Embrace your creativity with workshops delivered by professional artists and makers at Raveningham in the Waveney Valley.
Ceramics – Clay Club – weekly Sunday 10 – midday
Sundays 10 – Midday, £18 per session, materials included. BOOK HERE
Book a one off session or attend weekly. You can develop work over the course of a few weeks and have work bisque fired and then play around with colour and glaze. Learn how to make pinch/coil/slab pots, use the potters wheel or bring your own ideas to develop. We work with white earthenware clay and use colourful brush on glazes.
2026 DATES SUNDAYS 10am – book here
February 8th, 15th, 22nd
March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, NR14 6NU.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell
Ceramics – Clay Club – weekly Monday 6-8pm
Mondays 6-8pm, £18 per session, materials and kiln firings included.BOOK HERE
Book a one off session or attend weekly. You can develop work over the course of a few weeks and have work bisque fired and then play around with colour and glaze. Learn how to make pinch/coil/slab pots, use the potters wheel or bring your own ideas to develop. We work with white earthenware clay and use colourful brush on glazes.
2026 DATES MONDAYS 6pm – book here m – book here
February 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
March 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk, NR14 6NU.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell
Creative Spark – Art Club – weekly Wednesday 6-8pm
Wednesdays 6-8pm, £18 per session, materials and kiln firings included. BOOK HERE
Creative Spark is a weekly art club for adults who want time, space, and proper materials to make work. Maybe you want to try linoprint or develop your drawing and painting skills. You might want to combine drawing, sketchbook and stitching or perhaps you are looking for fresh inspiration in a friendly, well stocked, studio space. You can develop work over the course of weeks and months, learn new techniques, experiment with materials, work at your own pace with the support from established artist Sarah Cannell.
Small group (max 10 people), all materials provided, and gentle guidance from an experienced artist — without the pressure of a class.
If you’ve been wanting to make art but struggling to find the time, motivation, or confidence — this is for you. Spaces are limited to keep things relaxed and supportive. Book occasional sessions or attend weekly to fit into your schedule. This is a calm, generous space to create whether you’re returning to art, looking to develop your skills or finding your way in.
Studio Access at Raveningham Studio
3 hr session (half day) £18 – book here
6hr session (full day) £26 – book here
Kiln firing full load £55
Kiln firing half load £35
Allow yourself more time to develop your work in the studio at Raveningham. Embracing the power of creativity and working with your hands to calm the mind in a world that is increasingly pressured.
How it works
You will be allocated a shelf space. Bring your own glazes which should fit into 1020 – 1140 firing range. Clay can be purchased at the studio either buff or smooth white earthenware. You will need to have attended a minimum of 4 sessions at Raveningham Clay Club to access the studio without a tutor on site.
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk, NR14 6NU.
No Tutor
Lino Print
Friday 20th February 2026 – BOOK HERE – 10 -3pm, £65, all materials included.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell. Venue: Raveningham Centre
Learn the process of cutting and printing a lino ‘key block’ (the main design), by the end of the day you will have produced at least one linoblock and printed a small series of images. The print can be coloured with watercolours, inks, pencils at home when it is thoroughly dry and Sarah will be able to advise on tools and materials to enable participants to continue cutting and printing designs at home without requiring a press. The process involved can be very meditative and working in a small group is often a lovely way to create artwork. Sarah supplies a number of galleries in East Anglia with her popular linoprints and specialises in hand colouring with watercolours and inks.
If your booking is a gift for a friend please email sarah.cannell1@gmail.com and we will send you a gift receipt.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, NR14 6NU.
Landscape Walk, Draw, Paint
20/3/26– BOOK HERE – 10 -3pm, £65, all materials included.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell. Venue: Raveningham Centre
Explore the beautiful landscape of South Norfolk and North Suffolk in a one-day workshop with established Painter Sarah Cannell. Free up your drawing skills and learn how to capture the essence of a place through line and bold colour. This workshop focuses on developing drawing skills and finding strong compositions as a starting point. Working on a series of small works we will use a mix of pencil, pen, ink and acrylic paint on paper. Workshops start with drawing out in the countryside and then returning to the studio in Raveningham to work the drawings up into paintings.
