EcoCreatives

🌸🌿On the 24th of June, I will be running a full day Botanical watercolour workshop for Goodnestone Gardens.

We will be creating delicate watercolour studies of the beautiful flowers and plants populating the historic gardens once regularly enjoyed by Jane Austen.
Both beginners and more experienced artist will enjoy a day spent painting in the sunshine, taking a moment for themselves whilst improving their creative skills.

This full day experience includes an exclusive tour of the stunning walled garden at Goodnestone plus refreshments, garden entry, and a delicious lunch made from locally sourced ingredients, at the Old Dairy Café.

The workshop will run from 10am to 4 pm, including a lunch break.

Price per person: £150

Location: Goodnestone Park Gardens, Goodnestone Park, Goodnestone CT3 1PL

For more information and to book your place, please visit this eventbrite page and contact Goodnestone directly.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/botanical-painting-workshop-with-eloise-gibb-tickets-1976646216042?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Unfortunately i have had to cancel the linoprinting course due to lack of interest. But i will be doing my usual shorter workshops in the future, as those seem to be more popular.
All the best, Eloise x

🌊🌿Join a 6 week Artist-led watercolour course at the Pines Calyx, a beautiful coastal venue near st Margarets Bay, and learn how to create vibrant watercolour paintings inspired by the local scenery, birds and botanicals.
This course is suitable for all levels, from beginner all the way to intermediate (and even advanced, if you just want to paint in good company in a lovely setting).

🗓️The course is running from the 25th of April to the 30th of May, on Saturday from 10am to 1pm.

£210 per person. Gift cards are available.
All materials are included and hot drinks and freshly baked goods are also served at every session to fuel your artistic exploits.☕️

Book your places on Ecocreativesart.com. If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected].

Venue address: The Pines Calyx, Pines Gardens, Beach Rd, St Margaret’s bay, Dover CT15 6DZ.
Please note that on the 23rd of May, the 5th session, the course will be taking place at the café in st Margarets holiday Park.

🌊🌿Join a 6 week Artist led watercolour course at the Pines Calyx, a beautiful coastal venue near st Margarets Bay, and learn how to create vibrant watercolour paintings inspired by the local scenery, birds and botanicals.

🗓️The course is running from the 25th of April to the 30th of May, on Saturday from 10am to 1pm.

Every class will have a different theme such as a study of the sea and cliffs, or painting the local forests, and the curriculum is carefully designed to incorporate all the essential watercolour techniques you will need to create any kind of painting in future. You will also learn how to use the ever useful masking fluid.

This course is suitable for all levels, from beginner all the way to intermediate (and even advanced, if you just want to paint in good company in a lovely setting).
So treat yourself - or a loved one, with a gift card available on demand - to a rediscovery of the beauty of the white cliffs through the expressive medium of Watercolours.

£210 per person. All materials are included. Hot drinks and freshly baked goods are also served at every session to fuel your artistic exploits.

Please note that on the 23rd of May, the 5th session, the course will be taking place at the café in st Margarets holiday Park.

Venue address: The Pines Calyx, Pines Gardens, Beach Rd, St Margaret’s bay, Dover CT15 6DZ. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and there is free parking available at the back of the Calyx, along st-Margaret’s Road. If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected].

🌻Plan a creative retreat for yourself and discover the art of Linoprinting in this 2 full day course at The Pines Calyx, a beautiful costal venue surrounded by large gardens.

In a relaxed and comprehensive approach to this traditional printing technique you will learn how to sketch out your own unique designs, carve them into hessian-backed linoleum blocks (the most eco-friendly option available), and print as many as you wish on a variety of quality paper, using water based ink.
You will even create a multi-layer linoprints in the second class, building on your skills..

The full day format of this course will allow you more time to create more detailed pieces than our typical shorter workshops. You might even create several if you choose a simple image.
The class numbers are intentionally small for an intimate setting and ensures you get all the guidance and support you need to create prints you can be proud of (that is not to say that mistakes aren’t a part of the learning process 😉).

Every stage of lino printing is satisfying and stimulating in different ways, and the distinctive and bold prints it produces are very visually pleasing. This very well might become the start of a new obsession!

The course runs on the 10th and 17th of May, from 10am to 4pm (including a lunch break)
£150 per person, all materials and refreshments included.
Location: The Pines Calyx, Beach Rd, St Margarets Bay, Dover CT15 6DZ

Customised Gift cards are available on demand if you want to gift this experience to someone.🎁

🦽Free parking available on site and venue is fully accessible. If you have any questions please get in touch at [email protected].

🌸🌿On the 24th of June, I will be running a full day Botanical watercolour workshop for Goodnestone Gardens.

We will be creating delicate watercolour studies of the beautiful flowers and plants populating the historic gardens once regularly enjoyed by Jane Austen.
Both beginners and more experienced artist will enjoy a day spent painting in the sunshine, taking a moment for themselves whilst improving their creative skills.

This full day experience includes an exclusive tour of the stunning walled garden at Goodnestone plus refreshments, garden entry, and a delicious lunch made from locally sourced ingredients, at the Old Dairy Café.

The workshop will run from 10am to 4 pm, including a lunch break.

Price per person: £150

Location: Goodnestone Park Gardens, Goodnestone Park, Goodnestone CT3 1PL

For more information and to book your place, please visit this eventbrite page and contact Goodnestone directly.

Botanical Painting Workshop Join us for a day-long workshop where you will create a unique, painted garden journal inspired by the house and garden at Goodnestone Park.

🌿I’ve never properly introduced myself on this page, so here we are:

Hello, My name is Eloise.
I live in Dover and love baking, hiking and watching the seasons change in the beautiful countryside surrounding this corner of the world.

🌸After graduating in Illustration in 2023, I volunteered and worked with incredible local arts organisations. This cemented my love for teaching art and gave me the confidence to try and create my dream job.
So Ecocreatives was born, blending my passion for art, Nature and sustainability into one. I ran my first workshop in August 2024.

It hasn’t at all been easy.
Many days I feel overwhelmed by all the different roles i need to perform as a solo business owner, and frustrated by my slow growth (and my own limitations).
But when I look back at the past two years, and think of my wonderful regulars who come to my workshops again and again, I feel so grateful, and ready to continue pushing.

So thank you to every single one of you who has come to my workshops and courses! Art really has the power to bring people together, and I look forward to working with more amazing people, organisations and eventually make this my full time job!
Lots of love, Eloise x🌼🌿

The jan-feb 2026 white cliffs watercolour course exhibition is up!
You can go and see these lovely student works at the near st Margarets bay, and have a cream tea (their scones are fantastic) or a great lunch while you are at it.
Xx

Hello All,
does anyone know if there are any local businesses that offer sustainable signage, specifically printing on wood.
Thank you in advance!
🌿🌲🌿

✨Take a look at this year’s Natural Christmas Wreath workshops at the beautiful venue near St-Margaret’s Bay. 🎄

In every session, participants wove their wreath base using willow branches, and attached beautiful foliage and berries with twine, making this wreath fully biodegradable (just take off the bow to reuse next year😉). Everyone’s wreath is so unique, some more traditionally decorated with orange slices, bright berries and a bow, and others gave theirs a more wild look with some old man’s beard, pine cones and joyful wisps of ivy.

Thanks everyone for coming, and enjoy your beautiful wreaths xx