Bundabah, NSW Australia
(near Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest)
livingstr8ng@gmail.com
Workshops
The following workshops are available for bookings and can be run at any time (subject to availability). Email us at livingstr8ng@gmail.com with the following information - which workshop you would like to attend, the number of people in your group and preferred days of the week.
Nature Journaling and Bushfood Walk
Walk 'N' Talk
Nature Drawing Skills and Technique
Join us for a stroll through the bush to gain knowledge of local plant and animal species, local bush foods and medicines, learn to slow down, observe and listen to the land. Create your very own nature journal page to help you connect and remember your experiences. Local artist and proud Arrernte man Scott will be your guide. Scott would like to share one of his favourite pastimes with you all – walking country, connecting with the plants and animals and looking and listening to the lessons they teach.
Cost: $35 per person.
Duration – 2 hours
Ages – All ages
Location: Bundabah (near Pindimar) address will be given on booking.
Join us for a walk through bushland, learning to slow down and connect to the natural environment. Understand plant communities and requirements, animal behaviours and interactions, how to read tracks and bush signs and the use of plant foods and medicines during this very hands-on and fun session. Create your own nature journal page to help you connect and remember your experiences.
Cost - $50 per person
Duration – 2-3 hours
Ages – 8 years and above
Location: Bundabah (near Pindimar) address will be given on booking.
Join us in nature, slowing down and connecting to the natural environment. Learn the basics through to some next level techniques required to create beautiful nature journal pages. Quick gestural sketches, available art mediums, mixed media vs single media creations and plant pressings. Discover new avenues of exploration in order to display your own creativity while connecting and learning from the natural world.
Cost - $120 per person
Duration – 3-4 hours
Ages – 10 years and above
Location: Bundabah (near Pindimar) address will be given on booking.
Workshops
Making String and Cordage from plant fibres
Nature Art Classes
Tailor Made Workshops
String or cordage is one of the most important resources we can carry with us into the bush. We can use cordage to make temporary repairs to equipment and clothing, to fish and make traps, negotiate obstacles such as cliffs or rivers and improvise items for use in camp.
You will learn which plant fibres to use for strength and ease and make your very own string.
Cost - $40 per person
Duration - 2 hours
Ages – 8 and above
Location: Bundabah (near Pindimar) address will be given on booking.
Learn the basics through to some next level techniques required to create beautiful nature pages. Quick gestural sketches, available art mediums and mixed media vs single media creations. Discover new avenues of exploration in order to display your own creativity while connecting and learning from the natural world.
Cost - $40 per person
Duration - 2 hours
Ages – 8 and above
Location: Bundabah (near Pindimar) address will be given on booking.
Have you got a group that would be interested in our activities? Email us your details and thoughts and we can tailor a workshop for your specific needs.
Term Classes
Below are some of the term classes that we provide. Send through an email livingstr8ng@gmail.com for prices and availability.
Bush Knowledge and Craft 1
Welcome! Connection to Country through nature observation, drawing and art
Making string and cordage from plant fibres
Bush food, medicines and baby canoe crafting
Finding your way through the bush – map making and learning about songlines as a map
Camp fire construction and damper cooking (weather dependant)
Explore Country through Nature Journaling
Join Living Strong to explore nature and connect to country through nature journaling.
Each session we will head outside to engage our senses and explore the connections between ourselves and the natural world around us. Create a nature journal page full of drawing, colour and details to create a memory of our days discoveries.
Nature journaling is a mixture of scientific observation, creativity and immersion in the natural environment. Bringing nature and art together gives us an appreciation of the natural beauty in our world and will deepen our respect for the environment. Nature provides many opportunities for discovery, creativity and problem solving. Interacting with the natural environment allows us to learn by doing and experimenting with ideas.
Bush Sense
Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving and creativity. It helps to build nerve connections in the brain and encourages the development of language and motor skills. There are many benefits that may go unnoticed, such as the development of abilities to focus and block out distractions.
“When I hear, I forget. When I see, I remember. When I do, I understand.”
Our Bush Sense program focuses on the Five Senses of touch, sight, smell, taste, and hearing which are the key ways in which children take in information, respond to their environment, seek nourishment and comfort, and bond with those around them. Spending time in nature and choosing how they interact with their surroundings helps build confidence and a sense of connection to the world around them. This gives them practice managing their own actions and encourages creativity and imagination.
Watercolour on Country
Join Living Strong to discover the versatility and practicality of “sketching and drawing” with water colour in the outdoors.
Perfect for creating memories and connecting deeper to your surroundings.
Learn the basics of watercolour techniques for creating on the go watercolour pictures and overcoming obstacles unique to outdoor painting.
Bush Cycles
Join Living Strong Nature Journaling to learn about the cycles in nature. Life cycles are all around us. They are a part of us and part of every living thing. The bush is full of natural cycles. Learning about life cycles can help create a bigger picture of how the natural environment works. Understanding this, can help kids learn to respect and care for the world around them.
Each fortnight, we will explore a different lifecycle present in the bush at Living Strong. The children will learn through play, craft, observation and exploration.
Storytelling through Art
Storytelling has always been an important way of communicating knowledge, and the most important stories come from Country. Art is a beautiful and meaningful way to represent these stories.
Join Living Strong Nature Journaling and learn about some of the “stories of connection” which occur in the bush around us. Each fortnight we will explore a connection between plants, animals, weather and country and create an artwork which represents this story of connection.
Mixed media will be used including acrylic, watercolour paint, colour pencil, chalk pastel, ink and graphite.
Bush Knowledge and Craft 2 (pre requisite Bush Knowledge and Craft 1)
Welcome! Connection to Country through Nature Journaling
Boomerang Making
Story telling through art
Indigenous races across the world - dream catchers
Cooking with bush foods
Bush Science
Join Living Strong to learn about the environment around us through play, craft and experimentation
Weather Journaling
The water cycle
Camouflage
Light and Sound
Earths interior - Volcanoes
Term Didgeridoo Classes for Schools
Join Scott from Living Strong to learn how to play the didge. We offer term classes for schools which includes a weekly 1 hour class for up to 15 boys during the school term. Send us through an email for more information.