In-person course
in Suffolk Maker & location details

Waterland: The Natural World in Ink and Coloured Pencil

Flatford Mill

Description

Discover the natural world in ink and coloured pencils. Join artist and author Helen Hanson in using an unusual combination of ink and coloured pencil. This format was originally developed for drawing landscapes. Helen will take you through the process of applying this medium to drawings of the natural world. Use creative mark-making in ink and dry coloured pencil, with embossing and lifting out, to depict the plants, birds, or insects of the wetland environment. Using your own or the tutor’s images and the surroundings of Flatford Mill you will be guided through the processes with demonstrations and individual help and encouraged to follow your own style. This is slow art, but enjoyable, and with inspiration and guidance from the tutor you will produce a collection of work that will surprise you. About the tutor: Helen Hanson Helen Hanson is a Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists, winner of the President’s Award and a former Council Member of the Society of Women Artists. She was for many years a successful printmaker, exhibiting her landscape etchings in galleries and exhibitions throughout Britain. Always inspired by the natural world, she now concentrates on ink and coloured pencil landscape and botanical coloured pencil works, and enjoys tutoring adults locally and at residential venues in the UK. About Flatford Mill We have four buildings that are used for visitor accommodation. Whilst most rooms are either en-suite or have a dedicated bathroom, there are some rooms in The Mill that share showers and toilets at the end of the hall. If this is un-suitable for you please make the office staff aware upon booking or as soon as possible. Please be aware that you are visiting a Field Centre that caters in the main for school parties; the accommodation is basic and dormitory style, but warm and comfortable.

What's included in the price?

Expert Tuition Free Wi-Fi Full Board Accommodation Hot and Cold Drinks Picnic Lunch Full board accommodation and picnic lunch is available for resident bookings only. Refreshments are included for all, but non-resident bookings are advised to bring lunch with you.