insideKENT Magazine Issue 75 - June 2018 | Page 133

GETAWAYS
ARTS & CULTURE Holidays cont.
UK Holidays
ALPHA PAINTING HOLIDAYS
www.alphapaintingholidays.com // South West
INSPIRED PAINTING HOLIDAYS
www.inspiredpaintingholidays.co.uk // Devon
Inspired Painting Holidays offers a full residential course for you to
really get to grips with your art, and it all takes place in beautiful Devon.
The courses start at three-night getaways and run all the way up to
eight nights, so you will be able to find something that fits in with your
other commitments and gives you the breathing space you need to
get yourself centred and back on track as only art can do.
Inspired Painting Holidays include both studio sessions and location
visits to landscapes and gardens in the local area. You will have individual
attention from a professional artist and an experienced tutor as part of
a very small group.
As well as getting to enjoy the art, the food and accommodation
are second to none. Weston House is a four-star B&B and there is
another property a little further away in the town, which is just as lovely.
Everyone on the course eats together on the break so you can get to
know your fellow artists; you might even make lifelong friends.
HF HOLIDAYS // www.hfholidays.co.uk // UK
Alpha have been running painting holidays for over 10 years and have
experienced year-on-year growth to become one of the UK’s leading
painting holiday companies. They provide all-inclusive residential
holidays and pay great attention to every aspect of your holiday from
the initial booking process, including your special requirements, to
how they look after you on the holiday. Holiday destinations include
Somerset, Exmoor National Park, North Devon Coast, North Cornwall,
the Wye Valley and The Lake District in the UK, as well as Provence,
France and the Western Algarve, Portugal. For 2019, they are pleased
to announce Jersey as a new holiday destination. All their tutors are
experts from the UK, US and the EU. They thoroughly research all the
holiday destinations including the hotels and the painting locations to
ensure they meet the criteria that you expect from a painting holiday.
They provide a complete package experience so that you don’t need
to worry about anything other than enjoying your holiday.
No matter what level
of artist you are (or
even if you’ve never
picked up a brush
before), there will be a
course with HF
Holidays that will suit
you perfectly. The
point of these breaks
is to get together with
like minded people
who love their art as
much as you do, plus
you’ll be in some
beautiful
surroundings to
ensure your creative
juices are flowing nicely. In as many cases as possible your equipment
and materials will be included but where they are not you will be given
a full list of what you need to bring.
There are a number of different holidays available with HF including
paper cutting, sketching and painting in Puglia, an introduction to
watercolours, an introduction to acrylics, pen and wash and expressive
pastels. There are courses all across the UK as well as some locations
abroad as well.
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