Family

Arty Afternoons: Backgrounds and Foregrounds – Mixed Media Artworks

3 January 2026
Drop in anytime between 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm.
Free to all

Learn all about perspective and how objects are larger in the foreground, and smaller the further away in the background.

Get inspired by the paintings in our exhibitions and create a beautiful, mixed-media landscape artwork. Learn all about perspective and how objects are larger in the foreground, and smaller the further away they are in the background.

FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm.

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Penlee House Gallery & Museum

Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HE
01736 363625

Opening times

1 April - 31 October: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm

1 November – 31 March: Mon-Sat 10am-4.30pm

Last admission 30 mins before closing.

Open Bank Holidays

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