Poplar Farm

Holiday Cottages in Sandilands near
Sutton-on-Sea,
Lincolnshire LN12 2RS

Tel: 07 894 292 641

Business and Leisure Courses
Art on the Farm

Helen Matthews

Artist

B.A Hons

Art activities on site, Creative Away days/ team building days, custom made courses for your organisation and much more....

Interior Design Workshop

Team Building Art Away Day at Poplar Farm

Events and Courses for 2012

Candle Making Workshop

date to be confirmed

Using traditonal methods and natural beeswax the workshop will focus on making rolled,

dipped, moulded and decorated candles. £65.00.

Weekly Art Classes

Explore your creativity in an informal and friendly setting with experienced advice and support

Wednesday 10am – 12noon & 2pm – 4pm

£6.50

Knit and Natter

Take a break and join us for tea and cake whist getting creative with wool

Tuesday 1pm – 2.30pm

£3.50

For more information and to book places please ring

Helen on 07894292641 or e-mail helen.matthew9@btopenworld.com

Weekly & Day Courses 2012

Poplar Farm is an ideal creative location set in fifteen acres of meadowland between the wolds and the sea, surrounded by wonderful flora, fauna and wildlife that is unique to this coastal strip. A quiet coastal haven with glorious light, clean fresh air and much to inspire the budding or experienced artist and help develop your inner creativity.

Our courses are informal, friendly with small groups usually no more than six to ten people, ensuring you get the personal tuition and expertise that you require to enjoy and develop your artistic talents and creative side.

Our day courses include a light Tastes of Lincolnshire lunch.

(Please let us know when booking if you have any special dietary requirements)

Art on the Farm

Family fun Art & Craft sessions open to all

High season every afternoon 2- 5pm

One hour art and craft sessions all materials included @ £5.00each

Beading, glass painting, candle making, card making and much more

Limited places – best to book

Passionate about Paint Sessions

Discover your creative side weekly sessions

Wednesday - 1.30pm - 3.30pm & 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Sutiable for beginners and improvers, working adverturously with paint exploring

different techniques, styles and applications in oils, acrylics and watercolours. Improve you

drawing skills and explore the ways of seeing in a contemporary light.

£6.50 a session - block of six sessions £37.00

Pottery Painting - coming soon

Design and paint onto bisque-ware pottery, plate, mugs, vases etc to create an original piece of ceramic art.

Art on the Farm ........ Private bookings - Book us for a party or special events

Special occasion & rainy day sessions two to four hours long

(Min 4 adults/children) which can be personalised to you requirements chose from jewellery making, candle making, card making, glass painting, pottery painting etc.

We have good accesibility please let us know if you have any special requirements or requests and we will work towards ensuring they are met.

Art work from groups in Mablethorpe & Chapel St Leonards

Business and Leisure Courses

Having studied for my degree in Fine Art and Visual Culture at De Montfort university I settled by the coast where I spent many childhood summers. I still paint and am continually inspired by this glorious coastal setting.

I have extensive experience in working in Schools, Summer Schools and after school clubs using art as a creative approach to many subjects. I have worked as a countywide coordinator for Family Learning working towards improving both literacy and numeracy skills of adults and children. I have worked for major agencies, District & County Councils, Social Services, Surestart, Colleges etc delivering and advising on creative and main stream learning experiences along with delivering continuing professional teacher development.

I am able to offer tailor made courses for you or your organisation which will be suitable for the needs and ability of your pupils whilst at the same time giving confidence and raising aspirations. All course are small and informal.

Art, Maths, Literacy, Numeracy.

Courses

Art & Crafts

Pottery Painting

Interior Design

Candle making

Cup Cake Decorating

Cooking & Eating Well on a budget

Jam Making

Christmas Cookery

Jewellery Making

Mosaics

Stenciling

Glass Painting

Starting up a Cottage Industry

Tourism Business MOT

Grow Your own Vegetables

and much more......

Part of Art on the Map

Art on the Farm

Rainy day and special occasion art & craft activities. Private sessions ( min 4) in jewellery making, candle making, card making, decoupage, painting and much more

ring Helen for more details

07894292641

Mums and toddlers Easter Art Activities 2011

Original Art Work for Sale

Seashells and Butterflies

I have been painting butterflies for many years and am a great advocate of our pollinators not just for the brilliant work they do but also for the enjoyment they bring. Butterflies are also good indicators of our fragile environment and reminders of our responsibility to our beautiful countryside.

The Swallowtail butterfly the sole representative of the Papilionidae family ( usually spectacular butterflies with distinctive tails) in Britain and known as ‘ the Queen’ in days gone by would have lived on this coastline before it was drained and ploughed but they are now confined to the Norfolk Broads as their preferred habitat became rarer and rarer.

My paintings explore the notion of the Swallowtail butterflies fragility whist revelling in their splendour and beauty.

Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it pleases and pleases wherever it goes. - Anon

As a child I spent many happy hours on this stretch of the Lincolnshire Coast and one of my favourite activities was walking miles along the sandy beach exploring the tide line and collecting seashells. My grandmother always told me the small white curly shells were lucky so they were always my favourite shells and even now I can’t walk on a beach without looking for the lucky curly shells. These shells have inspired my work for a long time, childhood memories that I now work to capture in paint.

‘Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours’. Anon

Butterfly Soul Paintings

Psyche was the Greek word for both “soul” and “butterfly,” dating from the belief that human souls became butterflies while searching for a new reincarnation. The mythical romance of the maiden Psyche, beloved by the god Eros, was really an allegory of the soul's union with the body and of their subsequent separation.

The Celts also believed in fly-souls and butterfly-souls which, like bird-souls, flew about seeking a new mother. It was thought that women became pregnant by swallowing such creatures.

In Irish myth, Etain took the form of a butterfly for seven Years, then entered the drinking cup of Etar (Etarre) who swallowed her, and so brought her to rebirth. In her second incarnation, Etain married Eochy, the High King of Ireland.

It is still said in Cornwall that the spirits of the dead take the form of white butterflies.

In Mexico and Siberia it is believed that butterflies were soul symbols in the Far East as well as in Western Europe.

The Chinese considered a jade butterfly the essential emblem of love, suggesting a wedding of souls. The most appropriate gift for a bridegroom to give his bride in China was a jade butterfly.

The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects, Barbara G. Walker: