Join artist Claire Taylor-Jones to create a beautiful Nature Journal throughout the year with our new series of monthly workshops, using objects in the handling collection as inspiration!
Each month we will concentrate on a different theme - join us for one or all sessions to build up your journal!
The hope of this workshop is to connect children with nature through the medium of art. We aim to build a foundation of simple skills, drawing and observing nature, to create a versatile and enjoyable activity for life-long cognitive and emotional enrichment.
These sessions will be based in the Wheatstone Hall and have an animal/plant ready for you to see on arrival! Your artist will spend a little time talking and looking at the animal/plant with you, then you can have a go drawing it and making any observation notes to the drawing - she will also chat about keeping a sketchbook/journal!
Times and Dates:
Workshops will run Saturdays towards the end of each month with the following themes:
Sat 27 June - Squirrel
Sat 25 July - Ammonite
Sat 22 Aug - Herring gull
Sat 26 Sept - Fox
Sat 31 Oct - Bats
Sat 28 Nov - Leaves
Sat 19 Dec - Holly
Sat 23 Jan - Jay
Sat 20 Feb - Thrush
Sat 27 Mar - Daffodils
Sessions will take place for the following age groups at the following times:
2-3pm (under-16s)
3-4pm (over-16s)
Places:
10 people
Prices:
£5 per child (£8 for 2 children, £10 for 3 children) Parents and carers go free!
Museum location:
Wheatstone Hall
Please note:
There are two sessions running per workshop day: Workshops for under-16s at 2-3pm and for over-16s at 3-4pm. Please choose the correct session when booking (parents and carers go free when accompanying under-16s)
The under-16s session is suitable for ages 5-16 - all participants under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult
All materials provided
You do not need to attend all sessions, but attending as many as you can will give you the fullest journal!
Psst!
If you fancy a little creative calm of your own, the Over 16s Nature Journal Workshop runs straight after the kids’ session… a perfect pocket of quiet time just for you.
Nature Journal Workshop (Over 16s)
3pm - 4pm