Art for Beginners - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford

Date	6 November - 11 December 2025
Sessions	Thursdays: 12pm - 2pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £48

About this course

Do you think you are not good at art? If you’ve answered yes to this question, then this course is for you. Come along and try some easy steps that can help you build confidence in drawing techniques and have fun too!

Over the course of the 6 weeks, you will learn a variety of basic drawing techniques such as cross hatching, shading techniques, smudging and stippling.

By the end of the course, you will:

Build confidence in basic drawing skills.
Create a variety of finished 2D outcomes.
Understand and be able to use a variety of media such as pen, pencil and colours.
Build confidence in working with others to help integrate into a work environment.
Understand costing your work for selling purposes.

What you will need for the course:

A basic sketchbook/notepad or paper to draw onto, a pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, sharpener.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.