A major display of turned wood by members of the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain. The pre-emminent organisation of its type, with international members and profile, this display brings together a huge range of styles, techniques and woods. It is a celebration of craftsmanship and the beauty in wood – art in nature.
Just as the British Wildlife Photography Awards includes images by younger photographers, so this display will highlight the work of a group of young turners being coached and mentored by members of the Register of Professional Turners. These will be displayed alongside items by established wood turners, mostly based in the south west, south Wales and Midlands area.
The AWGB is a national charity which aims to promote woodturning to ensure the craft continues and to advance education in woodturning. It currently has over 3000 members, including makers abroad. There are 50 local UK branches, including in Gloucestershire.
SEE WOODTURNERS IN ACTION:
19th Steve Gordon
20th Paul Hannaby
21st Brian Ford
22nd Barry Starkey
23rd Jeff Belcher
24th Jeff Belcher
26th Brian Ford
27th Mike Macey
28th Keith Fenton
29th Peter Dixon
30th Steve Gordon
1st Rod Tester
Many exhibits will be for sale
FULLY BOOKED
Course Suitability: Beginners -Improvers
Maximum Capacity: 12
Course Description:
Explore the techniques required to complete this portrait using Derwent Coloursoft Pencils on Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper over 2 days. A line drawing is supplied to copy or trace so no need to be worried about drawing “free hand”.
Materials List:
All materials will be supplied by the tutor free of charge.
Artist’s Profile:
Karen Coulson is a coloured pencil artist as well as a tutor specialising in wildlife and animal portraits. She enjoys incorporating unusual backgrounds behind her subject which indulges her love of colour.
Karen is a Gold Signature Member of the UKCPS (United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society). She has won many awards for her artwork including “Best Fantasy/Abstract” picture at the UKCPS Annual International Exhibition in 2014.
Course Costs:
Members: £96
Non-members: £118
(cost does not include lunch (available to order and purchase on the day from the Coffee Shop))
FULLY BOOKED
Course Suitability: Beginners – Improvers
Maximum Capacity: 12
Course Description:
Explore the techniques required to draw these 2 delightful birds using Derwent Coloursoft Pencils on mount board. A line drawing is supplied to copy or trace so no need to be worried about drawing “free hand”.
Materials List:
All materials will be provided by the tutor free of charge.
Artist’s Profile:
Karen Coulson is a coloured pencil artist as well as a tutor specialising in wildlife and animal portraits. She enjoys incorporating unusual backgrounds behind her subject which indulges her love of colour.
Karen is a Gold Signature Member of the UKCPS (United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society). She has won many awards for her artwork including “Best Fantasy/Abstract” picture at the UKCPS Annual International Exhibition in 2014.
Course Costs:
Members: £48
Non-members: £59
(cost does not include lunch (available to order and purchase on the day from the Coffee Shop))
A unique exhibition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Society of Wildlife Artists.
2D and 3D works by members who have played an important role in the journey of the Society thus far, including work by all its past-presidents. The SWLA continues to be a hugely influential organisation delighting in the natural world through fine art.
About The SWLA:
Back in the late 1950’s, the original work of wildlife artists was not readily available even though it was a time of widespread and growing interest in natural history. With a society of artists in mind which might seize such an opportunity, Robert Gillmor and Eric Ennion, with the enthusiastic support of Keith Shackleton and Peter Scott, organised an exhibition of contemporary bird paintings in the Reading Art Gallery in 1960. It then went on tour for a year. Such was the interest, the tour was extended and R.B. Talbot-Kelly and Maurice Wilson joined the organisers to plan a society to build on the momentum. They began inviting founder members and the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) was formed.
Their first exhibition (1964) featured 149 works by 35 founder members. Today it has 63 elected members and 3 Associate Members. Their annual show ‘Natural Eye has over 300 works. In 1990 The SWLA became a registered charity through which it arranges exhibitions, publications, bursaries and partnerships delivered through the energy of individual artist members, many of whom are celebrated in this unique selection.
This exhibition highlights the work of some of the key drivers of the Society through its life. Sadly some of the founder members are no longer alive – people like Hugh B. Cott, Eric Ennion, Sir Peter Scott, Eileen Soper, John Busby, Richard Talbot-Kelly, Robert Gillmor, David Koster, Keith Shakleton, David Measures and David Shepherd, but their legacy lives on through initiatives of the Society and the work of its current artists.
Unfortunately this talk has been postponed until next year. A new date will be announced later in the year.
Richard is a well known and engaging lecturer, author, tutor and regular artist in residence at Nature in Art.
‘Brutes, birds and all kind of beasties have, throughout history, been endowed with symbolic meanings, attributed to historical characters and have appeared in many myths and legends. This talk will illustrate examples of this with artistic representations from various cultures since history began’.
An evening for all.
£10 per person.
Course Suitability: Absolute beginners – Improvers
Maximum Capacity: 12
Course Description:
This is a two day course that will show you how to paint seasides and coastlines with acrylic paint. During the course you will be shown how to mix colours, paint skies, trees and sea water and how to paint in an impressionistic style. Other techniques will include using thick and thin paint, glazing and using a palette knife. By the end of the two days you will have created to paintings. Suitable for beginners and students with some knowledge of the medium.
Materials List:
The tutor will provide the required materials for course participants. The cost per person will be £32 which will be paid to me by the participants on the day of the course.
Should the students wish to use their own tools and materials instead then they are welcome to bring them along. A full list of what is needed can be obtained from the tutor jnewey210@gmail.com
Artist’s Profile:
Jonathan Newey is an award winning artist with over 20 years of experience in teaching in adult education. He has experience in a wide variety of mediums and subjects including landscapes, wildlife and architecture in acrylic, watercolour and coloured pencil.
