Workshops
The cost of the workshop includes entry to the Park so you can enjoy the 2km walk before or after the workshop. Or, stop and enjoy the refreshments found at the Roosting Ruru Cafe located by the Artist shelter.
Nature Journaling with Sandra Morris
Sunday 21st September
Learn how to draw and write for identification or just for pleasure from the natural world around the Sculpture gardens with botanical artist and award winning illustrator Sandra Morris.
No previous artistic skills are necessary, just a desire to learn to look and record in the best way suited to each individual, be it in the form of a sketch, a detailed drawing, a diagram, a graph, and /or using words and numbers, poems, haiku, lists, prose, descriptions etc. By consistently journaling, we learn more about the natural world, through observation and enquiry.
Nature Journaling plus Botanical Watercolour workshop
Book a full day with Sandra and combine the Nature Journaling and the Botanical watercolour workshops to have a full creative experience.
We offer the two workshops for a special price.
Remember numbers for both workshops are limited
Botanical Watercolour Workshop
Sunday 21st September
Explore the Magic of Watercolour
Painting plants from the sculpture garden with botanical artist Sandra Morris. No experience is necessary, as Sandra will guide you as you learn about this fabulous medium and how to achieve stunning results with the right tools, the right tips and some tricks Sandra has used in her own art practice.
Sandra will take you through this creative process.
School Holiday Fun
Book in for some school holiday fun with a number of workshops available to inspire and excite.
Find the artist within with a selection of workshops available for children.
Saturday 20th September
Printmaking with Kids
Saturday 27th September
Watercolour for Teens
School Holiday Workshop
Saturday 4th October
Photography for Young Photographers
Have a Go at Pottery with Sylvia Sinel
Saturday 18th October
Come and join Sylvia for a fun 2 hour "Have-a-go at pottery" workshop. Sylvia will demonstrate a few handbuilding projects and we will incorporate organic materials found in the park to make interesting surfaces. 2 kg of clay, glaze and firing included in the price (enough to make quite a few items).
The setup is aimed for beginners and curious creatives who want to try their hands at clay work in a relaxed setting. Please allow 2-3 weeks for the firings.
Sylvia Sinel's interdisciplinary art practice spans over 35 years and her work can be found in many private collections worldwide. Sylvia is very much involved in the art community and regularly teaches classes and workshops in various organizations. https://sylviasinel.com/
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Upcoming workshops
Karin Barr - Stone carving 8th November
Marcia - Silver Clay Jewellery 15th November
Liz Wilson - Botanical printing 7th December