Taking inspiration from artist and sculptor Giacometti and using observational drawing as the starting point, together we’ll create a series of works on paper before hand building a bust in clay

Led by artist Fiona Wilson sessions are very relaxed and supportive and designed to encourage experimentation whilst cleansing the soul.

The Art Club is suitable for all levels and is the perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£30 per person including paper and clay. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

Image credit: Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

A great introduction to drawing if you fear it! Working from a still life set up, we explore observational drawing techniques in charcoal and pencil before creating a final image in mixed media.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul.

£25 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

Join us at Frescoes, Mill Street, Bedford. MK40 3HD.

With a focus on visual storytelling, we’ll work together to create a series of mixed media artworks in response to songs and their lyrics.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£25 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

Taking inspiration from David Hockney’s Four Seasons, we’ll work with paint and monoprinting techniques to create expressive, textured, colour rich landscapes through the four seasons.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£25 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

A really fun and dreamlike session inspired by the surrealists, we’ll work in pencil and explore different ways to combine and compose images with both oddity and credibility!

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£25 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

We’ll take inspiration from artist Piet Mondrian and work both from direct observation and imagination to explore, reduce and abstract shapes, colours and lines found in nature to create a series of images in mixed media.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£25 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Taking inspiration from Monet and his water lilies, we'll work in soft pastels to create a series of drawings..

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

Looking at two point perspective and taking inspiration from Gaudi and his fabulous architectural work, we'll work in mixed media to create drawings of imagined buildings and cityscapes.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

A little twist for our regular spirit lifter. Painting to an ever eclectic mix of tracks, this time from 1960-2000, we work together in mixed media to create a collection of collaborative paintings with a focus on intuitive mark making and translating instrumental layers into a visual language.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art packs are available on request.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Visiting artist and maker Anne-Marie Abbate joins us for a felt making session. Taking inspiration from artist Howard Hodgkin we’ll work together to create expressive, colour rich artworks.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

With a focus on visual storytelling, we’ll work together to create mixed media artworks in response to poetry, literature and famous statements.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

Our regular spirit lifter, this time painting to the eclectic, nostalgic and ground-breaking music of the 80s, 90s and noughties. Working in mixed media, we focus on intuitive mark making and translating instrumental layers into a visual language.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

A different take on cubist still life, we’ll work from a still life set up exploring observational drawing techniques before creating a final image in mixed media including collage, text and found imagery.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

Photo credit: Original Artwork by Kevin Woods

We’ll take inspiration from artist Patrick Heron and work both from direct observation and imagination to explore shapes, colours and forms found in nature and how these can be embraced within abstract art making.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

We’ll explore the technique of abstract printmaking to create a series of exciting expressive layered prints, all with basic household materials.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

From Prodigy to Muse, the Audio Bullies to Alice Cooper this is a high energy, guitar laden session responding to and documenting the music before extracting imagery from the marks made.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Taking inspiration from the Guerrilla Girls, Paula Rego, Ai Wei Wei, Picasso, Basquiat and Banksy and subjects close to your heart, we’ll create images in mixed media with a personal, social, politically motivated or satirical narrative.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Taking inspiration from artist Frida Kahlo we’ll work together to create a mixed media artwork celebrating the joy or nature with a focus on flowers, plants and foliage.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Using a reference image of your favourite or local landscape we’ll work through a series of exercises together with a focus on light, colour and directional mark making before making a final piece inspired from Van Gogh.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

We’ll take a look at animals in art through history from companionships to symbolism and work together in mixed media to create a series of drawings with a personal narrative.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

We’ll take inspiration from artist Sonia Delaney to explore and experiment with colour to a playlist of music written, composed and performed by women before transferring our designs onto repurposed crockery.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Taking inspiration from artist Michael Craig-Martin, we create a series of works on paper with a focus on bold colour and simple uninflected lines.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Taking inspiration from artist Maggi Hambling and working in mixed media, we‘ll work together to create a series of coastal and ocean inspired artworks.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

To wrap the month up we have our regular spirit lifter, this time painting to the velvet tones and instrumental brilliance of Blues music. Working in mixed media, we focus on intuitive mark making and translating instrumental layers into a visual language.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Taking inspiration from artist Fahrelnissa Zeid, we work with pattern and colour to create a vibrant and energetic artwork.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed ahead of the session and materials are available to buy on the evening.

Working from a clothed, lived model, we explore observational drawing techniques and expressive mark making to create images of the figure with energy and presence.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul! Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed ahead of the session and materials are available to buy on the evening.

To wrap the month up we have our regular spirit lifter, painting to an ever eclectic mix of tracks. Working in mixed media, we focus on intuitive mark making and translating instrumental layers into a visual language.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

Taking inspiration from nature and artists Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell and Hilma af Klint, we’ll work together to create a series of mixed media drawings with a personal narrative.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed following booking and art materials are available to buy on the evening.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️

To wrap the month up we have our regular spirit lifter, painting to an ever eclectic mix of tracks. Working in mixed media, we focus on intuitive mark making and translating instrumental layers into a visual language.

Sessions are very relaxed and designed to encourage experimentation, combat overthinking and cleanse the soul. Perfect inhibition loser for those that want to make art but don’t know where to start.

£20 including a glass of wine or drink of your choice, paper is supplied and Xanthe puts on a fabulous menu to boot. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you ahead of the session.

“Relaxing, creative and colourful evening. I loved every bit of it!” ♥️