Nature's Sketchbook 

Capturing Serenity in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.

Art meetings in the Cemetery Park, join us if you're interested in learning and developing your creative skills in the beautiful surroundings of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. 

Art meetings will focus on fostering a supportive and inspiring environment where creativity can flourish, combined with the benefits of outdoor recreational activities. 

Learning aims:  Exploring the beauty of Landscape Sketching with Graphite. Discover the Therapeutic Benefits of Nature's Embrace. Landscape Plein Air with Tutor Sylvietta, Unlocking the Fundamentals of Landscape Sketching Bring Your Sketchbook, and Curiosity! Pencils, sharpener, erasers will be provided along with a Relaxing Tea Break and Biscuits as You benefit from Nature's therapeutic beauty.

Your tutor, Sylvietta is an experienced and talented artist who will guide you in developing your drawing and painting skills. The Cemetery Park will serve as both a source of inspiration and a place for you to relax and connect with nature. 

Tutored Drawing Sessions: The classes will cover fundamental drawing techniques, including shading, proportion, perspective, composition, and more. You will learn to sketch from observation and gain confidence in your drawing abilities.

Materials provided: 

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN MATERIALS - pencil and a sketchbook or drawing pad, your choice of colour medium (pastels, watercolour, gouache, etc.) and pastel or watercolour paper. Pencil and paper can be provided for people that need them.

SPACES ARE LIMITED TO 15  and this event will only go ahead if a minimum of 5 people book.

Toilet facilities: Please note that the Cemetery Park Lodge will be open for toilet facilities at the beginning and end of the event.   There will be no space to store your belongings. Don't bring anything too valuable.

Age limit: Drawing and painting sessions are open for all ages and skill levels. Children are welcome but must have an adult/guardian (over 18) with them.

BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO BOOK: -

Do not attend if you or a member of your household have COVID-19 symptoms or have had a positive test result recently. Please check your symptoms and whether it’s suitable for you to attend.

ON THE DAY:

1) Please arrive on time and go to the meeting area: the Cemetery Park Lodge, the brick building straight ahead of you as you enter via our main gates on Southern Grove E3.

2) The event is entirely outdoors, so please dress appropriately.  Wrap up warm, wear layers, as it could be cold and please wear appropriate outdoor footwear.

3) There are no car parking restrictions at the weekend on Southern Grove.

4) Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided at the end of the session.  Please feel free to also bring your own.

4) The Friends will collect contact information on attendees and we will treat your data in accordance with our data protection policies.

Click here for more information and to view our full COVID-19 policy and data protection policy.

About your Tutor, Sylvia.

An Artist living and working in east London. I work with drawings, paintings, collages of people's faces, and bodies, but also urban landscape paintings. My work starts from observation, in person or with the use of photography that I manipulate to create my vision of what I will then reproduce on paper/ canvas. 

I create collage montages of drawings and paintings to tell stories that celebrate the human figure in all forms, shapes and tones, with a story telling playfulness. 

My urban landscape is the reflection of my moods that living in this part of London inspires me, walking in the canals and witnessing wildlife and
urbanization cohabiting creating their poetry is always a source of inspiration for me, I try to report all these feelings on to canvas to tell the public these urban tales. 

Sylvietta is also a member of Nova Chroma a virtual Art Gallery That promotes artists and is run by artists without charging them fees for Commissions, She is also part of the #draweachother art group, a global open community of artists that draw each other’s portraits, started in London and now is spread all over the world.  

Her artworks are being sold in London and around the world.

Exhibitions: 

• London Art of Isolation Gallery 2020 Surrey Quays
• Art of isolation End of year show Art of Isolation Gallery 2021
• Draweachother 2021 The Victoria Mile End
• Draweachother 2022 The Victoria Mile End
• A Room with a view The Victoria Mile End 2022 End
• Outset- Holy Art Gallery The Factory- 21-31 Shackwell Ln London February 2022 End
• Pieces & Places Sylvietta Paintings and Debra Collis Mosaics Fazenda Art Gallery Cafe' 9 Harrow Place
  London March 2023
• September 2023 Kaleidoscope collective exhibition curated by Nova Chroma Art Gallery The Victoria's
  Wall grove Road London
• November 2023 The Forest of People and Plants Art of Isolation Gallery Surrey Quays SE167LL

Access statement

• This is an accessible, inclusive event. The maximum number of participants is 15.

• We will cover a distance of less than 1.5km. The paths are approx. 1-2m wide. The surface is crushed concrete fines, a type of hard-packed fine gravel (which doesn't turn to mud in rain). We will not be using steps on this tour but there may be areas where the path narrows and may be difficult for wheelchairs to traverse. If arranged in advance a motorised vehicle could drive onto the site. There is restriction free on-street parking on Southern Grove during the weekend.

• Please contact us with at least 2 weeks’ notice if you’d like BSL or other interpretation/translation and we will do our best to facilitate. Sadly we have no interpreters or translators available in-house.

• Toilets will be available in the Cemetery Park Lodge at the beginning and end of the event. There is a toilet that is deemed accessible.  It is approx. 1.6m x 2m and there is a fixed support bar on the left of the toilet, with a movable bar on the right. There is no adult changing table or hoist.

• We are able to offer baby changing facilities and we can provide a private space for breastfeeding on request.

• We aim to make our events as accessible as possible and are learning constantly how to do this better. If you would like to let us know about any specific requirements or access needs that you would like us to meet, or offer feedback on our accessibility arrangements, please email contact@fothcp.org. We want you to feel safe in nature.

Refund policy: If you tell us that you want to cancel your ticket, we will only give you a refund if you request one, and if you give a minimum of 48 hours notice before the start of the event.