Mini Picassos is an art school for children and adults who are excited about art, artists and being creative. It offers a wide range of art courses, as well as hosting birthday parties and running holiday workshops.
We are based in Kensal Rise, North West London in a very yellow little studio.
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1-17, 18+
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Paint on canvas like a real Artist or Paint a Tote bag inspired by their work.
We love ART, in case you hadn't noticed.
The great masters of Art are always inspiring at Mini Picassos. At our Arty Parties you can choose your favourite Artist, learn more about them and be inspired by their work, and paint like a real artist!
All your guests will take their painted bags or painted canvas home
Arty Party's are suitable for ages 6+yrs
Party length: 2 hour party
Activity length: 1 hour to 75mins (depending on ages)
Our party packages start at £320 for 12 guests then a further £12 per head, maximum of 24 guests.
We offer a two hour party packed with fun! Suitable for ages 1 - 3yrs.
You have the room set out with various activity tables & painting easels. The children can decorate their own party bag and crown, with sequins and pens. Paint a cute ceramic moneybox, explore the dressing up box & dance to the music + stickers!
You bring the food & drink and there is plenty of room for friends & family to enjoy the fun.
Our party packages start at £320 for 12 guests then a further £12 per head, maximum of 24 guests.
Party length: 2 hour party
Activity length: 1 hour to 75mins (depending on ages)
Party time options: Saturday 3pm-5pm, Sunday 11am-1pm and Sunday 3pm-5pm
Mini Picassos Parties are tailor made to suit the occasion!
Choose from a range of fun, contemporary themes and let the artistic creative run wild!
Every guest at your party take their creations home!
The Whole Party Package!
Parties for children aged from 2yrs -10yrs
All materials included!
Use of room for 2 hours
Bring your own food & drinks
The Parties are held at the Mini Picassos studio
Personalised Invitations to hand out
Choose from a variety of themes to suit your style. A variety of prepared activities for your party guests to enjoy! Customise crowns, decorate your own party bags, paint ceramic figurines and money boxes, and much much more to choose from. Your party guests can take their art pieces home, making a nice change to the usual ‘lucky bags’.
Party length: 2 hour party
Activity length: 1 hour to 75mins (depending on ages)
Party time options: Saturday 3pm-5pm, Sunday 11am-1pm and Sunday 3pm-5pm
Parties for smaller groups!
If you are looking to host a party with less than 12 guests, then this is a great package for you.
Prices start from £80 for an hour and 90 minutes from £120.
Get in touch if you are interested to find out more.
You bring the food & drink and there is
plenty of room for friends & family to enjoy the fun.
Unicorns, mermaids, fairies and dragons... we learn how to draw them all!
Using super shiny, pearlized paints to decorate your very own magical ceramic creature.
Design and make a lovely fairy tale scene, using card, paint and lots of glittery sparkles.
Make your own masterpiece, paint your chosen creature using acrylics on canvas, plus a fun bag dangler!
Includes: Canvas mount, ceramic creature, fairy tale scene, bag dangler and sketchbook
Fairy tales re-told in an exciting way!
We make a box sculpture with a scene from a well known story.
We will learn how to draw different characters.
Make a fun, colour 3D backgrounds to show our ideas... using pens, pencils, paints, scissors and lots of imagination!
Design and decorate your story on a t-shirt. Make a little book full of your illustrations too!
Includes: T-shirt, Box sculpture, 3D backgrounds, Illustrated book and sketchbook.
Let’s look at all things that fly and learn how to draw them! Flying machines, aeroplanes, helicopters, alien flying saucers… to name but a few!
Leonardo Da Vinci is our inspiration, he designed the first helicopter in 1489.
WE have lift off!
Decorate a ceramic rocket, paint a giant outer space bedroom door sign, complete with a flying saucer. Make our own junk modelling flying machine and make a pilots licence too!
Includes: Ceramic rocket, Bedroom door sign, Flying machine junk model, mini gliders and sketchbook.
We dive into the world of enormous stone figures, the reclining figures created by English artist, Moore.
His iconic statues stand, proud and beautifully smooth on Hampstead Heath and the Southbank in London.
We will make drawings using charcoal & chalk to try to capture the shapes and lines of these immense beings.
We experiment with wire, plaster, card and clay to create our own reclining figure.
We look at the work of the famous artist Beatrix Potter, discover her beautiful watercolour illustrations & famous characters, Peter Rabbit and Miss Tiggiwinkle…
Learn to draw in her style, paint with watercolours and fine liners, customise a tote bag , create your own book of illustrations.
Step by step drawing & painting, experimenting with watercolours & acrylics, designing & decorating a bag, drawing illustrations in small pocket book.
We look at the bright landscape paintings of English artist, David Hockney.
We follow his spring journey through the dales and woods of Yorkshire.
Inspired by his colour palette we will make oil pastel studies & pencil sketches, our final piece will be a masterpiece in acrylics on canvas.
A perfect edition to a young artist’s portfolio.
Hey Barbie!
Calling all budding fashion designers! Step into the studio to learn how to draw fashion models, Barbie & Ken.
Design your fave outfits and customise a t-shirt, be the star of the show!
Make a paper doll to dress complete with paper wardrobe.
Get ready for the catwalk with a sketchbook of your final designs. Includes: T.shirt, paper doll, paper clothes, sketchbook, Diva badge, lots of glitter and sparkles and the essential GLAMOUR!
Includes: T-shirt, Paper doll, Diva badge, sketchbook, lots of glitter and sparkles and the essential - GLAMOUR!
