Fellside Studio - Workshops
Watercolour and pastel workshops in a beautiful and tranquil Scordale Valley setting.
My garden studio boasts stunning views of Murton Pike and surrounding fells.
Learn to paint in informal, fun and relaxed workshops. No previous painting experience required.
Workshops for Autumn, Winter and Christmas 2025
Whether you are wanting to improve your art or just have some fun, you’ll enjoy experimenting with some fantastic colours and learning new techniques, whilst surrounded by the Scordale countryside. All materials are provided and a mount is included for you to complete your masterpiece and take home.
new! the water in watercolour!
A workshop for those who already use watercolour but would like to explore using it in a slightly different way. Learn some effective background techniques that use the movement of water through colour. Then capture poppy seed heads using the watercolour like ink to create vivid colours and pattens.
Winter Skies
Learn to paint winter skies, trees and bird silhouettes in a fun, easy and effective way. In this workshop we will create a simple, but atmospheric, winter sky and will also learn how to create realistic trees – its all down to subtraction!
autumn trees
Lots of dappling with foliage brushes and layering of autumnal colours in this workshop. A great stress relieving way to spend a few hours. For beginners and those who already dabble in watercolours, this enjoyable and effective technique can be used again and again in your own paintings.
DRY-STONE WALLS
Learn a great technique for creating realistic dry-stone walls, using a plastic card. It’s fun and easy to do!
This workshop is perfect for those that already dabble in watercolour and wish to learn some different techniques.
sunset
There’s lots of colour in this workshop! We have some amazing sunsets in the Scordale Valley and capturing the dramatic colours is great fun. We use intense watercolours straight from the tube in this workshop. This is a great workshop to do if you wish to increase your sky painting skills. For those exploring watercolours for the first time I recommend doing either the Winter Birds or Summer Tree workshop first to learn simple sky painting techniques before progressing to this one
Credit Card Hills
Forget brushes! Move and sculpt watercolour on paper using a credit card in this workshop. Its a fantastic way of creating new textures and marks and is great fun to do! We use deep, earthy, winter colours to create the wintery image of Murton Pike (which is handily right outside the studio windows!).