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Bound Flavor - Awakening with the New Moon
Hello beautiful people and a warm welcome to our Spring Newsletter,
I'chiliad going to kick off with a few happy headlines for the season alee…
Happy Headlines:
Our Spring season of Print Society kicks in merely a few days ( it's not to late to hop on board) and booking opens on our Spring Flavour of Sketchbook Order this week likewise!
In person workshops wise I'll be at Painshill Park this Fri - bringing my dose of mindful chill to a lovely Eggs and Nest Painting workshop playing with Watercolours and Ink. If you're in the Cobham area, come and play!
I'g dorsum in the forest with The Salt Box later this month too - we still accept a few spots left on our Leap Events if you'd like to join u.s. in the wood and be #nurturedbynature 🌲
And finally, I've just added NEW dates for our Mindful Photography Walks at the stunning Buckland Park Lake. Join me for a Woodland Walk and learn all about moss and lychen; or take an early summer stroll with me and look for Wildflowers. As with all my didactics, these walks are beginner kind and all you demand is your phone-camera and an open heed.
It's been a long Winter my friends and in many ways, Winter is still biting at our ankles every bit the first days of April unfold. This past couple of months, couple of years have been hard on united states all, stretched us to our limits and this yr I've felt I've needed Spring more than than e'er before. That certainly that things will shift, elevator, and lighten as the days pass. That nothing is e'er permanent, that we are and always will be in a constant state of change.
When the days are at their darkest, when the shadows creep in, Spring is promise. Spring is sun on our skin. And when it feels like it's all going to shite - it'south more important than ever that we all seed the light.
This Spring marks the closing of a affiliate for us hither and so it many ways it feels like a new year. Despite 'information technology all' my friends nosotros are still here and with each new day, each new spring bloom I spot on my walks, I feel my heart shifting, softening, every bit it lets the light in…
Over the adjacent year we'll continue to concord infinite for our vibrant online communities at Sketch and Print Club. I'll be teaching in person in one case or twice a month, working some incredible practitioners and in some stunning locations.
And I'll exist taking one solar day a week to focus on my ain budding creative practice over at elliegreenartist - answering a deep calling to sink into my own expression - through pen, through brush. The days of Ellie Green rushing around from colonnade to mail are a ghost of the by as I no longer want to move fast - I'd rather take things slow, let the piddling moments motility me and let life unfold.
Equally always, deepest gratitude to you lot all for staying with me on the ever unfolding journey…
And then much honey and light - Ellie xxx
Leap at Surrey Art School
Leap is a busy fourth dimension of year over here, as all the seeds we planted at Imbolc burst into life. With Easter just around the corner, this calendar week sees the launch of our Spring Flavour of Sketchbook Club on Tuesday 5th April and at that place's withal time to sign upwards to Spring Impress Club too - the first lesson goes live on Thursday 7th April with a focus on Lithography!
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Spring Sketchbook Club : Floriography - Booking opens Tuesday 5th Apr 2022
Our Spring Flavour theme is Floriography - simply put, this is the language and symbolism of flowers. Inside the fine art of floriography, every flower carries its own special pregnant or symbolism, and this can also be influenced by its diverseness and colour. Over the Spring season we'll expect at which flowers are in 'bloom' in May, June and July - with each tutorial exploring flowers associated to the month of the year when they appear.
Spring Print Guild : Lithography- Terminal chance to book! First lesson goes live seventh April 2022
The Leap season focus for Impress Club is Lithography and is suitable for complete beginners as well as those looking to extend their current practice.
This season we'll cover:
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Kitchen Lithography (a unproblematic approach to lithography using kitchen materials)
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Photo / paper Lithography ( working with photocopies of drawings or photos to 'lift' a impress from the surface)
Spring Events in Surrey
Eggs and Nest Painting Workshop at Painshill Park : Friday 8th April 2022
* Profits from this workshop go towards the protection and preservation of Painshill Park for future generations..
Join Surrey Art Schoolhouse founder Ellie Green at the Eggs and Nest Painting Workshop*
A calming and mindful art workshop, where you'll be working with cartoon inks, a range of brushes and Daniel Smith Artist Watercolour paints to create a lovely seasonal study of eggs in a nest. This workshop is broken into simple stages that are ever so satisfying and beginner friendly.
All materials are included in this workshop.
Bring together us for an inspiring, beginner friendly, Mindful Photography Walk at the stunning Buckland Park Lake*, led by Surrey Art School founder Ellie Greenish. All y'all need is your mobile phone or digital photographic camera and an open mind!
Woodland Mindful Photography Walk - Friday sixth May or Saturday 6th May 2022 | ten:00 to 11:00 am
Summer Wildflower Walk - Friday third June or Saturday 4th June 2022 | x:00 to xi:00
We have some cute collabs planned with The Salt Box this flavour including our ever popular Mono-press & Woodland Tiffin (new appointment added due to popularity!) and a cute NEW! Spring foraging Walk and Botanical Drawing workshop coming up in May. The latter will include a new approach to learning most and recording our environs - as we delve into Nature Journaling and will finish upwardly with a lovely Spring inspired picnic!
