If you hang out on my other social media or get my newsletter at all then you will already know how much I flipping love teaching art and running art groups.

I currently run two: one called Painting & Drawing Flowers at Winterbourne House & Garden on a Tuesday morning and on a Wednesday morning at Warley Woods called Painting & Drawing Nature.

Both classes share a similar structure in that each week we focus on using a different medium : charcoal, watercolour, acrylic, pastel, oil pastel and mixed medias.

Then I might throw in a wildcard by incorporating something like collage or print too.

One participant described it like a box of chocolates with a new flavour every week – I love that.

At Winterbourne we focus on floral items, leaves, seed pods etc. And of course you can visit the beautiful gardens and enjoy the tea room for lunch too.

At Warley Woods we look at drawing and painting things from the broader spectrum of ‘Nature’ and this can include landscape, mushrooms, shells, vegetables, butterflies etc. Then take a walk round the 35 hectare parkland and get your steps in.

Those who have experience and confidence can fly free from the programme as much as they like and use the time to shape their own artistic journey.

I find it really gratifying to nurture peoples creativity as it is so often also linked to self-confidence, socialising and good mental health.

Drop me a line hello@claireleggett.co.uk if your a Birmingham local and fancy coming along.