Cycle 1: Connecting to space & Nature Journaling at Ditchling Beacon - How to set up a page for Nature Journaling, Flower shapes & Butterflies

Cycle 2: Translating a landscape with line at Ranmore Common - Simplifying a landscape into 4-5 lines, contour drawing, weight of line (with a brush pen or brush & ink), expressive brush pen study

Reflection exercises

Cycle 3: The Beach - Close up at Elmer Sands, Sussex - Close observation of wildflowers and other plants, Journaling / free writing prompts, Mussels and shells in pen and watercolour, pebbles in watercolour and Cairns, Seaweed with a pentel brush pen

Cycle 4: The Beach - Sky and Sea at Lancing Beach - Identifying and mixing sky colours (watercolour) , Mixing sea colours (watercolour), Making waves -creating the textures of ripples and waves, The wider view - a watercolour sketched postcard, Beach huts and vanishing points (perspective)

Reflection exercises - paint me a postcard

Cycle 5: Take me to the water - The River Wey - Wildflowers by the Wey in Watercolour, Pen & Wash damselflies

Cycle 6: Rivers, trees and reflections - The River Wey - Painting reflections on the river bank in Watercolour, Trees by the Wey - alder and oak, Wider view - experiments in watercolour

Materials used in this project (not included in project price): A5 Sketchbook, Pan pallete of watercolours, Water brush pen, Size 6 synthetic round brush, Pentel Brush pen, 0.5 fineliners, Mineral Marvel Dot Cards. All materials listed are available in our Art Shop.