Carol Ramsay & New Ferry Butterfly Park
Arena Artist Carol Ramsay and New Ferry Butterfly Park are offering free drawing and photography workshops on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th July.
Saturday 16th July 2011
11-3pm
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Wirral – Drawing Workshop.
FREE Drawing Workshop for artists to meet, have a tour of the Butterfly Park Nature Reserve + art trail and then spend time either alone or in groups drawing within the park.
We hope to concentrate on the history of the park through drawing. The site is based on the old railway sidings of Bebington Station where industry once thrived in the form of an old water treatment plant and former brickworks.
There are still relics of the past to be found there but the reason we are a nature reserve is primarily due to the industrial waste left behind by humans proving a rich and varied soil base for plants to thrive that would not usually be native to this area.
The workshop will take a very relaxed format whereby artists are encouraged to investigate the space and draw whatever appeals to them. Workshop leaders will be wandering throughout to offer advice.
We all then meet up over tea and cake to present our drawings to the group and offer constructive criticism and advice to each other.
Bring own paper and drawing equipment and a packed lunch.
The workshop is free but the Butterfly Park is a charity and these events are non funded, any small donations though not necessary would be appreciated.
The Butterfly Park will be closed to the public on this day. This is an outdoor event and as such weather dependant.
Booking required via email to Carol Ramsay on cazramsay@hotmail.com.
Sunday 17th July 2011
11-3pm
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Wirral – Photography Workshop.
FREE Digital Photography Workshop for amateur and professional photographers to meet, have a tour of the Butterfly Park Nature Reserve + art trail and then spend time either alone or in groups taking photographs within the park.
We hope to concentrate on nature and wildlife photography, there are many beautiful and unusual types of flora and fauna at the park. The industrial waste left behind in this instance provided a rich and varied soil base for plants to thrive that may not usually be native to this area thus attracting many new species of butterflies and insects to the site.
The workshop will take a very relaxed format whereby participants are encouraged to investigate the space and photograph whatever appeals to them. Workshop leaders will be on hand throughout to offer advice.
We all then meet up for discussion over tea and cake to present our images to the group (as seen through digital display panels on your cameras and possibly through a laptop) and offer constructive criticism and advice to each other.
Bring own camera equipment and packed lunch. There is no electricity on site so no place to charge cameras, batteries etc.
The workshop is free but the Butterfly Park is a charity and these events are non funded, any small donations though not necessary would be appreciated.
The Butterfly Park will be Open to the Public this day. This is an outdoor event and as such weather dependant.
Booking required via email to Carol Ramsay on cazramsay@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
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