Adult workshop - Painting with Plants

In this hands-on workshop, artist and staff member Emma Henderson will introduce you to painting with colour extracted from plants. You’ll learn simple methods for drawing pigment from natural materials and turning them into watercolour paints.

We’ll also experiment with shifting colour by changing the pH of the paint. Many natural pigments respond dramatically to acids and alkalis, allowing a surprising range of colours to be created from a single plant.

This session combines practical making with playful experimentation, offering a gentle introduction to plant-based colour and natural pigments.

This workshop is designed for adults. 

For our family workshop click here

All materials will be provided and no prior experience is needed.

If you have questions about workshop accessibility, please get in touch with Emma Henderson (Curator of Engagement).

Payment 

Adult tickets: £25
Open Concession*: £5

There is a £1 booking fee to cover Ticket Tailor's administrative costs.

*Open concession tickets are available to anyone who needs it, no questions asked. 

We are piloting paid adult workshops to help subsidise our engagement programme. Your fee for this workshop covers our costs and enables us to continue providing free creative activities for children and young people.

 Cove park is a charity and most of our funding for our residencies and engagement workshops is paid by trusts, foundations and individual donors. Creative Scotland currently funds just 29% of our annual costs and individual philanthropy is essential to sustain our work.

Our Saturday Studio programme provides an inspiring environment for self-expression through creative education. Without this engagement initiative, young people in our rural community would not have access to free and consistent creative activity.