Creative Workshops
Inspired by Nature
Our creative collaborations guarantee a warm welcome, a gentle dose of mindful creativity, unlimited cuppas and delicious food inspired by seasonal and local ingredients.
Mindful Creativity Beneath The Trees
Our experiences begins with a gentle meander up to our woodland glen, where we’ll be spending the day beneath the trees.
After a restorative brew, Surrey Art School founder Ellie Green will guide you through a creative session inspired by the seasons.
Our creative collaborations include either:
- a delicious seasonal and locally inspired light lunch
- a selection of wildly inspired baked treats
.. and of course, copious pots of tea and coffee, freshly brewed over our open fires.
in collaboration with
Our creative sessions are led by Surrey Art School founder, Ellie Green, who runs a Seasonal Art School inspired by Nature and rooted in Mindfulness.
Ellie’s teaching is beginner friendly, using materials that are eco-kind and with a mission to help you re-kindle your creative spark, no matter how long it’s been since you picked up a pencil or held a paintbrush.
Classes are meditative in nature and packed with tips and techniques that will make you feel calmer and more confident in your creative abilities.
Woodland Setting
Our experiences take place beneath the trees in a beautiful woodland glen.
Small Groups
Keeping it intimate, with a maximum of 16 guests per course.
Experienced Tutors
Led by our Surrey Art School founder, Ellie Green, and a selection of talented local creatives.
Seasonally Inspired
We offer a range of themes inspired by the seasons and the natural world around us.
Join us in the woods
Spring Foraging Walk, Botanical Illustrations & Seasonal Lunch
Friday 26th April 2024
10:00am - 1:30pm
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 botanical illustration workshop led by Ellie from Surrey Art School, featuring ingredients gathered in our foraging baskets.
Using creativity to help us anchor the learning from our foraging walk, we’ll create studies of our foraged finds using beginner kind drawing techniques – refining our sketches with fineliners and adding light washes of watercolour to bring our studies to life.
All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and a delicious light lunch are included in this seasonal workshop.
Foraging Walk | Creative Workshop | Light Lunch
£85 per person
Wild Bees in Watercolour
Friday 14th June 2024
10:30am - 1:00pm
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.
Creative Workshop | Hot Drinks & Sweet Treat
£75 per person
Wildflower Botanical Painting & Seasonal Lunch
Friday 12th July 2024
10:30am - 1:30pm
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 before putting them down on paper as a beautiful memory of the sweet days of summer.
All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and a delicious light lunch are included in this seasonal workshop.
Creative Workshop | Seasonal Lunch
£85 per person
Nature Printing (Monoprinting)
Friday 13th September 2024
10:30am - 1:00pm
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 on the forest floor, 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.
Creative Workshop | Hot Drinks & Sweet Treat
£75 per person
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Further Details
Our Woodland Classroom
You’ll find us on the Priory Farm Estate in the village of South Nutfield in Surrey. Our woodland classroom is a 5 minute walk (uphill) from our barn, where we gather before our day in the woods begins.
Beneath the trees, you’ll find our tipi and wooden shelter to keep us dry in the event of wet weather.
Who is it suitable for?
Our creative courses are suitable for all. Surrey Art School's teaching methods are beginner friendly, their materials are eco-kind and their mission is to help you re-kindle your creative spark, no matter how long it’s been since you picked up a pencil or held a paintbrush.
This course is suitable for guests aged 14+.
For experiences including a meal, please note our menus are Vegetarian. Gluten free options available upon request.
