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Day Guest Figure in a Landscape I Auchencairn House, Scotland

with artist & tutor Ben Hopkins Friday 18th June to Tuesday 22nd June

Upcoming19 Jun 2027 - 21 Jun 2027
830 British pounds
Auchencairn House, Scotland DH7 1QZ

Available spots


Service Description

All Materials provided Over the course of this 3 day Painting Retreat in oil, students will develop and build a painting of a figure immersed in their surrounding landscape started from initial composition sketches. Surfaces of good size and easily transportable will be provided by the school to paint on. Weather dependent, painting days will take place within the walled garden of Auchencairn House, surrounded by roses and flowers, or, down by the sea a 5 minute walk from the front door. 'The Figure in a Landscape' is an immensely beautiful subject, neither focusing on one element more than the other, yet both complimenting the other so as to form a completely unique artwork. Ben will give a demonstration at the start of the course and full guidance on colour mixing and the palette EDS provides for the retreat. Each day the program will be as follows: 09.00 - 09.30am - breakfast 09.30am - 10am demonstration and or slide presentation 10am - 12.45 Painting 1 - 2pm lunch 2.15 - 4.30/5pm Painting 5 - 5.30pm tidying up materials 6.30 - 7pm drinks in the library 7-9pm dinner in the dining room Having trained at The Barcelona Academy of Art, Ben has been for a few years now surrounded by Sorolla, the vibrant master of light from Spain's southern coast. When not painting in the studio, you may have found Ben painting passersby on the beaches or in the parks, where his artwork is full of light and life. Ben now works as a full time figurative painter. Please note, all prices + VAT Tower Lodge single artist occupancy £2150 Tower Lodge for a couple £2400 King size bedroom with ensuite bathroom with a sea view £2150 King size room with ensuite bathroom £2150 Four Poster bedroom with ensuite bathroom £2150 Double Green room with shared WC/Shower £2000 Twin room with shared WC & shower £2000 Single room with shared WC/Shower £1950 - Non Painting Partners £260 ppn all meals included - Painting only 3 days students £690 pp Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th, Monday 21st June (£200 day tuition + £30 lunch & tea) +£60 optional to join for dinner - Full Bed & Board students Check in Friday 18th June from 4pm Check out Tuesday 22nd June 9-11am 2027 All information and equiries please e-mail: info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk


Upcoming Sessions


Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund up to 31 days before a course starts. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of 1.5% of the booking fee payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance If a tutor cannot teach a class due to illness, the scheduled class will be covered by another tutor or the class will be postponed and rescheduled for the following week at the same time on the same day of the week. Make up classes are scheduled during the half term week, or in the week following the end of term. E.D.S. runs make up classes in 1/2 term or during an additional week at the end of term. If classes cannot take place in the studios for any reason at 13 or 13a Great King Street, they will an in alternative venue. Thus, the business always completes it's contractual obligations to booked students. If a student cannot attend a make up class, no refund is due.


Contact Details

0131 556 0971

info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk

13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK


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