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Nature in Art runs approximately 30 classes a year in a variety of subjects and catered to all levels from beginners to advanced. Most courses are run by artists who have work in our collection and/or have been an artist in residence. The courses are held in our purpose built education centre and class sizes are kept between 6-12 people to ensure you receive individual attention from the tutor whilst enjoying a sense of team spirit.

 

If you would like to talk to someone about art courses,  please call 01452 733942 or 731422 or ask when you next visit the museum.

To book a course, please use our booking form

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March

10th                                                             Encaustic Wax Art for Beginners with Elaine Jones

11th                                                             Encaustic Wax Art for Improvers with Elaine Jones

24th - 25th                                                  Pencil Drawing with Jamie Boots  SORRY, NOW FULL!

                                                                   Second Jamie Boots course in September. Scroll down this page.

30th                                                             Sketching landscapes with pen and wash with Jonathan Newey

31st March/1st April                                 Bugs Beasts and Botanicals…a closer look at the Natural World

                                                                    with Val Littlewood

April

11th - 13th                                                  Painting Wildlife in Oils & Acrylics with Ronald Swanwick

21st - 22nd                                                  Introduction to free machine embroidery with Jane Vernon

28th - 29th                                                  Stained Glass for Beginners’ with Kim Berry

 

May

6th -  7th                                                      Nature Photography with Mike Amphlett

26th  - 27th                                                  Painting in Chromacolour (The versatile acrylic) with Andrew Forkner

 

June

16th- 17th                                                    Silk Painting with Marion Kardasz

18th  - 19th                                                  Decoy carving with Philip Nelson

23rd                                                              Bead and Wire Jewellery with Nicky Walters

 

July

7th - 8th                                                       Drawing for Beginners and Improvers with Jackie Garner

14th - 15th                                                  Working with Watercolour with Valerie Briggs

24th - 26th                                                   Botanical with Ann Swan

 

August

18th - 19th                                                  Pastels with Julie Longdon

29th -  30th                                                 Late summer flowers with Anna Knights

 

September

1st                                                                How to draw realistic animal eyes with Frances Whitman

2nd                                                                How to draw realistic animal fur with Frances Whitman

4th  - 5th                                                      Pencil Drawing with Jamie Boots

8th                                                              How to draw realistic animal feathers with Frances Whitman

9th                                                                How to draw realistic animal skin with Frances Whitman

12th-13th                                                     Landscapes in Textiles with Liz Robertson

15th - 16th                                                   Wildlife in Acrylics with Chris Jones

29th - 30th                                                   Batik- painting with wax with Sue Lees

 

October

6th - 7th                                                       Botanical Art in Coloured & Graphite Pencils with Marilyn Hughes

13th - 14th                                                   Silver Jewellery with Nicky Walters

 

November

3rd - 4th                                                        Enameling with Janine Partington

10th - 11th                                                   Stained Glass for Improvers’ with Kim Berry

17th - 18th                                                   ‘On form with nature’ Woodcarving with Robert Cox

 

December

1st                                                                Japanese Brushwork with Takumasa Ono

1st                                                                Japanese paper crafts by Origami with Mari Ono

8th - 9th                                                        Photoshop: An artist’s guide with Shelly Perkins

 

 

 

 

 

Our programme of courses for 2012 begins in March. During January we will be adding links to information packs for each course. If the course you are interested in does not yet have a link, look again in a few days or e.mail us and will send it to you as soon as it is available.