Take a pause from your normal day-to day life and discover mindful ways you can paint.

Enjoy slowing down with artist Kitty Hillier. See how focusing on your breath and being ‘in the moment’ can help you to make art more intuitively and free you up. Visit Porthmeor Beach to sketch and collect natural and man-made objects, to inspire your paintings back in the studio. 

Following processes led by Kitty, experiment with colour, texture and low relief to make a set of mindfully made images.

For children aged 7-10, this is a Kids Art Club like no other, where children get to work on easels and use the same high art quality materials as our adult courses. They are taught by experienced artist tutors and start to take their first steps as Young Artists.

SCHOLARSHIPS: Thanks to generous support from our fee paying families and St Ives Rotary, we are able to offer up to 4 scholarship places per session awarded on a need basis. If you are on a low income please contact [email protected] for an application form to apply for a free scholarship place.

FUNDRAISING: If you are able to support a free place for another child, we would be hugely grateful if you would add a donation to your booking at checkout.

What to Bring

Our studios are fully equipped and we provide you with all the art materials you need for your workshop, so just bring yourself and lots of enthusiasm!

We provide aprons but encourage you to not wear your best clothes.

Timings and Breaks

The workshops start at 10am and finish at 12pm. We will have a comfort break in the middle.

The class will be held in the ground floor studio at the School of Painting.