can complete their **Discover Arts Award at no additional cost!**

For young artists aged **6–14**.

Our Summer Academy had SOLD OUT days, so don’t leave your favourite until the last minute!

October Half Term at The Art School is going to be seriously creative.

BOOK NOW — https://www.theartschoolchester.co.uk/halloweenhalfterm

🎨 BEGINNERS ACRYLIC COURSE — STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY!Always wanted to learn how to paint but have no idea where to start? ...
27/08/2026

🎨 BEGINNERS ACRYLIC COURSE — STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY!

Always wanted to learn how to paint but have no idea where to start? This course is for you.

Our Level 1 Acrylic Painting Course starts Wednesday 2nd September at 6:30pm — and we’re now taking our final bookings! ⏰

Over the course, you’ll learn the essential skills to start painting with confidence, including:

🎨 How to use and control acrylic paint
🌈 Colour mixing & colour theory
🖌️ Brush techniques and mark making
💡 Creating tone, depth and dimension
🖼️ Building a painting from start to finish

Absolutely NO experience needed. We’ll guide you step-by-step in our relaxed Chester studio, with plenty of individual support along the way.

📅 Starts Wednesday 2nd September
⏰ 6:30pm
📍 The Art School Chester
🎨 Level 1 — Complete Beginners

Places are limited and the course starts NEXT WEEK — book now to secure your easel!

👇 BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY

https://www.theartschoolchester.co.uk/event-details/acrylic-painting-level-1-beginner-140

🎨✨ PAINTING IN THE DARK — THIS FRIDAY! ✨🎨Fancy doing something a little different this Friday night?Join us at Pictura C...
26/08/2026

🎨✨ PAINTING IN THE DARK — THIS FRIDAY! ✨🎨

Fancy doing something a little different this Friday night?

Join us at Pictura Chester for our neon Sip & Paint: Painting in the Dark night and create this glowing tropical sunset under UV lights. 🌴🌅

No experience needed, we’ll guide you step by step, so you can just relax, have a drink and enjoy painting in a completely different way.

📅 Friday 28th August
⏰ 7pm–9pm
🎟️ £37 per person
🎨 All materials included
🥂 Sip, paint, glow & have fun

Perfect for a girls’ night, date night, friends night out or just an excuse to try something new.

Spaces are limited, so grab your place now!

https://www.picturastudios.uk/event-details/painting-in-the-dark

25/08/2026

🍂 Children’s art spaces have just become available—grab them while you can! 🎨
Our exciting new project starts next week, bringing an autumnal twist to our hugely popular Arctic Ice Adventure. Expect plenty of creativity, colour and seasonal fun!
✨ Saturday 5 September, 10am–11.30am
Just ONE space available—first come, first served!
✨ Wednesdays, 5pm–6pm
Last few spaces available!
✨ NEW: Home Education Course for ages 6–10, 1.30pm
A brilliant new opportunity for young creatives!
✨ Thursdays, 5pm–6pm
Last few spaces available!
These places won’t hang around—book now:
https://www.theartschoolchester.co.uk/creative-kids-6-10yrs

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🍂 Calling all young artists aged 6–10—last-minute spaces have just opened up! 🎨
Our exciting autumn project starts next week, with a seasonal twist on our hugely popular Arctic Ice Adventure. Spaces are limited, so grab yours while you can!
✨ Saturday 5 September, 10am–11.30am — ONE space only!
✨ Wednesdays, 5pm–6pm — Last few spaces
✨ NEW Home Education Course, 1.30pm
✨ Thursdays, 5pm–6pm — Last few spaces
First come, first served—book now:
https://www.theartschoolchester.co.uk/creative-kids-6-10yrs

ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY POTTERY? 🏺This could be your sign to finally do it.Our 6-week Introduction to Clay course starts TH...
24/08/2026

ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY POTTERY? 🏺

This could be your sign to finally do it.

Our 6-week Introduction to Clay course starts THIS SUNDAY, and we have a few places remaining.

Designed for complete beginners, this hands-on course will take you from your very first lump of clay to creating, glazing and firing your own handmade pottery.

