Structured courses in the medium you love, and a tutor who looks at your actual work and talks it through with you. Go at your own pace. No subscription, and no pressure to exhibit.
Built by Ulverston Art House, a working gallery and framing studio in Cumbria.
Finished a piece?
Put it on a mug, cards or a framed print. Entirely optional.
Dip in with one piece, learn a medium properly, or take your work all the way to exhibition.
A single themed piece, made at your own pace. A good way to see how the feedback feels.
Six lessons in one medium, from first marks to a finished piece, with your tutor alongside you.
Three tiers, Beginner to Advanced, for developing your own style and taking your work further.
Each side-shoot guides you through one piece to hang on your own wall. Your first one is free, with real feedback and no card needed. After that, each side-shoot is £5 with two tutor conversations included, or own any Academy tier to unlock them all.
Open the Card Studio, add your own painting or a favourite photo, choose a greeting and a message inside, and see the finished card as you go. Your tutor is on standby if you'd like advice. A pack of 10 A5 cards with envelopes is £17.95, including UK postage. Order by 12 December for Christmas.
Open the Card Studio Or get free feedback on a painting firstEach course is £10, one-off: six lessons and eight tutor conversations. The lessons are yours to keep.
Learn to see. Line, tone, proportion and the confidence to put pencil to paper.
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Washes, layers and letting the water do some of the work.
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Rich colour straight from the stick. Blending, layering and soft light.
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Bold, forgiving and quick to dry. A brilliant place to start painting.
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The classic. Mixing, building up layers and working with a slower medium.
Opening soon Find a kit at ArtwayA short teaching part, a practice exercise, then share your work. Around one a week, or whatever suits you.
Each is one upload plus the back-and-forth that follows, valid for 12 months. Need more? Top up 5 for £4.
Each course links to a matching kit from our partner Artway, or use your own. We may earn a small commission on kits bought through our links.
Your finished piece, and the option to see it on a mug, cards or a framed print.
Upload a photo of your work whenever you're ready. Your tutor looks at your actual piece, every time, and tells you honestly what's working and one clear thing to try next.
If it gets something wrong, you tell it, and it adjusts, just as a good teacher would.
Completely optional. A keepsake for you, or a gift that really means something.
One finished piece, three ways to enjoy it. All prices include UK postage.
Three tiers taken one at a time, each with around six lessons that build on each other, and 25 tutor conversations. Your strongest work can be framed by Ulverston Art House and shown in a public exhibition. Exhibiting is your choice, never a requirement.
Learn to really look. Colour, shape and light, and your first complete piece.
Find your own voice and build a small, confident body of work.
Your strongest work, selected, framed and shown to real visitors and buyers.
Pay once for what you want. Nothing renews automatically, and extras are only there if you need them.
Genuinely personal. The AI tutor looks at your actual photo, every time, not a script or a template. It tells you honestly when something's working and gives you one real thing to try next, specific to what you made. If a piece is already excellent, it says so, rather than inventing a fix nobody needs.
No. Everything is a one-off payment: £5 for a side-shoot, £10 for a course, £60 for an Academy tier. Nothing renews automatically.
Yes. Your first side-shoot is completely free, with real feedback and no card required. See how it feels before deciding on anything.
Yes, more than for anyone else. This exists for people who'd normally say "I can't draw" or "I'm just not creative." You're creating more than you realise already. This gives it structure, and someone paying proper attention.
Use whatever you already have. If you'd like a matching set, each course links to a kit from our partner Artway. We may earn a small commission on kits bought through our links.
Completely yours, always. We never claim any rights over what you create. If you'd ever like a piece shown in our community gallery, that's entirely optional and your choice.
Platforms like Skillshare give you videos to watch, which is useful, but nobody ever looks at what you make. Here, every piece you submit gets individual feedback. That's the whole point.
Yes. Ulverston Art House also runs a seller marketplace. Once you've made something you're proud of, you can register as a vendor and sell it yourself on the same site.
Try one side-shoot free and see how the feedback feels. There's no card needed and nothing to cancel.