Spring Online Workshops
For those of you a niggling further afield - or preferring the comforts of home correct now - let u.s.a. bring Bound to yous! We have a NEW Spring Inks Gift Set now available in our Art Shop, which includes FREE tutorial for creating Inky Easter-inspired eggs - a great fiddling taste of what we do here that comes with all the tools to do it and can be posted straight to your doorstep!
And for those of you looking something a niggling more in depth and deeply calming - Ellie's NEW Leap Watercolour Wreath Workshop will have your inventiveness blooming in no time - packed with nifty little tricks for painting botanicals - this tutorial comes with the selection of a full starter kit likewise! Woohoo!
And finally…
A petty reminder from me that there is no set path in life, no '1 manner' you could say. The path ahead splits, twists and turns to the melody of your own thoughts. Our beliefs, the stories we concord true - that hold me, hold y'all on a set course, are mapped entirely by our own design. And nosotros tin can change direction at any fourth dimension….
And as it'southward Sunday - pop this little soul soother, heart opener of a hymn on and take a moment to let these words motion through you.
This is a fourth dimension of deep healing, deep release, as we allow go of former stories, versions of ourselves, relationships, energetic cords that bind and entwine usa and costless up space for grace, for new and beautiful things to arrive in our lives.
I know in that location are so many beautiful things on the horizon for each and every 1 of y'all...Make space.
A little gift of calorie-free to my Sketch community and a long awaited update…
Sketch / SAS News February 2022
Hello beautiful souls, members of the Sketch community past and present,
It's been a while then I wanted to pop on and say hello…
What little of you may know, and I felt chosen to share with you today - is that through the highs and lows of running Surrey Fine art School, since the very beginning and to this day – I have always considered Sketchbook Club and it'southward members to exist the beating centre of our school.
This, the one we made together, is a meeting of souls all of whom share a deep love and appreciation of / a deep sense of belonging to / the natural globe and information technology'due south seasons.
All of united states, looking to express this divine connection through creativity.
It'southward safe to say that you lot guys actually are 'my people'.
And so, equally I stand at the precipice of an exciting new era over here - a new showtime, both for Surrey Fine art School and for me, as an Artist – I wanted y'all, my heart community, to be the first to know how I see this bright new tomorrow unfolding…
Closing the studio every bit a venue
Firstly after v years of running our studio every bit a venue for workshops and classes, I have decided not to reopen the studio for regular classes. Running this space has been a dream come up truthful, with and so many beautiful memories made that I will treasure forever - yet it'due south fourth dimension for me to move out of the role 'venue director' and to dream a new dream my friends!
The studio will remain closed as a venue but open on Tuesday mornings during term time from ten:00 to 14:00 for click and collect on our Art Shop.
Nosotros'd similar to reconnect with you – whether yous're an existing subscriber, used to attend our classes in the by, or are interested in learning more about what nosotros teach and how – it would be so prissy to meet you lot at one of our upcoming Socials at Capel Memorial Hall.
Social dates: Tuesday 22nd February & Tuesday 15th March 2022 12:30 to 14:30. Follow the link below to join united states of america for a Social or read on…
What's on offer:
- Unlimited Tea and biscuits
- Demos from Ellie and a chance to 'have a go'
- Individual sketchbook advice / feedback and technical support.
- Fourth dimension to work on your project
What's information technology for?
To raise coin for Wild fauna Help, reconnect with our local customs and friends, to offer inspiration if you lot're feeling 'stuck' creatively. Support and advice from Ellie.
Ellie Greenish Artist
I'one thousand taking a running leap at something new my friends and it's thrilling and terrifying in equal measure - equally the best things oftentimes are.
In life I believe at that place are two paths we can take - the fated path, the one that seems seems somehow limited to 1 aspect of the self - or the soul led path - one that embraces all aspects of the self, nurtures each facet of the heart.
On this latter path, I believe that there are hidden gems within us, just waiting to be discovered, awakened…
In order to live a soul led life, we must offset let become of the expectations that nosotros have placed upon ourselves, or unwittingly absorbed on our journeying through life. In their place we must make space - to be quiet, to listen, to effort new things and to explore - just then will these new aspects of ourselves to be revealed.
As we gently peel away the layers of workout and allow ourselves the correct weather condition to flourish - we begin to discover our truthful talents.
