Free, Form & Flow in the Forest
With Deer Wood in-house Teacher Lisa pugh
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.
Courses for 2025/26
Lisa is planning a series of three 1 day courses which will place during the summer/autumn months.
As well as looking into the areas below, Lisa is planning some new collaborations with local artists and vision makers to weave some surprising new techniques. (See Artist Emma Lamb below),
• Sustainably foraging for materials.
• 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 producing artwork during a guided meditaion painting session.
Moving forward, 2026 will see the culmination of many threads coming together to bring a 2-3 day Natural Paintmaking Retreat, travelling to some stunning locations to forage, make and paint.
