Theme: Our Natural World — Autumn & Winter Animals and Nature
🗓 Course Dates:Wednesdays , 5th November – 10th December2–4pm📍 A Space to Meet, Main Street, Woodhouse Eaves(Parking available behind the café)
This 6-week art course invites you to journey through the quiet magic of the colder seasons. We’ll explore the textures, rhythms, and creatures of autumn and winter—from curled leaves to migrating birds, hibernating mammals to frost-kissed branches. Each session is a gentle unfolding of nature’s stories, blending folk-inspired techniques with personal reflection.
The final session will be a gift to the group, offered in celebration of my 50th birthday—a creative ritual of gratitude, connection, and shared wonder.
✨ Course Structure:
Week 1: Animal Tracks & Forest Whispers. We’ll explore woodland environments - plants and animals and their hidden paths using leaf prints, natural mark-making, and simple sketching. 
Week 2: Feather Forms & Flight Patterns Through close observation of feathers, we’ll paint, collage, and tell stories inspired by birds and migration.
Week 3: Hibernation & Hidden Homes Using clay, fibres, and soft paper pulp, we’ll shape cozy nests and burrows, adding texture and earthy colour.
Week 4: Winter Botanicals & Frost Patterns Inspired by bare branches and seed pods, we’ll use ink, wax, and pressed plants to create frosty, delicate prints.
Week 5: Winter Animals & Seasonal Symbols
We’ll explore the creatures that inhabit winter tales and traditions—foxes curled in snow hollows, antlered deer in frost-laced forests, owls gliding through dusk, and other quiet companions of the cold.
Through drawing and linocut printing, each participant will create a personal winter animal, shaped by folklore, memory, or silent observation.
Week 6: Birthday Offering  for my 50th sun year — Shared Wonder A celebratory creative ritual with warm drinks, gentle music, and collaborative art. Assembling a group “Winter Wonder Cabinet” filled with small creations, reflections, and gratitude.
🌿 This is a nurturing space for all stages of creative journeying.Some come to evolve, some to begin again.Grounding practices such as breathwork and visualisation may be gently woven in to support presence and connection.
There will be a strong emphasis into personal development of work & style. As well as some collaborative pieces . Supporting & evolving with this lovely group together.
Price includes refreshments and a delicious snack.