Come with us to the countryside to enjoy the delights of our cottage and garden.
Make a wonderful cottage façade, complete with opening door + windows, decorate with rambling roses and wisteria, add to its charm a little wooden person to live at the house and a lovely garden full of flowers.
We learn to draw flowers + garden creatures inspired by botanical artists' drawings. Make a giant sunflower and place your own seeds in a sweet, little pot - decorated by you!
Includes: Cottage façade sculpture, wooden spoon sunflower, wooden figure, ceramic pot, seeds and sketchbook.
Van Gogh was an amazing colourist and really expressed how he felt through his use of colour and expressive lines in his paintings.
We take a closer look at his still life pen and ink drawings & his lesser known paintings to really see what makes a masterpiece.
Students will produce a still-life acrylic painting inspired by Van Gogh plus an array of sketches using pencil, chalks and pen.
Suitable for portfolio submission.
Learn to draw in the Japanese Manga style.
Create your own character using step by step guidance and traditional drawing tools, experiment with fine liners, pencils, watercolours and acrylic paints.
Learn how to create soft features and huge eyes, shiny hair and the perfect physique.
Work in a sketchbook to test ideas and formulate your character.
Includes final poster image, sketchbook, manga tips booklet.
Murakami is famous for his fun filled installations, bright flat colours and large smiling daisies!
Murakami makes paintings and sculptures.
This workshop is a fun insight into these incredible works, we design & decorate a Murakami cushion cover and paint a panda on canvas, lots of bright colour mixing and happy images for a really great Friday feeling!
The Pop sensation, Taylor Swift, becomes our icon for the day!
We learn to draw fashion figures, stylised illustrations for Taylor Swift’s imaginary costumes for her current tour.
Understand colour using watercolours, pencils and fine liners to create stunning designs.
Customize your t-shirt using Taylor Swift imagery and make your own friendship bracelet, inspired by our icon.
Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami paints enormous smiling daisies and happy panda faces on walls and canvas, he makes sculptures too.
Our workshop is about COLOUR, bright colour and mixing!
We make a huge smiling daisy sculpture, use the image of the panda to make a design or our cushion cover, draw in a concertina sketchbook and design a happy badge.
Happy Smiley workshop!
Includes: Cushion cover, Daisy sculpture, concertina sketchbook, badge and lots more fun!
Chef for a day! Design + decorate your own cooking apron and make a top chef's hat.
We learn to draw lots of veggies, kawaii style to make our giant stew, complete with cooking pot + wooden spoon.
We look at lettering styles for our menu, drawing our favourite kawaii food. We will paint a wonderful wooden fruit windchime too!
Includes: Canvas apron, chef hat, wooden spoon, 3D stew sculpture, windchime and sketchbook.
Van Gogh painted in an impasto style, using lots of chunky, bright paint applied thickly to the canvas.
In this workshop we explore the work of the famous Dutch painter, inspired by the Sunflowers masterpiece, we create our version, raising the surface and get really heavy with the paint, experimenting with colour and texture.
We use lots of different mediums such as pastels and oil pastel to make our art.
Make a clay tile and decorate a window suncatcher too. We find out all about this amazing artist.
Lots of drawing, painting and making.
Includes: Sunflower painting, artist profile, clay tile, window suncatcher, sketchbook.
We look at the work of artist Joseph Cornell to create our story boxes , using found objects, mysterious drawings & traditional stories & memory...
We create a low relief sculpture, from which we make drawings & a final painting using acrylics on canvas.
This is an observational drawing, painting & making workshop, work suitable for art scholarship portfolio.
Create your very own haunted Dracula's Castle using mod roc!
Complete with its cobwebbed graveyard and little wooden Dracula + Bride!
Decorate your castle with coffins, spider, bats. Make your own Vampire cloak!
Includes: Sketchbook, Haunted house + Graveyard sculpture, wooden figures, coffin and cloak.
Mini Picassos, are an independent and very yellow studio, in the heart of North West London.
Sharing our passions for art to the community at 8 Station Terrace, NW10 5RT for the last decade.
We are an art school for toddlers, children and adults who are excited about art, artists and being creative. We offer a wide range of art courses, host birthday parties & run great holiday workshops.
Whether you're 15 months or 103 years old, you'll find something new to learn at our studio.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN, THE LAND OF THE PHAROAHS
Learn to draw Tutankhamun, pyramids and hieroglyphics.
Make a sacred cat in clay and decorate a pillowcase with your favourite Pharaoh image, using lots of gold paint!
Lots of fun Egyptian activities to do!
Includes: Pillow case, clay cat sculpture, painted piece and sketchbook.
Julian Opie & James Rizzi Workshop
We look at artists, Julian Opie & James Rizzi, both use simple line drawings, almost rather cartoon-like for their portraits.
We will learn how to draw the face, mix colours and paint an Opie Style portrait on a t-shirt! Make a fun picture frame and a large flip body poster too!
Includes: T-shirt, picture frame, temporary tattoo, flip body poster and sketchbook.
About Mini Picassos:
We are a team who are very passionate about art, we hope to inspire all of our students to become artists.
Our aim is to encourage children to broaden their skills and to really engage with the art and the materials, but most of all to be proud of their own outcome.
Mini Picassos was founded by Sarah Riddick in 2000, running mobile workshops and classes, we have been situated in the heart of Kensal Rise for over 10 years; in our little, yellow studio. With over 20 years experience, we run innovative programmes for all ages.
We have welcomed many students over the years for work experience.
Partnering up with local schools, giving older children the opportunity to become part of the team - assisting and prepping for classes.