This is the journey I'm on right now and I've found that launching my own artist folio is already allowing me to express parts of myself that have until now, not had the space to sally…
Follow my unfolding journey here: https://www.instagram.com/elliegreenartist/
Upcoming Events
As the weather begins to shift and we move always closer to Spring, information technology'south fourth dimension for me to gently poke my nose out from my Winter hibernation and to kick off my seasonal workshops at some stunning venues in and around Surrey. You all-time bustle though equally tickets are moving fast my friends…
Eggs and Nest Painting at Painshill
A lovely Easter- themed workshop every bit I return to Painshill Park this Spring, bringing a fun, beginner friendly egg and nest painting tutorial to the table. A lovely mixed-media workshop working with inks, watercolours and some of my very special brushes!
Closing thoughts and a little story…
Every bit you lot know, I similar to reward those of you who reach the finish of my words with a trivial anecdote, a story or some music.
Well today I'm offering all iii…
On the VERY final day of a VERY long January that had felt VERY much like wading through treacle…I dusted off my chapeau and took a train to London to watch the amazing Spells Songs live in concert.
And equally I watched Jackie Morris waving her magic paintbrush, hymns of nature swirling around her in notes and song, I was but and so deeply moved, inspired and utterly, well, spell-bound .
What inspired me most I think, was witnessing this incredible collaboration between musicians, writers, artists - bringing together their skills in harmony to create an offering with a heartfelt message.
A message of hope to all the 'silver seekers' out there, niggling gifts of light in the ascent darkness of the modern twenty-four hour period.
I needed that light, that reminder, that moment.
I needed to know that there were others out there, like me, who believed in a better futurity for our planet, who wanted to be a good ancestor.
And most of all, I needed to know that in gild to do this I didn't need to alter a thing - just wave my magic paintbrush and heighten my voice to sing near the things I care about.
If yous're yet hither, scroll down to the link below to listen to the Lost Words Blessing.
May it inspire y'all to raise your vox, your magic brush also.
May it spark something in you…
Artwork by : Jackie Morris
Art and about in June
June is inventiveness in full flower
Happy Friday beautiful people and welcome to my piffling weekend circular up of local artistic events coming up over the month of June!
Summertime is on its way folks and at this time of the year, the Surrey Hills truly burst into blossom. Information technology'south loftier season for creativity and the perfect fourth dimension to get out and re-connect with the local scene.
June is always a decorated month for u.s.a. creatives here in the Surrey. With lockdown restrictions easing and spaces and places slowly re-opening, my calendar is suddenly brimming with opportunities to reconnect with my fellow creatives.
And then much so I couldn't resist popping together my own little creative guide to Surrey letting you know about some of the workshops, exhibitions and markets happening locally that you practise non want to miss.
As I mentioned earlier this calendar week, so many of my creative colleagues are embarking on new adventures this season and I'll exist heading out to visit them over the coming month, I wanted to throw out the invitation to you guys too.
Check out my pick of little local studios, workshops and events below…
Artwork: Carolyn Gavin
Emily Chilvers
Do you recollect the lovely Emily Chilvers and her beautiful basket weaving workshops at the studio? Well Emily is very much dorsum from her travels and set up to weave, breathe and make with you all once more. She's got some lovely workshops coming up in Brockham and over in Sutton over the coming calendar month and I highly recommend checking them out! Interested? Emily is offering an exclusive 10% discount on all her upcoming workshops for members of the Surrey Fine art School customs (that'due south you guys). Book via her website using the code: SAS21
Surrey Creative person Open Studios
Tis the season for Artists beyond Surrey to throw open up their doors and share some of their beautiful creations with the local community. We'd dear to be taking part this year just with things still a little up in the air in terms of the studio the timing just didn't work for us this year. We are nevertheless delighted to share some of our top tips of local studios that nosotros think will exist just dreamy to visit!
Wey Ceramics Social club
Remember the magnificent Jo Hannah Ceramics? She used to teach regular mindful ceramics workshops here at the studio pre-pandemic and became a dear friend to me over the years. I've always had a deep love for Jo'southward piece of work, with its inspiration deeply rooted in nature, country changes, transformation. You can see Jo'south work at the Wey Ceramics Lodge Open Studio this weekend. Click on the button below for more than info.
Parkgate Pottery
If yous've not had the pleasure of visiting the lovely Andy at Parkgate Pottery right here in Newdigate, you are in for a treat my friends. Andy runs a variety of in person ceramics workshops from her stunning garden studio as well as working on her own unique creations. This one is a magic maker with a pottery wheel and her glazes / designs are divine. Plus she'south the kind of person I could sit down and conversation to over numerous cups of tea because she's such a darling. Why non pop her a visit this weekend and swoop in to her globe?
The Studio
Three wonderful artistic souls under ane roof - I only had to give a shout out to my lovely friends Imogen Hartridge and Tania Busschau whom I had the pleasance in exhibiting with in 2019 and 2020 at Denbies pre-pandemic. These two talented local artists accept teamed up with still some other local fable Cathy Brett and yous can visit them in Leatherhead over the next couple of weekends. Check out there opening times here.
