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Click here for a link to my Eventbrite page with more details of upcoming workshops.
The Magic of Norway - Night Sky in January
I am very excited to be running art workshops at this Walking Women Trip 16/1/26 - 23/1/26
Click here for more details of the trip.
The extra art classes will include tetrapak printing, lino printing, zentangle doodling and tapestry weaving. Early bird discount if booked before 1 December 2025.
Art Outside
My favourite place to be is outside in nature; it inspires many of my paintings. I want to encourage more people to explore their creativity without the constraints of four walls by running outside workshops and art walks.
I will soon be a qualified Hill and Moorland Leader with Mountain Training and I am also a qualified Outdoor First Aider.
Future workshops
27 November 2025, 10:00-13:00
Embroidery and watercolour in winter
We start by painting with watercolours on unbleached calico. Then dry it and start embroidering - you don't need to know stitches as I can show you some simple ones, or you can add lots other stitching if you like. Plus beads and other decorative bits to add to and enrich your fabulous piece that might just make an amazing homemade present, to a loved one, or even better to yourself! You will be surprised at how beautiful this technique is and how we will all create something individual and special.
Don't forget to bring photos to inspire you and if you have any special threads, yarns, beads or bits and bobs you want to incorporate please bring them along!
Hot drinks and home made cake/biscuits included as well as basic materials, embroidery threads and beads!
Suitable for everyone who loves stitching, being creative and experimental and especially for over 14s to 114s!
For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
29 November 2025, 13:00-15:00
Winter and Christmas art workshop for children
Have fun learning about using watercolours and metallic pens etc to make beautiful stars to decorate your christmas trees or to celebrate the winter season, and then let's look at winter trees and create beautiful collage and painted images. Go home with two different creations and have a great time with other artists!
These workshops are for children who love making and creating.You won't mind getting a bit painty and gluey on your fingers! You're going to be a real artist!
You must wear old clothes that it doesn't matter if you get a bit of glue or paint on them, wear an apron, and bring a water bottle to keep you hydrated as you work!
Children aged 7-10 who are comfortable coming to a new environment will love the workshop. If your child has additional needs you may need to stay with him/her, and you please must discuss booking beforehand!
For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
13 December 2025, 10:00-12:30
Snow day! Create art inspired by snow
Welcome to our now annual event Snow day! Create art inspired by snow happening on Sat Dec 07 2024 at Priest Weston Village Hall! Join us for a fun day of creativity and winter wonderland vibes. Let's get together and make some beautiful art pieces inspired by the magic of snow. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artist, this event is perfect for anyone who loves to get creative. We will draw, paint and collage to create beatufiul images of the snow, and snow scenes, some figurative, some abstract.
Do bring photos that you've taken, and from magazines etc to inspire you and give you ideas. We'll look at some famous painters' snow scenes, too, to inspire us!
Suitable for everyone, whether you're used to creating art or not!
For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
18 February 2026, 10:30-12:00
Gelli printing for young people
Gelli printing is a colourful and fun way of creating monoprints (that is, one off prints) using a rubbery base which we roll acrylic paint onto, and then using stencils, plant matter and other objects, create textures, patterns and images. It’s always experimental, there are really no strict rules, only good ideas, and it’s suitable for all ages. Children under the age of 10 will need to be accompanied by an adult to supervise their child. It’s also essential to wear old clothes and bring an apron as acrylic paints stain!
The images you create will be great for making greetings cards, use as collage materials or as pictures in their own right! And they will be fascinating, beautiful and originals!
Children Free but donations are very welcome – booking is essential, just book in the child booking online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/BCTH or at BC Town Hall
19 February 2026, 10:30 -12:00
Mono printing
This workshop is for everyone who likes experimenting! We never quite know what the results will be but by rolling out ink on acetate and then laying paper over it, either after wiping away designs into the ink or by drawing on top of the paper and the pressure picking up the ink, we can create designs we can then add colour to, or beautiful magical and unexpected images.
This workshop is a little messy - bring an apron and expect to get your hands dirty! A pack of baby wipes is essential as well. Bring some photos to inspire your creativity.
Suitable for age 14+ and adults
All other materials provided!