We have also been hosting internships for Higher Education students, to allow them to gain confidence and improve their abilities in a teaching environment, with the joy of keeping creative.
Julian Opie & James Rizzi Workshop
We look at artists, Julian Opie & James Rizzi, both use simple line drawings, almost rather cartoon-like for their portraits.
We will learn how to draw the face, mix colours and paint an Opie Style portrait on a t-shirt! Make a fun picture frame and a large flip body poster too!
Includes: T-shirt, picture frame, temporary tattoo, flip body poster and sketchbook.
About Mini Picassos:
We are a team who are very passionate about art, we hope to inspire all of our students to become artists.
Our aim is to encourage children to broaden their skills and to really engage with the art and the materials, but most of all to be proud of their own outcome.
Mini Picassos was founded by Sarah Riddick in 2000, running mobile workshops and classes, we have been situated in the heart of Kensal Rise for over 10 years; in our little, yellow studio. With over 20 years experience, we run innovative programmes for all ages.
We have welcomed many students over the years for work experience.
Partnering up with local schools, giving older children the opportunity to become part of the team - assisting and prepping for classes.
We have also been hosting internships for Higher Education students, to allow them to gain confidence and improve their abilities in a teaching environment, with the joy of keeping creative.
We will paint a cute, ceramic pumpkin.
Draw our own fun 'Witches face in hole' stand. Colour a fun bat fridge magnet.
We will draw from fun concertina sketchbooks!
Includes: Sketchbook, ceramic pumpkin, witch face in hole, bat fridge magnet.
Mini Picassos, are an independent and very yellow studio, in the heart of North West London.
Sharing our passions for art to the community at 8 Station Terrace, NW10 5RT for the last decade.
We are an art school for toddlers, children and adults who are excited about art, artists and being creative. We offer a wide range of art courses, host birthday parties & run great holiday workshops.
Whether you're 15 months or 103 years old, you'll find something new to learn at our studio.
Design and customise a t-shirt with your favourite villain!
Create a clay head sculpture, and trick or treat bag ready for the spookiest day of the year.
There will be lots of drawing in our sketchbook, evil Minions, Ursula, poisonous apples.. and more!
Includes: Sketchbook, t-shirt, clay head, trick or treat bag.
Mini Picassos, are an independent and very yellow studio, in the heart of North West London.
Sharing our passions for art to the community at 8 Station Terrace, NW10 5RT for the last decade.
We are an art school for toddlers, children and adults who are excited about art, artists and being creative. We offer a wide range of art courses, host birthday parties & run great holiday workshops.
Whether you're 15 months or 103 years old, you'll find something new to learn at our studio.
The werewolf escaped!
Make your own wicked werewolf head - bursting from his cage!
Fur, blood, scary eyes! Create a fun LIFE SIZED interactive Frankenstein poster board.
Spook your friends with the creepy finger in box prank and badge and much more!
Includes: Sketchbook, Werewolf head wall hanging, life sized poster board, finger in box and badge.
Mini Picassos, are an independent and very yellow studio, in the heart of North West London.
Sharing our passions for art to the community at 8 Station Terrace, NW10 5RT for the last decade.
We are an art school for toddlers, children and adults who are excited about art, artists and being creative. We offer a wide range of art courses, host birthday parties & run great holiday workshops.
Whether you're 15 months or 103 years old, you'll find something new to learn at our studio.
Whoohoo! Spooky Scarecrows watch over the pumpkin patch!
Make your own spooky scarecrow, complete with hat and terrifying glare, and clay rats will be running around.
We create a creepy bedroom door sign 'Danger! Keep Out!' - Anyone who enters BEWARE! Lots of spooky drawing and painting.
Includes: Sketchbook, Scarecrow sculpture and Pumpkin patch, 3D bedroom sign, clay rat.
Mini Picassos, are an independent and very yellow studio, in the heart of North West London.
Sharing our passions for art to the community at 8 Station Terrace, NW10 5RT for the last decade.
We are an art school for toddlers, children and adults who are excited about art, artists and being creative. We offer a wide range of art courses, host birthday parties & run great holiday workshops.
Whether you're 15 months or 103 years old, you'll find something new to learn at our studio.
LET'S GO TO PORTUGAL!
We look at the art, the food, the culture that is Portugal!
Paint a beautiful picture of a Lisbon scene on canvas. Create a make a fabulous sardines bedroom door sign.
Learn to draw and paint in the Portugese decorative style, ‘azulejos’ and make a ceramic tile coaster.
Includes: Sketchbook, canvas, ceramic tile coaster, bedroom doorsign and lots more.
It's Festival season!
So Jump into the crowd of creativity!
We will make a little stage set with a ‘live’ band - complete with speakers, back drop & lighting!
Learn how to make your very own tie-dye t-shirt for the full effect.
Make a cool VIP backstage pass and make sure your have your festival flag to wave!
Includes: Stage scene, tie dye t-shirt, VIP pass, flag and sketchbook
Bright + Colourful Still Life
TUTTI FRUTTI POP ART
We create bold, colourful paintings: fruit is our theme.
Inspired by the work of artist Michael Craig-Martin, we will Customise a t-shirt with your own brightly coloured design.
We will make a giant lemon wedge sculpture using plaster & card.
Learn how to draw fruit, using observational drawing techniques.
Paint a still-life in the pop art style. Lots of painting, drawing and making.
Includes: T-shirt, giant sculpture, painting, bag dangler, and sketchbook .
We learn to draw in the style of the Japanese craze…Paint your favourite Kawaii creature on a pillow case.
