Sip & Paint with Adrian Wildsmith

Burston Garden Centre is hosting a Sip & Paint session on Wednesday 18 November, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. It's a guided painting evening run in collaboration with Imaginative Keaction, and the whole thing is led by local artist Adrian Wildsmith, who'll be talking you through the process as you go.

The session focuses on a mixed media technique Wildsmith calls 'Pencil, Wash and Lay'. It's a bit more specific than your average paint-and-sip, so you'll be working with a few different layers rather than just one. The 'pencil' part sets the line, the 'wash' brings in the colour, and the 'lay' adds the final touches on top. Because it's a guided session, you don't need to have a handle on any of that before you turn up; he'll be showing you how to build the piece step by step.

Burston is an independent garden centre over in Chiswell Green, and it's more than just the plants — there's an on-site restaurant and a regular programme of family, craft and seasonal events, so this fits right into the mix of things they do throughout the year. The session runs for two hours, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and entry is £30.