Holidays & courses
Are you looking for a residential art painting holiday or day course in the UK? Indulge your passion for landscape painting with a holiday or course in beautiful Derbyshire.
Situated just outside of Ashbourne, our holidays give you the chance to experience and capture the stunning and varied Peak District landscapes. Accommodation with full board is provided in our charming 17th Century farm house.
We run four residential courses a year during the summer months, and day courses on-demand throughout the year.
Our resident tutor is Colin Halliday. As well as being one of the UK’s leading contemporary landscape artists and a plein-air specialist, Colin also holds qualifications for teaching adults and is able to share his knowledge and communicate complex topics in a way that greatly benefits his students work.
Each painting holiday is limited to a maximum of 6 painters. Keeping course numbers low is something that Colin passionately believes in, as he recognises the value of being able to spend quality time alongside each student, giving you as much help and guidance as you need.
Your plein-air painting holiday will focus on landscape painting, and allow you to explore your creativity plus develop and refine your skills. You will be working with pure oil paint, a palette knife and a brush if required. Many previous students have commented on how this course really improves your ability to see colour and mix colour, to understand the tone and warm and cold colours.
Our holidays cater for all levels of artist: from complete beginners through to experienced artists, and people coming back to it after years away.
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​You can come alone, with a painting partner, and we also welcome non-painting partners. The beautiful landscapes of the Peak District offer plenty of opportunities for keen walkers and cyclists.
The feedback and response to the art painting holidays and courses has been outstanding over the years, and many customers return year on year to build their knowledge and skills base.
You don’t need to take our word for it, here’s what some of our customers had to say about their painting holiday experiences:
