Join our weekly art classes, set in the calming, creative space of The Painted Fern Studio in the heart of Tenbury Wells, you will receive one to one guidance on growing your artistic practice to improve your skills, explore new techniques & connect with fellow artists.

Tuesday Evening’s 6pm-8pm

At The Painted Fern Studio

£12 per person, per session

Only 6 places available at one time

Our “Walk in Wednesday’s” gives you an opportunity to pop by the studio through out the day & have a go at one of our workshops at a fraction of the price!

This week we have botanical ink making!

Have a go at making your own ink to take home with you, learning the basics in getting a pigment from a range of readily available resources & have a play to see how they can be used in comparison to regular inks to get some magical effects.

Cost includes materials & tuition for 1 bottle of ink

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Our “Walk in Wednesday’s” gives you an opportunity to pop by the studio through out the day & have a go at one of our workshops at a fraction of the price!

This week we have Pyrography! (other wise known as burning wood)

You’ll get the chance to have a go at one of our favourite techniques, pyrography (wood burning). You’ll receive a few different pieces to try your hand at & take away with you & you can either design your own pieces or we can print you a transfer so no drawing skill is necessarily required.

Materials & tuition included

*Maximum of 2-3 people at a time 1 hr slots

* any children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult or sign required forms to take part.

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Our “Walk in Wednesday’s” gives you an opportunity to pop by the studio through out the day & have a go at one of our workshops at a fraction of the price!

This week we have Willow artists Charcoal Making (weather dependant).

You’ll get the chance to learn about the ancient art of charcoal making & make your own batch over fire to take away with you or use at one of our art classes.

Materials & tuition included

*Maximum of 6 people at a time 2 hr slots

*Weather dependant

* any children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult or sign required forms to take part.

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Our “Walk in Wednesday’s” gives you an opportunity to pop by the studio through out the day & have a go at one of our workshops at a fraction of the price!

This week we have Glass Painting which is part of our “Reuse, Recycle, Regift” workshops. Simply bring a glass fronted frame of your choice (many can be picked up from the charity shop or we will have a few available at cost) & potentially an image you’d like to create & you’ll be taught how to turn it into a beautiful gift for a loved on (or for yourself).

Materials & tuition included

*Maximum of 6 people at a time 2 hr slots

*Frames over the size of A4 will be extra cost

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Winter can be a difficult time for our mental wellbeing: less sunlight leads to a lack of vitamin D which in turn affects our bodies ability to produce serotonin & melatonin which helps us feel good & sleep well, the daylight, or lack of it, means a decrease in exercise & there decreases our dopamine as well as the financial worries & loneliness that all comes along with the coming months. Through our “Wellbeing Walks” however, we hope to guide you through the winter blues & find the light & beauty which comes through the darkness.

You’ll learn how to reconnect with the changing of the seasons, experience different approaches such as Hygge, connect with others as well as with your own creativity & develop a new way to look at the world through foraging, journaling & crafts.

Refreshments, journal & materials included

book at Workshops — Store 2 — Painted Fern Studio

*if you have any disabilities, difficulties or financial issues, please get in contact to let us know prior or during booking to ensure that it is accessible to as many as possible.

Please note* I am not (yet) a trained mental health professional, this walk has been designed to accompany other forms of mental health maintenance using my own personal experience. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact:

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org.uk

or ring 111

Children's contempory craft club

Friday 9th August

Choose EITHER 10am -12:30 or 2pm -4:30

Botanical printed nature journal & pyrography book mark

Each child will learn the magic of botanical printing on paper, forage for their materials & learn about various species of plants & there characteristic to then cover their own nature journal to take away with them. They will also be able to use this inspiration to design, draw and wood burn their own book mark to also come home with or gift if they choose. Enhanced dbs checked & insured.

Age 8+ (parental inclusion is preferred as it'll be a lovely family joint experience)

£15 per child

At The Painted Fern Studio, The barn, Teme court arcade, Tenbury wells

Limited spaces, please book via the online shop

With over 10 years of teaching experience, you can be guaranteed to learn techniques to improve your artistic practice & reconnect to your creativity with our art 101 workshops. So often, people say that they are incapable of drawing, with tried & tested drawing exercises, we can change all that.

