Painting with Nature - Children's Workshop

A workshop aimed at children, dedicated to making handmade brushes from natural materials before mark making using nature based inks.

Children will start by taking a walk around OmVed Gardens before collecting flowers and leaves to make our brushes.

There will be a selection of handles such as bamboo and willow on the nature table but the children will choose their brush heads to make a variety of brushes to paint from.

Then, working outdoors (weather permitting), we will assemble our nature paintbrushes before looking at different ways to make paint using natural inks

thinking about different brushes for a variety of mark making.

Children will be able to choose a scene or motif to paint from the gardens or the Alchemy exhibition, or use their own imagination, and they will take home their handmade nature brushes as well as their final paintings.

* Please note that all children must be accompanied by an adult.

About the host:

Corrie Wingate is an artist and arts facilitator based in North London. After traveling across the African continent as a documentary photographer and because of her interest in community arts projects, she founded an Art Centre and artist residency ‘Kids create Kenya’ at a children’s home on Lamu island. Now in its 10th year the art centre is a place where children and young adults can express themselves freely through art.

Subsidised Tickets:

We have a few tickets at a subsidised rate. If this workshop is not monetarily accessible to you, please write to us at events@omvedgardens.com to avail yourself of a subsidised ticket rate. Subject to availability.

Refund Policy:

These tickets are refundable up to 10 days before the start of the event (8 May) post which they will be non-refundable.