If your booking is a gift for a friend please email sarah.cannell1@gmail.com and we will send you a gift receipt.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, NR14 6NU.
Ceramic Plate and Cup Workshop
Date tbc – BOOK HERE – 10 -3pm, £65, all materials included.
If your booking is a gift for a friend please email sarah.cannell1@gmail.com and we will send you a gift receipt.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, NR14 6NU.
Stitch Journal
Date TBC
Using beautiful antique French linen and a diversity of threads and fragments of beautiful textiles we will create a number of ‘pages’ to produce a tactile stitch journal. The day will be spent creating pages and considering journal construction. We will use simple stitches and hand sewing to create each page. The project can then be added to and continued at home for additional days, months or years!
If your booking is a gift for a friend please email sarah.cannell1@gmail.com and we will send you a gift receipt.
Tutor: Sarah Cannell
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, NR14 6NU.
Sarah Cannell has an extensive experience teaching art workshops over the past 15 years including: to primary schools where her landscape paintings have been included as part of the permanent primary curriculum. To art teachers looking to expand their skills at specialist conferences. To art groups of amateur and professional artists. To refugees and asylum seekers as a nurturing art approach. Workshops have featured in Artists & Illustrators, Norfolk Magazine, Radio Norfolk/Suffolk/Cambridgeshire.
Venue: Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk, NR14 6NU.
All materials included. Workshops are non-refundable but may be transferred in some cases.
For more info about bespoke workshops for a group or setting email sarah.cannell1@gmail.com
Willow Lantern
Free PDF Instructions
As Autumn approaches and the nights begin to draw in it’s the perfect time to start making willow lanterns to bring light to the winter.
Materials: Wet strength tissue paper (google – carnival paper), masking tape, PVA (50/50 mix with water), brush, willow, string, small light (google – balloon light), secateurs.
Download Instructions Here For Free
Workshop information
Based in a cosy studio in at The Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, South Norfolk, NR14 6NU (12 miles south of Norwich), Sarah’s workshops are suitable for all abilities with her relaxed approach giving beginners confidence and her depth of knowledge being a useful source for more confident and established artists to bounce ideas off. Participants should expect to come away from each workshop with fresh ideas as well as a renewed enthusiasm and creative drive. Bring an apron, all materials included, bring a packed lunch. Small class sizes, maximum 12 students per workshop. Free parking.
Where to stay: We have 2 rooms available via AirBNB. There are also a number of B&Bs and hotels in the area, the local market town Beccles is only a 10 minute drive from the workshop.
The workshop should be paid for in full when booking a place. Payment is non-refundable, if you are not able to attend your workshop you can choose an alternative date.
Make sure you have appropriate footwear and clothing if you are booking onto a Walking Drawing Painting course. The routes are not strenuous but could be muddy.
Bespoke art workshops available to suit all ages and abilities. Whole day and part day available as well as longer projects including final exhibition. All enquiries welcome, references available. 07718 390108 or sarah.cannell1@gmail.com
Recommendations
Sarah runs a weekly Art Club at University of East Anglia and weekly Clay Clubs at her studio in Raveningham, South Norfolk.
Mrs Slade, Head of Art, Norwich School
“Sarah developed a landscape project for us which included gallery visits, drawings in the marshes and painting in the studio. I would highly recommend her inspiring approach.”
Comments from students
“Amazing workshop – taken through each stage, very interesting and exciting”
“This has been an enjoyable day. I enjoyed the mix of activities. Sarah was great, full of enthusiasm”
“The walk was very beautiful in the morning and lovely reflections and shadows on the river. The painting was exciting and I enjoyed trying a totally new medium and drawing with a stick – very uninhibiting!”
“Very interesting take on landscape drawing – Sarah is very knowledgeable on ways of freeing up your drawing style.”
Mrs Holzer, Headteacher, Poplars Primary, Lowestoft
“Our pupils felt a huge sense of achievement and freedom creating paintings with Sarah, they loved it and the exhibition featuring their artwork boosted their self-esteem.”
During lockdown I recorded this short film with my son which teaches you how to make a paper boat. All you need is an A4 sheet of paper. Enjoy!