Six places available
Botanical Painting & Yoga – £210
Painting materials, lunches & two yoga sessions included
Beginner to Intermediate painters, Beginner to Advanced yogis

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Join me in lovely Carlops on the side of the Pentland Hills, for a weekend of botanical painting and yoga, designed to focus your mind and ease your body.

I love this combo weekend where we work together on botanical painting technique, and then ease it all out with some specific yoga work. I use yoga in my practice to ease out my drawing and painting arm, loosen up my back and get the blood flow going again. I am looking forward to inviting you to my studio to learn botanical drawing and painting techniques, to develop your existing skills and to learn how to look after your body while you sit.

Alex is making delicious home cooked lunches, please let us know if you have any food intolerances.

Studio sessions

Saturday – 10.30am to 4.30pm – Pick your subject, we’ll practice measured and freehand drawing, to see what suits you, we’ll colour match and maybe start painting.

Sunday – 10.30am to 4.30pm – We’ll finish up drawing, spend the day painting, working on technique, washes and dry brush.

Yoga sessions

Delivered by Linda Shand in our Village Hall, I practice with Linda weekly; she knows where I get tight and knotted!
Suitable for beginners to advanced, mats and blocks can be provided.

Saturday – 4.45pm to 6pm – End of the day session, wind down & relax

Sunday – 9am to 10.15am – Begin the day, stretch out hands, arms, shoulders, backs, hips get ready for a day of focused observation & painting.

Location:

Carlops is on the side of the Pentland Hills, about 25 minutes from Edinburgh city centre. It is lush and green, and if the weather is good, we should be able to go for a couple of walks to take in the countryside and stretch our legs. Alex and I are currently developing our garden, part of it is newly developed and planted, and a larger part is in development. We hope you’ll love the bit that is done and not mind too much about the on-going bit  (-_-)

Staying: Accommodation options nearby

Pods at Glencourse House
https://www.thesecrethideaway.co.uk/

Glamping in Westside Woodshed
https://thisiseastside.com/

Wanton Wa Cottage for six, 3 rooms, at Amazon Dean
https://www.unique-cottages.co.uk/cottages/south/lothians/hf7-wanton-wa

The Craigie Hotel, Penicuik (limited availability, as of 05 Feb)
https://www.hotelsone.com/penicuik-hotels-gb/the-craigie.html?

Air BNB – There is a self catering flat in Carlops or “The Mill” in West Linton.

There are also options in Biggar (about a 20 mins drive) and Peebles (about 30 mins drive), and of course you could look at staying in Edinburgh where there are many types of accommodation from the budget to the luxurious.

Getting about:

Bus
The 101 bus comes from Edinburgh directly to Carlops and heads on to Biggar.
https://bustimes.org/services/101a-dumfries-edinburgh

Car
There is a car park at the end of the village by the rock field and on street parking is also available, there is some limited parking at the studio.

Taxis
Taxi Dave 07710 762611
West Linton Greenlyne 07771 756471
Penicuik 07946 249492