Painting Nature in Derwent Inktense – Part II
- Monday February 3rd to 24th 2025 (weekly for 4 weeks), 10 am – 12 pm
- Umborne Bridge Studio, Unit 1, Dolphin Street, Colyton, EX24 6LU
- £95 including all materials
Derwent Inktense is a fantastic medium for creating artwork both indoors and outdoors. Bright and vibrant, Derwent Inktense pencils are similar to watercolour pencils, except they dry permanent like ink. This 4-week, in-person course continues from the popular “Painting Nature in Derwent Inktense” and you will need to have done this course first, either at Umborne Bridge Studio or online here.
Wild Camping Nature Journaling Retreat
- 9th to 12th June 2025
- Castle Wild Camp, New Rd, Baconsthorpe, Holt NR25 6LW
- £350 (camping included)
Are you a creative person who loves the great outdoors and immersing yourself into nature and creativity? Join us for a few days nature journaling a rewilding campsite in Norfolk, UK, together with a supportive group. Tuition by nature journaling educator and artist Alex Boon, joined by local nature experts. The location? The beautiful Castle Wild Camp, a 60-acre rewilding site in rural Norfolk. Get the full wild camping experience, sleep beneath the stars and wake up to birdsong, but with hot water and facilities and a great pub nearby.
Total Beginners’ Nature Journaling Retreat
- 20th to 23rd June 2025
- The School of Art & Wellbeing, Cuckoo Down Lane, Honiton EX14 9TT
- 295 (excl. accommodation)
Are you someone with a passion for nature and creativity? Looking to learn a few artistic techniques and/or how to identify species?
Want to slow down and settle into a deeper state of observation in nature? How about an weekend away nature journaling a rural site in Devon, UK, together with a supportive group? Tuition by nature journaling educator and artist Alex Boon with mindfulness sessions led by meditation teacher Rachel Mann. Located at the beautiful School of Art & Wellbeing in East Devon, UK, with an old cricket pavilion converted into a large, bright art studio, forest garden, walled vegetable garden, wildflower meadow, yurts, and polytunnel creative space. Accomodation available onsite (to be booked separately).
Experience Nature Journaling Retreat
- 4th to 7th July 2025
- The School of Art & Wellbeing, Cuckoo Down Lane, Honiton EX14 9TT
- 295 (excl. accommodation)
Nature journaling immersion retreat for those with some experience. Have you been nature journaling a little while but looking to broaden and deepen your skills? Come together in a small group to nature journal at a beautiful rural location in East Devon, UK and learn new skills with nature journaling educator and artist Alex Boon. Find calm with mindfulness sessions led by meditation teacher Rachel Mann. Hosted by the beautiful School of Art & Wellbeing, a peaceful location with an old cricket pavilion converted into a large, bright art studio, forest garden, walled vegetable garden, wildflower meadow, yurts, and polytunnel creative space. Accommodation available onsite (to be booked separately).