The Artist Hub
Tips, Tutorials & Creative Inspiration

The Artist Hub is regularly updated with a wide range of resources designed for beginner and amateur artists. You’ll find new techniques to explore, tutorials covering a variety of subjects, and helpful tips on materials and equipment. This free hub is a valuable resource for the artists who attend our weekly sessions as well as those who are part of our wider creative community.

We also celebrate and share finished course achievements, showcasing the incredible work our students create throughout their learning journey.

Adult students enjoying a Cheshire Art Classes workshop, painting at easels in a bright and welcoming studio. Participants are developing their artistic skills while socialising, learning new techniques, and creating artwork in a supportive environment.

Am I Too Late to Study Art? Why It's Never Too Late to Start Drawing and Painting

Have you ever wondered if you're too old to learn art? The truth is that creativity has no age limit. Whether you've never picked up a pencil before or you're returning to drawing and painting after many years, it's never too late to start. In this article, we explore the common myths that hold people back, why adults often make excellent art students, and how simple techniques can help beginners build confidence and develop their artistic skills.

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Jun 44 min read

Mollington Oil Painting Morning: Interiors and Light

This four-week oil painting course at Mollington focused on Interiors & Light, a challenging subject rooted in art history. Students explored architectural space, tonal values, and atmosphere through a traditional grisaille underpainting before introducing colour through glazes. The course emphasised structure, light, and depth, resulting in expressive interior studies with strong tonal control and a convincing sense of light.

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Dec 20, 20252 min read

Marthall’s Oil Painting Morning: The Hummingbird

Cheshire Art Classes’ recent hummingbird oil-painting course guided students from underpainting to final detailing. Participants explored the full colour wheel, created bokeh backgrounds, developed precise focal details, and built form through expressive techniques—resulting in confident, beautifully executed final paintings.

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Dec 12, 20252 min read

A soft-lit lotus flower painting, featuring delicate layered petals, smooth blended background tones, and subtle highlights that give the flower a luminous, floating appearance.

Painting the Lotus in Mollington’s 4-Week Oil Course

Our Mollington group has completed a beautiful 4-week lotus-painting course, working on larger 40×60 cm canvases and learning techniques from Burnt Sienna under-painting to soft background blending and layered colour refinement. Congratulations to all students — including first-time oil painters — for creating such elegant work.

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Nov 13, 20251 min read

Oil painting of the Cornish coastline, with steep cliffs meeting blue ocean waves under a soft, cloudy sky.

Marthall’s Introduction to Landscape Painting: From Coastline to Canvas

For many students this was their first landscape in oils, and the progress has been remarkable. Your focus, patience and willingness to trust the process have produced confident, expressive work. Thank you for attending and for the warm, supportive studio atmosphere. We look forward to seeing you on the next course, where we’ll be exploring painting birds in oils.

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Nov 11, 20252 min read

Oil painting of lemons, silver bowl and leaves.

Bringing Still Life to Life: Chelford’s First Oil Painting Course

At the start of our very first 4-week still life oil painting course at Chelford Village Hall, each of the 11 students was presented with...

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Sep 5, 20252 min read

Mollington Oil Painting – Course Three: Kingfishers

We’ve just wrapped up our third course at Mollington Oil Painting Morning , and what a journey it has been! This time, our focus was on...

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Aug 31, 20251 min read

Exploring the Art of Landscape: Our 8-Week Oil Painting Course in Mollington

We’ve just wrapped up another enriching 8-week beginner oil painting course at the Five Villages Hall in Mollington—and what a wonderful...

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Jul 17, 20252 min read

Project 6x6

Project 6x6 is a vibrant, collaborative initiative with my incredibly talented art students. Each of the 45+ participants is creating their own 6x6-inch oil painting—with total freedom in subject, style, and palette. The only rule? It must be in oil.

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Jul 14, 20251 min read