11 Brush courses in Manchester

Authentic Art workshops led by a local artist.

Watercolour for Beginners – Saturday 8th June – 10:30-13:30- Friends Meeting House Manchester During this course, you will discover how a deeper understanding of painting techniques can equip you with the practical methods and skills to help you with any future paintings you want to attempt. Suitable for people of all levels of experience; from those who are new to watercolour painting, to more experienced artist, this foundational course in watercolour painting, unites primary techniques so that you can expand your creativity in one coherent approach. This fully guided course covers topics such as: · Seeing shape: Translating three-dimensional objects into simple shapes before painting. · Mark Making: Exploring different types of marks and developing good brush control. · Understanding Basic Techniques: Learning fundamental techniques such as creating washes, wet-on-wet, wet -on-dry, glazing, lifting, and blending. · Colour Mixing: Learning how to mix colours to create a wide range of hues and values. · Composition: Exploring the principals of composition and design to create visually interesting drawings. · Subject Matter Exploration: Experimenting with different subjects such as still life and flowers. General Info: ⏳ Duration: 3 Hours 📍 Location : Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester , M2 5NS 👤 Age required: 16+ with a valid ID ♿ Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible What We Will Provide: · Watercolour Paper & Drawing board · Drawing pencils, eraser, and sharpener · A range of watercolour paints . Tuition from our resident watercolour artist .Instructional handbook

Choose what you want to learn in this fast-track hairdressing course. Aimed at those who’ve left college with a hairdressing qualification but don’t feel confident enough on the salon floor or those needing to brush up on a specific skill. Our training concentrates on cutting, colouring, styling and barbering.

Choose what you want to learn in this fast-track hairdressing course. Aimed at those who’ve left college with a hairdressing qualification but don’t feel confident enough on the salon floor or those needing to brush up on a specific skill. Our training concentrates on cutting, colouring, styling and barbering.

Authentic Art workshops led by a local artist.

On Debbie's relaxing, fun felting workshop you'll take home a gorgeous, hand-felted, embellished vessel. Treat yourself to some 'me time'! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This event is suitable for complete beginners as well as those who want to brush up their skills or just enjoy a couple of hours making a lovely felted vessel! What you will learn: * How to set up your space, what equipment and materials you will use and how to prepare your fibre for felting * The essential principles of wet-felting - what types of felting methods there are, what fibres you can felt and how the fibres are used * How to create a 3D piece of felt and shape into a bowl or similar vessel * Adding embellishments * Finishing your bowl You will need: Nothing! Debbie will provide a wide range of coloured fibres, threads and embellishments. All the equipment and materials are also included so just bring yourself! Get your workshop materials & goodies with a discount coupon Newsletter subscribers receive exclusive workshop offers so to bag your offer and be the first in the queue for bookings, do sign up on our home page. About the classes Debbie loves to teach and has been a felter for over 20 years so you'll be able to pick her brains for tips, tricks and hacks! Debbie's sessions are fun and enjoyable. The pace is relaxed and there is plenty of time to ask questions and chat. About Debbie Debbie has been a textile artist for over 30 years. Debbie teaches wet and needle-felting, nuno felting and mixed media textiles. Debbie is the author of 5 internationally published books, Hand-Dyed Yarn Craft Projects, Complete Knitting Skills, 250 Knitting Stitches, Knitting.Learn it.Love it and How to Knit. When she's not felting, dyeing, designing, knitting or crocheting, you'll find her in the garden, tending her dyeplants, enjoying a nice craft beer or hugging a big mug of builders' tea. And if you're out and about, she can often be found in the mosh pit at a gig or enjoying some folk music! Is there anything we can help with? If you need any information about this course, please don't hesitate to get in touch by email or phone.

