Day Workshops
These Day workshops happen
with a focus on a specific skill
These courses are suitable for all abilities and the small class (max 5) means that you will get individual tailored attention. we look at themes that are inspired by nature and the natural environment.
Each day lasts 10 am - 4pm with an hour break for lunch.
They are small group workshops to a max of 5 people (sewing ones are a max of 4).
The dates for these courses at present are:
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Saturday 3rd October 2026 - Developing Abstract landscapes
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Working with layering acrylic
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mono-printing in drawn layers
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based on observation
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expressive mark making
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Building up layers
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Saturday 28th November 2026 - Winter Landscape Painting
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Looking at the seasonal change
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working with colour and loose layering
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Using expressive mark making
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Looking at the Somerset landscape
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Saturday 5th December 2026 - Etching Christmas
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Creating a drypoint etching
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Christmas themed - robins, lambs, snowdrops
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printing around the kitchen table
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Saturday 16th January 2027 -
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Celebrate the new year with Landscape and stitch
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Starting with a drawing and mark making
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Sublimation transferring on to remnant fabric
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Using stitch to embellish and draw
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Saturday 13th February 2027 - Early Spring flowers, nature connection
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Working in a loose painterly style
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We'll aim to create 4 A3 paintings in the day
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looking at seasonal flowering plants
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Friday 2nd April 2027 - Emergence - animals in the landscape
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Using bright coloured ground to start us off
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We'll look at British wildlife
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Abstracting and rich in mark making
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Saturday 1st May 2027 - Nature Celebration through art
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Looking at colour, shapes and wildlife in the late Spring garden and meadow
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Painting outside, wet weather contingency - we'll be inside
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Using drawing, mark making and building up layers
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Saturday 29th May 2027 - Growth and stitch
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Starting with a drawing and mark making
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Sublimation transferring on to remnant fabric
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Using stitch to embellish and draw
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Saturday 12th June - Etching the summer
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Creating a drypoint etching
Summer themed - garden birds and flowers
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printing around the kitchen table
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Wednesday 18th August - Landscape and stitch
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Starting with a drawing and mark making
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Sublimation transferring on to remnant fabric
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Using stitch to embellish and draw
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Saturday 28th August 2027- Developing Abstract landscapes with oil
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Working with layering acrylic
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mono-printing in
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based on observation
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expressive mark making and layering
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2nd October 2027 - Indian summer seasonal flower inspiration
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Working in a loose painterly style
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We'll aim to create 4 A3 paintings in the day
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looking at seasonal flowering plants
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Each session runs 10 am - 4pm with an hours break for lunch.