Make a super sweet kawaii oversized lollipop sculpture using card & Modroc.
Create a Kawaii rainbow badge and paint a super special Kawaii poster!!!
Includes: Pillow case, mod-roc sculpture, rainbow badge, bag dangler, poster and sketch
THE ART OF GEORGIA O'KEEFE
Discover the colourful work of artist Georgia O’Keefe, learn to draw flowers from observation, enlarged and close-up.
We look at colour mixing using watercolours, acrylics and oil pastels.
The bull’s head skull was a favourite motif of O’Keefe, we will create a low relief version.
Also decorating a sweet Flower picture frame too!
Includes: Canvas, low relief sculpture, picture frame, sketchbook and keyring.
FAIRTYTALE MAGICAL KINGDOM
Enter the Magic Kingdom of fairies, princesses, knights and dragons.
Make a pop up castle using card and paints, add little wooden characters and decorate a cute ceramic flying dragon.
Learn to daw all the inhabitants of the kingdom: wizards, fairies, magical creatures.
Make a fairy bracelet or a dragon bag dangler. Lots of drawing and painting.
Includes: Ceramic dragon flower pot hanging, card castle, wooden people, sketchbook, bracelet/bag dangler.
We are very excited to announce our MAY half-term Workshops!
Join us for 4 hour drop off workshops, suitable for ages 5 -7 + 8 - 10yrs.
BOOKING OPEN! Themes coming soon
We learn to draw in the style of the Japanese craze…
Paint your favourite Kawaii creature on a pillow case.
Make a super sweet kawaii oversized lollipop sculpture using card & Modroc.
Create a Kawaii rainbow badge and paint a super special Kawaii poster!!!
Includes: Pillow case, mod-roc sculpture, rainbow badge, bag dangler, poster and sketch
Make your own tasty treats using mod-roc plaster, card & newspaper!
Delicious!
We create larger than life ice creams with extra large scoops of vanilla & chocolate and a BIG bad boy do-nuts with extra sprinkles!
Design & decorate your cooking apron ready for action!
Paint a delectable squeezy cupcake too.
Includes: Mod-roc sculptures, apron, squeezy cupcake, sketchbook, and much more.
It's Festival season!
So Jump into the crowd of creativity!
We will make a little stage set with a ‘live’ band - complete with speakers, back drop & lighting!
Learn how to make your very own tie-dye t-shirt for the full effect.
Make a cool VIP backstage pass and make sure your have your festival flag to wave!
Includes: Stage scene, tie dye t-shirt, VIP pass, flag and sketchbook
We look at the art, the food, the culture that is Portugal!
Paint a beautiful picture of a Lisbon scene on canvas, Create a make a fabulous sardines bedroom door sign.
Learn to draw and paint in the Portugese decorative style, ‘azulejos’ and make a ceramic tile coaster
Includes: Sketchbook, canvas, ceramic tile coaster, bedroom doorsign and lots more.
Pirates, mermaids & sharks on the open sea!
Make a fantastic galleon using cardboard & acrylic paints.
Decorate and paint a ceramic pirate or mermaid.
Create a giant shark using card & mod-roc plaster.
Learn how to draw lots of seafaring folk in your sketchbook.
Includes: Galleon, ceramic moneybox, giant shark sculpture and sketchbook.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN, THE LAND OF THE PHAROAHS
Learn to draw Tutankhamun, pyramids and hieroglyphics.
Make a sacred cat in clay and decorate a pillowcase with your favourite Pharaoh image, using lots of gold paint!
Lots of fun Egyptian activities to do!
Includes: Pillow case, clay cat sculpture, painted piece and sketchbook.
We take a trip to Africa! Looking at the art of the Ndebele people - bright + colourful!
We learn to draw animals from our Safari!
Hippos, big Cats, Elephants + Zebra.
Paint your favourite animal on canvas.
Create a cute, clay zebra, make a stunning Safari sunset wall hanging and a low relief lion sculpture.
Lots of painting, making and drawing.
Includes: Canvas, clay animal, canvas painting, wall hanging, fridge magnet and sketchbook
MASTERCHEF GOES YUM YUM!
Make your own tasty treats using mod-roc plaster, card & newspaper!
Delicious!
We create larger than life ice creams with extra large scoops of vanilla & chocolate and a BIG bad boy do-nuts with extra sprinkles!
Design & decorate your cooking apron ready for action!
Paint a delectable squeezy cupcake too.
Includes: Mod-roc sculptures, apron, squeezy cupcake, sketchbook, and much more.
AFRICAN ART
We take a trip to Africa! Looking at the art of the Ndebele people - bright + colourful!
We learn to draw animals from our Safari!
Hippos, big Cats, Elephants + Zebra.
Paint your favourite animal on canvas.
Create a cute, clay zebra, make a stunning Safari sunset wall hanging and a low relief lion sculpture.
Lots of painting, making and drawing.
Includes: Canvas, clay animal, canvas painting, wall hanging, fridge magnet and sketchbook
HELP THE PLANET
We get creative with recycled materials to make our exciting sculptures!
Junk models of people and a little room - complete with inventive furniture using discarded items.
Design a Save The Planet Motif and paint you own T-shirt.
Includes: Wall hanging, inventive sculptures and much more!
Enter the Magic Kingdom of fairies, princesses, knights and dragons.
Make a pop up castle using card and paints, add little wooden characters and decorate a cute ceramic flying dragon.
Learn to daw all the inhabitants of the kingdom: wizards, fairies, magical creatures.