Summer Market at Dorking Halls
And finally, this Dominicus 13th June yous can catch the Summer Market - curated by Dapper and Suave - xi:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Grand Hall, Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, RH4 1SG
" A curated popular-up section store for handmade businesses featuring artwork, beauty, candles, jewellery, ceramics, way, food & gifts for the home and you. This upshot gives exhibitors a showcase to share their passion for what they make by bring their events into the 21st Century where a friendly, unique, and creative welcome will expect yous as a customer."
Equally e'er Jason has put together a peachy line up of creatives and makers of all kinds. This event is Gratis folks but you'll have to book a ticket to gain entry using the link below!
I've always felt that fate brought me hither, to these cute hills, this identify I at present phone call dwelling. It is so rare to find a identify where there are so many artistic people and such a thriving creative community. Art and inventiveness accept been such an anchor for u.s. all over the past year and now our Artists need us more e'er - to continue the arts alive! And so lets go out there and support this beautiful community of makers this month!
Hope to see y'all at a workshop, market or open studio soon!
The Wisdom in the Woods - Sketchbook Guild Fall Season
Heed to the wisdom of the copse.. for trees know you can exist even so and abound at the same time…
The Autumn of 2020 has truly been a season similar no other - the first certainly where nosotros've been actively encouraged to stay as far away from one another equally possible. One where many of us have felt isolated, alone and yet, despite all this, as a creative customs nosotros accept even so grown, together. Since the end of the summer in late August, Sketchbook Society tutors and students akin have been gently percolating on this beautiful theme - The Wisdom in the Woods .
After the wild shifts of the summer season, where nosotros spent much of our time adjusting the sails to the stormy seas around u.s.a., information technology was fourth dimension to connect to an free energy and a theme that would ground united states of america and help breathe light into the darker days of Autumn - and this journeying has been nothing brusk of awesome.
For those of you curious as to how the structure of our online class works, here's SAS founder Ellie Green introducing the theme for the Autumn season. We teach using a combination of approaches - pre-recorded tutorials and general pep talks, a private facebook group where nosotros connect as a community to share our progress and gain feedback on our work and our online learning portal which is packed with downloadable resources to go along the inspiration flowing from week to week. Because our lessons are pre-recorded, students are able to acccess the tutorial in their own time, at their own stride. In that location's no race to the end line with the states, nosotros requite our students plenty of time in between and afterwards lessons to gently digest each phase of the process.
Members Meet Up
For the starting time time this Autumn we were able to gather our members face up to face, albeit outdoors and at a safe altitude, for a morning of mindful creativity. This was a very special moment for united states of america all and a memory we truly treasured as we moved through the flavour.
After a long summer spent working apart, together, our hearts were oh so total when we stole ourselves away to Leith Hill, Surrey for a morning of socially distanced creativity, connecting to the magic of the woodland at Leith Loma. Ellie ran a beautiful forest bathing meditation and shared some tips on Mindful Photography as we moved through the woods. From the tiptop of the hill we used castor pens to create some quick studies of the stunning pines that line the hillside and are so characteristic of the Surrey Hills. We promise to be able to meet once again at a later phase of the Wintertime season when its safe to do so equally this was such a special moment.
Photo: Leyla G Photography
Photo: Leyla G Photography
Making our own Oak Gall Ink
Our starter kit for the Autumn term, equally with every term of our online Sketchbook Social club course, included a mystery item. For this flavor we included an Oak Gall Ink making kit! Working from an original recipe that dates back to medieval times, when oak gall ink was used in some of the primeval written manuscripts, nosotros created our own ink and used information technology to capture the regal beauty of Autumnal Oak trees. We learned that Oak Gall ink is quite simply magical and should be used with a light touch as the ink itself changes tone as information technology dries - much to everyone's surprise!
Piece of work in progress
Take a look into the Sketchbooks of some of our students over the Fall flavour. Through a mixture of observational drawing, photography, print-making and painting we captured the changes in the forest through the season - creating studies of copse, leaves, bark, mushrooms, woodland mice, moss, lychen and so much more! Mono-printing was a firm favourite with our students this term and then we'll definitely be bringing some print-making magic to our Winter season too.
It always comes together in the end my friends
And finally, hither you'll find but a pocket-size snippet of the absolutely spectacular outcomes that some of our students have shared with us this term. Of grade outcomes are but a small role of the creative journey itself but they are a chance to reflect on how far we've come and these students accept come up such a long way both in confidence + skill this term - so its a true honour to be able to share some of their highlights from the term hither. To all our students - nosotros are so proud of you for being dauntless, stepping gently out of your comfort zone with u.s.a. and making this delivery to your own inventiveness and well-being!
A huge thank-you to everyone in our growing online community for taking the jump and joining us to learn online this year. On behalf of my tutor squad we'd like to wish you lot all a lovely restful Christmas intermission and can't wait to get dorsum to class in early on January for the start of our Winter Season. For more on Sketchbook Guild follow the link beneath and if you'd like to hear what our students call up of Sketchbook Club, scroll down for but a snippet of some of the amazing words you've shared near your creative journey with us this year!
