Arts & Crafts

Be one of the first to go on a cultural adventure across the south east, with a new outdoor art experience brought to you by England's Creative Coast

Words Jessica Reid  Photographs © Thierry Bal courtesy England's Creative Coast

Paul Miles discovers how simple it is to make a lino print, and spends a morning creating a coastal Christmas card design at a creative hub in East Devon

Photographs MAISIE HILL (MAISIEHILL.CO.UK) and PAUL MILES

After months of closure, our seaside galleries are slowly opening their doors again with dazzling exhibitions, great coffee and your safety in mind. We round up some of our favourites from around the British coast.

WORDS JESSICA JOHNSON

Fancy learning how to create a landscape or seascape piece of art from recycled textiles while staying near the wonderful North Yorkshire coast?

From her garden studio, minutes from the beach at Whitstable, artist Kimmy McHarrie creates traditional, tactile mosaics featuring sea life of all kinds

Get cling film out of your fridge or lunch box with these pretty sustainable wraps you can easily make yourself. WORDS Juliet Bawden Photographs Antonia Attwood

Caroline Wheater tries her hand at a simple Japanese printing technique, taught by an accomplished artist at her North Cornwall studio

Paul Miles takes up his pencils and paintbrushes at a weekend art school in St Ives, learning how to make marks, sketch and compose an artwork en plein air...