Bristol is world-famous for its graffiti, so let the endless eye-catching murals and striking art that covers our streets inspire the budding street artist within you.
In this workshop, hosted by an active and experienced graffiti writer, you will practice a variety of authentic graffiti styles and painting techniques, right here in the nations street art capital.
Your host Tom will show you how to get hands-on with a spray can, before you try both freehand and stencilling styles and techniques in a safe and controlled environment. With this newfound skill and knowledge, you'll get creative and design your own ‘piece’ ‘tag’ and 'throwup'
Tom will begin by sharing his portfolio, inspiration and tips on how to create attention-grabbing designs. You’ll get the opportunity to work both collaboratively on a large mural, aswell as individually on your own smaller piece. Your personalised canvas will then be yours to keep!
Tom will cover everything from different techniques, to paints, caps, lettering styles, the legalities of graffiti, and everything else you need to know.
Next up, you’ll get to grips with stencil cutting – Tom will weigh up the difference between stencil and freehand, suggesting original ideas for both.
A freehand spray paint demonstration will be followed by a chance to work collectively with the other guests on a large collaborative piece, overlaid with stencils.
This workshop is a lot of fun no matter what your age, so why not make the most of our special group rate – sign up as a family and create memories as well as art!
Safety talks will be provided throughout the session.
Age restrictions: 7+
Adult | £45 |
Child (18 or below) | £30 |
Student (Student) | £30 |
Senior Citizen (60 or above ) | £30 |
Family Group Ticket (For 2 adults and 2 kids (16 or under) ) | £120 |
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We booked this graffiti workshop for our 10yr old son and a few of his friends. Tom clearly expla...
Tom was a brilliant tutor. He explained and demonstrated things clearly. There was a lovely progr...
We received this as a gift. Tom made the experience accessible to all. Our group had ages from 6 ...
I brought this as a gift for my partner and he loved it, was easy to book and find the location. ...
We booked this graffiti workshop for our 10yr old son and a few of his friends. Tom clearly explained and demonstrated different techniques and everyone had a great time working on a giant collaboration, as well as creating their own mini canvases to take home. Would definitely recommend to any age from ~7yrs up.
Tom was a brilliant tutor. He explained and demonstrated things clearly. There was a lovely progression through the session. We were a mix of adults and young people and it was very inclusive for us all. And we had really enjoyable time. Thank you.
We received this as a gift. Tom made the experience accessible to all. Our group had ages from 6 to 66! It was well paced with a great mix of information and practical work. It was good to have a small piece of artwork to take home.
Amazing!
I brought this as a gift for my partner and he loved it, was easy to book and find the location.
He walked away with a lot more knowledge and skills then he had, he enjoyed the information he also got from the host who was helpful and friendly. Great quality for money and would highly recommend this if your into graffiti art!
Excellent and unusual activity. My 15 year old son really enjoyed it and is proud of his graffiti picture that we brought home. We will be recommending to friends with similar aged children.
Sam was outstanding and paced the whole experience really well.
A brilliant afternoon - the kids loved it. Really well organised, graffiti guy was amazing to watch and learn from
My son and I had a great first experience with Graffiti art thanks to Tom
Really fun workshop, learnt lots but also a lot of freedom to just get stuck in and be creative. Would definitely consider a follow up more in depth workshop too. Great for kids and adults.
My son and his friend had a fab morning. They enjoyed every minute of it and said the workshop was 10/10!
Definitely would recommend.
Our host was really friendly and made the workshop really fun! My boys enjoyed theirselves and it was a good day out. Thank you :)
One of the most Bristolian mornings ever! Really good fun :)
It was such fun, my only reflection would be that there were too many people, only by 2
Great teaching as well
My granddaughter is still talking about it and is now seeing graffiti everywhere and discussing it with everyone
We had such a great time at the workshop. Tom was a great host and really helped my son with creating the stencil that he wanted. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to other families as a fun group activity to do together.
I had unreasonable amounts of fun! Great for kids and adults alike, really well organised and Tom the instructor was brilliant.
Absolutely loved it. I can't even draw it didn't matter. The instructor was fantastic and we did way more then I expected in such a short time.
We learnt a variety of techniques in an entertaining way. I would recommend.
What a fantastic experience! We had a fab time, it was fun, very creative and overall just fascinating. We could ask as many questions as we wanted and could try loads of different things. There were individual pieces to work on along with a collaborative piece for the whole group. I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone interested in graffiti.
Time flew by and great fun, Tom is very generous and relaxed.
I can’t wait until we get to book a longer course. It was so much fun
Well run and fun group. I went from thinking I'm not an artist at all, to thinking I'm just not very good at art 🤯
The workshop was really well structured and Tom did a great job of accommodating the very varied ages and experience levels in the group so everyone learned lots. The group piece was a real wow and the individual pieces to take home are a lovely touch too.
My son and his friend (10 yr olds) had a brilliant time and came away really inspired! Tom was a great teacher 👍
My 10 year old son did this with a friend and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Absolutely loved the experience. I would recommend to everyone. It was great fun.
We had a fab couple of hours, perfect for a family with a teenager! We all came away with a piece of graffiti art that we were proud of 😃 would definitely recommend.