Interested in joining us for Sketchbook Club in 2021?
Hop on board!
Anybody is welcome to join our warm and supportive online community and we'll be there to support and guide you every step of the way!
Sketchbook Club Summer Term Online - Theme: Metamorphosis
And and then today we offer you lot a rare then precious sneak peek Within the sketchbooks of some of the students who joined us this flavour online, for our summer project: METAMORPHOSIS 🌱
What an epic time to sink into this theme. We kicked off the project in early May, just as the lockdown restrictions began to ease a niggling and used as our sketchbooks as a chance to reverberate on the continual changes effectually united states of america on the inside.
The theme allowed united states of america to observe the natural world - a identify where modify seemed about effortless. Equally they say, a flower never asks when it'southward time to bloom.
Nosotros encouraged our students to utilise their daily practise to accept some mindful photos and to look to their gardens and closer surroundings to notation the tiny changes around them.
Here are a few highlights and milestones from our summer term online - so kindly shared by our students so you can get a SNEAK PEAK within their sketchbooks - oh my how we've all grown despite the restrictions in the wider world!
With special cheers to: Honey, Angela, Ian, Izzie, Aurelie, Jenny, Rachel, Lizzy, Alison for contributing to these images!
And so equally our summer term comes to a shut, our students are just commencement to bring some of the ideas they explored over the summer season, to some sort of a conclusion. Hither are a few of the last pieces they've developed in the past weeks - which really speak for themselves in terms of the love and care that has gone in at that place! We'll keep adding to this as our students ship them through!
And finally, yous don't need to take our word for information technology - hither are a few beautiful words from our electric current students reflecting on the summertime term with us!
And then if all of this feels like your cup of tea, why not join our online customs. Our regular online classes are suitable for all levels and abilities and you'll find a gentle supportive artistic customs that you can reach and out and connect to from the sanctuary of your own dwelling house equally we move into the Autumn season.
With immense gratitude to all our existing students who have made this summer term just so magical - each and every one of y'all brings joy and inspiration to our lives on a daily ground and we love you dearly!
Ellie, Jacqui, Janice & Nikki xxxx
MORNING ROUTINE 🌱💭
How can we brand certain nosotros start the twenty-four hours correct, even if we get out of the wrong side of bed?
These days the thoughts seem to rattle effectually in my head before I've fifty-fifty opened my optics. It's all part of the process, I guess, or the hidden processing that these strange times seem to accept accelerated.
Then I've made a few changes to my morn routine that assistance me get my head in check kickoff matter:
ane. Wake upward, kettle on and beverage a pint of water whilst I wait for the kettle to boil (allow'southward face it the body ever needs a beverage commencement thing.
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2. Become exterior (if you tin). As I accept my outset sips of tea I sit on a little cushion in the garden. I soak in the sounds, the smell, the feel of the day. This morning, for case, the frogs are singing for the sunshine ☀️
3. Morning pages. Earlier I pick upwardly my phone at all I'll scrawl out 3 pages of gratuitous-writing into a petty book I picked up from paper chase. I dump everything hither - my weird dreams, any anxiety or fear (better to get information technology out and go out it here than carry it with me all twenty-four hour period).
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four. Visualise. Shut your eyes and get a clear picture of your day. It really doesn't hurt to visualise everything going ok, or really well for that thing!
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5. Breathe. Later on this I'll shut my optics for x minutes and focus on my animate. I'll let the thoughts come and go until my mind feels a little emptier, a picayune clearer. It helps to set a timer or you lot spend the whole time wondering how long you've sat there for.
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That's it! Takes effectually 15-20 mins, no more than. And the ripple consequence it has on the balance of my day is bluntly immeasurable.
Do you lot have a forenoon routine to help calm your listen? I'd love to hear your tips besides! 🌱
COVID 19 Update - Schoolhouse Closure
Honey SAS community,
In light of the announcement by the Prime number Minister on Mon with regards to the Corona-virus, we are touching base with students regarding upcoming classes at the studio this week, and the coming weeks ahead.
Nosotros take taken the conclusion to postpone all workshops and classes booked in the studio until the end of April. We volition schedule in revised dates once we accept more data and guidance from the government regarding the state of affairs.
We'll beadapting to these irresolute timesand offer someonline classes very soon. We'll exist adding to our free you-tube aqueductwith weekly updates of ideas, techniques and other artistic activities you tin work on at home from now until the finish of Apr. Y'all can subscribe to our FREE Youtube channel over here right now! This means you lot'll go updates of new content as soon as its live - I'll be adding NEW VIDEOS adjacent week with lots of fun ideas and links to downloads! We'll get through this funny old time together equally we always do!