Make a fairy bracelet or a dragon bag dangler. Lots of drawing and painting.
Includes: Ceramic dragon flower pot hanging, card castle, wooden people, sketchbook, bracelet/bag dangler.
Bright + Colourful Still Life
TUTTI FRUTTI POP ART
We create bold, colourful paintings: fruit is our theme.
Inspired by the work of artist Michael Craig-Martin, we will Customise a t-shirt with your own brightly coloured design.
We will make a giant lemon wedge sculpture using plaster & card.
Learn how to draw fruit, using observational drawing techniques.
Paint a still-life in the pop art style. Lots of painting, drawing and making.
Includes: T-shirt, giant sculpture, painting, bag dangler, and sketchbook .
THE ART OF GEORGIA O'KEEFE
Discover the colourful work of artist Georgia O’Keefe, learn to draw flowers from observation, enlarged and close-up.
We look at colour mixing using watercolours, acrylics and oil pastels.
The bull’s head skull was a favourite motif of O’Keefe, we will create a low relief version.
Also decorating a sweet Flower picture frame too!
Includes: Canvas, low relief sculpture, picture frame, sketchbook and keyring.
We discover the beauty of bugs, bees & butterflies when we learn how to draw these creatures in our sketchbook.
We decorate a cute, fluffy bee tote bag, and paint a cute bee hanging flower pot including the seeds!
Create a butterfly wall decoration and paint a stained glass butterfly too!
Includes: Canvas tote bag, flower pot, seeds, stained glass decoration, big bumblebee, sketchbook.
Lots of drawing + painting.
What to bring:
Come prepared to get creative! We can provide aprons but it's best to wear clothes you don't mind getting messy and bringing your own apron where possible.
Also a snack a drink.
We discover the beauty of bugs, bees & butterflies when we learn how to draw these creatures in our sketchbook.
We decorate a cute, fluffy bee tote bag, and paint a cute bee hanging flower pot including the seeds!
Create a butterfly wall decoration and paint a stained glass butterfly too!
Includes: Canvas tote bag, flower pot, seeds, stained glass decoration, big bumblebee, sketchbook.
Lots of drawing + painting.
What to bring:
Come prepared to get creative! We can provide aprons but it's best to wear clothes you don't mind getting messy and bringing your own apron where possible.
Also a snack a drink.
Make a creepy ghost hanger! along with a Grandfather clock sculpture... with a scary surprise.
And much more scary drawing and painting.
Includes: Sketchbook, Ghost hanger decoration, grandfather clock sculpture.
Mini Picassos, are an independent and very yellow studio, in the heart of North West London.
Sharing our passions for art to the community at 8 Station Terrace, NW10 5RT for the last decade.
We are an art school for toddlers, children and adults who are excited about art, artists and being creative. We offer a wide range of art courses, host birthday parties & run great holiday workshops.
Whether you're 15 months or 103 years old, you'll find something new to learn at our studio.
SEA ADVENTURES!
Pirates, mermaids & sharks on the open sea!
Make a fantastic galleon using cardboard & acrylic paints.
Decorate and paint a ceramic pirate or mermaid.
Create a giant shark using card & mod-roc plaster.
Learn how to draw lots of seafaring folk in your sketchbook.
Includes: Galleon, ceramic moneybox, giant shark sculpture and sketchbook.
Love Horses & Ponies?
Join us as we delve into the world of the Pony Club.
Learn to draw horses, spot different breeds, decorate a little horse, create a winning rosette and set up a little stable scene.
We look at the work of artist, George Stubbs as a little inspiration.
Includes: Horse, Stable scene, Rosette, sketchbook and much more!
THAILAND
We visit Thailand’s sandy beaches, golden temples, see the elephants + enjoy the floral scenery!
Create a paradise palm tree beach scene with real sand and little wooden people.
Learn to draw + paint orchids, the golden Buddha and the traditional Lai art dragon.
We decorate our own elephant complete with bells, jewels and gorgeous patterns.
Includes: Elephant and accessories, wooden people and scene, sketchbook.E
Love Horses & Ponies?
Join us as we delve into the world of the Pony Club.
Learn to draw horses, spot different breeds, decorate a little horse, create a winning rosette and set up a little stable scene.
We look at the work of artist, George Stubbs as a little inspiration.
Includes: Horse, Stable scene, Rosette, sketchbook and much more!
THAILAND
We visit Thailand’s sandy beaches, golden temples, see the elephants + enjoy the floral scenery!
Create a paradise palm tree beach scene with real sand and little wooden people.
Learn to draw + paint orchids, the golden Buddha and the traditional Lai art dragon.
We decorate our own elephant complete with bells, jewels and gorgeous patterns.
Includes: Elephant and accessories, wooden people and scene, sketchbook.
We get creative with recycled materials to make our exciting sculptures!
Junk models of people and a little room - complete with inventive furniture using discarded items.
Design a Save The Planet Motif and paint you own T-shirt.
Includes: Wall hanging, inventive sculptures and much more!
Springtime at Mini Picassos!
We learn to draw daffodils, bees and leaping bunnies.
Decorate a lovely tote bag, paint a ceramic beehive and create a fabulous standing daffodil too.
Make a pretty flower fridge magnet and learn to draw and make lovely bees!
Includes: Canvas tote bag, ceramic beehive, fridge magnet, daffodil, sketchbook and lots more arty fun!
This workshop is a great one for students who love DRAWING, taking a walk across a page, creating texture with a 6B, shading & experimenting with smudging, scribbling with charcoal or making dramatic lines with a black marker.
We create a sketchbook, observational drawings all suitable for portfolio submissions.
