About Us
Where is all began…
Easel Peasel’s was created as we were looking for an after school art club for our daughter, we couldn’t find one in our area or the surrounding areas so we decided to start one ourselves. We already had a suitable premises and experience in art, music and working with children, so on a rainy Tuesday in early 2019 Easel Peasel’s was born.
We started with a small group of children attending every Tuesday during school term, but that quickly grew into more children and multiple nights, we then started hosting holiday club sessions and parties. In 2022 we moved into our studio in the beautiful courtyard at Aston Springs farm, allowing us to add toddler sessions, home school sessions and Saturday club to our schedule.
We still run sessions from our S12 studio as well as our Aston Springs studio, and we host within local schools upon request too. As of 2024 we have now opened our new studio at Fakenham Farm, St. Helen’s – Isle of Wight to deliver sessions across the island.
We sure have come a long way from that rainy Tuesday night and look forward to welcoming you soon.
Lindsey, Dan and Ophelia; the real brain behind the operation . We recognise that no one knows what children enjoy more than children.
Our sessions and activities are always led by the best for your children
Meet the team
Dan – Art and Activities leader
Dan has been running Easel Peasel’s sessions now for over 4 years, and has 25 years experience in working with children and adults with learning disabilities.
Dan has worked in schools, holiday camps, summer camps, outdoor education settings and adult social care. This includes 3 years working for the YMCA in Indiana, USA and running a successful adult social care provision within Sheffield for the past 12 years.
Dan has taught art, music, drama and sports and much more. He leads most of our sessions and parties and also programmes the content for all our sessions.
Dan is also the ultimate Slime Bubble jedi master.
*though this is self proclaimed and cannot be backed up with any awarding or training bodies.
Caitlin – Workshop Leader
Caitlin is one of our workshop leaders, she is currently studying primary education early years 3-7 at Sheffield Hallam university. Caitlin also is a big football fan and as she puts it a “ray of sunshine”!
Charlotte – Assistant
Charlotte is an Art Student that you will see in Afterschool and Saturday club and at our epic Slime parties
Tilly – Assistant
Tilly began Easel Peasel’s 4 years ago attending our afterschool clubs. She has now developed her technical art skills and occasionally runs the themed artwork during our Wednesday sessions. She has always had a passion for art and hopes to persue this in the near future. She has been gaining work experience with us by assisting our workshop leaders during the sessions too! She is the facepaint expert at our holiday clubs!
Alex – Art Activities Leader
Alex has been doing arts and crafts since she could pick up a pencil! Always trying out new techniques and hobbies, doing various projects from origami, crochet, painting, sketching, embroidery, to murals. She loves seeing how children create such different amazing pieces of art and their different outlooks and amazing creativity.Alex has worked in design since leaving school, and joined Easels in May of 2024. You can find her at our Saturday Club sessions and at Ridgeway Primary school in Sheffield.