By Category : Arts, Crafts & Hobbies courses in Ireland

Tutor:  Noel Hayes In this course students will learn how to use watercolour paints and how to handle brushes and materials. We will explore the basic methods and techniques used in watercolour painting. The class is aimed to assist students […]

Tutor:  Noel Hayes This 10 week course is aimed towards students who have basic experience of Watercolours or have completed the Beginners Guide to Watercolours in the People’s College or classes in the past through other outlets. The class will […]

Weekly Painting classes Painting & Drawing Cost: 4 x 3 hours classes for €140* choose 4 classes at a time that suits your timetable. Days and Time:  Wednesday and Saturday full day 10-4 or Morning 10-1 and Afternoons  – 13:00-16:00 […]

Book this Wine Appreciation course for September 2018. Treat your palate to this delicious Wine Appreciation course run by Rathmines College of Further Education

This 10-week Wood Carving and Woodcraft course is available in September and in January. Students will work with a variety of wood to produce small projects suitable to their skill and experience. No previous experience in Woodworking necessary. Suitable for […]

Learn the ancient art of woodcarving. This course is project based and will cover the fundamentals of woodcarving. Participants will be tutored in the skills of both relief carving and carving in the round. The course will also cover the […]

Develop the basic skills of woodcarving and tool care in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Tools can be provided.

This programme is suitable for those who wish to equip themselves with the knowledge, skill and competence to use woodwork tools and equipment safely and to plan, design and carry out basic woodcraft assignments.

This Woodturning class provided by GTI runs on Monday evenings. Woodturning is hands on skill, which must be done with patience and finesse. Woodturning evening classes are delivered by Galway Technical Institute on Monday nights. Currently the times are either […]

WOODTURNING (Beginners) Learn all you need to know to start or improve your woodturning. No experience necessary, just a love of wood. Participants will make 2 major projects. €25 extra for specialist timber to be used. www.hartstown-cep.com

WOODTURNING (Intermediate/Advanced) Participants must be confident with lathe and tools and have completed at least one beginners course. €25 extra for specialist timber to be used. www.hartstown-cep.com

Over this ten week Woodwork course learn all the basic skills of working with wood. Become familiar with the tools and techniques required to produce at least one project that you can proudly display in your home. Working with natural […]

This programme is suitable for those who wish to equip themselves with the knowledge, skill and competence to use woodwork tools and equipment safely and to plan, design and carry out basic woodcraft assignments.

Woodwork  An 8 Week Birdhouse Construction Course for Adult Beginners  Get ready to start an amazing journey to build a sleek simple birdhouse! For the next 8 weeks, we’ll walk you through the steps to create a stunning wooden home […]

These classes are Woodwork and Joinery for beginners and will see participants successfully craft a solid wood piece of furniture using traditional jointing skills and finishing techniques such as oils, stains and varnishes. No prior knowledge or skillset is required […]

Develop an understanding of basic hand and small Woodwork machinery tools.  Learn to design & make your own project in this Woodwork course.

Develop an understanding of basic hand and small machinery tools during this Woodwork course.  Learn to design & make your own project.

This Woodwork course is designed for students wishing to further develop their hand tool skills and knowledge on from the beginner stage. It is also for those that have an interest in learning to make the different wood joints and […]

This practical based course is designed for the absolute beginner and will deal with the use of tools and the making of basic wood joints. Each student will progress to complete a project to take home. Basic materials are provided.

This course is designed to help people take that step; people who are keen to begin writing but remain intimidated by the blank page. Emphasis will be on producing something new: crafting effective sentences, learning how to be attentive to […]

This daylong generative writing workshop will use a proven creative writing method to unlock creativity. The Amherst Writers and Artists Method Workshop has been used with great success throughout Ireland and the USA for almost 30 years. Using carefully selected […]

This course is perfect for those who would like an intensive creative writing experience. Using the Amherst Writers and Artists creative writing workshop method, this course meets for three full days to build on creative momentum and stay in the […]

Like Creative Step Part 1, this course is designed to help people who are keen to begin writing but remain intimidated by the blank page. As with the previous course, we will look at some examples of writing from published […]

This course is tailor-made to facilitate emerging writers, those with on-going projects, as well as published authors. The aim of this course is to assist writers to realise their writing ambitions and potential by finding and using their skills to […]

The aim of this course is to assist writers to realise their writing ambitions and potential by finding and using their skills to create fiction for todays market. The course is tailor-made to facilitate beginners who dream of writing through […]

In this course, we will explore the ways creative writing can enhance well-being. We will look at how the regular practice of writing enhances time & space management, appreciation of artistic achievement,  productivity  and leads to the development of  rewarding […]

NEXT GENERATION WRITERS…     Do you run a childcare centre or afterschool? We now provide special writing courses for the next generation of writers! Get in touch to learn more about our wonderful Young Writer courses!   Available 3.30-5.30 […]

NEXT GENERATION WRITERS…     Do you run a childcare centre or afterschool? We now provide special writing courses for the next generation of writers! Get in touch to learn more about our wonderful Young Writer courses!   Available 3.30-5.30 […]