Wellbeing at the weekend

Week 27

This week we are going to explore designing with nature, creating an organic outdoor leaf garland enhanced with a sprinkling of flower trimmings. Sending a big thank you to Maureen for letting us gather a fantastic collection of leaves from her lovely garden.

You can download the worksheets here.

Week 26

This week we are going to explore the relaxing benefits of combining both nature and paper together to create beautiful items that can be used for decorating vases, jars and handmade cards.

You can download the worksheets here.

Week 25

This week we are going to introduce you to the wonders of wood. We are going to use tea paint to create a tree ring illustration, then add detail, patterns and words to your image using coloured pencils and black fine liner. You can download the worksheets here.

Week 24

This week we are going to introduce you to Pebble Painting. We are taking our inspiration from one of our very own Wellbeing at the Weekend participants, Eleanor, who has very kindly allowed us to feature some of her fantastic artwork in our activity worksheets, along with a super idea from Megan!

You can download the worksheets here.

Week 23

This week our theme is stones. We are going to take inspiration from the land artist Andy Goldsworthy and Robert Smithson’s striking Spiral Getty by creating our very own stone sculpture and garden decoration.

You can download the worksheet here.

Week 22

This week it’s time to slow things down and pause and reflect on all of the nature inspired activities we’ve explored in recent weeks. We are going to focus on the simple things in life, with a ‘My Happy List’ activity worksheet created by the very talented artist and writer Michael Powell for our new resource booklet Creative Ideas for Self Care.

You can download the worksheet here and here.

Week 21

This week we are going to introduce you to ‘glue books’. We are taking our inspiration from two of our very own Wellbeing at the Weekend students, Rachel and Bex, who have very kindly allowed us to feature some of their fantastic artwork in our activity worksheets! You can download the worksheets here and here.

Week 20

This week we are going to introduce you to the ‘Drawing with Scissors’ technique and the concept of positive and negative space in art. We have two flower worksheet activities for you to try which can be download here and here.

Week 19

This week, we are continuing with our nature theme by taking our inspiration from flowers and trying to capture their essence through a simple drawing activity.

We have a worksheet that introduces you to the continuous line drawing method, with some examples of simple flower illustrations created in this way. You can download the worksheet here.