Start of Spring Term 2015

My Ostreme and Swansea Grand Theatre Art Classes are starting back on January 14th 2015,


I have one space left in Swansea Grand Theatre due to a late cancellation. Please contact me if interested on the email or tel no below.

Ostreme has a waiting list but if you wish to be placed on that please contact me on 
I teach from beginners to more experienced students. All levels welcome

info@zoejameswilliams.com or 01792642164


The art classes are both lively, fun and friendly. You also will be taught drawing and watercolour skills through subject matter including landscape, portraits and still life etc. 

One of our end of term lunches! This was at PA's Mumbles

Student work. The art class takes all levels.

Tonal Lesson on brown paperwith Winslow Homer

For this weeks lesson the students painted a tonal exercise on brown paper using one of Winslow Homer's tonal sketches. Normal brown paper was used which was taped onto a board. Of course it wrinkles so they had to be careful not to use too much water but as an excercise worked very well.

Great contrasts and simplification of form. Also lots of artistic license with the original which looked great!! If you look at some of the classes work below and then look at an actual boat scene it doesn't seem so complicated to paint does it?

One of the students paintings with the original print of the Winslow Homer above. Some as you can see were using artistic license adding a moon, clouds and dashes of colour to great effect.

Presentation of raffle money to Charity

The Ostreme and Grand Theatre Art Group presenting The Hill Community Development Trust and Stepping Stones Charity with a£150 each we all raised from our art exhibition raffle in Swansea Grand Theatre. Thanks to the very generous support of local businesses for their amazing prizes and everyone that bought and sold raffles! 
Thanks to Leanne Dower, Shankari Sivakumaran and Paul Thorburn for coming to accept our donation.

Last Day of The Ostreme and Grand Theatre Art Group Exhibition

Last Chance to see  The Ostreme and Grand Theatre Art Group Exhibition in The Arts Wing, Swansea Grand Theatre. 

White Room dedicated to Dylan Thomas

Level 2 dedicated to All Subjects

Last Day Today Sept 6th

The opening speech by Paul Thorburn for the Ostreme and Grand Theatre Art Group Art Exhibition in The Arts Wing, Swansea Grand Theatre.

The opening speech by Paul Thorburn for the Ostreme and Grand Theatre Art Group Art Exhibition in The Arts Wing, Swansea Grand Theatre.

 Apologies for the shaky footage!!

Art Exhibition of The Ostreme and Grand Theatre Art Group

The Ostreme and Grand Theatre Art Group Art Exhibition at The Arts Wing, Swansea Grand Theatre is on from August 27th-Sept 6th.

The Art Group consists of two art classes taught by professional artist Zoe James-Williams.

I was absolutely thrilled with the team work from the group, selling raffles, donating prizes, helping putting up the exhibition and donating wine and nibbles for the event. They were absolute stars.

We were all thrilled that Paul Thorburn,  a former Neath RFC and international Wales rugby union player who played at full back and captain of Wales agreed to open the exhibition.

We are also very proud to announce that we were able to raise £300 to be shared between Stepping Stones and Hill Community Trust from our raffle. Thanks to all the donors of the wonderful raffle prizes and all the of the group that sold tickets like crazy!!