What’s On

May 31 all-day
Linocut Printmaking Inspired by Botanical Forms with Jo Biggadike Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12 Course Description: In this beginner-friendly workshop, you will learn how to create lino print designs using ... Read more
Jun 14 – Jun 16 all-day
Otter in Graphite with Jamie Boots NOW FULLY BOOKED Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Join artist Jamie Boots for a three-day exploration into the nuanced world of ... Read more
Jun 14 – Jun 28 all-day
Join us on a Saturday morning in June for a free story time in our cosy corner, learning about the environment and how we can help. Sessions are 10:30 and 11:30, and last 15-20 minutes ... Read more
Jun 28 – Jun 29 all-day
Garden Views with Ros Wise   Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: During this course you will be taught how to paint a garden view. This can be based on ... Read more
Jul 5 all-day
Monoprinting with Carole Bury Book here Course Description: Come and experiment with the lovely medium of monoprinting, as Carole Bury guides you through the process at Nature in Art! Famously, the painter Degas used mono-print, ... Read more
Jul 12 – Jul 13 all-day
Picture It in Collage and Stitch with Richard Box Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Do you want to create one of your own designs and translate it ... Read more
Jul 18 – Jul 19 all-day
Accurate botanical painting with Simon Williams Book here  This course will focus on botanical drawing and painting techniques in the option of working in watercolour or gouache. Both days will begin with a practical demonstrations ... Read more
Aug 6 all-day
In collaboration with the Green Pledge Project at Gloucestershire Archives, we will be having a Hedgehog themed family fun day. There will be a couple of different art activities available and a fun fact hedgehog ... Read more
Aug 9 – Aug 10 all-day
Painting a country scene in acrylics with Kim Thompson Book here Course Suitability: Improvers   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Having used acrylics for over 35 years as a wildlife artist and illustrator, Kim Thompson ... Read more
Aug 15 all-day
Felt kingfisher with Agnese Davies Book here Course Suitability: Absolute beginners   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Participants will be needle felting a semi 3D version of Kingfisher in a hoop. I will teach you ... Read more
Sep 13 – Sep 14 all-day
Tiger with Karen Coulson Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Explore the techniques to draw soft fur required to create this tiger portrait using a variety of Colour ... Read more
Sep 15 all-day
Hedgehog portrait with Karen Coulson Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Assorted Colour Pencils on Mount Board Explore the techniques required to complete this Hedgehog in the Grass ... Read more
Sep 25 – Sep 26 all-day
Pigments into paint with Fiona McIntyre Book here   Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Day one of this course will introduce you to the natural beauty of mineral and ... Read more
Oct 8 – Oct 9 all-day
Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Join us on this exciting course, exploring the artistic skills and techniques of sketching buildings with pen and wash. Over two inspiring days, you ... Read more
Oct 11 – Oct 12 all-day
Mosaic Chicken with Erica Bibbings Book here Join me on a Mosaic Chicken Workshop. You will learn to cut and shape tesserae and how to position them for best effect. Learn about adhesives and the ... Read more
Oct 18 – Oct 19 all-day
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 ... Read more
Nov 8 – Nov 9 all-day
Glass Engraving in Black & White and Colour with Amanda Lawrence Book here Suitable for Beginners to Improvers 10 places available This course explores the wonderful and versatile craft of glass engraving with a drill. ... Read more
Nov 11 – Nov 12 all-day
Watercolour with John Horton Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: I found, early on, running courses, that a good structure was the most beneficial format. We explore colour ... Read more
Nov 15 all-day
Sketching birds with Trevor Smith Book here   Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: A one day workshop aimed at introducing and exploring the subject of sketching birds. Suitable for ... Read more
Nov 20 all-day
Painting still life with Lucy Burton Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: In this workshop we are going to consider lots of compositional ideas and guidelines, arranging and ... Read more
Nov 22 – Nov 23 all-day
Book here – £118 / £150, £25 deposit required to book  Course Suitability: Absolute beginners, Beginners, Improvers Maximum Participants: 12 Course Description: Everyone has their favourite season.  Winter is often overlooked because of the harshness of ... Read more
Dec 6 all-day
Papercutting with Sarais Crawshaw Book here   Course Suitability: Suitable for beginners and improvers   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Learn about the origins of papercutting and its spread worldwide. Look at how to simplify ... Read more
Feb 28 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Course details:    Join Textile Artist Anne Ward for a day of mindful, collage stitching. Bringing nothing more than a supermarket size bag of fabric scraps,threads, trims buttons and beads, sewers will create a personal fabric ... Read more
Mar 7 @ 10:00 am – Mar 8 @ 5:00 pm
PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER RUNNING Course details: During this course we’ll investigate the possibilities of this fascinating medium. Traditionally scraperboard has been used to achieve exquisitely detailed artwork by scratching through black ... Read more
Mar 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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 ... Read more
Mar 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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. ... Read more
Apr 11 @ 10:00 am – Apr 12 @ 5:00 pm
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 ... Read more
Apr 13 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  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, ... Read more
Apr 18 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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 ... Read more
Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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 ... Read more