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Late Winter
Winter colours can vary from soft, subtle tones to bright vivid hues. Winter landscapes were produced by using black card, a limited...
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Feb 211 min read


Winter Trees
Winter trees are understated and beautiful. The children spent the afternoon exploring different ways of portraying trees. The elements...
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Feb 211 min read


Some Festive Fun!
Our regular children came along to create a range of festive decorations. White clay was transformed into cheery snowmen and gingerbread...
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Jan 51 min read


Christmas is on the way!
We spent yesterday afternoon running a Christmas art and craft stall at a local school in Nidderdale. Belmont Grosvenor had their annual...
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Dec 8, 20241 min read


Nuts Galore!
Conkers, acorns and beech nuts were used to inspire some wonderful artwork that included making and using natural acorn ink, collage...
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Nov 18, 20242 min read


Bountiful Berries
Using berries to create natural inks is a lovely, messy process. We used elderberry, black berries and bilberries to create squishy...
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Oct 31, 20241 min read


Recycling Week 2024
The theme for this year's Recycling Week was 'Rescue Me'. To support this national event we spent Saturday afternoon turning plastic...
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Oct 21, 20241 min read


Summer time in the woods
A day in the woods being creative in the sunshine, what could be better! The study barn in Fishpond Woods is a perfect place to use as a...
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Aug 17, 20242 min read


The Big Butterfly Count
As we love encouraging youngsters to engage with the natural world through art, we used the theme of butterflies to help celebrate 'The...
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Jul 19, 20241 min read


Great Big Green Week!
To support The Great Big Green Week we spent one Saturday afternoon exploring the colour green. As usual a range of creative activities...
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Jul 11, 20242 min read


To the woods!
We spent a wonderful day in the glorious Fishpond Woods on Friday. What a treat! Although it started windy and a bit chilly, by the...
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Jun 2, 20242 min read


Beautiful Blue!
To celebrate the fabulous bluebells appearing in the local woods near the studio, we thought investigating the colour blue would be...
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May 11, 20241 min read


It's arrived!
Hurray, Spring is officially here, albeit with a great deal of rain! With the rain in mind, we made wall hangings inspired by the shape...
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Apr 8, 20241 min read


Signs of Spring
At last, Spring is slowly appearing after a wet and dark winter. We spent a cheery session exploring colour, mark making, line, texture...
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Apr 8, 20241 min read


Wintertime
To cheer up chilly January, we ran a seasonal winter workshop. The children explored colour, line, form, shape, texture and pattern. We...
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Feb 11, 20241 min read


Seasons Greetings!
Our Winter Wonderland workshops were very busy and a great deal of fun! Each child was given a flat cardboard box to create their own...
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Dec 20, 20231 min read


Autumn time!
We ran an autumn workshop just before the storms arrived so we fortunately managed to see leaves still on the trees. Using a range of...
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Nov 16, 20231 min read


Beautiful bees!
It was World Bee Day on May 13th. To help raise awareness of the essential role these very important creatures play in our lives, we got...
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Jun 20, 20231 min read


Formula One Birthday Party!
We run themed birthday parties and we recently ran one based on Formula One racing cars. The birthday boy, who has a passion for speed,...
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May 19, 20231 min read


Spring Colours
It's springtime again - hurray! Using the season to explore colour and colour mixing resulted in some lovely artwork by our younger...
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Apr 25, 20231 min read
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