Tom did a great job, he was friendly and relaxed. He juggled different abilities easily, because the activities were really well thought out.
Bought for my Dad and I to do as his birthday present and we both had the best time! Learnt so much and had such a fun afternoon painting. We liked the mix of doing the group mural but getting to take a something home also.
Really great workshop, Tom was brilliant my daughter loved it and I had a great time
My 11 year old daughter loved this workshop. I’ll be putting a post on the Frome Facebook group to recommend it.
Great intro to graffiti art and techniques. Felt very authentic to be doing it in Bristol with a Bristol street artist. Excellent tutor. Learnt a lot and highly recommend it to anyone interested in graffiti art.
Absolutely loved every moment of this workshop, it was suitable for teenagers and adults. The artist was knowledgeable, helpful and gave advice to ensure you are happy with your canvas.
The length of the workshop was perfect and left everyone amazed by graffiti we see around the local area and skill that goes into it.
Thank you for boosting confidence in others abilities. Would definitely return 100%.
Our grandson had a great time at this workshop, he was quite nervous but Tom put him at ease and he had an amazing time. He was very proud of the art work he bought home and it has renewed his interest in art. Thanks Tom, we will certainly be recommending your workshop!
Tom was very encouraging and helpful for the kids
This was a brilliant hands on session and we would thoroughly recommend it for all ages. Tom was a really interesting and knowledgeable host. It was a good fun varied creative session.
It was very fun and inclusive for everybody.
My son thoroughly enjoyed this and has asked to come back again
Great activity to do for all ages. There were children, couples and people on their own taking part. Venue was good. Tom was informative and showed us how to do different techniques. Would highly recommend.
Tom was a great teacher, he showed us different techniques and was very encouraging. We worked on a large collective piece, we created stencils and we did a small canvas to take-away. The group size is small and kept the whole experience friendly. Good for children over 10 and adults. really enjoyed it :)
Tom did a great job, we've really enjoyed it. Thank you!
Tom was an outstanding instructor who was v knowledgeable and passionate about graffiti- he ran the workshop in a way that was hands-on from the start (we got to experiment with different colours and techniques)- I would most definitely recommend! 🙂
Really enjoyed my time with tom. We got straight into it which was great and the 2 hours flew by!
Wanted to do so much more!
He said he thought about doing a course and I would be 100% up for that!
I want to do more!
Lovely intro to spraying techniques, stencils and different styles. Loved it
Very good leader who encouraged my child. A great experience for all the family / adults / children. And the end result was spectacular!
Me and my friend Amanda had a brilliant time learning to graffiti with Vane. It was informative, fun and the right level of guidance and practice to really get value from the time. Would be great to do some courses to keep learning more! 100% would recommend this for adults, kids and anyone spending time or living in Bristol.
Unusual and fun experience. A chance to get creative and hands on with aerosol cans.
My two boys aged 11 and 13 did the workshop. They absolutely loved it. Highly recommend and they want to do it again!
Tom was simply great!
Really enjoyed it , learnt a lot, Tom was a great teacher.
My daughter thoroughly enjoyed the workshop whilst learning so much. It has really inspired her.
This is not just for kids- if you want to have a go at something different while having fun, go for it. You come away with the skills to get going on your own, whether you are a professional artist in a diffent field or just want to have a go at something new. I now look at graffiti in a different way. Thank you
This was the BEST! We were a family group of 8 (aged 13+) and had a brilliant time with Tommy! The pace of the session was perfect with time to ask questions, learn techniques and most importantly, practice our graffiti skills on our giant collaborative piece. Tommy has a great nature, is super talented and was really good company… encouraging and knowledgeable. We also came away with goodie bags and our own canvas. My advice… book your session, you will LOVE it!
We got this as a birthday treat for our son. We had a great time learning a new skill together, it was a lot of fun!
Tom did a great job yesterday with the workshop. Within minutes everyone was spraying small canvasses and then, whilst those were drying we were encouraged to experiment with spraying onto a larger surface. Tom showed how to do outlines and then encouraged people to have a go at more detailed work.
Part of the workshop was inside doing lettering onto the canvasses we had sprayed and then we were encouraged to make stencils which we then sprayed onto the larger artwork outside. Great workshop!
My son really enjoyed it! He’s a keen artist so really good for him to meet actual graffiti artists.
Lovely course, be nice to learn a bit more about the meaning/roots and more techniques but was fantastic fun! Great for my son!
Jamie and his friends had a great time. They were really engaged and enjoyed being able to create their own art. Highly recommended
Great opportunity to try something and keep a piece.
It was a great few hours. Thank you.
My son really enjoyed the workshop
"The Bristol Graffiti Workshop" is a fun and educational experience hosted in the heart of the UK's Graffiti capital, open for all ages to have the opportunity to practice the art of Graffiti in a safe and controlled environment with direction and support of a professional local street artist.
Leading graffiti artist Tom Sturgess graduated from the University of the West of England (UWE) in 2017 with a First Class, BA in Fine Art. He has since been working as a free lance Street Artist in Bristol. Tom is well-versed in sharing his passion and skills with others, both through "The Bristol Graffiti Workshop" and "4 Elements" a group who tour a series of Hip Hop classes around the UK festival circuit.
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