Theshop will be openfor the time existence if anyone wants to pop in and purchase supplies to keep developing your skills. As the shop will be open we are standing to implement all the government guidelines regards to minimising the risk, and as a pocket-size venue, post-obit current procedures for maintaining and cleaning down common areas, we are a relatively depression risk surround. We now too have the opportunity to launch ourONLINE Surrey Art School shopwhere you can order and take packs of materials delivered to your door! Go along an center out for this over the coming weeks. Every deject ;)
If you'd like to continue to support our minor business organisation over the coming months, you tin also pay it forward by purchasing Gift Vouchers for future events, as a gift for yourself or to your loved ones, which will be redeemable as soon as we are up and running once more! In these difficult times for small businesses we really value your support in keeping our dream alive!
Stay healthy and well and we look frontwards to welcoming students dorsum to the studio just as soon as it is considered safety and appropriate to re-open up our doors.
Wishing you honey, calorie-free and a slightly gentler stride of life over the coming weeks,
All our love
Ellie, Nikki and our incredible squad of tutors xxxx
A New View 2020 / 10th to 16th February 2020
The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of….
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On taking time to watch the leaves plow...
Every bit I sit here in a huge jumper with the pelting lashing at the windows I can't help but allow a little smile to pitter-patter across my face. I was pondering why exactly I relish the Autumn flavour and so much this morning in equally I taught my Sketchbook Guild grade and i of my students enlightened me by request - when were you born? I realised that equally a late August infant its peradventure but natural that this is one of my favourite seasons. Gone is the skimpy summertime wear and bare (mighty white) legs of summer - time to bring the focus inwards, low-cal the fire and equally my mum always used to say- if you're common cold, put another jumper on!
If you, like me, are inspired past this bountiful harvest time, you'll no dubiousness detect enough of rich pickings in our Autumn menu. If not, I accept a few ideas on how to stay bright when it all gets a bit cold and informal. This has to be the best time of the year for creativity as the weather outside gives us the perfect alibi to take a brisk walk before to popping the kettle on and settling downwardly for some mindful making.
Fix for a tiresome downward? Hither'due south a few of my tips to help y'all connect to the dazzler of this wonderful season…
Take a Photo-walk..
Final Th I was delighted to be invited back to the 'wood' for a mindful photography workshop in collaboration with The Salt Box. We used their stunning site on the Priory Farm Estate to inspire us slow downwardly and notice the pocket-sized things. If you missed information technology, don't worry, nosotros've got plenty more in store for you lot this season - but hither's a taste of my photography as meditation workshop:
Close your eyes and focus your mind
If you close your eyes, just for a few moments, in whatever situation (not whilst driving please!) it gives both eyes and heed a residue and can assistance you to re-calibrate. Take is equally a CTRL ALT DELETE for your brain. Whilst they are closed, give yourself a few creative boundaries for 'looking'. Use your heed to aid you melody into your surround before y'all even attain for the shutter. You tin endeavor merely looking for texture, or for blueprint, cull one colour and notice where it repeats around you, await for patches of light and the shadows that autumn around them. Yous might also similar to endeavour limiting yourself to a pocket-sized amount of captures. Option a number - 10 to 20 - that'southward probably Enough for a photo-walk. Next time you're taking a tootle in the woods try this and let me know how yous become on!
Make a wreath
Wreaths are by no means just for Christmas! At that place is plenty of inspiration on the hedgerows right now and forage from gardens to be gathered! September offers upwardly a wealth of colour and texture and so there'southward plenty to adorn your door! This flavour we're delighted to accept teamed up with Renee aka the Girl Who Gardens to bring this thought to the studio. We'll be making moss and wire bases for our wreaths (which are so much more than planet-friendly than the traditional florist foam) and then filling them to the brim with provender. You might even be able to 'wreath cycle' your base for your Christmas one! In that location's withal fourth dimension to join us this Sunday 28th September / 10:xxx to 12:30 to larn how to make a beautiful Hedgerow Wreath. Click here to become involved, all forage included!
Pop down to Polesden
You may recollect that this summer we contributed to a sculpture project at Polesden Lacey. Although it was a fab idea, we realised that information technology was probably a job for a professional person sculptor and so the team there recruited an artist from Devon to create their vision of sculptures that reflected the change in season and could besides serve as 'leafage collecting' vessels. The idea is that families and kids can go involved with helping the gardeners keep on top of clearing the leaves this season. So get on down there and get involved - its expert for the soul to appoint in these seasonal activities!
