Oxford Summer School

Oxford Summer School 2025

Oxford Summer School offers a wide range of art and craft courses, personally tutored on-site by experienced professionals who are well-known in the Art & Craft world. Our courses are suitable for a broad range of abilities and experience. All courses are priced at £65 per day plus materials as shown, these are paid directly to your tutor.

Summer School 2025 will run from Monday 4th August to Saturday 9th August with Saturday set aside for one-day classes. There are lots of new classes in 2025 which are shown with a

Please check the Information Page for additional information, times of classes and booking terms.

After booking you will receive an email with payment information. Please check your junk mail for this and contact us if you have any problems.

Classes make great gifts, so consider buying one for a friend or relative as a special present.

All classes are held at The Oxford Academy in Littlemore, OX4 6JZ which has parking and is also accessible via public transport.

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Courses for 2025

Courses A-Z Tutor Start Date Days Cost
All that Glisters Richard Box Wed 6th Aug 3 £195
An Introduction to Pastels and Pastel Pencils Kevin Scully Mon 4th Aug 2 £130
Atmospheric Landscapes in Acrylic David Bannister Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Batik & Print with Jenny O'Leary & Alison Hulme Jenny O'Leary Mon 4th Aug 2 £130
Beaded Seahorse Sculpture Nicky Brown Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Beautiful Birds In Batik on Tissue Jenny O'Leary Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Beginners Calligraphy Yvonne Holmes Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Birds and Butterflies Painting workshop Lucy Burton Wed 6th Aug 1 £65
Botanical Illustration Valerie Price Mon 4th Aug 5 £325
Breton Style Basket Richard Kerwood Mon 4th Aug 1 £65
Building up up the surface - from sketchbook to finished piece Polly Woolstone Mon 4th Aug 2 £130
Carve your own Wood Panel Sebastian Burchart Mon 4th Aug 5 £325
Charcoal Portraits Mandy Monkcom Thu 7th Aug 1 £65
Chinese Brush Painting Desmond Chung Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Corn Dolly Penny Maltby Fri 8th Aug 1 £65
Creative Bookmaking and More Penny Maltby Mon 4th Aug 3 £195
Creative Journey - Print, Paint and Collage Jo Dixon Mon 4th Aug 4 £260
Crepe Paper Potted Succulents Nicky Brown Thu 7th Aug 1 £65
Design Your Own Quilt Christine Green Mon 4th Aug 2 £130
Design your own Glass and Ceramic Tile Becky Paton Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Drypoint Etching Liam Biswell Thu 7th Aug 2 £130
Experimental Camera-less Photography John A. Blythe Mon 4th Aug 3 £195
Expressive Drawing from a Life Model Laura Degenhardt Wed 6th Aug 3 £195
Felt Flowers Katerina Wild Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
From Photographs to Painting the Landscape Jane Strother Mon 4th Aug 5 £325
Gel Plate Printing with Textiles Jayne Emerson Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
In Celebration of Silk Janet Phillips Wed 6th Aug 1 £65
Inspired by Dry Stone Walls Janet Phillips Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Introduction to Glass Gilding Katrin Gaska Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Introduction to Life Drawing from a Model Laura Degenhardt Mon 4th Aug 2 £130
Introduction to Modern Calligraphy Yvonne Holmes Fri 8th Aug 1 £65
Kawandi Quilting Christine Green Wed 6th Aug 2 £130
Landscapes in Charcoal David Bannister Wed 6th Aug 1 £65
Make a Simple Frame Basket​ in a Day Richard Kerwood Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Making Pictures in Free Motion Machine Embroidery Linda Miller Wed 6th Aug 3 £195
Making Stories With Fabric, Paper And Stitch Suzette Smart Thu 7th Aug 2 £130
Marbled Papers for Books and Cards Janey Whitehorn Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Marbling and Scarves Janey Whitehorn Thu 7th Aug 2 £130
Medieval Tiles Angie Hughes Mon 4th Aug 3 £195
Monoprint & Stitch Landscape on Fabric Scroll/Book Jenny O'Leary Tue 5th Aug 2 £130
Mood and Atmosphere in Wild Watercolours Kevin Scully Wed 6th Aug 3 £195
Needle Felted Kingfisher Sarah Richards Wed 6th Aug 2 £130
Paint a Hare in Watercolours Richard Box Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Painting Portraits in Acrylics David Bannister Thu 7th Aug 2 £130
Papercutting Christine Green Fri 8th Aug 1 £65
Pen and Wash from Nature Mandy Monkcom Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Pet Portraits with Personality Lucy Burton Tue 5th Aug 1 £65
Pinhole Photography - Creating Your Own Pinhole Camera John A. Blythe Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Print and Print and Make a Pinny Alison Hulme Wed 6th Aug 2 £130
Print: Place: Stitch – Inspired by Land, Sea and Trees Amanda Hislop Mon 4th Aug 3 £195
Round and Oval Baskets Catherine Tregaskes Wed 6th Aug 3 £195
Seedpods in Batik on Tissue with added Nets and Stitch Jenny O'Leary Thu 7th Aug 2 £130
Shoreline Colour: Placement with Hand Stitch Amanda Hislop Fri 8th Aug 1 £65
Singalong a Showstopper Jenni Matthews Mon 4th Aug 2 £130
Sketchbook Development- Observations and Experimentation Amanda Hislop Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Spiral Straw Penny Maltby Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Stained Glass – Colour and Light Nicola Kantorowicz Mon 4th Aug 4 £260
Still Life Embroidered Collage Suzette Smart Tue 5th Aug 2 £130
Summer Garden in Rag Rugs Janet Phillips Tue 5th Aug 1 £65
Tie Dye and Print with Metallic Foil Sarah Martinez Thu 7th Aug 2 £130
Twined Basketry Catherine Tregaskes Sat 9th Aug 1 £65
Water Soluble Magic Jayne Emerson Fri 8th Aug 1 £65
Weaving on a Wheel Polly Woolstone Wed 6th Aug 3 £195
Who’s Still Afraid of Watercolours? Richard Box Mon 4th Aug 2 £130
Willow for Garden Enhancement Richard Kerwood Tue 5th Aug 1 £65
Zorn Palette Portraits in Oils Mark Fennell Sat 9th Aug 1 £65

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