Drawing workshop with artist Claire Taylor-Jones to create a nature journal, using objects from the museum's handling collection.
Claire Taylor-Jones is leading a nature journal workshop at The Museum of Gloucester on Tuesday 17 November, for anyone over 16. The idea is simple: you spend the session drawing and recording the natural world, and by the end you've got a nature journal to take home.
It's part of the museum's family programme, and there's a bit more to it than just sketching. The museum describes drawing as a transformational practice that can boost brain function, emotional health, creativity, memory and motor skills, while giving you a calming, expressive outlet. Each month they explore a different theme, drawing on objects from the museum's handling collection, so you're not just working from your imagination. You can drop in for a single session or keep coming back and build your journal across the year.
If you've never spent much time in the museum, it's worth a look. It's housed in a fine Victorian building and holds an internationally important collection of over 750,000 objects, telling Gloucester's story from its Roman origins through the Dark Ages and the Medieval period. On the ground floor you'll find a Roman kitchen playhouse, a medieval street and part of the original Roman wall. The archaeology collection includes the world-famous Birdlip Mirror, Roman tombstones and the Gloucester Tables Set, the oldest complete backgammon set in the world.
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The workshop is on Tuesday 17 November, and it costs £5 per person.