More info here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/polesden-lacey/features/autumn-art-at-polesden-lacey-
Learn to Knit
Equally a young sprout, I tried countless times to principal the basics of knitting - to the tune of many an exasperated sigh from old granny green! Whatsoever I did, I got my knickers in a right twist and my wool in a terrible tangle and equally a result I didn't touch anything knitting related for well over a decade or lets face information technology - ii! Cue new knitting tutor Sarah North and her Knit Yourself At-home Course. Earlier this year, over 6 sessions (spaced out nicely in one case a fortnight and then we had time to knit in between) square by square, row past row, Sarah FINALLY got me going. And one time I started, I did not stop. Every boring netflix series, every sit downward (even when I nipped home at lunchtime) I knitted! And every fourth dimension I sat down to knit, afterwards a few rows, I'd let out a little sigh.
Why?
Well considering information technology turns out you lot can really knit yourself calm given right guidance and a skilful (no offence granny g) teacher! Afterward the initial warning we all go through when learning something new, it only clicked. And one time information technology clicks it is probably the virtually relaxing pass-fourth dimension I've e'er known. Not simply that, I now accept a stunning blanket, that has grown steadily, to curl up under during this catchy time when the boys are hawking over the thermo. All I can say is give it a become! Knit Yourself Calm with united states of america!
Learn how to cast on, bandage off and knit for at-home
If I can knit these squares, I know y'all can!
Starter kit and loads of helpful resources included
Give something dorsum
They say charity begins at home, but mine's a chip messy since my beloved partner in crime decided to go free-lance also and then we've decided the studio is probably a better fit for our fundraising coffee morning time for Macmillan this Friday 27th September / ten:00 to 11:30! Nosotros'll be offering tea, coffee and cakes plus the gamble to catch our Print-making expert Paul Wye sharing some nuggets of insight into the daily life of an creative person teacher.
Paul will be bringing along a choice of his sketchbooks and an assortment of his print and sculpture work for you to peruse. He'll talk most his journey as both creative person and instructor and volition exist offer a demo on Paper lithography (creating vibrant prints from photo-copied drawings and photographs).
If you've never visited the studio before, or y'all'd like to come forth and back up this important crusade, just drib us an RSVP to booking.surreyartschool@gmail.com. It'south a gratis consequence, (although in that location will be a chance to brand a contribution or buy a cake!) so nosotros only allow us know if you're coming so we tin relieve yous a seat. We'd love to come across yous there!
Acquire something new
We're ever so happy that the world has caught up with us on the impact of Calligraphy on well-beingness. Nosotros know that our students notice a sense of 'flow' in our workshops and that fourth dimension seems to evaporate equally they concentrate all their attention on the up and the downwardly-strokes and on remembering to breathe as they do and so. Every bit I've mentioned many times in this mail service - learning something new tin can be the well-nigh challenging and withal the most rewarding thing you tin can exercise for yous. Once you go over the starting blocks, the thrill at building a new skill is second to none. If you lot've yet to dip your toe into the earth Calligraphy I'd recommend giving Brush Lettering a become. The pen nosotros provide doubles upwards as a cartoon tool and the starter kit of worksheets we supply gives ample opportunity to continue to exercise. With Christmas just around the corner this is the perfect time to brush up on your lettering!
Ok, so its getting night at present - as information technology will do twenty-four hours by day from here on out, and so its probably time for me to wrap upward this trivial post, don my raincoat and effort the swim dwelling house from the studio ;) But I'll leave you with these thoughts:
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There's no such thing as 'bad weather' - conditions is just weather, we can cull to dance in the rain or come across information technology every bit a pain, its a selection!
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Autumn is prime time for cuddles - summer is also viscid for that - then make sure you find fourth dimension for lots of these with your nearest and dearest
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Change your habits, change your life. Make a addiction of making time just to be or to practise the things that calorie-free you up! Bake a cake, accept a walk, talk to someone yous've been missing deep downward, join a class, write a diary. Any it is, shine a fiddling chip of calorie-free back on you as the days darken and y'all'll feel a little bit lighter and brighter as a result. Time is our about valuable resource - claim some dorsum!
Wishing you a gentle start to the new season,
Ellie (SAS Founder)
What'southward new this season? →
March holds a freshness about itself, with the weather freeing u.s. from the warm indoor refuges of winter. It was even the original kickoff calendar month for the early Romans and they celebrated it as the beginning of the yr too as the new spring season.
With this in heed, we're throwing up new shoots hither at Surrey Art School with our blog and newsletter. At that place are exciting things existence added to our changing seasonal carte du jour of workshops and classes, so we wanted to bring you a little dish of hors d'oeuvres every now and then. You tin keep trying new tasters, or peradventure you're ready for the main course of Improver's sessions: whichever you're hungry for, in that location's a seat at our table for you.
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Get your teens away from their screens this Summertime!
Nosotros're delighted to denote that post-obit the success of our one-half-term Youth Art Camp in June, we'll be adding further dates this summer to get your teens out and nearly getting artistic at the gorgeous Surrey Hills Yurts site in Dorking.
Join united states on the 10th, 11th, 16th and 17th Baronial for our Youth Army camp afternoons for 11-16's. More info here.
Calm, creative and innovative workshops for 11-16's with fresh air, fun and creativity at the cadre.
