Natural Paintmaking Courses

Free Form & Flow

Free, Form & Flow in the Forest

With Deer Wood in-house Teacher Lisa pugh

Lisa Pugh - Green Woman

Learn the traditinal art of making paint from natural materials

These sessions are for anyone who wishes to move from mass produced colours and reconnect in a new and deeper way to the landscape around us, through exploration with treasures from the natural environment.

Expand your creative flow through intuitive approaches that free the mind to new forms artist expression.

We will be using traditional methods to produce ethical natural paints, learning techniques to create paints and inks and artists tools from foraged materials and recording our findings in sketchbooks.

We will be focusing on the areas in and around this woodland, with its river and footpath boundaries providing an abundance of colour creating a unique natural pallet.

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 Sessions are in special collaboration with  Helen's Sound Mediation

Cost £55

Assisting your creative connection to nature the day will culminate with a combined painting & Sound Bath session with Helen's Sound Meditaion.

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"I just wanted to write a quick note so say how wonderful today was and a heartfelt congratulations to you to have your wonderful creation come to fruition.
 I truly enjoyed every part of it.  It was just a terrific process.  I feel such a sense of peaceful joyfulness from the day.  It was fun, interesting, mindful, caring, and continuously a journey and exploration. Thank you for your talent, wonderful presence and guidance along the way." - Louise - Free, Form & Flow - 13th July 2024
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  Courses Planned for 2025

A series of five 1 day courses to take place during spring, summer and autumn are being planned for 2025.

These will to go into greater depth in each area of focus:

• Sustainably foraging for materials.
• Ways of making charcoal using a range of twigs from different trees.
• Making a wide range of artists tools from natural objects.
• Exploring ways of experimenting with natural pigments.
• Deepening the connection to the natural materials and prodcing art work during a guided meditaion painting session.

2026 will see the culmination of many threads coming together to bring a 3- day Natural Paintmaking Retreat, travelling to some stunning locations to forage, make and paint.

 

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