Experience Nature’s Beautiful Blues in this online indigo dyeing workshop with dye expert Debbie Tomkies. Join and dye along or watch later! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this relaxed, online workshop Debbie will be showing you how to set up a simple dye vat using sodium carbonate (soda ash) and thiourea dioxide (spectralite). This reliable, easy to use vat can be created easily at home with our Natural Indigo starter kit and some basic equipment. Debbie will be showing you how to prepare fabric for dyeing, some simple tie-dye techniques, how to dye your fabric, building up colour, finishing and a brief look at overdyeing. Course level: This event is suitable for complete beginners as well as those who want to brush up their skills or just enjoy a couple of hours indigo dyeing! What you will learn: * How to set up and maintain a simple indigo vat * Preparing your fabric for dyeing * The essential principles of indigo dyeing * What vat dyeing is and how it works * What can be dyed in an indigo vat * A brief look at overdyeing * A selection of simple tie-dyeing techniques on fabric You will need: We recommend our Natural indigo starter kit which contains all the ingredients you’ll need as well as our accompanying full instruction booklet Alternatively, please our free downloadable guide sets out what materials and equipment you will need. Most of the equipment is easily obtainable from the local supermarket or DIY shop (Wilko and B&M are our favourites in the UK!) but please make sure anything you use isn’t used for food afterwards. Get your workshop materials & goodies with a discount coupon: Newsletter subscribers receive exclusive workshop offers so to bag your offer and be the first in the queue for bookings, do sign up on our home page. Support good causes! A proportion of our online workshop fees raise funds for local organisations like Don't Walk Past group so we hope you'll share on your social media and invite friends to sign up if they would like to take part. How does the session work? Our online sessions are flexible and you can watch from anywhere! You simply need access to a pc/mac, laptop, tablet or smartphone with a camera and audio to join. The session is also recorded for ticket holders to view for 2 months after the event..You can choose to watch the session live and dye-a-long with Debbie. Alternatively, watch live with your feet up and a cuppa and have a go later. The recording will be available for 2 months after the event for you to watch at your leisure. About the classes Debbie loves to teach and has been a dyer for over 30 years so you’ll be able to pick her brains for tips, tricks and hacks!Debbie’s online sessions are fun and enjoyable. The pace is relaxed and there is time to dye along if you wish or watch and have a go later. You’ll be able to ask questions live during the session and the chat box means you can also interact live with Debbie and the other students. About Debbie Debbie has been a hand-dyer for over 30 years. She has worked with yarn companies, hand-dyeing yarns for commercial collections. She also ran successful yarn and fibre dye clubs for a number of years.Debbie teaches dyeing and printing with both synthetic and natural dyes, including indigo and woad vat dyeing. She works with yarn, fabric and fibres. Debbie is the author of 5 internationally published books, Hand-Dyed Yarn Craft Projects, Complete Knitting Skills, 250 Knitting Stitches, Knitting.Learn it.Love it and How to Knit.When she’s not dyeing, designing, knitting or crocheting, you’ll find her in the garden, tending her dyeplants, enjoying a nice craft beer or hugging a big mug of builders’ tea. And if you’re out and about, she can often be found in the mosh pit at a gig or enjoying some folk music! Is there anything we can help with? If you need any information about this course, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by email or phone.