🏺 Introduction to Clay – 6 Weeks
📅 Sundays | 10am–12pm
⏰ Starts THIS SUNDAY, 30th August
📍 Pictura Studios, Chester
✨ No experience needed

Over six weeks, you’ll get properly stuck into the world of ceramics, with a strong focus on learning to use the pottery wheel.

You’ll learn:

• Preparing and wedging clay
• Centring on the pottery wheel
• Throwing bowls, cups and vessels
• Trimming and refining your pieces
• Adding handles and decorative details
• Surface decoration and glazing
• How the kiln firing process works

Everything is included – your clay, materials, use of the wheels and studio equipment, tuition, glazing and professional kiln firings.

And, of course, you’ll have your own finished ceramic pieces to keep. 🤍

Never touched clay before?

That’s absolutely fine.

This course is specifically designed to take you through the process from the very beginning, with expert guidance throughout.

Pottery is creative, mindful, a little messy – and incredibly satisfying.

Our class sizes are deliberately kept small to give everyone plenty of individual tuition and wheel time, so places are limited.

⏰ We start THIS SUNDAY.

If you’ve been saying “I’d love to try pottery one day”, make this the weekend you finally do.

👉 BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW
https://www.theartschoolchester.co.uk/clay

Pictura Studios | Chester

ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN TO DRAW? ✏️Maybe you’ve always said “I can’t draw.”Perhaps you haven’t picked up a pencil since s...
24/08/2026

ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN TO DRAW? ✏️

Maybe you’ve always said “I can’t draw.”

Perhaps you haven’t picked up a pencil since school, or you’ve wanted to do something creative for yourself but never known where to begin.

This is exactly where to start.

Our 6-week Drawing for Beginners course starts NEXT TUESDAY, 1st September, and we have limited places remaining.

✏️ Drawing for Beginners
📅 Tuesdays | 10:30am–12:30pm
🗓️ 1st September – 6th October
📍 The Art School Chester
🎨 All materials included

Created specifically for complete beginners, this relaxed and supportive course teaches you how to draw properly from the foundations up.

Over six weeks you’ll learn:

• How to draw what you actually see
• Proportion and measuring
• Confident line and mark-making
• Light, shadow and tone
• Shading to create depth and form
• How to create a finished still-life drawing

You’ll be guided step-by-step by tutor Ruth Marsh, with demonstrations, practical exercises and individual feedback.

And because we keep our classes small, you’ll receive plenty of one-to-one support.

“But I genuinely can’t draw…”

Perfect. That’s who this course is for.

You don’t need experience. You don’t need to be naturally “artistic”. You just need to come along and be willing to learn.

⏰ We start NEXT TUESDAY and only have limited places available. Once they’re gone, enrolment closes for this course.

If learning to draw has been on your “one day” list, maybe it’s time to make that day 1st September.

👉 BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW

https://bookeo.com/theartschoolchester?devent=222J6ANMH19E7E340D71_2026-09-01_xR9S7boQbGWJ

We’d love to welcome you to The Art School.

Kate & The Art School Team
The Art School Chester

A little Monday moment 💕On Friday evening I taught my Resin Workshop for Beginners, my first resin class after being aw...
24/08/2026

A little Monday moment 💕

On Friday evening I taught my Resin Workshop for Beginners, my first resin class after being away on maternity leave.

I’ll admit, getting back into teaching has felt harder than I expected. When you’ve been away for a while, it’s amazing how quickly the confidence you once had can disappear!
So waking up to these lovely 5-star reviews genuinely meant such a lot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Everyone was so friendly. Our teacher was fabulous and nothing was too much trouble. Everything was well explained and so enjoyable.”

And another lovely lady said she’d happily book further classes too. 🥹

One thing I particularly loved was hearing that someone had come along on her own and felt completely comfortable and welcomed. I know coming to a workshop by yourself can feel a little daunting, so please know you absolutely don’t need to bring someone with you.

Thank you so much to everyone who came on Friday. You all made absolutely gorgeous pieces, and gave me a little reminder that perhaps I can still do this after all. ❤️

Kate x

Address

5 Eastgate Row North
Chester
CH11LQ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 8:30pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 8:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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+441244328976

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