Course Costs:
Members: £96
Non-members: £118
(cost does not include lunch (available to order and purchase on the day from the Coffee Shop))
Here at Nature in Art we are extremely passionate about supporting local artists and craftspeople, helping to highlight the array of crafts available and the creativity of the people in the local area. Each month we host a two-day Mini Craft Market in the Education Centre, where five to ten crafters sell their unique handmade crafts.
Including but not limited to – nature crafts – paper crafts – woodwork – paintings-crochet/knitting – weaving – decoupage – cards – glass – silk painting – textile bags
- 10am – 4pm
- Education Centre
- Free to enter
Course Suitability: Beginners – Advanced
Maximum Capacity: 12
Course Description:
Rosalind will guide you through painting garden borders and how to emulate the energy, colour, beauty and vivacity found in them. You can use any medium to work with, oil paint, acrylic paint, coloured pencils, oil pastels, though watercolour paint may not be suitable for this particular style.
Materials List:
You will be required to bring your own canvas, board or paper to work on (any size) and your chosen medium to work with.
You must also bring your own photos to work from. I can supply some inspiration myself but it is more personal and meaningful if it comes from you. This can be photos of your own garden or magazine pictures that have inspired you.
Artist’s Profile:
Rosalind is a painter of Gardens and Wild Spaces. She has been teaching, exhibiting and an Artist in Residence at Nature in Art for many years. Most people know her work from the large Flower Cycle painting that hangs on the staircase at Nature in Art.
Rosaline also held an Exhibition – Flowers of the Fields Britain and Romania – at Nature in Art last June 2022.
She has been painting Wild Flower Meadows for many years and since the exhibition has been back painting Garden Borders.
Course Costs:
Members: £144
Non-members: £177
(cost does not include lunch (available to order and purchase on the day from the Coffee Shop))
Booking a place:
Places will be offered on a first come first basis.
To secure your place on this course a £20 non-refundable deposit is required. If you would like to book a place, please CLICK HERE
FULLY BOOKED
Course Suitability: Beginners – Advanced
Maximum Capacity: 12
Course Description:
The iPad and Procreate are powerful and extremely useful tools to visualise an idea. Starting with either a real pencil sketch or digital pencil sketch you can explore the composition, tonal values, colour values and iterations from that original idea. We will also create a painting of an animal so we get familiar with the process, the tools, and looking at how to create your style to then edit and output your art on paper or canvas.
Ian will guide you through various ways of editing your ideas using the tools in Procreate, an industry and consumer favourite app for approximately £10 from the Apple app store. (iPad 3 and upwards)
Materials List:
iPad 3 or above with Procreate installed. Apple pencil stylus optional but highly recommended for the course. (Please check your device is compatible with either Apple Pencil V1 or V2.)
Artist’s Profile:
Ian has been using digital painting techniques with his traditional media skills in illustration and fine art over the last 20 years, mostly depicting animal art with a passion for marine-life painting. He has been creating large oil paintings for hotels, palaces and government buildings often using the digital composition tools as part of the process. As an illustrator Ian uses the iPad and PC to create complete digital images for print and screen. Here on this day course Ian will share his methods and tips he’s discovered in his professional career.
Course Costs:
Members: £48
Non-members: £59
(cost does not include lunch (available to order and purchase on the day from the Coffee Shop))
Booking a place:
Places will be offered on a first come first basis.
To secure your place on this course a £20 non-refundable deposit is required. If you would like to book a place, please CLICK HERE
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Beginners
Maximum Capacity: 12
Course Description:
Are you terrified of drawing but have a secret longing to learn how to do it? Then enrol on this course where Richard will guide you through certain processes slowly, gently and step by step. If you follow his ‘recipes’, you will be amazed at what you will be able to draw.
Because you are ‘terrified’ you will stay with a simple still life for the whole course.
The main focus will be upon learning how to SEE what is often merely glanced at.
Once this is understood and put into practice you will be able to try many and various drawing techniques in both monochrome and colour.
Materials List:
A drawing board or a 16×20” plywood off-cut *
Board clips or bull-dog clips, plus two more bull-dog clips *
A pad of A4-sized cartridge paper
A 2B and a 2H pencil – more if you have them
A pencil sharpener and an eraser such as a putty rubber
6 coloured pencils: crimson and scarlet reds, lemon and cadmium yellows, ultramarine and turquoise blues. Please try to bring those of good quality. Caran D’Ache are excellent and their respective number codes are as follows: 080, 060, 240, 010, 140 and 171. Richard will try to remember to bring some of these for those who would prefer to borrow a set at this stage.*
Two oranges, two apples, two onions and a small bunch of grapes
Two right-angled ‘corners’ cut from stiff card in the form of a capital letter ‘L’, about 8” in both directions.*
The items marked with an * means Richard will try to remember to bring loads of spares for those of you who find difficulty finding them.
Artist’s Profile:
Richard is a practising artist and has been teaching and lecturing for over fifty years. He is very keen to convince everyone that learning to draw is not only for the ‘gifted’ few but is possible for all those who are willing to follow simple instructions. www.richardbox.com
Course Costs:
Members: £96
Non-members: £118
(cost does not include lunch (available to order and purchase on the day from the Coffee Shop))
Booking a place:
Places will be offered on a first come first basis.
To secure your place on this course a £20 non-refundable deposit is required. If you would like to book a place, please CLICK HERE