Create gorgeous, unique yarn on this hand dyeing workshop with dye expert Debbie Tomkies. Join and dye along or watch later! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course level: This event is suitable for complete beginners as well as those who want to brush up their skills or just enjoy a couple of hours dyeing some fab yarn! What you will learn: * How to set up your space and prepare your yarn for dyeing * The essential principles of hand dyeing - what types of dye there are, what fibres you can dye and how the dyes are used on each fibre * How to make up your dyes, create colours from pastels to the deepest shades * Blending your dyes to create your own colourways * Fun ways to apply dye to your yarn, including immersion, low water immersion, handpainting, rainbow dyeing and more * Fixing your dye * Finishing your yarn You will need: * We recommend either our acid dye or procion dye kits. These contain all the ingredients you'll need as well as our accompanying full instruction booklet. To get you started, we would suggest a set of three dye colours (available in the starter kits) will give you loads of colour potential. If you have the budget, the deluxe kits offer a wider range with 12 gorgeous colours. You can also use your own dyes (please get in touch if you're not sure whether the dyes you have will be suitable). * You will also need some natural fibre yarn. Ideally wool or an animal fibre but if you prefer a non-animal fibre, cotton, rayon, bamboo, linen and other plant-based yarns can also be used. You'll find an extensive range of undyed yarn on our website but you may are welcome to use your own yarn. And of course, we're very happy to advise if you're not sure whether what you have is suitable. * Our free downloadable guide also sets out what materials and equipment you will need. Most of the equipment is cheaply and easily obtainable from the local supermarket or DIY shop (Wilko and B&M are our favourites in the UK!) but please make sure anything you use isn't used for food afterwards. Get your workshop materials & goodies with a discount coupon Newsletter subscribers receive exclusive workshop offers so to bag your offer and be the first in the queue for bookings, do sign up on our home page. Support good causes! A proportion of our online workshop fees raise funds for local organisations like Don't Walk Past group so we hope you'll share on your social media and invite friends to sign up if they would like to take part. How does the session work? Our online sessions are flexible and you can watch from anywhere! You simply need access to a pc/mac, laptop, tablet or smartphone with a camera and audio to join. The session is also recorded for ticket holders to view for 2 months after the event.. You can choose to watch the session live and dye-a-long with Debbie. Alternatively, watch live with your feet up and a cuppa and have a go later. The recording will be available for 2 months after the event for you to watch at your leisure. About the classes Debbie loves to teach and has been a dyer for over 30 years so you'll be able to pick her brains for tips, tricks and hacks! Debbie's online sessions are fun and enjoyable. The pace is relaxed and there is time to dye along if you wish or watch and have a go later. You'll be able to ask questions live during the session and the chat box means you can also interact live with Debbie and the other students. About Debbie Debbie has been a hand-dyer for over 30 years. She has worked with yarn companies, hand-dyeing yarns for commercial collections. She also ran successful yarn and fibre dye clubs for a number of years. Debbie teaches dyeing and printing with both synthetic and natural dyes, including indigo and woad vat dyeing. She works with yarn, fabric and fibres. Debbie is the author of 5 internationally published books, Hand-Dyed Yarn Craft Projects, Complete Knitting Skills, 250 Knitting Stitches, Knitting.Learn it.Love it and How to Knit. When she's not dyeing, designing, knitting or crocheting, you'll find her in the garden, tending her dyeplants, enjoying a nice craft beer or hugging a big mug of builders' tea. And if you're out and about, she can often be found in the mosh pit at a gig or enjoying some folk music! Is there anything we can help with? If you need any information about this course, please don't hesitate to get in touch by email or phone.

REFERENCE CODE 610/0054/0 COURSE LEVEL NVQ Level 3 THIS COURSE IS AVAILABLE IN COURSE OVERVIEW Who is this qualification for? This qualification is aimed at those who are involved in setting out and erecting masonry structures onsite working from drawings and specifications. The structures could be brick and blockwork or local materials. It is not expected that candidates working in this industry all do the same activities, so the qualification is structured to ensure that there is a high degree of flexibility within the units available and will allow employees from companies of all sizes and specialisms equal opportunity to complete. To provide this opportunity in addition to the mandatory units’ candidates will also be able to select optional units recognising specific skills What is required from candidates? Qualifications are now required to indicate the total qualification time (TQT), this is to show the typical time it will take someone to attain the required skills and knowledge to meet the qualification criteria, this qualification has a TQT of 610 hours. Qualifications are also required to indicate the number of hours of teaching someone would normally need to receive in order to achieve the qualification. These are referred to as Guided Learning Hours (GLH). The GLH for this qualification is 334. Group A MANDATORY UNITS Level Credit Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the Workplace Developing and Maintaining Good Occupational Working Relationships in the Workplace Confirming the Occupational Method of Work in the Workplace Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace Erecting and Dismantling Access/Working Platforms in the Workplace Preparing surfaces for painting and/or decorating in the workplace Applying surface coatings by brush and roller in the workplace Optional units Group A – Minimum of 1 unit must be achieved from this group Hang wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers) in the workplace Hanging non-standard width wallcoverings in the workplace 3 20 Optional units Group B-Minimum of 1 unit must be achieved from this group Applying coatings by the airless spray method in the workplace Summary of the: LEVEL 3 NVQ DIPLOMA IN DECORATIVE FINISHING-PAINTING AND DECORATING (CONSTRUCTION) Producing and applying complex stencils in the workplace 3 21 Hanging wallcoverings to complex surfaces in the workplace 3 32 Hanging wallcoverings (specialised paper) in the workplace 4 30 Assessment Guidance: Evidence should show that you can complete all of the learning outcomes for each unit being taken. Types of evidence: Evidence of performance and knowledge is required. Evidence of performance should be demonstrated by activities and outcomes, and should be generated in the workplace only, unless indicated under potential sources of evidence (see below). Evidence of knowledge can be demonstrated though performance or by responding to questions. Quantity of evidence: Evidence should show that you can meet the requirements of the units in a way that demonstrates that the standards can be achieved consistently over an appropriate period of time. Potential sources of evidence: The main source of evidence for each unit will be observation of the candidate’s performance and knowledge demonstrated during the completion of the unit. This can be supplemented by the following types of physical or documentary evidence: * Accident book/reporting systems * Photo/video evidence * Safety records * Work diaries * Training records * Timesheets * Audio records * Telephone Logs * Job specifications and documentation * Meeting records * Delivery Records * Records of toolbox talks * Witness testimonies * Equipment * Correspondence with customers * Prepared materials and sites * Notes and memos * Completed work Please Note that photocopied or downloaded documents such as manufacturers or industry guidance, H&S policies, Risk Assessments etc, are not normally acceptable evidence for these qualifications unless accompanied by a record of a professional discussion or Assessor statement confirming candidate knowledge of the subject. If you are in any doubt about the validity of evidence, please contact Oscar Onsite Academy

