We are a small art shop and adult art education centre in the heart of Banbury. Our popular art workshops cover all fine arts: Watercolours, Acrylics, Oils, Drawing and Colour Mixing as well as looking in to Art History and the traditional methods used by the great masters. We also provide 1-2-1 art tuition at a time to suit you - either at the shop or in your own home.

If you're a grown up and want to enjoy yourselfs for a hen party, stag do, birthday or just to get together with friends, we offer our 'Arty Party' package where we will bring our workshop to your home, venue or our classroom. Choose the subject and the medium and we'll provide the paterials bnecessary to give you an art class and a party to remember (it's even better when non of you are experienced artists)! We'll even bring a bottle of wine to help you enjoy the party even more! Why let the kids have all the fun? See our website for further details.

Our tutor is a highly experienced adult education tutor with over 15 year teaching experience. A practicing artist himself, he has also worked as a demonstrator for Daler-Rowney and Leisure Painter magazine and currently also teaches for the Oxfordshire section of the WEA, writes the art pages in popular country lifestyle magazine Four Shires and also gives talks and demonstrations to art groups, W.I. groups and alike as well as teaching two other art groups in villages in the Oxfordshire area.. His down to earth approach combined with his sense of humour makes Barry a very popular tutor.

We also carry a range of essential art materials for sale and anyone attending our classes or who belong to art groups and societies receieve a 12% discount on all items unless they are already discounted. Our first floor classroom area comfortably seats 10 adults and is adjacent to a small kitchen area and toilet. Tea and coffee is available throughout our workshops at only 10p per cup!

Our competitve tuition fees as well as our experience and knowledge in our field make us the place to start in art.