MORE THAN A SIP AND PAINT
A Full Studio Experience of Art & Creativity
Selected Friday & Saturdays (Evening and Afternoon Sessions Available)
A socially connective painting session in the studio
All materials provided including your finished piece of art
£28
Please note for late afternoon and evening sessions, Oxygenic’s downstairs bar café will be open for drinks, and curated cocktails throughout and after the session.
Art socials bring instinctive painting and intuitive art into a more atmospheric, social setting.
Held on selected Friday and Saturdays, these sessions shift the tempo. The studio lights soften. Music moves through the space. The energy is looser and more open.
This is not a silent workshop. It is a creative art session with a pulse.
Drinks from the bar are welcome upstairs, so you can paint, talk, pause and continue without leaving the space. Conversation and creation sit comfortably alongside one another.
There is no template to copy and no pressure to produce something polished. Guidance is given throughout so you can learn how to use the materials with confidence. However what you create comes from you.
You will leave with a piece of art that will have personal meaning to you and a full studio experience of art and creativity.
These sessions invite a different kind of rhythm. A little more movement. A little more atmosphere. The same instinctive approach, carried by the energy of the people in the studio.
Sessions are open to everyone, especially those new to art and can be reserved in advance below.
If you want to gather your own people, you can book the whole experience as a private studio event. Just let me know what you’re planning, share some dates, and I can shape this with you.
FAQs
Do I need any art experience?
No. These sessions are not about skill or technique. You don’t need to know how to draw, paint, or make anything in a particular way. Some of the most striking and unexpected work I’ve seen has come from people who have never painted before.
Will I get any help?
Yes. I’m always there to support you with the materials and how to use them, and to help you settle into the session so you can relax into the experience.
However, what emerges through that process is entirely personal to you, which really is the most exciting part.
Is there space to talk about the art?
In these sessions, there is space to spend time with what has emerged onto paper or canvas, and to hear what other people see or feel when they encounter your art. This kind of shared reflection often brings insight through noticing what is sensed or recognised in the image itself.
Open art studio sessions offer a lighter version of this. One to one experiences and smaller group workshops allow it to unfold more fully, and many people experience this as one of the most meaningful parts of the time together.
What materials will we use?
There will be a studio full of materials to work with. Paints, pastels, charcoals, paper, and canvas. Everything is laid out so you can move toward what draws you in.
All materials are provided, and there’s no right way to use them. They’re there to support exploration and instinct, however I am always there to offer guidance should you need it.
What experience should I try first?
There’s no set order. It’s about what resonates most for you.
Open art sessions in the studio are lighter and more relaxed, offering an easy way to step into creating alongside others. Workshops are more immersive, with more time and focus given to the process. One to one sessions are personal and held just for you.
Some people move between them over time. Others choose one and stay there. You can begin with any of them. What matters is choosing the space that feels right for you now.
Is this like art therapy?
Across time, people have used art as a gateway to understanding themselves, the world around them, and to gain deeper insight. In that sense, art has always had a therapeutic role.
In what I offer, art is used to explore experience directly, so understanding can arise naturally through creating. While my background is in psychotherapy, the sessions themselves are not therapy in a formal sense, yet many people experience them as deeply therapeutic.
How do I know if this is for me?
You don’t always know until you try it. Often, the first step toward change comes through having a new experience, rather than thinking it through in advance.
Creating, especially in the way we create at OXYGENIC, can be settling and regulating. Many people notice a softening of anxiety and a sense of calm as they work with their hands, colour, and attention. It’s a simple, human response to making.
If you come and it doesn’t feel right for you, there’s no obligation to return. Or it may, if you give it a go once, become the beginning of something meaningful.
Who are the workshops for?
They’re for people who feel drawn to creating but don’t necessarily call themselves artists.
For those who have tried traditional art classes and want something less prescriptive.
For people curious about what might emerge if they stop trying to get it right.
They’re for anyone who senses there is something in them waiting to be expressed, even if they don’t yet know what that is.
You might be navigating change. You might simply want a different kind of evening. You might want to find out what happens when no one tells you what your art should be.
There is no mould you need to fit, just come as you are and see where the experience leads you.
