Spread your creative wings as we enter the world of birds- from sketching eggs, nests and feathers to full paintings of our feathered friends using beginner-friendly tricks & techniques!

Time to learn the lore of plants as we journey into the healing properties of herbs and wild flowers held in the highest regard by our ancestors. As we explore each plant's story, we'll unlock it's wisdom - untangling the threads of learning woven into folk tales, tradition and ritual. We'll flow through botanical drawing, watercolour painting and even some optional printmaking this season as we explore the shapes, colours, textures and healing properties of plants.

Join us on a creative journey though a summer season project where you’ll learn to draw & paint flowers as well as learning what each flower represents. This project includes some core Nature Journaling techniques as well as folklore / stories associated to a range of wild flowers that grow in the Surrey Area.

Be mindful where you tread this season as we step into the land of bugs, slugs and winged ones that make our world go round.

We’ll turn our little friends into drawings & paintings, filling our sketchbooks with bug-lore and finding out more about how each little critter contributes to the balance and harmony of our ecosystem.

Join Ellie on a creative summer journey travelling to hill tops, sea-sides and rivers with a small kit of materials and a nature journal. Learn how to journal en plein air and how to capture both our close surroundings and the ‘wider view’ using simple materials

As summer draws to the close in the UK some of our native birds are ready to take their annual break - leaving our shores and heading for warmer climes.

And just as some of our local feathered friends take their leave, we'll be using the 'arrivals' board to learn about birds who return to the UK through the Autumn season from Europe and even colder climates.

From thrushes, to geese, owls and the odd wader or two -we'll use these new arrivals as inspiration for learning how to sketch and paint a range of wild birds.

Join us on a journey into the sacred forest where you’ll learn how to draw and sketch trees that were held in the highest regard by our ancestors. Packed with technical tricks for drawing and painting trees, this project is also steeped in magic and folklore as we learn about the ‘spirit of trees’.

Autumn is the season of foraging and during our ‘Harvest’ project we foraged for local inspiration to fill our Sketchbooks with the ‘gifts of nature’ so abundant at this time of year! This project includes Fruits of the Hedgerow, Fruits of the trees, Fruits of the Forest (including Fungi!) and Fruits of the field!

Join us on a wonder-filled adventure through the Winter months as we learn about the myth, magic and folklore of animals. Through the lens of the four elements we'll learn how to connect to the energy of a selection of wild animals, through creativity. Learn about 'the spirit of animals' using beginner-kind painting and drawing techniques.

Join Ellie for a slow and gentle Winter-inspired project where we explore the Hibernation habits of UK Wildlife - from hedgehogs & dormice, to badgers and bees and finishing the project with some beautiful Spring bulbs emerging from the Earth below…

A celebration of the returning light…

The Winter Solstice is a tipping point - a moment when the sun stands still. After this point, with each sunrise, we welcome brighter mornings and longer days.

Join us on a storytelling journey this season as we use ancient folk tales from around the world to inspire our Sketchbook adventures.

Take a walk with us through cool Winter landscapes, star speckled skies and meet with wise nature spirits that will guide us on our journey from darkness to light.