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The Grass is Greener……2 day workshop creating small beautiful musings inspired by the colour green with Katie Sollohub

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Thursday 1st June 2023 - Friday 2nd June 2023 | 9:00am - 2:00pm

The Grass is Greener……2 day workshop creating small beautiful musings inspired by the colour green with Katie Sollohub

A meditation on green: make a series of small experimental compositions in watercolour,
gouache and mixed media
In June the Prairie Garden is just beginning to grow into itself, with a sense of emergence,
of burgeoning growth. To really see it, let’s get close up, lie down, be like a caterpillar! So
many different shades of green, textures of leaves, interlacing. On this creative workshop
you will be experimenting with making marks and simple compositions around the theme
green; all the subtleties of tone, changes of direction, movement, stages of growth. Daubs
of colour, painting with fingers, homemade tools and natural materials.
Lying down (if weather allows), getting close to the earth, seeing the world from a different
perspective. There will be a short meditation each day, immersed in the garden, to
experience the space with all of your senses. The emphasis will be on play and
experimentation. You will create a beautiful collection of small expressive abstract
compositions over the 2 days. Artists for inspiration: Bonnard, Vuillard, Van Gogh, Monet,
Adrien Berg, Ivo Hitchens, Mary Newcombe
Time: 9am – 2pm each day (with access to the garden untutored 2pm – 5pm)
Cost: £158 (includes garden entry fee, mini sketchbook and paper, hot drinks and biscuits 9am – 2pm))
Booking: email katiesollohub@gmail.com for payment details or pay direct paypal.me/katiesollohub
£40 deposit will secure a place phone 07905244623 for info
www.katiesollohub.co.uk @katiesollohub


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Sussex Prairies Wild

Morlands Farm, Wheatsheaf Road (B2116),
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, West Sussex, BN5 9AT

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