Everyone can draw! I have a passion for drawing and I aim to create an art class experience that helps you to tap into and build on your own creative skills.

If you haven’t drawn for a long time or think that you can’t, I’ll give you the boost you need to get you started.

If you are an art graduate or practising artist, I’ll provide exciting, creative challenges for you.

All art classes are geared to all levels of drawing experience with the focus always on enjoyment of the drawing process and learning from each other.

“Jenny is a wonderful, energetic and imaginative tutor.”

"I come away from the sessions relaxed and with a sense of having learnt something new every time."

DRAW Courses

Life drawing day
DRAW into abstraction workshop
Viv admiring Abstract
BIG faces day

Upcoming courses:

Wheelbirks Farm, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7HY

All one day class sizes are limited to 8 and are suitable for all levels of drawing experience. Prices include all materials and light refreshments

DRYPOINT PRINTMAKING

NEW DATE: Saturday 16th December 10-4

£65 BOOK HERE

Make your own little festive home lanterns with Tetra Pak Intaglio prints.

Expert printmaker, Joanna Bourne will guide you through the process of using Tetra Pak as a surface for experimenting with drypoint printing. She will show you how to mark and score the surface, ink, wipe and then print your image using a printing press. You can then cut out your house and shape it into a little lantern, to be lit with a battery powered tea light.

You will have the opportunity to make several prints which can be used to decorate your festive home, or to give away if you can bear to part with them!

All materials provided

All abilities welcome

LUCKY DIP LIFE DRAWING

£68 per session

BOOK 15 December HERE Loose Life Drawing Techniques

A life drawing day at DRAW is always a day to enjoy. Each session offers a different perspective on the subject. We look at artists who can inform our approach and encourage us to look and draw the human figure in new ways.

We have explored a wide range of drawing materials from the humble pencil, to charcoal, pastel, monoprinting and large scale ink drawings. Lucky dip life drawing means that you sign up for a surprise…and we promise you, whatever the day has in store, it will be an enjoyable learning experience!

Suitable for all levels of drawing experience: if you’ve not done life drawing before, this is an opportunity to learn the basics in a friendly, supportive environment. If you are more experienced, it is a day to experiment and explore new ways of working.

Tutored by either Jenny Purrett or Bernie with one of our regular models.

All materials, model fee and tuition included in the cost.

REFUNDS: Please note that the class sizes are small and consequently my margins are tight. This means that I can only give refunds if you cancel 7 dates before the event which allows time for me to advertise and fill the space. If for any reason, I need to cancel a course (eg. due to illness or adverse weather conditions) you will be given a full refund.

REGULAR WEEKLY COURSES

The next block of 5 weeks begins on w/c 8 January 2024

Cost: £135 for day time sessions, £85 for Tues evening sessions

Tuesdays: 9.30-12

Tuesdays: 5.30-7

Wednesdays: 9.30-12

Thursdays: 9.30-12

Thursdays: 1-3.30

Theme: The New Year is a time of reflection, taking stock, turning a new page, making intentions. Last January our theme was ‘New Year, New You’ and we explored new approaches to making self-portraits. This year I propose that we make another kind of self-portrait in the form of a handmade book. We will explore the particular ways we make our own marks through gestural drawing, discover our internal landscapes of imagination and memory, make drawing conversations with others and combine and develop the imagery we make into a book. I have invited paper artist and bookbinder, Yvette Ja to spend one of the 5 sessions helping us to do this. Join us on a creative journey of experimentation and discovery, using a range of materials, techniques and approaches.

To book onto my regular weekly classes or try a one off session, email jenny@jennypurrett.co.uk

Click here to see examples of students' work and the variety of workshops I offer

STROKE CLUB

Next Date: Tuesday 19 December 1.30-3.00.

Cost: £5 (no need to book)
An art session for anyone who is living with stroke or caring for someone living with stroke. It is a friendly, relaxed space to come together and be creative. We meet once a month and Jenny leads you through a drawing activity. Please contact jenny@jennypurrett.co.uk if you would like more information.

Meet the artists:

Jenny Purrett, artist and educator in equal measures, uses drawing as a means to investigate the world around her. She founded DRAW studios in 2021 in order to share her love of drawing. Her dream was to create a space where people can come together to explore, to experiment and share in the experience of that fundamental urge we all have to make marks.

Artist and teacher Bernadette Koranteng studied at the Royal Academy where she developed a life-long love for Life Drawing. This continues to inspire her work which is largely figurative, exploring personal narratives and themes.

Although she works in a range of media she sees Drawing as the backbone of everything and strives to share this love of Drawing and mark-making in her approach to teaching.

Printmaker Joanna Bourne has specialised in woodcut for over thirty years. Jo is
inspired by places where nature meets human activity – her garden, the park and
allotments. She is interested in exploring the way in which woodgrain can contribute
to a final design, and prints overlapping layers of transparent inks to create subtle
colours. Jo enjoys passing on her love of printmaking through teaching.