Some people naturally possess an ability to sell and others over time develop their own style. We have created a highly practical course to give you the confidence and ability to sell over the phone or face to face. We focus the exercises, theory and discussion on your own job role and experiences to ensure you can return to the workplace to deliver tangible results. This 2-day course is designed for individuals who are new to selling, those in a sales role but have not received any formal training, or professionals who would like to brush up and enhance their current selling skills and learn some new techniques. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Syllabus The syllabus of the Essential Selling Skills course is comprised of seven modules, covering the following: Module One Understanding the Customer * The importance of good customer care * Selling vs. selling attitude * The reasons people buy * Adopting a positive approach Module Two Self-Awareness * Understanding your selling style * Adapting your selling style to your customer * Understanding your customers buying style Module Three Effective Communication and Rapport Building * Why does communication need to be effective? * Actively listening to your customers' needs * Right question at the right time * The impact of positive and emotive language Module Four Taking a Consultative Approach * Different styles of selling * Taking a consultative approach to selling * Preparation techniques * Buyer behaviour and motivation * A selling approach to match the buyers mind Module Five Presenting the Solution * Selling the benefits * Sales tool kit * Unique sales points * Advanced questioning techniques Module Six Gaining Commitment * Recognising and acting upon buying signals * Dealing with customers concerns * No means no? * How to cope in stressful situations Module Seven Confirming the Sale * Confirming or closing? * Effective confirming techniques * Going the extra mile -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BENEFITS FOR YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL This course will increase your confidence and ability to sell, having provided you with tools and techniques to achieve maximum results. Delegates always leave with fresh ideas, energy and motivation to succeed. FOR AN EMPLOYER The attitude of the delegates and the results they deliver will speak for themselves. All techniques are easy to apply back into the workplace for an immediate impact. WHAT WILL I LEARN? By the end of the course, participants will be able to: * Appreciate the need for preparation before a sales appointment * Effectively identify and meet needs with advanced questioning techniques * Identify verbal and non-verbal buying signals * Construct professional answers to questions and possible objections * Present your products and/or services with the buyer in mind * Identify and use a selling style appropriate to capture the buyer's attention * Recognise and overcome major objection types * How to apply effective confirmation techniques with the buyer in mind REAL PLAY OPTION We offer an innovative solution to engage the learners and bring real negotiation and closing scenarios to life. We use actors who improvise scenarios which have been specified by the group. * The group is split the group into 2 sub-groups, one with the actor, the other with the trainer. * Each group has a brief and has to instruct their trainer/actor on how to approach the scenario supplied. * The actor and trainer perform the role play(s) as instructed by their respective teams; however during the action they can be paused for further recommendations or direction. * The outcome is the responsibility of the team(s) - not the performers. SCHEDULED COURSES This course is not one that is currently scheduled as an open course, and is only available on an in-house basis. For more information please contact us.