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 Summer 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! Crocuses
One of my quiet, slow-paced workshops, this relaxing session is great for beginners and those needing some ‘time out’. The petals are simple and enjoyable to do and painting these slowly, whilst listening to gentle music, is a great way to relax.
Summer Tree
Learn to paint a simple watercolour landscape. This is a fantastic workshop for those discovering watercolours for the first time. In this workshop you will learn the techniques for painting a simple sky, hill background, foreground and tree. It’s a great starting point for landscape painting.
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!).
Poppies
Learn to paint vibrant watercolour poppies in this informal, fun and relaxed workshop. A great workshop for complete beginners – enjoy experimenting with some fantastic, intense colours and learn new techniques to create your own poppy painting in a simple, enjoyable way.