Having held the post of Caput of Fine art at her school and as an experienced teacher, Ellie is very experienced with working with young people, and loves to encourage their creative process.
Our youth workshops were borne out of this, with her wanting to bring a fluidity and hands on approach that you tin't really experience in a school environment. Following extensive planning, Ellie ran her first SAS Youth Workshops in May half term, and the feedback was absolutely fantastic:
" He loved information technology yesterday Ellie, his photos were fab & his plaster leaf is already up on the mantelpiece! Cheers And then much ☺️ Here is his beautiful leaf ~ G. Mellors
Thanks Ellie , Ben had a great afternoon. ~ A.West
Thank you Ellie! Julian loved it! ~ M.Montford
The summer holiday workshops on 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th August 2017 promise to bring even more creativity, with a wide range of activities planned from printmaking, yarn bombing, lord's day-print photography and sculpture.
As at the last sessions, at that place will be a burn pit and calorie-free refreshments. Ellie's approach encourages confidence and skill, and she is looking forrard to getting back to the wonderful environment at Surrey Hills Yurts in club to focus on mindful making in this incredible setting.
Y'all can book online for i or for all sessions. Double up Discount bachelor on 2 day Art Pass with further discounts for booking for all four days. All materials are included in the price of the workshop as are light refreshments. Workshop leaders are all experienced artist teachers and are all fully CRB checked. Sessions run from 1:00 - 3:30 pm. Volume here.
Surrey Fine art School Autumn Events
Tis the season for darker days and colder nights!
Simply rather than hide the days away, Get Out this season with Surrey Art Schoolhouse's unique pop-up events, courses and classes for all abilities!
W A T T S G A L L E R Y / T H E U North C A Northward N Y
Sketch deathly drawings from creepy stone models that could come alive after dark with Art Macabre and Surrey Art School founder Ellie Green.
Hear the Wattses' gardener George Andrews tell haunting ghost stories in the woodlands.
Become a ghastly goblin, scary skeleton or warty witch for the night with facepainting by Fascinating Faces.
Explore Limnerslease by candle calorie-free on a guided tour.
Warm up your chilled bones with seasonal food and hot drinks on the backyard.
Heed to live music and Make! Halloween Crafts.
Check out the Facebook outcome here: https://world wide web.facebook.com/events/563385170516455/
G East T F I R East D U P T H I S S E A S O N !
Bring together our blazing masterclass hosted by Surrey Hills Yurts
Sat 19th Nov / 12 - 4.30PM
Larn how to cleave a relief tile from a sand mould and and so watch every bit your pattern comes to life through the flames of the forge! You volition be able to take away an Aluminium tile at the terminate of the session. Skillful tuition and a take chances to watch a mobile forge in action!
More info hither: http://www.surreyartschool.com/events/
We promise to come across y'all out and about Surrey!
Gratuitous Nature / Craft Workshops / Surrey Art School @ Pippfest 2016
Surrey Art Schoolhouse will be running Gratis Nature / Craft workshops for all the family at Pippfest 2016! Join us on the 11th September in Dorking for a free community festival to raise money to keep Pippbrook House in public hands.
Creativity cannot be in isolation and we at SAS believe in the ability of community and in working together to create the world we want. This wonderful customs event brings together artists, musicians and local businesses in a fun day for our local residents to enjoy.
Our workshops are sponsored by Gilliangladrag and the fabulous Fluff-a-torium in Dorking.
Come and meet the team, sit and brand with us this Dominicus!
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Dorking Advertiser
Surrey Art School is featured in this week's Dorking Advertiser.
Although nosotros are delighted by the local promotion we'd only similar to stress that Surrey Fine art School was founded to extend what schools are able to offer in terms of Art Education. Information technology is restrictions such every bit the Ebacc that are wholly out of schools' control and that take been pushed by the government, that are having such a negative impact on artistic subjects.
Having taught in schools for the last 8 years, I couldn't have more respect for teachers and schools and the wonderful, relentless and rewarding work they take every day to ensure our young people have a bright creative time to come!
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Surrey Art Schoolhouse - Summertime School 2016
Our Summer School programme is at present live on the website. Click and book classes for our Youth Program which volition take place at Green Lane Subcontract, Newdigate, Dorking from the 26th July to the 26th Baronial 2016.
Booking online is easy, just visit out youth classes page. Classes vary from 2- 2.5 hours in length and all materials and light refreshment are included.
Nosotros encourage our students to exist inspired past the natural beauty of their environs and to sympathize how to unleash their own inventiveness through a series of focused, skills based workshops.
Tutors have experience working with the eleven-16 historic period range and can assist students to tailor their work to benefit their GCSE or Arts award studies.
Surrey Art School will also be running a full later on school programme from September 2016 and an Adult programme for novices to experienced artists to develop their artistic practice.
Making Art makes big ideas happen.
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