This is a good forerunner to the ART APTITUDE course we run in September.
Using the classic Super Heroes from the Marvel comics/films
We learn to draw our favourites and paint a super hero onto a cushion cover!
Make your own Top Trumps Super Hero card pack and design some of your own villains and heroes. Make a city scape set for your super heroes to fly around in.
Includes: Cushion, cushion cover, card pack, 3D card city scape painting.
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
We step into the world of unicorns and rainbows. Learn to draw the magical pair. Paint your favourite unicorn on a Tote bag, lots of pink, stars and rainbows. Decorate a super cute ceramic unicorn and paint a rainbows and stars enchanted forest.
Includes: tote bag, ceramic unicorn, enchanted forest backdrop, sketchbook
Artist Paul Klee painted beautiful simplified paintings of animals. We take his fish paintings as our theme for this workshop. Create your own wonderful Paul Klee canvas painting using acrylics. We work in a ‘scratch away’ process to reveal a brightly coloured underwater world of fish and marine life. Through drawing we discover the art of multi coloured Mono Printing too!
Includes: Acrylics on canvas, mono printing, scratch key ring and scratch panel, sketchbook, oil pastel studies
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
The Summer Holidays are almost here YAY!
We are hosting workshops for a range of ages, 4 - 10. These are 4 hour drop-off workshops, full of exciting themes and projects!
Week 1 Themes:
Monday 18th - Niki De Saint Phalle
Tuesday 19th - Tokyo - Japan
Wednesday 20th - Day at the Circus
Thursday 21st - Puppies and Kittens
Friday 22nd - Buzz Lightyear
Week 2 Themes:
Monday 25th - Henri Matisse
Tuesday 26th - Paris - France
Wednesday 27th - Robots
Thursday 28th - Damien Hirst - Shark
Friday 29th - Jurassic World
Week 3 Themes:
Monday 1st - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Tuesday 2nd - Seville, Spain
Wednesday 3rd - Minions
Thursday 4th - Africa
Friday 5th - Explorers and Adventures
Week 4 Themes:
Monday 18th - Niki De Saint Phalle
Tuesday 19th - Tokyo - Japan
Wednesday 20th - Day at the Circus
Thursday 21st - Puppies and Kittens
Friday 22nd - Buzz Lightyear
Week 5 Themes:
Monday 25th - Henri Matisse
Tuesday 26th - Paris - France
Wednesday 27th - Robots
Thursday 28th - Damien Hirst - Shark
Friday 29th - Jurassic World
Week 6 Themes:
Monday 1st - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Tuesday 2nd - Seville, Spain
Wednesday 3rd - Minions
Thursday 4th - Africa
Friday 5th - Explorers and Adventures
Come prepared to get creative!
Using the classic Super Heroes from the Marvel comics/films.
We learn to draw our favourites and paint a super hero onto a cushion cover!
Make your own Top Trumps Super Hero card pack and design some of your own villains and heroes. Make a city scape set for your super heroes to fly around in.
Includes: Cushion, cushion cover, card pack, 3D card city scape painting.
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
We create a little city of skyscrapers and yellow taxis using card and mod roc plaster and found objects. Learn how to draw in the cartoon style of Rizzi, paint using acrylics and black marker pens. Design and paint a New York canvas bag too! Lots of drawing painting and making.
Includes: Plaster sculpture, sketchbook, canvas tote bag, badge
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
Love is in the air!
We look at the work of US artist Jim Dine and his stunning Heart paintings inspire our Love theme. We will create a Love Heart sculpture that doubles up as a desk tidy, using plaster , card and acrylics to make our 3D piece. We will use acrylic paints and collage on canvas board to create our Jim Dine artwork. Decorate a wooden picture frame and make an adorable cards too!
Includes: Sculpture desk tidy, Valentine canvas board, Valentine card, wooden picture frame.
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
We create a little city of skyscrapers and yellow taxis using card and mod roc plaster and found objects. Learn how to draw in the cartoon style of Rizzi, paint using acrylics and black marker pens. Design and paint a New York canvas bag too! Lots of drawing painting and making.
Includes: Plaster sculpture, sketchbook, canvas tote bag, badge
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
Artist Paul Klee painted beautiful simplified paintings of animals. We take his fish paintings as our theme for this workshop. Create your own wonderful Paul Klee canvas painting using acrylics. We work in a ‘scratch away’ process to reveal a brightly coloured underwater world of fish and marine life. Through drawing we discover the art of multi coloured Mono Printing too!
Includes: Acrylics on canvas, mono printing, scratch key ring and scratch panel, sketchbook, oil pastel studies
Artist Paul Klee painted beautiful simplified paintings of animals. We take his fish paintings as our theme for this workshop. Create your own wonderful Paul Klee canvas painting using acrylics. We work in a ‘scratch away’ process to reveal a brightly coloured underwater world of fish and marine life. Through drawing we discover the art of multi coloured Mono Printing too!
Includes: Acrylics on canvas, mono printing, scratch key ring and scratch panel, sketchbook, oil pastel studies
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
Too -wit -too-wooh!
For this workshop we look to nature, owls! Stunning creatures, hiding in their tree houses and flying high in the moon’s light. We will make little owls in clay, paint and place in their little nests with their babies. We will learn how to draw and paint owls, focussing on their huge eyes and fluffy feathers. Decorate a ceramic moneybox owl, create your own owl collage/mixed media artwork on board.
Includes: ceramic moneybox, clay owls in nest box, collaged/mixed media piece on board, sketchbook.
