Mixed Media

H2BA²

Three studios. Watercolour, acrylics, oils. More than a thousand students taught at the Cornish Craft Barn since the doors opened. If you want to learn to paint — really learn, not just follow along — this is the right place.

Art Club Morning
Watercolour Essentials
Bold, Fast & Loose Hare
Ink & Wash Journalling
Art workshop at the Cornish Craft Barn
Workshops at the Cornish Craft Barn
Learn to paint. Make something real.

Workshops at the Cornish Craft Barn · Online courses · A creative career programme for people who are serious about the transition.

Half-day and full-day sessions in Cornwall. All materials included. No experience needed unless stated.

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Watercolour
Acrylics
Oils
Drawing
Mixed Media
Life Drawing
Urban Sketching
Journalling

About Damian Sémonin

Watercolour Workshops

Acrylic Workshops

Oil Painting

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Teaching art at the Cornish Craft Barn —
over a thousand students since 2018.

I have a degree in IT and sports science. I spent thirty years in technology and business — bespoke software, a technical training division at an ISP acquired by Symantec, Lean Six Sigma, PRINCE2, a PGCE. Then I converted a warehouse into the Cornish Craft Barn. By hand. The cladding, the kitchen, over a thousand tiles. It took years.

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Sarah M., Falmouth

I’ve been coming to Art Club every Tuesday for eight months. The sessions are calm, focused, and I leave every week with something finished. Genuinely the best thing I’ve done for myself.

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