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

Winter trees are understated and beautiful. The children spent the afternoon exploring different ways of portraying trees. The elements...

Our regular children came along to create a range of festive decorations. White clay was transformed into cheery snowmen and gingerbread...

We spent yesterday afternoon running a Christmas art and craft stall at a local school in Nidderdale. Belmont Grosvenor had their annual...

Conkers, acorns and beech nuts were used to inspire some wonderful artwork that included making and using natural acorn ink, collage...

Using berries to create natural inks is a lovely, messy process. We used elderberry, black berries and bilberries to create squishy...

The theme for this year's Recycling Week was 'Rescue Me'. To support this national event we spent Saturday afternoon turning plastic...

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...

As we love encouraging youngsters to engage with the natural world through art, we used the theme of butterflies to help celebrate 'The...

To support The Great Big Green Week we spent one Saturday afternoon exploring the colour green. As usual a range of creative activities...

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...

To celebrate the fabulous bluebells appearing in the local woods near the studio, we thought investigating the colour blue would be...

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...

At last, Spring is slowly appearing after a wet and dark winter. We spent a cheery session exploring colour, mark making, line, texture...

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

It's springtime again - hurray! Using the season to explore colour and colour mixing resulted in some lovely artwork by our younger...