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
(Photo is another example of Jamie’s work rather than a bird of prey)
FULLY BOOKED
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Advanced
Maximum Capacity: 12
Course Description:
On this two day course learn all about working with graphite pencil from experienced artist Jamie Boots. Graphite pencil can be used to produce so much more than just a sketch.
Jamie will show participants that whether or not you are using a pencil that is blunt or sharp, pressing lightly or hard, or using a variety of tones, that the effect of fur, the texture of skin and the glassy look of an eye can be achieved.
Materials List:
All materials will be supplied free of charge to use during the course by Jamie Boots.
Artist’s Profile:
Originally from New Zealand, Jamie is a self taught artist whose work is produced in graphite pencil. Jamie first exhibited his work in 2004 and has won a number of awards for his artwork. In a very short period of time a hobby became a profession and with a limited number of originals being available each year his drawings have become highly collectable.
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: Absolute beginners – Advanced
Course Capacity: 12
Course Description:
Scraperboard or Scratchboard is a form of direct engraving where the top dark surface is scratched off to reveal the white chalk layer underneath. It produces an effect similar to an engraving. Many different tools can be used to make marks and textures to achieve all tones between black and white. Scraperboard can also be coloured once the design is finished. We will try out different makes of pre-coated scraperboard and also use blank white scratchboard to make our own panels.
Materials:
The tutor will provide the required materials for course participants. The cost per person will be £10 which will be paid to the tutor in cash by the participants on the day of the course.
Artist’s Profile:
Jackie has been a self employed artist for over 40 years and works in many different mediums.Since 2002 she has been teaching classes and workshops both locally and abroad. Jackie is a member of TWASI (The Wildlife Art Society International) and has won awards with her scraperboard pieces.
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
7pm – doors open to view the galleries
7:30pm – Finger Buffet
Talk starts just after 8pm
Haunted by the Last Tide is the collaboration between the Society of Wildlife Artists and the Vadehavet National Park to celebrate the wildlife, landscapes and people of the Danish Wadden Sea. Join writer, Colin Williams, and SWLA members Nik Pollard and Marco Brodde as they tell the story of the project and the wild and human life of the water marshes and sea.
Nik will introduce the evenings’ talk by giving a brief history of the society’s collaboration with conservation NGOs and how the society sees it’s role and the role of art in the protection of nature.
Marco, visiting from Denmark, and organiser of the Wadden Sea project, will talk about how an idea gew into two art residencies. three exhibitions and a stunning book celebrating the land and the nature in which he works and lives. A really fascinating talk bringing the best of wildlife art and conservation together.
This talk coincides with our exhibition ‘Sixty’, which is a unique display of 2D and 3D works celebrating the 60th anniversary of SWLA. There will be a chance to view this exhibition between 7 and 7:30pm.
An evening for all.
£10 per person.
To book a place on this talk, please click here.
FULLY BOOKED
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Improvers
Maximum Capacity: 10
Course Description:
This course explores the wonderful and versatile craft of glass engraving with a drill. It’s an opportunity for beginners to learn the basic techniques and for those who have attended a previous course to expand their skills. Over the two days we will discover three different techniques, starting with surface engraving, moving on to intaglio (low relief) engraving and also exploring vitreography – printing from your engraving onto paper. You will work on both flat glass and vessels and you will come away with at least one little masterpiece of your own making! No previous experience or artistic expertise necessary to join in, but some manual dexterity is needed for this technique.
Materials List:
The tutor will provide the required materials for course participants. The cost per person will be £20 which will be paid to the tutor by the participants on the day of the course.
It will be helpful for participants to bring along images that appeal to them, (drawings or photographs) to use as inspiration, and an apron or other protection for their clothes. If those with previous experience already have a drill that they regularly work with, they should bring it along.
Artist’s Profile:
Amanda Lawrence has been working with glass for over 20 years. She specialises in engraved and kiln formed glass, often combining the two. Her wildlife and landscape inspired vessels, sculptures and wall pieces are regularly featured in exhibitions around the country and she also works to commission. She is a member of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen and an Associate Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers. She has considerable experience of teaching both engraving and kiln techniques and enjoys passing on the pleasure of working with glass to other people.
Course Costs:
Members: £96
Non-members: £118
(cost does not include lunch (available to order and purchase on the day from the Coffee Shop))
Nature in Art’s annual Gift and Craft Fair will be held over the weekend of 28th and 29th October 2023, from 10am to 5pm each day.
The Gift and Craft Fair has been held for over 20 years and is always well attended. In 2022, we welcomed over 1,200 visitors across the two days and raised essential funds for the Nature in Art Trust. 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. Our event strives to have a large selection of stallholders showcasing a variety of crafts, such as jewellery, ceramics, stained glass hangings, needle felt, soaps, leather products, bead embroidery, metal work, crochet, candles, photography, blacksmith art, acrylic flood painting, prints, cards and MUCH MORE.
The fair will comprise of over 45 stalls offering a variety of handmade crafts. The stalls will be set out around the ground floor galleries of the museum, in the education centre, as well as in the garden, whilst the upper floor of the museum will remain open for viewing. The coffee shop and gift shop will also be open.
List of Stallholders: (alphabetical order by trading name)
A Crafty Moment
Alison Nash
Alison Sloggett Prints
Amanda Glanville: Maker of Tiny Glass Stuff
Ambling Press
Arts Majic
Becka’s Insects
Beverly Todd Ceramics
Chaaboo
Claire Billingsley
Cobalt Health (Charity)
Country Fabric Crafts
David Tinsley Photography
Decorque Ltd
Emma Bevan – FfolkyFfelt
Eva Glass Design
Evie Crawshaw Design
Fairy Fae
FfolkyFfelt
Field Fresh Skincare
Fire Iron Art
Funky Pheasant
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (Charity)
Ile.darasimi
Infinity & Illusion
Intricate Woodcraft
Jackie Cox
Kate Moby
Leatherwise
Maisy Make’s
Mindbender Puzzles
Natty Deco
Nature’s Inspiration
Nicole Iredale Designs
Off My Tree
Olwyn KW
RSPB Gloucestershire local group (Charity)
Silver Linings Jewellery UK
Stars Stripes and Snowflakes
Susan Lambourne
The Forest Collective
Treemendous Turning
There will be a raffle, tombola and two second hand book stalls run by Nature in Art. You can also meet Artist in Residence, Stephen Walton in the studio over the weekend.
Free parking
Location & Accessibility information
If you have any queries then please contact the Craft Fair Coordinator, Alice.
Image credit (left to right): Eva Glass Design, Natty Deco, Alison Nash