Events in 2024
Join us in 2024 and reconnect to the healing powers of Nature through Creativity
Creative Tuition with SAS founder Ellie Green
Join Ellie for personalised creative tuition at her cosy studio in Newdigate. Pick a nature based topic and she’ll create a bespoke class for you using the topic / materials of your choice! Choose from a ‘Creative Spark’ 75 minute tutorial or ‘Deep Dive’ for 150 minutes of personalised creative tuition. Treat yourself, book in with a friend* or book for a loved one in for 2024 (gift vouchers available!).
Sunday Creative Session
Sundays | 10:30 to 13:00 | Capel Memorial Hall
Join us for a Sunday Creative Session, where Ellie will offer a Nature inspired workshop - a taster of our regular curriculum inspired by our Sketchbook Club Art Class seasonal theme.
(All materials & light refresments included)
Spring Foraging Walk, Botanical Illustrations & Seasonal Lunch
Friday 26th April 2024 | 10:00 to 13:30 | The Salt Box | RH1 4EU
Take a walk on the wild side, as we introduce you to the hidden delights of nature’s spring larder. We’ll start the day with a wild tea, before we head on a walk through fields, woodlands and along tracks, with a syllabus built around what is not just seasonally available, but delicious too!
After our walk we’ll settle down for a slow and mindful beginner kind botanical illustration workshop led by Ellie from Surrey Art School, featuring ingredients gathered in our foraging baskets.
All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and a delicious light lunch are included in this seasonal workshop.
Dandelion | Mini Retreat at The Sussex Country Yurt
Saturday 18th May 2024 | 14:00 to 17:30 | The Sussex Country Yurt
Join SAS Founder Ellie Green and Sally from Body Phonics for an afternoon connecting to the wisdom and teachings of the Dandelion - a powerful plant ally that can help us connect to the solar plexus, seat of our personal power and confidence.
This mini-retreat includes: Oracle cards, guided journaling exercises and meditation to tune into subconscious blocks & desires, a therapeutic dandelion doodling & painting workshop, EFT tapping, bach flower remedies, tea, chats, cake & a reiki circle to close the space.
Wild Bees in Watercolour with Wild Tea & Cake
Friday 14th June 2024 | 10:30 to 13:00 | The Salt Box | RH1 4EU
Embrace the rising energy of summer and learn to paint wild bees under the gentle tutorage of Ellie from Surrey Art School.
Working with a mixture of inks and vibrant watercolours we’ll use beginner-kind wet on wet watercolour techniques to find the shapes of fluffy bumblebees. With a few further flicks of the brush and some delightfully translucent wings – your bees will be ready to fly!
All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and a wildly inspired sweet treat are included in this seasonal workshop.
Wildflower Botanical Painting & Seasonal Lunch
Friday 12th July 2024 | 10:30 to 13:30 | The Salt Box | RH1 4EU
See you in the meadow this summer, when the fields are in full bloom, for a beautiful botanically-inspired workshop suitable for beginners. Ellie will share some gentle & soothing techniques for painting seasonal herbs and native wildflowers in vibrant watercolours. You’ll learn how to use a range of brushes to capture wild stems, leaves and blooms.
Once you’ve learned some of the core techniques, Ellie will invite you to ‘make a meadow’ of your own – choosing your favourite flowers from the ‘creative buffet’ on offer. All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and a delicious light lunch are included in this seasonal workshop.
Nature Printing Workshop with Wild Tea & Cake
Friday 13th September 2024 | 10:30 to 13:00 | The Salt Box | RH1 4EU
Join Ellie and create beautiful hand-made botanical mono-prints using the surrounding woodland as inspiration. You’ll be working with vegetable oil based inks that are totally non-toxic and capture the stunning detail of the textures of nature with stunning photographic results – no matter your skill level.
By the end of the workshop you’ll come away with multiple prints from leaves, feathers and whatever else you can find in the forest - giving you the chance to take a little bit of the beautiful woodland home with you on the day.
All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and a wildly inspired sweet treat are included in this seasonal workshop.
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