Urban sketching courses - creative and personalised

One glow, all the mystery, maximum vibes.
Ready to get lost in warmth and light?
In this abstract painting session, we’re blending dusky pinks, creamy beige, and shimmering gold — building layers of depth, glow, and quiet drama without painting anything specific.

It’s all about mood on canvas. You’ll create soft fades, luminous highlights, and rich textures with various painting tools like brush, palette knife and sponge. No rules, no right or wrong — just a chance to sink into colour and let it move the way it wants.
Whether you see sunset, silk, or something entirely your own, this one’s about feeling, flow, and that golden moment you never want to end.

Acrylics, texture, and all the glam.
In this abstract painting session, we’re diving into a colour palette that lives somewhere between blush and bold — think peach, pink, rose, and shimmering gold.

Using sponges, palette knives, and brushes, you’ll layer tones and textures to create a one-of-a-kind abstract piece. Whether you go full glam or soft and minimal, this session is all about movement, elegance, and letting your inner glitter goddess do her thing (minus the actual glitter — we’re classy like that).

Every great artist starts by learning to see.

Drawing is much more than putting pencil to paper. It’s the foundation of almost every visual art form—the skill that teaches you to observe, understand and interpret the world around you.

In this six-week foundation course, you’ll develop the most important artistic ability of all: seeing like an artist. Together we’ll explore observation, proportion, perspective, light, shadow, composition and form while learning how to transform the three-dimensional world around us into convincing drawings.

Every week introduces new concepts through demonstrations, structured exercises and practical projects that gradually build your confidence. Rather than simply learning how to copy what you see, you’ll discover why objects look the way they do—and how artists simplify, analyse and reconstruct them on paper.

Drawing is often described as the language of visual art. Whether you dream of becoming a painter, illustrator, designer, sculptor or simply want to draw with confidence, the skills you develop here will support everything you create afterwards.

If you’ve ever thought “I can’t draw,” this course is here to change your mind. With the right guidance and plenty of practice, you’ll soon discover that drawing isn’t a talent reserved for a few—it’s a skill that anyone can learn.

✏️ What to Expect

• A comprehensive six-week introduction to drawing
• Weekly guidance from a professional artist
• Live demonstrations introducing essential drawing techniques
• Structured exercises that gradually build your observation and drawing skills
• Plenty of individual drawing time with personal feedback
• A relaxed and encouraging studio environment where curiosity and experimentation are always welcome

🧠 What You’ll Learn

• How to observe like an artist
• Shape, proportion and perspective
• Light, shadow and creating three-dimensional form
• Line quality, values and texture
• Composition and visual storytelling
• The universal drawing principles that support every artistic medium

🤔 Is This Course Right for Me?
Absolutely.
Whether you’ve never held a pencil with artistic intention before or you’d like to build a stronger creative foundation before exploring painting, illustration or other artistic disciplines, this course is the ideal place to begin.
The skills you’ll develop here won’t just improve your drawings—they’ll change the way you observe the world and support every creative step that follows.

Aurora, but make it neon.

A classic northern landscape — dark mountains, quiet water, and a sky waiting to explode with colour. Then we turn the lights up. In this bold, playful painting session, we’ll transform a traditional aurora landscape with neon paints, electric colour, and expressive abstract gestures.

You’ll start with the foundations of a classic landscape, learning how to create depth, atmosphere, and a sense of space. Then comes the fun part: layering luminous neon colours over the scene with bold, flowing brushstrokes that twist, sweep, and dance across the sky.

We’ll explore how abstract marks can work on top of a realistic landscape — adding movement, energy, and personality without losing the sense of place underneath. You’ll play with colour contrast, layering, transparency, and expressive brushwork to make the aurora feel almost alive.

There’s no need to make every stroke perfect. In fact, the opposite. This one is about letting go, making big gestures, and seeing what happens when a little chaos meets a well-built landscape.

Classic underneath. Psychedelic on top.

A little bit northern lights, a little bit neon dream. 🌌✨

Pollock in Pyjamas
What happens when you and your child become a painting team? In Pollock in Pyjamas, you don’t just paint next to each other — you create together. 

You’ll mix your own colours, make creative decisions as a team and take on playful challenges that get you experimenting with movement, tools, colours and shapes. The twist? You each create your own artwork, while every challenge gives you something to share.

An instructor guides you through the whole experience, giving you one creative challenge at a time: What happens if you both use the same tool? What can you create with one shared colour? Can your child decide what happens next while you follow? You paint for a few minutes, stop, step back and see what happened — then get a new challenge and go again. 

This gives kids a chance to discover colour mixing and creative techniques, make their own choices and experiment freely, while you get to join in rather than just watch from the sidelines.

That’s what makes Pollock in Pyjamas different from simply booking an Action Painting Park session. You don’t have to figure out what to do with all those colours, brushes and tools yourself. The instructor creates the framework, keeps the momentum going and helps turn all that creative energy into a shared experience — while you and your child decide what happens inside it. So you can get messy, try things, surprise each other and have fun creating something that is uniquely yours.

Come as a family. Paint as a team. Leave with two artworks — and a whole lot of stories in between.

Parents are welcome to join the experience and paint alongside their children—or simply relax in our lounge while the little artists enjoy their creative adventure.

Every session is different. Every painting is unique. Every child leaves with colourful memories—and usually a very big smile.

Crash. Curl. Colour. A wave comes alive on canvas.
In this semi-guided textured session, you’ll ride the swell — a giant wave rising from the sea, ready to tumble and curl. Using modelling paste and paint, you’ll build layers of frothy foam, dynamic water movement, and the energy of the ocean captured in bold, sculpted strokes. Think drama, texture, and a playful sense of motion in every crest and curl.

No experience needed — just a love for texture, colour, and a bit of creative adventure. You’ll leave with a tactile, vibrant seascape that’s bursting with energy, movement, and watery wonder.


✨ How PIE Semi-Guided Workshops Run
You arrive, take a breath, pick your welcome drink and settle into your spot at the table where the magic will happen. We start on time, so make sure you`re there and ready to dive in.

Next, your instructor takes the stage, giving you a quick, easy intro to the materials — a clear theme and technique to start with – think of them as your creative launchpad. From there, it’s all about what you do with it.

Then the fun really begins. Our instructors are there to show you the essentials, share tips, and keep you inspired… but the real magic happens when you dive into your own creative waters ;) Follow the guidance closely or take a playful detour – both paths are perfect.
It’s the ideal balance of support and self-expression: enough structure to feel confident, enough freedom to surprise yourself. A little deeper, a little more intentional, and always a lot of fun.