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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
17 November 2023, 14:00 - 15:00
Abstract watercolour workshop. Suitable for everyone including total beginners, I'll take you through a simple method to create a beautiful little abstract piece based in watercolours, but you may want to add a little watercolour pencil as well as perhaps a bit of bling, with metallic paint.
For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
18 November 2023, 14:30 - 15:30
Art is fun in Autumn for children and carers. This workshop is designed specifically for young children to have fun drawing and painting with their carer, who will also participate. No, it's not about you being brilliant at art, it's about enjoying colour and materials, playing and experimenting, as this is how children learn. We know often doing this kind of thing at home is challenging so enjoy an hour together and create something worthy of putting up in a frame and treasuring for ever.
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19 November 2023, 14:30 - 17:30
Art is fun - making winter decorations for children and carer. This workshop is designed for children and their carer to participate together. Lots of fun making, drawing and making winter decorations. No it's not about being brilliant at art, it's about having fun playing with materials and experimenting as this is how children learn.
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21 November 2023, 11:00 - 13:00
Coloured pencil skills workshop. We often think of coloured pencils as something children use but many famous and contemporary artist use them. And they can be amazing to work with. Whether you have fancy ones or bog standard ones hopefully you'll learn some new ways of using them at this two hour class, and you'll also get an opportunity to try out some other makes, and find out which type really suits you. Still time to add them to your Christmas wish list!
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9 December 2023, 10:30 - 13:00
Fabulous florals. Whether you want to create a Georgia O'Keeffe or diary of an Edwardian Lady, whether you're into the details of botanicals or big sweeping colour of impressionist flowers come and have fun looking, drawing and painting today! All materials are provided and I'll bring some flowers along, but obviously if you have a particular flower you'd like to work on please do bring it with you! For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
27 January 2024, 14:00 - 17:00
Join Catherine and Sally for a meditative nature drawing workshop where you'll create a folded booklet using leaves, seedheads, and twigs collected from a short walk near Berrington Hall, plus you will make winter wax melts using pure soy wax to bring the scent of the season into your home back in The Space. All materials are provided, and you don't need to be creative or know how to draw. You'll rediscover your creativity and also enjoy hot chocolate and cake. Wear old clothes and bring an apron and wellies or walking boots. For more details and to book a place click here.
Air in Summer Nature Escapes, near Sedbergh
21-23 June 2024
I will be running workshops during this festival. More details to follow.
18 November 2023, 10:30 - 12:30
Paint a Montgomery scene. Bring a favourite photo of Montgomery (if you're not local, we can go out and take some photos first thing so don't panic). We'll do some doodling and sketching to warm up and get ideas flowing before you work on A4 with collage, paint, crayons and pastels, ink and anything else you feel like using, to create a fabulous impression of Montgomery! Suitable for total beginners as well as those more experienced in making art.
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19 November 2023, 10:00 - 12:30
Paint a winter scene. Bring a picture or photo you'd like to turn into a winter scene painting and I'll help you turn it into something to be proud of! You can choose to use mixed media, acrylics or watercolours, and I'll support and encourage you. Suitable for everyone whether you're a beginner or have more experience.
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20 November 2023, 13:30 - 15:00
Gelli printing for Christmas cards. Creating images using gelli printing plates, suitable to mount on cards for Christmas. I will show you a couple of different techniques for making gelli prints, and you'll have a choice of acrylic paints to use as well as some posca pens to add details. Print as many as you want and you can then mount 3 on cards while at the workshop, ready to send!
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22 November 2023, 11:00 - 13:30
Paint abstract flowers. Have fun learning how to create an abstract flowers painting in acrylics. Even if you've not painted before you can produce something really beautiful and interesting to look at. Have a think about the colour scheme you might want to use beforehand. I will have some flowers to provide a starting point and some books and magazines with flowers in too, to springboard ideas.
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20 January 2024, 10:30 - 13:00
Impressions of a favourite place. Bring a photo of your favourite place and use it to inspire you to produce a beautiful and exciting painting responding to the atmosphere, colour and emotion of it. You can use collage, watercolour, acrylics, pens and pencils, pastels etc and layer up to create a really special response.
For more details and to book a place click here (takes you to Eventbrite)
14 - 18 February 2024
I will be running workshops during this festival. More details to follow.
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"
