PCT100 Creators: Small Worlds: Insects, Illustration & Pointillism
Explore the art of pointillism with Molly Pickles using insects, beetles and wildlife imagery from the Powell-Cotton Museum’s natural history collections.
As part of the Powell-Cotton Trust’s centenary celebrations, we’re inviting our local communities to help connect the museum’s past, present and future via a series of artist-led creative workshops throughout the summer.
From photography and film to screen printing and poetry writing, these sessions offer the chance to respond creatively to what you discover in the museum and its collections. Your work will then form part of a special community exhibition opening in October 2026.
Small Worlds: Insects, Illustration & Pointillism
Led by illustrator and printmaker Molly Pickles
Explore the art of pointillism – creating images through small dots and marks – using insects, beetles and wildlife imagery from the Powell-Cotton Museum’s natural history collections as your inspiration.
This workshop focuses on observation and mark-making techniques, building your confidence with drawing and illustration. Open to all ages and experience levels, it’s a relaxed, playful way to engage with natural history through creative practice.
You can book this workshop session alone, or combine it with the Wildlife Screen Printing Workshop (also on 21 August) for a full day of creative making.
No experience needed.
Date and time:
Friday 21 August
11:30 am – 12:30pm (times subject to change)
All workshops are included with standard admission to the museum, house and gardens.
About Molly Pickles
Molly Pickles is a self-taught illustrator and printmaker based on the south east coast of England. Her background in natural history and coastal landscapes shapes her distinctive approach to wildlife illustration and printmaking.
Over nearly a decade of trading at exhibitions and markets, Molly has developed a strong creative practice rooted in observation and experimentation. Her work explores the intersection of nature, pattern and colour – themes that run through all her creative output.
Sustainability and eco-friendly practice are central to Molly’s work. In these workshops, she invites participants to discover the creative possibilities of illustration and printmaking through hands-on, playful making.
Photo by Shannen Lythgoe
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