Join Marion Sidebottom at Epping Forest and discover how you can create beautiful autumnal prints on our Autumn Leaves Printmaking (Geli-Plate) course.
Create colourful layered prints of Autumn leaves using a Gelli printing plate, acrylic paints, and real leaves. You will create positive & negative prints combined with stencils, paper masks & stamps, and try mark making, textures and metallics to enhance your prints.
About the tutor
Marion Sidebottom
Marion is an artist, photographer & workshop tutor and enjoys working in many different medias but most of them involving plants. She is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and was Artist in Residence in Epping Forest supported by Arts Council Funding. She has won awards for her photography including an RHS Gold medal and 2nd place in a category of International Garden Photographer of the Year.
She teaches a wide range of workshops including cyanotype sun printing, photography, smartphone photography, plant pressing & oshibana, and printmaking. She has been teaching workshops for the Royal Horticultural Society since 2016. Marion has exhibited her work in both group and solo exhibitions and takes part in the Burnham Art Trail in Essex most years.
She loves experimenting and combining different medias, and is never happier than when researching techniques, teaching or attending workshops herself!
Explore our range of craft courses hosted by our engaging tutors and learn from their expertise and skills. Our art courses are a chance to meet like-minded people and a chance to unwind from everyday life. They are a great opportunity to experience the UK’s glorious countryside surrounding our field centres.
Before You Attend
What to bring
Leaves, clean and thorn free, intricate shapes work very well. There will also be a selection available to use.
Folder to take work home.
Opportunities to attend this course
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Fri 31, October 2025 09:30 - 16:30