We begin our day, as all creative pursuits start, with inspiration. We’ll take a wonderful winter walk to take photo’s, make sketches & note the colours which we wish to bring into our art work. Once back in the studio (& warmed up with tea & cake), we’ll guide you through some drawing skills as you decide which way you wish to go with your inspiration as well as playing with a range of materials to explore textures, lines & colours to enhance your art work.

After lunch, we’ll begin our pieces & create an ode to the winter landscape with guidance every step of the way.

Location - The Painted Fern Studio

Cost (including lunch & most materials) - £60

Maximum Capacity - 6 participants

Christmas wreath making workshops have become really popular over the past few years. I remember attending one myself at the tender age of 8 with my mum & have been making my own wreaths for our front door ever since. After becoming obsessed with green roof systems a few years ago, I began propagating hundreds of succulents and so last year, I created a living wreath with them which can be kept all year round growing more beautiful as the months go by, rather than being thrown away on boxing day.

Our living wreath workshop will guide you through the process of creating one of these wreaths for yourself to dress your festive door or gift to a friend. With homemade mince pies & mulled perry or tea/coffee, your guaranteed to walk away festive & full of the joys of a more sustainable Christmas.

Location - Commonwood Farm, knighton-on-teme, Tenbury Wells

https://www.commonwoodfarm.com/

Price (including materials & festive refreshments) - £70

Head to our shop to book now!

Renew, Recycle, Regift - Painted Glass Workshop

The first of our Renew, Recycle, Regift workshops will be creating these stunning stained glass style painting from, you got it, recycled picture frames! Simply bring along an old glass fronted frame you no longer have a use for & you will be guided & taught how to create a beautiful painted image to regift to a loved one (or sneakily keep it for yourself).

To begin our day, we’ll look for inspiration in the natural world & explore drawing techniques to design our pieces. There will be one on one tuition to help explain the processes of glass painting & how our drawings will be transferred onto glass.

After applying the outlines of our designs onto glass, you’ll be treated to an organically homegrown lunch of pumpkin soup & home baked bread followed by pudding from seasonal fruit grown & foraged in the studio garden (please let us know of any dietary requirements on booking).

After lunch, we’ll paint our glass with the provided supplies & discuss further applications of the techniques for future projects as well as a critique of our day.

Location - The Painted Fern Studio

Price (including materials & lunch) - £65

Maximum number - 6 participants

What’s more beautiful than the botanicals around us? Brewing those botanicals into blushing inks to then create with!

Our botanical inks are available to purchase in our shop, but we are offering a very special opportunity for you to learn to create some of these inks yourself.

The day will begin with a walk to forage for our materials to create our inks. Every season has a different bounty to brew, but the British autumn holds an exceptional array of materials such as acorns, pinecones, hawthorns & so much more which we can extract from. Once we’ve got our materials, we’ll light a cosy fire & cook up our inks while enjoying a chat over a cup of warm tea or coffee (many homemade foraged to try). We’ll learn about the history of ink’s & how they have been used by cultures for thousands of years, the chemical differences between pigments & dyes & so much more. After lunch (homegrown & made pumpkin soup with homemade bread available), we’ll have a lesson learning what we can do with our inks & play with the different mordants & PH levels to expose the hidden possibilities in our inks & create a beautiful piece of artwork. You’ll also be able to take home your homemade inks to continue your exploration of this versatile artistic medium.

£65 per person including lunch & materials

Maximum Capacity - 8

Location - Dorethy’s Rock - Tenbury Wells

This year we’ll be at Tenbury Applefest, our favourite festival in our hometown, “the town in the orchard”! There will be Morris Dancing, entertainment, wonderful local stalls, the famous Frank P Matthew’s tree’s & so much more on offer.

Our little stand will include an opportunity to purchase handmade art supplies & crafts lovingly created from the local flora & fauna, inks, charcoal, art kits, our Wild Child children’s clothing range & books, as well as a rare chance to view & purchase our range of eco printed goods & original paintings of the local landscapes. You’ll be able to have a chat to us about our upcoming workshops & have a play with some of the skills you can learn with us. As well as all this, Hanah Elizabeth will be completing a LIVE painting of a local apple orchard from said locally inspired art supplies to be silent auctioned off to raise money for MIND charity. A wonderful day not to be missed.