Course details:
Paint your own beautiful,colourful flowers using water based paints.
Learn and get inspired by Folk art.
Learn how to use different shaped brushes to make the marks, lines and dots.
Mixing colours
Create a card , label, coaster to take home using learnt techniques.
Materials and additional costs:
I will supply the use of brushes and paints and will have extra coasters, decorations etc that you can paint at a small extra cost.
Suitability:
Suitable for all
Spaces:
12
Price: £62 / £79
Course details:
Join Artist-Gardener Holly Foskett-Barnes to expand your creativity and nourish your wellbeing this Spring.
In this course we’ll enjoy learning a range of watercolour painting techniques alongside mindful activities throughout the creative process. Studies will be inspired by beautiful Spring shoots and wild flowers around the Nature in Art gardens and local surroundings.
Please note this course will run until 4pm.
Materials and additional costs:
- A4 pad of thick cold-pressed watercolour paper, minimum 300gsm. Recommendation: Daler-Rowney Aquafine Texture.
- Quality watercolour paint set with at least 12 half-pans. Recommendation: Winsor & Newton, Cotman Watercolour, Sketchers Pocket Set of 12.
- Set of round watercolour brushes, size 2, 4, 8 and 10, with pointed ends. Recommendation: Pro Arte Academy Brush Wallet Set of 5.
- A ceramic paint palette or side plate from the kitchen for mixing colours, preferably white, plain and as flat as possible.
- A clean, empty jam jar for a water pot.
- A pencil, whatever your preference for drawing.
- Plain white A4 copy printer paper for sketching.
OR
Borrow equipment from Holly for £10 (cash)
Suitability:
Suitable for beginners and improvers
Spaces:
12
Price: £62 / £79
Course Suitability: Suitable for all
Maximum Participants: 12
Course Description:
Join artist Jamie Boots for a two-day exploration into the nuanced world of graphite pencil art. This workshop delves beyond basic sketching, offering insights into the subtle techniques that breathe life into your creations. Participants will discover the art of manipulating pencil sharpness, pressure and tones to convey the fine details such as skin textures and expressive eyes.
Materials Required:
All materials supplied within session.
Course details:
This is a linoprinting course using two to three colours, with a simple reduction method. Students will learn how to use tools safely, simple registration techniques, how to ink the plate correctly, and how to print by hand.
Materials and additional costs:
£5.50 to be paid to tutor in cash, for materials
Please bring sketches/reference photos for inspiration – think bold, graphic shapes rather than small detailed images.
Suitability:
Beginners and improvers
Spaces:
12
Price: £62 / £79
Course details:
I would like to bring the magic of bookbinding at Nature in Art and be inspired by its beautiful surroundings.
We will be creating a Coptic style binding; with our own designed cover.
I will guide individuals through the process of making a book from scratch. The gathering of the materials, the decoration of the book covers, the folding of the papers, the sewing of the sections, will be a lovely way to relax and build a book with its very own identity.
Individuals will leave the workshop with a gorgeous book that they can keep for themselves or gift to someone special.
Materials and additional costs:
Equipment supplied by tutor for £12 (cash)
Suitability:
Suitable for all
Spaces:
10
Price: £62 / £79
Course details:
On this one-day course, you will make plant climbers, plant supports, trellises and decorative Garden Hurdles, all out of willow and hazel grown in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
Helen will guide you through each stage of the process, whilst introducing you to the different varieties of willow/hazel which you can use to make your creations unique.
By the end of the day you should have been able to make 3-4 items to take home to put in the garden.
Materials and additional costs:
The tutor will provide the required materials for course participants. The cost per person will be £12, to be paid to the tutor on the day of the course. (Please try and bring the exact change)
Suitability:
Beginners – Improvers
Spaces:
12
Price: £62 / £79
Natural Materials Into Paints & Inks – with Fiona McIntyre ARE
Fiona McIntyre is an experienced tutor and artist working with mineral pigments and foraged plants. On this two day course she will guide you in the transformation of natural materials from the Earth into exquisite naturally harmonious inks and watercolours.
DAY 1
Processing and cooking plant material from trees and flowers into the three primaries plus brown and black. This is very hands on so you are advised to wear an apron and bring your favourite brushes to try the inks at the end of the day. Some tiny sample bottles will be provided to take home.
DAY 2
Fiona will talk you through some of the raw materials she forages from river beds, and the processes involved in making paint on a glass slab. You will make your own watercolour paint from pigments, and have an opportunity to try them out on paper towards the end of the day. You can also take some samples home in tiny shells or pans.
Materials and additional costs:
All materials including paper and gloves are provided.
Spaces:
12
Price: £124 / £158
Course details:
Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of impressionist style landscape painting over this two-day acrylic course. Guided by Jonathan, you’ll explore the expressive brushwork, luminous colour, and atmospheric effects that define the impressionist style. Through structured demonstrations and practical exercises, participants will learn to capture light, movement, and mood while working from photographs. Beginners and improvers are welcome, with all techniques explained step by step. At the end of the course, you’ll have created your own impressionist landscapes, gaining confidence and inspiration for future painting.
Materials and additional costs:
Supplied by tutor for £45 cash
Or email for materials list
Suitability:
Absolute beginners – improvers
Spaces:
12
Price: £124 / £158
Course details:
Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of impressionist style landscape painting over this two-day acrylic course. Guided by Jonathan, you’ll explore the expressive brushwork, luminous colour, and atmospheric effects that define the impressionist style. Through structured demonstrations and practical exercises, participants will learn to capture light, movement, and mood while working from photographs. Beginners and improvers are welcome, with all techniques explained step by step. At the end of the course, you’ll have created your own impressionist landscapes, gaining confidence and inspiration for future painting.
Materials and additional costs:
Supplied by tutor for £45 cash
Or email for materials list
Suitability:
Absolute beginners – improvers
Spaces:
12
Price: £124 / £158
Course details:
Do you want to develop your skills with your sewing machine and learn how to ‘draw’ with the simple straight stitch? Then this is your course! You will start by stitching a design which Richard, your tutor, has prepared for you. He will demonstrate every stage step-by-step.This will give you the confidence and the understanding necessary to empower you to start and develop your own design on the second day. However, there is no rush and no pressure !!! Some experience with using the ‘darning foot’, which allows you to stitch freely in any direction is important. Try practising, even a little, beforehand, so that you are confident with it and excited about its amazing possibilities
Materials and additional costs:
- A sewing machine, with which you are very familiar and well practised with using the Free-Motion Foot / Darning Foot, which facilitates free machine stitching.
- Sewing machine needles – sizes ranging from 75 to 90 or even 100.
- A variety of machine sewing and /or machine embroidery threads ( cotton, polyester, rayon, viscose etc, ) in the following colours for the first project : several greens, one white, one pale blue, one pale pink, one pale yellow, one metallic silver and one metallic gold. After that, bring everything ! *
- Some coloured pencils.
- An embroidery hoop at least 9 inches in diameter or slightly larger.
- A quarter of a metre of thin white cotton / polyester sheeting
- Some printed images for the subject you choose to do after Richard has taken you through his prepared design
Suitability:
Beginners – advanced but must have confidence in using sewing machine and darning foot
Spaces:
12
Price: £124 / £158
Please call 01452 733942