Duration: 2 hours (11am-1pm)
Location: Durlston Castle’s Belvedere Room
Price: £30 per person (Special £108 if you book all 4 sessions in advance)
Overview
Discover a unique, brush-free way of painting using only your hands. This playful and expressive acrylic workshop is all about letting go, exploring colour, and enjoying the creative process. No experience needed – just curiosity and a willingness to get messy.
This Autumn/winter series of workshops aims to focus on a different landscape element for each session, where we will spend time learning specific techniques to complete your landscape painting. The workshops are taught as individual sessions, but also work as a series where skills from the previous session will feed in to the next one. All materials included. Themes for each month include:
Thurs 8th Oct – Hand Painting Skies
Thurs 12th Nov- Hand Painting Seas
Thurs 10th Dec-Hand Painting Land
Thurs 21st Jan- Hand Painting Cliffs
What you’ll do
• Learn how to paint using your hands instead of brushes
• Explore colour mixing, layering, texture, and movement
• Create your own original acrylic painting on canvas
• Loosen up creatively and work intuitively
• Enjoy a relaxed, supportive, and fun atmosphere
What to expect?
• Step-by-step guidance throughout the session
• Simple warm-up exercises to free your creativity
• Demonstrations of hand-painting techniques
• Encouragement to experiment and trust the process
• Time to develop and finish your own “masterpiece” to take home
Who it’s for?
Complete beginners and experienced artists alike, anyone wanting to try something new and those looking to relax, unwind, and reconnect with creativity. No drawing or painting skills required however make sure to wear old clothes acrylic paint may stain clothes