Study Groups
Monthly online study groups for those who are exploring natural colour making and seek to be part of a supportive creative community. These are small informal peer groups meeting up to share explorations, ideas, and questions.
We offer study groups as part of our long 2026 programmes.
Once you join the programme, you can then enrol in a study group.
Printing & Painting On Textiles - Registration Open - Starting in 2026
Lake Pigment Making Deep Dive - Starting in 2026
Making & Working With Natural Art Materials - Starting in 2026
We also offer General Study Groups
There are also ongoing study groups that are not associated with specific courses, spaces come up in these groups every 6 months.
When spaces are available, they are listed on this page. You can also add your email below to be the first to find out when spaces become available
Format:
Groups meet up monthly for a two hour meeting on Zoom. The monthly two hour zoom call is an informal open space for emergent discussion and conversation. Members are invited to share questions with the group, explorations, and artwork in process or completed. This is supported by ongoing conversation and photo sharing online.
Purpose:
Connection with a global community of plant dye, ink, & paint making enthusiasts.
An opportunity to share your work and insights.
To get feedback around your creative explorations.
To hear about what others are exploring, and be inspired by this.
Live Session: In order to make the sessions more affordable, we have decided to just have the sessions live and not make a recording.
Commitment:
These are ongoing groups, where you can build relationships and support each other as you develop your creative practice throughout the seasons. To join the group, you have to commit to join a term of six monthly sessions. There are two terms per year.
Learn more about Plants & Colour Study Groups. During 2020 lockdown, Flora Arbuthnott of Plants & Colour gave a call out for a new Study Group series based around plants and colour, obviously enough! We began as we continue today, with each term or round running for a 6 month period and meeting once a month for a two hour Zoom call. Having signed up out of interest to connect with like-minded folks, I could not possibly have fore seen then just how important these monthly meet ups were to become to me.