by Julia Pendlebury
Art Classes, Sip & Paint Events & Corporate Workshops in Manchester, Wigan & Lancashire
Professional art tuition and creative workshops for adults, young learners, schools & organisations - delivered in the studio, classroom or workplace.
Corporate & Creative Events
Creative art workshops for adults and young people — in the studio, local venues, schools and workplaces.
Fully guided sessions led by experienced Art & Design teacher Julia Pendlebury.
Children’s Art Club & School Projects
A world of pure imagination!
Fun, Fine Art classes. Structured art lessons with a trained artist and qualified and experienced Art & Design teacher
Art Classes in Lancashire and Wigan
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The Everyone Art Class - Sunday Art Club
Wigan & Chorley
Everyone Art Class – Sunday Art Club
Try out our Sunday Art Club — a fun, welcoming one-hour session for ages 6+ to 99 years! Perfect for solo artists, adults, children, families, grandparents - Everyone!
Each class is fully guided by a qualified, DfE-registered Art & Design teacher with decades of experience. You’ll learn to draw from scratch, explore a range of materials, and pick up the best tips and tricks that really work!
Sessions take place on Sundays across Wigan and Chorley, with something new to enjoy each time.
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SexyFish- Watercolours & Inks Sip, Paint & Graze
Wednesday, 26th August 2026
Poet’s Corner, 81 Mesnes Rd, Wigan WN1 2QT
18:00- 21:00
SexyFish 🐟✨
Dive into a decadent evening of Japanese-inspired watercolours, inks and shimmering metallics, taking inspiration from the unforgettable underwater glamour of Manchester’s iconic Sexy Fish.
Join Julia from Mino Art School for a fully guided, step-by-step masterclass, creating your own beautiful window-mounted koi artwork. With no drawing required, you’ll explore specialist paints, dyes and inks, with high-quality materials and multiple close-up demonstrations throughout.
And, of course, it wouldn’t be Poet’s Corner without their signature sumptuous grazing table. Pair your painting and grazing with a matcha latte, matcha cocktail or, of course, refreshing Aperol and spritzes, available to purchase separately from the bar, for the ultimate late-summer treat. 🍵🍸✨
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Funky Floral Cacti
Thursday 10th, September 2026
The Wayfarer, Alder Lane, Parbold WN8 7NL
18:30 - 21:00
Join Julia from Mino Art School at the gorgeous Wayfarer for a vibrant evening of acrylic painting, desert blooms and plenty of colour!
Together, we’ll create a fabulous Floral Cacti painting on canvas, packed with rich colour, bold pattern and a gorgeous interior design feel. Choose your own palette, add your own style and flair, and create a statement piece that will look brilliant in your home. We'll be working on an A3 premium stretched canvas.
This workshop is fully guided, step by step, with live demonstrations and teaching throughout. No worksheets, no guesswork. We’ll move through the painting together, and your experienced Art & Design teacher will take care of all the tricky bits.
Perfect for COMPLETE BEGINNERS! as well as anyone who simply fancies a relaxed and creative night out.
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Stag in Charcoal & Graphite
Thursday, 24th September
18:30 - 21:00
The Wayfarer, Alder Lane, Parbold WN8 7NL
Create this beautiful, atmospheric stag in a relaxed and fully guided art workshop using charcoal, graphite and a touch of watercolour.
Working on a largescale on a heavyweight cartridge paper, you’ll build up your stag using layering, shading, smudging and expressive mark-making, before introducing watercolour to create that dramatic, smoky background.
No drawing is required. You’ll have a pre-drawn pencil grey image ready for you, so the whole evening can be spent enjoying the charcoal and watercolour process.
I’ll demonstrate each technique up close as we go, with plenty of individual help and one-to-one teaching from a qualified Art & Design teacher.
A timeless classic. Atmospheric, bold and especially beautiful for autumn and winter, it’s the sort of finished piece that looks stunning framed and that you’ll actually be proud to put up at home rather than shove in a cupboard! It would also make a lovely handmade gift.
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Life Drawing Club - Wigan
Coming soon this Autumn 2026
The Brocket Arms, 38 Mesnes Road, Wigan WN1 2DD
18:30 - 20:30
Join Julia for a relaxed, guided life drawing evening.
Introducing our new Mino Art School Life Drawing Club at The Brocket Arms, Wigan.
A supportive, guided drawing session with a live nude model, suitable for complete beginners and more experienced artists.
At Mino Art School, real freehand drawing sits at the heart of what we do. Sometimes wobbly, sometimes wonky, always individual, drawing is where confidence grows and skills begin to develop.
Led by Julia, a qualified and experienced Art & Design teacher, this is a relaxed but focused session, with structure, for anyone wanting to try life drawing or returning artists building regular creative practice.
Drawing materials are provided along with paper, and you’re very welcome to bring your own sketchbooks and folders.
Cath - Facebook
“As a total newby, Julia is brilliantly instructive and incredibly supportive throughout. Lovely chilled evening and brilliant results! Can’t recommend Mino Paint and Sip enough!”
Lesley - Facebook
“Fabulous experience all round. Great evening even though we’d not done anything like this since school days! Relaxed, enjoyable and all the resources you need. It was great to give it a go and experience the freedom of painting without expectation. Totally liberating and I’ve painted since.”
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