Enchanted Garden Abstraction Workshop with Rachel Cronin

Overview

Friday 12th June, Saturday 13th June & Sunday 14th June 2026 10.30 - 4pm £485 including lunch and some materials
A Workshop in Glazes, Washes, and Expressive Painting Step into a world where gardens become a realm of dreamlike colour, subtle texture, and evocative abstraction. This immersive workshop invites participants to explore the poetry of gardens around Rode Hall through the luminous use of paint, harnessing glazing mediums, diluted acrylics and acrylic inks. We will spend three creativity-filled days layering paint to conjure atmospheric and ethereal compositions.
Rather than simply depicting a garden scene, we will delve into the essence of the landscape—collecting impressions, textures, colours, and forms that speak to the atmosphere and mood of these green spaces. Inspired by the fairy tale wild gardens around Rode Hall, you'll gather marks, lines, and shapes, transforming them into something new, evocative, and expressive.
Materials Provided
  • Some acrylic paints and inks, including a range of greens and mixing colours
  • Gels, mediums, and glazing liquids
  • Brushes, palette knives, and mark-making tools
  • Wooden painting panels
  • Coloured pencils and crayons
  • Acrylic paint markers
  You will need to bring
  • Your acrylic paints
  • A drawing kit to include pencils, both willow and compressed charcoal
  • Any coloured crayons you may have including Stabilo Woody crayons, Caran d’Ache Neocolour crayons, coloured pencils, coloured paint markers
  • Your sketchbook
  • Some white cartridge paper
  • Some scissors, a glue stick, and a craft knife
  Join us for a weekend of experimentation, discovery, and creativity—where the garden outside becomes a springboard for atmospheric, abstract expression, and where every layer of paint is an invitation to see the world anew.  
 
 
Location
Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ST7 3QP, United Kingdom