Welcome

Put on an apron, roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty! Create earthy textures and forms, collect ideas in your sketch book, stand at an easel with charcoal, paint and dreams. Sip a mug of tea by the fire and look at books about artists, sculptors and potters. Laugh, learn, play and rest!

Clay and Paint is a down-to-earth artists’ retreat in the friendly town of Buckfastleigh, between wild Dartmoor and the South Devon coast. Classes in painting, pottery and crafts are held in an artist’s home and barn on Fore Street, as well as in our beautiful local arts centre.

This characterful little art school offers carefully structured courses for adults and children of all levels in a relaxed happy environment. Tutored by friendly experienced local artists, here you can learn new skills and disciplines, develop your unique artistic voice and remember how to breathe.


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