Spend a summer evening drawing and painting in the grounds of Nature in Art
Art Course
with Jackie Cox 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
Scraperboard is a method of creating a tonal picture by scratching through a layer of black Indian ink to reveal a white chalk layer beneath. In some ways it is similar to drawing, except the white is scratched from the black.
We will explore the techniques that can be used to make marks and scratch out detail.
We will also cover different types of scraperboard and scratchboard, including how to make your own and the different ways board can be coloured after scratching.
Course Cost
Members: £84
Non-members: £110
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List Materials will be provided by the tutor for a fee of £5.
Artist’s Profile Jackie is a self-taught artist, and believes that she inherited her artistic talent from her
grandparents, both of whom were freelance illustrators. She became an artist in 1984 and began portraying animals in pastels.
She started teaching in 2001 and exhibits
regularly with the Feline Art Society. She has won awards for her scraperboard work.
A rare opportunity to see a selection of original paintings and sculptures by members of The Society of Animal Artists (SAA) produced exclusively for this exhibition. Based in the USA, the SAA has members around the world who represent the best of today’s wildlife artists. CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
To complement this display, another gallery will be primarily dedicated to larger works by SAA members taken from the Nature in Art permanent and loan collections.
(Image by Andrew Denman)
Come and join us to celebrate this exhibition in the company of some of the artists. Open from 6.30 – 9.30pm with short special talks taking place throughout the evening. A unique occasion with artist from as far afield as Kenya, USA, Holland and South Africa.
Come and meet some wonderful birds of prey in the grounds of Nature in Art. Find out about their amazing lives, watch artists draw and paint them and have a go yourself
A great opportunity for the whole family! No extra admission charge but a donation to Walk with Hawks would be appreciated. No need to book – just come! Walk with Hawks
Art Course
with Ann Swan 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
Strong composition is essential to creating memorable works of art; this is particularly so in botanical art, good composition can lift a work from the mundane to the sublime. In this masterclass Ann will explain the elements that go towards making a balanced and harmonious composition looking at different styles both classical and contemporary. With exercises and techniques to get you thinking ‘outside the box’, Ann will help you towards developing your own particular style.
This workshop is suitable for students working in any medium but Ann’s expertise is working with coloured pencils.
Course Cost
Members: £84
Non-members: £110
Course Suitability: Beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List Items can be ordered in advance from Ann on her website or she will be bringing equipment with her that can be purchased from the studio at very reasonable prices.
- A3 sketch book
- Layout paper
- Graphite Pencils HB, 2B
- Hot Pressed (smooth) watercolour paper 300gms/140lb
- A selection of coloured pencils for applying colour to your designs
If working in coloured pencil there is a list of recommended pencils on Ann’s website
- Rembrandt Lyra Splender Blender Pencil
- Eraser
- Blender Pen
- Ruler
- Pencil Sharpener with a spiral core (Ann sells the Rapesco 64 version)
Please bring any other equipment you like to use plus something to rest your work as there are no drawing boards supplied.
Artist’s Profile Ann is one of this country’s leading botanical artists working primarily in coloured pencil and graphite with four RHS Gold Medals to her name. Her drawings take many hours of intense observation and are imbued with a strong sense of design. Taking her inspiration from our rich and diverse plant life her work is constantly evolving as she tests out new materials and ideas and experiments with different techniques. With her latest work, a series of ‘Larger than Life’ plant portraits, she makes us look with fresh eyes at the familiar.
She is an enthusiastic and nurturing teacher and has run workshops at Nature in Art for many years. Her book ‘Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils’ is still a best seller in its field and she has recently published a ‘Creative Colour Mixing Workbook’ an easy to follow guide for students of coloured pencil.
In 2016 she was awarded ‘Best in Show’ at the UKCPS Annual Exhibition
A display of work by clients of the Independence Trust. The Trust strengthens people’s emotional and physical wellbeing to support them to fulfill their potential. This display, which includes interactive elements, features new artwork by some of their clients who have found art a real help and inspiration in life. On show in the Atrium of our Education Centre.
Art Course
with Val Briggs 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
1st day creating 3 different backgrounds with wet into wet and directional washes for hedgerow/woodland, loch and mountains and reed beds/water/sky
Day 2 How and where to superimpose silhouettes of birds, animals and a little detail to create a finished painting/s.
Course Cost
Members: £84
Non-members: £110
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List Participants need to bring along their watercolour brushes and paints, a palette (white china plates are perfect) a drawing board (3ply or MDF) to accommodate a ½ imperial sheet (bigger than 22” x 15” 56 x 38cms )of paper suitable for improvers or ¼ imperial (15” x 11” 38 x 28 cms )sheet of paper beginners and improvers
A B pencil, eraser and sharpener
Kitchen roll or towel/cloth
Water pots
Bulldog or drawing board clips to suit the depth of their drawing board. NO TAPE
NOT paper 200lbs 425gms in weight. Valerie uses Saunders Waterford paper (not the high white paper) but your own preferred make will be fine.
Please bring a pad of watercolour or spare watercolour paper for testing colours.
Artist’s Profile Valerie has spent over 30 years enjoying the challenging medium of watercolour and enjoys teaching people how to overcome their natural fear of medium where mistakes are not easy to rectify, she specialises in British flora and fauna. Valerie has been teaching for about 25 years now and is completely self- taught.
Gold has always been the symbol of wealth, affluence and status. As the noblest of metals, it has been utilised in many applications. This display presents a selection of nature inspired works using one of the oldest embroidery techniques – employing metal threads to create articles of beauty and sumptuousness.
Hear from Ben, an Independence Trust client, who has recently returned from volunteering in the Mapesu wildlife reserve in South Africa. Ben had never been to Africa and was very anxius about it all but with support and encouragement from the trust he took the plunge, had a really memorable experience learning about the wildlife, and gained many useful practical skills.
Doors open at 6.30pm for cheese & wine, 7pm talk.
100% of the ticket price is being donated to wildlife conservation.