Step into the festive and enchanting world of watercolour and learn how to paint your own Christmas-inspired artwork in this beginner-friendly workshop. In this three-hour class, you’ll be guided through a series of classic Christmas studies, exploring how watercolour can be used to create rich evergreen foliage, warm gingerbread tones, vibrant festive colours, and charming seasonal details. Whether you’ve never picked up a brush before or want to build your confidence with watercolour, this workshop will give you the skills to create your own beautiful, handmade Christmas card or artwork. You’ll begin with guided exercises exploring:

• Creating transparent layers of colour

• Building light and shadow with watercolour

• Creating soft edges and atmospheric effects

• Using wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques

• Creating the illusion of glowing light

Once you feel comfortable with the techniques, you’ll move into four Christmas-inspired studies. You’ll learn how to:

• Paint a charming gingerbread man using warm brown washes, soft shadows, and decorative icing details.

• Create a classic Christmas tree using layered greens, expressive brushstrokes, and natural texture.

• Paint a colourful Christmas bauble, exploring rounded shapes, shading, highlights, and festive patterns.

• Paint holly leaves and bright red berries, practising leaf shapes, colour mixing, layering, and fine details.

In the final portion of the class, you’ll put your new skills to the test with a self-led Christmas painting that can either be a card or artwork. Using the techniques and elements you’ve learned throughout the workshop, you’ll create your own festive Christmas card/artwork — whether that’s a charming gingerbread scene, a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, a colourful bauble design, or a festive arrangement of holly and berries. You’ll have the freedom to combine the elements however you like and add your own Christmas-inspired details, making your final artwork uniquely yours.

Late Arrival Policy

Please arrive on time for your workshop. To ensure the session runs smoothly and out of respect for other participants, a maximum grace period of 5 minutes will be provided after the scheduled start time. If you have not arrived within 5 minutes of the workshop commencing, your booking will be considered a no-show, your place may be offered to another participant or the workshop will continue without you, and no refund, credit, or transfer will be provided. If you anticipate being delayed, please contact Broomstick & Brush Studio as soon as possible. While every effort will be made to accommodate unforeseen circumstances, late entry cannot be guaranteed once the workshop has begun.

Please note: In the unlikely event that we don't reach the minimum number of bookings, we may cancel the session; if that happens, we'll inform you and let you choose between a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.