£12 – booking online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/BCTH or at BC Town Hall
20 February 2026, 10:30 -12:00
Wild horses
Inspired by Der Blaue Reite movement and Kandinsky and Marke in particular, and thinking about DH Lawrence’s short story St Mawr which features a massive stallion, and which he wrote while living in Pontesbury.
There is going to be a talk at Bishop's Castle Arts Festival about his work written while staying in Shropshire and to link with it, I will be running an art workshop where we will create wild horse pictures using the wild colour and expressive techniques of Der Blaue Reiter. No, you don’t need to have ever done art before, no you don’t need to be able to draw horses, the whole point is we’re using our imagination and thinking about wild colour and wild animal power! I’m sure DH Lawrence took inspiration from the Long Mynd and the fabulous animals up there!
So let’s celebrate this unique landscape in an uplifting and creative workshop.
All other materials provided, we will be using watercolours, chalk & oil pastels and acrylic pens.
£13 – booking online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/BCTH or at BC Town Hall
29 November 2025, 10:00-13:00
Create lino print gift cards, gift tags and tea towels
Have fun carving a couple of little designs you can then use on gift tags and cards - they could be for Christmas or just for general use. It might be an idea to have a little think about your design you'd like to create beforehand and perhaps bring some drawings, photos, magazine pages etc with you to help inspire you.
Now for those of your feeling a little more ambitious we will have special fabric extender to mix with your inks so you can print on fabric. I will have lots of cotton tea towels you can print on price £2.20 each- they'll make fantastic Christmas presents or do like the Japanese and wrap your presents in beautiful fabric that can be used. You can bring your own cotton or linen fabric or napkins to print on as well - they need to be linen or cotton - and you can print as many as you want. Please get used to printing on paper and card first though if you're not an experienced printer!
Nearer the time it would be useful to know if you're interested in printing on fabric.
Solve all your Christmas presents in one session- presents, tags and cards!
All materials for the tags and cards and tools are provided in the cost of this workshop - you just need to purchase the fabric items for printing on so bring cash or you can pay on line on the day - just turn up and have fun!
We use sharp lino cutting tools so this isn't suitable for children and you need a bit of dexterity to use the blades. You use the kit at your own risk. I give you clear safety instructions that it's essential you follow!
Don't wear good clothes and please bring an apron and wet wipes for keeping you and your work area clean. And bring a mug so I can keep you replenished with coffee or tea!
For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
11 December 2025, 10:00-12:30
Christmas embroidered decorations
Have a relaxing morning creating attractive mini embroidery hoop decorations using glittery yarns, bells and buttons and scraps of felt. Suitable for everyone age 10 upwards, who enjoys being creative, children must attend with a participating adult. All materials provided but if you have anything in particular you want to use please do bring it! For instance you might have some pretty lace or buttons with sentimental value!
For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
18 February 2026, 13:00-15:00
Gelli printing for adultsGelli printing is a colourful and fun way of creating monoprints (that is, one off prints) using a rubbery base which we roll acrylic paint onto, and then using stencils, plant matter and other objects, create textures, patterns and images. It’s always experimental, there are really no strict rules, only good ideas, and it’s suitable for all ages. It’s also essential to wear old clothes and bring an apron as acrylic paints stain!
The images you create will be great for making greetings cards, use as collage materials or as pictures in their own right! And they will be fascinating, beautiful and originals!
Cost £14 – online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/BCTH or at BC Town Hall
19 February 2026, 14:00 -15:45
Lino cut printing
Lino cut printing is a method of relief printing, so it’s the opposite of tetrapak printing. You carve into lino, your design and everything you carve will be white, everything you leave will be inked up. The benefit of lino printing is you can reuse the block many many times. You use special carving tools that have different cutters so you can make fine and wider lines and cut larger areas away. The carving is a little bit dangerous in that you can really hurt yourself if you don’t use the tools correctly so I will only offer this at the festival for adults and it will just be a small group so I can help and supervise carefully. You’ll have the opportunity to print at least 3 of 4 images and take home your block so you can print some more in the future. If there’s time you may be able to create a second design.
£35 per person – booking online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/BCTH or at BC Town Hall
21 February 2026, 10:30 -12:00
Abstract watercolours
Spend some time out from the busyness of the arts festival, doodling with watercolour and add some embellishments with some marker pens to create a beautiful, unique, tranquil, arty doodle.