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
We look at the work of US artist Jim Dine and his stunning Heart paintings inspire our Love theme. We will create a Love Heart sculpture that doubles up as a desk tidy, using plaster , card and acrylics to make our 3D piece. We will use acrylic paints and collage on canvas board to create our Jim Dine artwork. Decorate a wooden picture frame and make an adorable cards too!
Includes: Sculpture desk tidy, Valentine canvas board, Valentine card, wooden picture frame
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
For this workshop we look to nature, owls but we make them with a twist! We learn how to draw using the Kawaii style drawing techniques to create cartoon owls with their huge eyes and tiny beaks. Create an owl on canvas board using acrylics and mixed media. Make your owls and babies in clay, decorate and place in their secret nest. Decorate a ceramic owl too!
Includes: canvas, clay, ceramic money box and sketchbook
MULTIBOOK DISCOUNT OFFERS (***Per child)
Book 3 workshops and get £5 off
Book 4 workshops and get £10 off
Book 5 workshops and get £20 off
We are also offering 10% off when you book Siblings. Please contact us if you would like this offer
Love is in the air.. we look at the work of Jim Dine, who painted big red love hearts in the Pop Art era. Design and decorate your very own Valentine Tote bag, make a stunning stained ‘glass’ window decoration, create a beautiful love heart picture frame too!
Lots of drawing, painting and making.
Includes: tote bag, mini sketchbook, artist profile, window decoration and picture frame.
Looking at the portrait by famous artists such as Van Dongen, Lichtenstein and Alice Neel, we learn to draw all the features of the face, mix skin colours, paint eyes and understand composition.
This is a slightly older class for children to really explore drawing and painting to improve their artistic skills.
We will produce a series of drawings, colour studies and a painting. We will also create a head portrait in clay.
Includes: canvas, sketchbook, How to Draw Booklet, clay head.
This workshop is aimed at younger children who love drawing and painting cartoon creatures.
We look at the fabulous world of Disney and Pixar characters, learn to draw basic cartoons, colour mix, create our own dog and cat characters and decorate a Tote bag.
Make a cute bedroom door sign and make a beaded bag dangler. Lots of fabulous arty fun for little ones.
Includes: tote bag, sketchbook, bag dangler, bedroom door sign.
Lets find our furry friends in art!
Animals have been painted over the centuries and feature in many great works of art. We look at the work of Hogarth, Franz Marc, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Van Gogh for our inspiration.
Learn to draw form the great masters, create a wonderful painting complete with a bejewelled fun golden frame. We experiment with oil pastels and decorate a cat sculpture too.
Includes: artists’ profile, paintings with frame, key ring, cat sculpture, drawings & paintings.
Junk modelling on a very small scale!
We get to work on creating our little creatures, drawing, designing and making… inspired by the exhibits at the Natural History Museum.
We will produce some extraordinary specimens ready to be display in their glass case!
Learn how to draw your favourite bugs & insects ready to be painted on your t-shirt.
Lots of drawing, making and painting.
Includes T-shirt, bugs in glass display cabinet, sketchbook, paintings & drawings.
We look at the super colourful portrait work of South American artist, Palmira Correa.
Get inspired and create your wooden block figure sculpture, paint a super cushion cover and learn more about this amazing artist.
Colour mixing in acrylics, drawing, painting and making.
Includes Cushion cover, wooden block sculpture, sketchbook, paintings and drawings.
Mini Picassos Fine Art sessions are fun and educational.
Our projects are usually 4 - 6wks long, we use the work of a famous artist as our inspiration for our art piece such as a painting on canvas or pastel study, sculpture or printmaking.
Mini Picassos teachers will discuss the work of the artist and show examples, encouraging questions & comments from the students.
We will show various art techniques & introduce a variety of media for children to experiment with mark-making & colour.
This is a formal drawing & painting course with a view to sitting an art entrance exam for schools, applying for a scholarship where a portfolio of art work must be submitted or if they want lessons in smaller grouped sessions.
The course consists of drawing & painting, watercolours, acrylics, pencils & pastels will be explored.
We will look at drawing techniques: measuring for drawing accuracy, shading & composition.
The course is taught in very small groups.
Over the years we have enjoyed excellent success rates with our students being offered art places at Holland Park School and City of London Girls & Northbridge House.
Our Mini Picassos Art sessions are fun and educational.
Our projects are usually 4 - 6wks long, we use the work of a famous artist as our inspiration for our art piece such as a painting on canvas or pastel study, sculpture or print.
Mini Picassos teachers will discuss the work of the artist and show examples, encouraging questions + comments from the students.
We will show various art techniques & introduce a variety of media for children to experiment with mark making + colour.
This is a formal drawing & painting course with a view to sitting an art entrance exam for schools, applying for a scholarship where a portfolio of art work must be submitted or if they want lessons in smaller grouped sessions.
The course consists of drawing & painting, watercolours, acrylics, pencils & pastels will be explored.
We will look at drawing techniques: measuring for drawing accuracy, shading & composition.
The course is taught in very small groups.
Over the years we have enjoyed excellent success rates with our students being offered art places at Holland Park School and City of London Girls & Northbridge House.
Our Mini Picassos Art Classes are fun and educational.
Each week we use the work of a famous artist as our inspiration for our art piece, using a range of different media each week to explore art, artist and creativity!
Mini Picassos teachers will discuss the work of the artist and show examples, encouraging questions & comments from the students
We will show various art techniques & introduce a variety of media for children to experiment with mark making & colour.
