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Course Suitability: Suitable for all
Maximum Participants: 12
Course Description:
This workshop highlights our connection to the natural world, encouraging us to slow down, and look closely at nature.
The intricate structure, texture, and beauty of foraged botany, the hedgerows we drive past every day.
The clay impression is used to form a mould.
The mould is flooded with plaster and Cornish stone, creating a positive mirror image of the clay piece.
The clay is removed, and the Botanical relief is revealed.
Just like a Botanical monoprint it’s simple and effective, bringing out all the unnoticed detail.
A really enjoyable and immediate process.
Materials Required:
All materials will be supplied at a charge of £7.50, paid on the day.
Whatever the Weather
One of a series focusing on our desire to highlight and encourage active creative groups celebrating the natural world.
Calligraphy, illuminated and decorated texts, artists books and lettering on boxes, pots and textiles by Gloucestershire Lettering Arts.
Meet an artist every day.
Course Suitability: Suitable for all
Maximum Participants: 12
Course Description:
Join artist Jamie Boots for a three-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.
Price: £186 / £237
Course details:
Come and spend a day exploring the lovely medium of Mono-printing. Carole Bury will gently guide and inspire you through techniques and options of drawing with mono-printing at Nature in Art!
Processes will be revealed needing little equipment, and plenty of possibilities. The gardens and outdoor spaces at Nature in Art will be our inspiration.
Print throughout the day by –
* Drawing and painting directly onto the printing plate.
* Learning to use negative marks, by wiping areas of printing ink away.
* Using objects to create marks in the ink film,
Famously, the painter Degas used mono-print, creating wonderful examples of the process. Not only did he use mono-printing as a method to make base layers for his paintings, he printed expressive drawings, showing how versatile mono-printing can be.
You will have a wonderful time getting hands-on and by the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with a selection of prints.
Materials and additional costs:
Suitable shoes and clothes for gathering information in the grounds of Nature in Art
Please bring an apron
A4 or A3 cartridge sketchbook and pencils e.g. 2B and 4B and 6B
A folder or spare paper, suitable to carry wet prints away at the end of the day.
Printing equipment will be provided.
Cost of £5.00 to tutor for wide variety of suitable papers.
Suitability:
Absolute beginners to improvers
Spaces:
12
Price: £62 / £79
Course details:
What are oil pastels and how do you use them? We will spend the day exploring this underrated medium. In the morning we will learn techniques – from using oil pastel as resist to scratching out details, building up layers, and blending. We will achieve different interesting effects on various papers. In the afternoon, everyone will have the opportunity to create their own piece of artwork using these techniques. By the end of the day, you will have a good idea of how to complete an art work purely in oil pastels and how to use them to add extra dimension to mixed media work.
Materials and additional costs:
Supplied by tutor, £5 cash
Suitability:
Suitable for all
Spaces:
12
Price: £62 / £79
Jess Pritchard. Coloured pencil.
Wild Perspectives
One of a series focusing on our desire to highlight and encourage active creative groups celebrating the natural world.
One World Imagined is an artist collective of 7, whose drive is capturing our natural world, bringing attention to the need to look after it and working with wildlife charities and organisations to help raise funds to this aim. A diverse group, covering a wide spectrum of subject matter and mediums, all are professional artists. Between them they have been shortlisted for the DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year many times, have won numerous awards for wildlife art and completed large commissioned works. Subjects include all aspects of wildlife, British, African, South American, Asian, Arctic, on land sea and in the air. With work in pencil, watercolour, oils, acrylic and in sculpture, members of the cooperative will be there each day demonstrating and very happy to chat to visitors.
Talk to artists every day about the work on show.
Join Artist-Gardener Holly Foskett-Barnes to expand your creativity and nourish your wellbeing this summer.
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 summer shoots and wild flowers around the Nature In Art gardens and local surroundings. No previous experience is necessary, just bring yourself and an open mind! All the activities offered will be gentle and accessible for all levels and abilities.
Previous students have shared:
“A lovely afternoon with a great teacher. Holly was very patient and explained everything well. I shall definitely be doing more of her course.”
“Thank you for a very enjoyable and positive experience – I came away with new skills and the confidence to use them!”
“Holly is a great teacher – always positive and really knows her craft.”
What you can expect from the course:
● Discover playful warm-up drawing techniques
● Nourish your wellbeing with mindful activities and nature-connection
● Gain confidence in your artmaking abilities
● Learn to approach artmaking mindfully, focusing on enjoying the process over any outcomes
● Develop a range of watercolour painting techniques and artistic skills
● Enjoy exploring nature through a creative lens
● Expand your knowledge of materials and tools to support your creative practice beyond
the course
Spaces: 10
Suitable for all
Bring your own supplies or borrow for £10 cash
‘Moorhen in the Rain – Minsmere’ Watercolour c1984. Peter Partington SWLA (1941-2025). Included inn this exhibition together with an accompanying poem written by the artist.
In Sync: Words and Wonders
A selection of work, both 2D and 3D, shown with poetry both contemporary and historic. For centuries, art has inspired poets and poetry has inspired artists. Come and write some of your own words for the exhibits on show!
More details coming soon.
We have our amazing Mini Craft Market where our talented local crafters can get together to share and sell their handmade products.
Previous crafts have included: nature crafts, paper crafts, woodwork, paintings, illustration, crochet/knitting, weaving, decoupage, cards, glass, silk painting, textile bags, jewellery, resin art and flood painting.
Held in the Education Centre and is free to enter!
10am – 4:30pm (3:45pm for December Market)