Suitable for everyone who wants to have a go at playing with watercolours and finding out what effects you can create. No pressure no realism just colour, pattern and being kind to ourselves in a supportive and relaxed environment.
£13 – booking online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/BCTH or at BC Town Hall
26 September 2026, 10:00-12:30
Experiment with charcoal
More details to follow
2025 - photos from various workshops
2023 - photos from Claymills and Bog Centre workshops; Bishop's Castle Charter Celebrations
Summer Bushmoot 2022:
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"Meditative botanical drawing"
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"Creating 'Green Man'/Found Natural Art"
Summer Nature Escapes 2022
Testiminials
"My review would be: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved my workshops with Catherine! She is wonderfully engaging, enthusiastic and welcoming. I enjoyed every minute and will definitely be returning for future workshops!"
Lauren (Monoprinting workshop)
"Thank you for all your hard work over the weekend running the art workshops. A lot of people had a really great time. We’d be really pleased to welcome you back to Claymills for further similar events. Great to meet you and see the work that you do, you really helped our steaming go well"
Andrew (Claymills)
"I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and would love to get stuck into another one! Catherine is so lovely and really encouraging but also dished out help whenever I needed it and a push in the right direction when I didn’t. I felt comfortable enough to just go wild and see where I ended up as well as focusing on making my art look as technical as I could. Being outdoors was a lovely change of pace, we never were stretched for something to sketch and the location was beautiful"
Maya
"Thank you for the workshop at Bushmoot. I enjoyed it all so much"
Sofia (age 7)
"A wonderful workshop! Such a great way to spend an hour, allowing the kids to explore different methods. Highly recommended. Thank you"
Participant at children's art workshop
"I would like to say a big thank you for holding your workshops at Claymills - they were certainly a huge success. I trust you enjoyed them as much as the participants did"
Jan (Claymills)
"The variety of media we were able to experience was great and your attitude to let us relax into trying new things.We honed down some actual pencil shading technique that I had never known. More importantly we reinforced how it's not important for the art we make to be perfect, since to improve my art, I need to be prepared to make more art, good or bad".
Ewein
"Your workshop was a very good experience, that I would find much pleasure in repeating"
Henri (age 11)
"Catherine came to the Bushcraft UK Summer BushMoot to share her amazing art skills with everyone there, and once again she knocked it out the park, everyone loved it.
She facilitated a variety of workshops on different aspects of art, doodles, printing, nature, painting and so much more, this allowed anyone no matter their experience or confidence to jump in and feel welcome, she’s an absolute legend"
Tony (Bushmoot)
"Excellent workshops"
"Stayed in the workshop and missed the tour of Clay Mills"
"Catherine was lovely, very helpful and encouraging"
"I am so proud of myself"
"Thoroughly enjoyed picking up a paint brush again, Catherine was very supportive"
Participants at Claymills Workshop
"A beautiful creative and inspired nature themed workshop that our participants thoroughly enjoyed. Catherine’s greatest skill is encouraging the hidden artist in everyone no matter what your experience.
Thank you Catherine, what an absolute joy!"
Fleur (Nature Escapes)
"I've never considered myself an artist but Catherine convinced me that everyone has the ability to make art. I let myself go wild with colours in a beautiful, pine-smelling woodland along with a varied group from toddlers to teens and adults. I loved the encouraging, accepting atmosphere!"
Saara (Bushmoot)
"The energy you give off is inspiring"
"We all got to paint a canvas today!"
"Great to have permission to go outside the box"
"Great to by inspired by art outside. And to now have a notebook and to have tried out notebook techniques"
Participants at the Bog Centre Workshop
"Catherine joined us for the second time on our recent retreat to deliver a beautiful bespoke art workshop! She curated an amazing session allowing our guests to find both their confidence and creative flow. I’d highly recommend booking her for your day or weekend retreat to add in some art magic! Her passion is infectious!"
Fleur (Nature Escapes)
"It was great having Catherine at the Summer BushMoot running a mix of Art workshops, the feedback has been amazing and she's welcome back any time!"
Tony (Bushmoot)
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