Our projects are usually 4 - 6wks long, we use the work of a famous artist as our inspiration for our art piece such as a painting on canvas or pastel study, sculpture or print.
Mini Picassos teachers will discuss the work of the artist and show examples, encouraging questions & comments from the students
We will show various art techniques & introduce a variety of media for children to experiment with markmaking & colour
This is a formal drawing & painting course with a view to sitting an art entrance exam for schools, applying for a scholarship where a portfolio of art work must be submitted or if they want lessons in smaller grouped sessions.
The course consists of drawing & painting, watercolours, acrylics, pencils & pastels will be explored.
We will look at drawing techniques: measuring for drawing accuracy, shading & composition.
The course is taught in very small groups.
Over the years we have enjoyed excellent success rates with our students being offered art places at Holland Park School and City of London Girls & Northbridge House.
This is a formal drawing & painting course with a view to sitting an art entrance exam for schools, applying for a scholarship where a portfolio of art work must be submitted or if they want lessons in smaller grouped sessions.
The course consists of drawing & painting, watercolours, acrylics, pencils & pastels will be explored.
We will look at drawing techniques: measuring for drawing accuracy, shading & composition.
The course is taught in very small groups.
Over the years we have enjoyed excellent success rates with our students being offered art places at Holland Park School and City of London Girls & Northbridge House.
Explore drawing the nude, we have a wonderful selection of male and female models. Don't worry if you are an absolute beginner or a longstanding expert, you can lose yourself for a couple of hours in life drawing. The session usually starts with quick warm up poses, then onto a longer pose for the rest of the evening. Tuition offered or you may wish to do your own thing.
Materials: all drawing paper and pencils, chalks, charcoal are included so just bring yourself!
£15 per session or £150 for 10 weeks
This is a formal drawing & painting course with a view to sitting an art entrance exam for schools, applying for a scholarship where a portfolio of art work must be submitted or if they want lessons in smaller grouped sessions.
The course consists of drawing & painting, watercolours, acrylics, pencils & pastels will be explored.
We will look at drawing techniques: measuring for drawing accuracy, shading & composition.
The course is taught in very small groups.
Over the years we have enjoyed excellent success rates with our students being offered art places at Holland Park School and City of London Girls & Northbridge House.
This is a formal drawing & painting course with a view to sitting an art entrance exam for schools, applying for a scholarship where a portfolio of art work must be submitted or if they want lessons in smaller grouped sessions.
The course consists of drawing & painting, watercolours, acrylics, pencils & pastels will be explored.
We will look at drawing techniques: measuring for drawing accuracy, shading & composition.
The course is taught in very small groups.
Over the years we have enjoyed excellent success rates with our students being offered art places at Holland Park School and City of London Girls & Northbridge House.
This is a formal drawing & painting course with a view to sitting an art entrance exam for schools, applying for a scholarship where a portfolio of art work must be submitted or if they want lessons in smaller grouped sessions.
The course consists of drawing & painting, watercolours, acrylics, pencils & pastels will be explored.
We will look at drawing techniques: measuring for drawing accuracy, shading & composition.
The course is taught in very small groups.
Over the years we have enjoyed excellent success rates with our students being offered art places at Holland Park School and City of London Girls & Northbridge House.
Don't worry if you are an absolute beginner or a longstanding expert, you can lose yourself for a couple of hours in life drawing.
We have a great selection of male and female models.
The session usually starts with quick warm up poses, then onto a longer pose for the rest of the evening.
Tuition offered or you may wish to do your own thing.
Our course is aimed at young artists who enjoy drawing from life, have the ability to concentrate and have a real thirst for art.
During this course we explore drawing, painting and sculpture.
We focus on traditional art materials & techniques, we aim to build on the skills of the child. The work of artists is an important part of this course, mature discussion is welcomed.
This term we will be inspired by the dark, old tale of Hansel and Gretel. We will illustration, paint and collage to create our own book. Binding a hard front cover to complete.
Our course is aimed at young artists who enjoy drawing from life, have the ability to concentrate and have a real thirst for art.
During this course we explore drawing, painting and sculpture.
We focus on traditional art materials & techniques, we aim to build on the skills of the child. The work of artists is an important part of this course, mature discussion is welcomed.
This term we will be inspired by the dark, old tale of Hansel and Gretel. We will illustration, paint and collage to create our own book. Binding a hard front cover to complete.
Our course is aimed at young artists who enjoy drawing from life, have the ability to concentrate and have a real thirst for art.
During this course we explore drawing, painting and sculpture.
We focus on traditional art materials & techniques, we aim to build on the skills of the child. The work of artists is an important part of this course, mature discussion is welcomed.
This term we will be inspired by the dark, old tale of Hansel and Gretel. We will illustration, paint and collage to create our own book. Binding a hard front cover to complete.
Our Mini Picassos Art sessions are fun and educational.
Our projects are usually 4 - 6wks long, we use the work of a famous artist as our inspiration for our art piece such as a painting on canvas or pastel study, sculpture or print.
Mini Picassos teachers will discuss the work of the artist and show examples, encouraging questions + comments from the students.
We will show various art techniques & introduce a variety of media for children to experiment with mark making + colour.
Each week we create a different masterpiece inspired by Artists both traditional and contemporary, we call this our 'Main Project'.
Alongside this we offer a cut and stick table, a drawing table and a table of either toys. We wind down the session with a sing-a-long and dancing, finishing with Stickers!
Everything you make you get to take home, to frame on the wall to keep in a mini portfolio, to send to family!
During our Summer Term we open up our Garden, with water and painting outside, so you can enjoy the sunshine.
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