'Nature Journalling' with Steve Pardue, full day - a 'Quirky Workshop' at Greystoke, nr Lake District and Cumbria

Description

Nature journalling day course with Steve Pardue. Have you wanted to create a nature journal but don’t know where to start or how to do it? This full day workshop will provide you with all the skills and tools to create a beautiful concertina nature journal. We will begin the day by taking a short nature ramble in and around the gardens at Quirky Workshops - chatting to the hens and exploring the compost heap. We will follow this up with a guided drawing session in the Swallow Barn. Steve will be on hand to offer plenty of tips and tricks so you can develop your own style of drawing and looking at the world. You will spend the day filling in and personalising your nature journal giving you the confidence to go out in the world and capture the beauty of nature in your own way. I will take you through the process I follow for creating my journals which are really an expression of the joy I feel when out and about in the woods or the river. I will be using my own journals of nature captured over the last 5 years and show how you can create a body of work by simply recording in your own way the things you see every day. I now look back on my earlier journals and can not only see how my artistic style has evolved and changed but more importantly I can look up the dates when I first saw sand martins arrive for the summer, or when the last swift left, or when the first chiff chaff…well chiff chaffed! And it is so easy: no rules - no great artistic skill required - just observation and a daily habit of drawing. I will show you the materials I use and the techniques I employ. Weather permitting, we can spend some time outdoors looking at the nature around us, and we can then come back indoors and draw our observations. You will be provided with a set of 5 blank nature journals in an optional special leather pouch, plus a few fine liners and a copy of 'My Shortcut to Nature Journalling' guide as reference - all of which are yours to keep. I will also have a variety of fountain pens and journals available to try and buy. Please bring: a simple set of watercolours and brush. Your £10 materials money for your journaling kit, plus £15 is you would like the optional leather pouch binder too - plus clothes suitable for exploring the Quirky gardens during the day. :)

What's included in the price?

A warm welcome, fresh coffee and home made biscuits, a tasty lunch and tea and scones in the PM.

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden and Barns

with Craft Courses since 2013

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Situated in a tranquil location on the fringes of the Lake District in north west England, we have been hosting a Quirky range of workshops since 2005. We are now proud to offer over 140 Arts, Craft and Heritage Skills Workshops each year, led by an incredible and talented range of local and national tutors, all experts in their field. We have two teaching studios, the 'Squirrel Barn' and the newly renovated, spacious and airy 'Swallow Barn', the latter of which, at 60m2 was very popular in the months post Covid, allowing 2m distancing, hand washing and two staircases. We have several garden teaching spaces too. Lunch (included) can be taken outside on the Tea Lawn in warmer months and teas/coffee with Aga home-baking is served at your desk. Our days are considered real treats.