Cheddar Gallery - Painting Holidays

CHEDDAR GALLERY
The First and Last Shop in Cheddar.....
for Art and Photography

Welcome - Painting Holidays

Holiday 2008 - What people said | Leisure Painter - Holiday of the Month | Art Materials - Live Exhibition

You will be assured of a warm welcome from all of us at the Cheddar Gorge and Mendip Hills Painting Holidays.

We have a variety of courses throughout the year with some of Britain's top artists who are well known for their books, DVDs, TV Programmes and magazine articles and have a wealth of experience in tutoring on painting holidays. We intend to provide a diversity of courses for all abilities in a variety of mediums in a superb location with lovely accommodation.

Details of the holidays are displayed on the website for you to choose the most suitable for you and profiles of each artist so you can see who most suits your style. There are also some photos of the painting locations to illustrate the stunning scenery that we have in and around Cheddar.

There are details of the two hotels where the courses are situated, both of which have studios if we need to paint inside. Lyncombe Lodge nestling on the slopes of the Mendips has glorious views and the Penscot Inn is in the heart of the Mendips and has plenty of charm and character.

The three ingredients of experienced tutors, beautiful locations and lovely accommodation add up to a truly enjoyable holiday. You will be looked after by the tutors, the hotel staff and of course us as we believe in making every effort to ensure you have a relaxing time. Here are just a few comments that people have made on last year's holidays.

Holiday 2008 - What People Said

"Best organised painting holiday I have been on"

"Very happy memories of a wonderful week"

"The tutor was very helpful and encouraging"

"Enjoyed my holiday. My only wish is that it had been longer"

"It's been really well organised and fabulous fun with super teaching"

"Your care and consideration is greatly appreciated and has ensured a most enjoyable course"

"You have worked very hard to make this holiday a success, especially behind the scenes"

"I enjoyed my holiday very much, good tuition, good company and well organised"

"Had an excellent holiday. The itinerary was great. The scenery and locations were well worth seeing."

"A thoroughly enjoyable experience and a lovely area for painting"

Leisure Painter - Holiday of the Month - September 2008

"This is what Leisure Painter magazine said about us in their September 2008 edition"

Art Materials Live Exhibition

We had a stand at the Art Materials Live Exhibition at the NEC (13th-16th November 2008) where we were promoting our holidays, see photo above. (This was before the exhibition and I can assure you it didn’t look this tidy when the artists were demonstrating!). We had artist's work on display who tutor for us including a selection of original paintings, demonstration work, their DVDs, books and magazine articles from Leisure Painter, Paint Magazine and others. Some of them were demonstrating on the stand too.
	All day Friday Joe Francis Dowden was demonstrating his techniques of capturing water and light in watercolours. (See the pictures he painted on the left of this page) He had a number of his sketches on display and a number of people were asking him questions. On Saturday Becky Samuelson demonstrated pen & wash of a picture of Lion Rock, Cheddar Gorge and was talking to people as she painted. On Sunday we had Steve Hall producing a couple of demonstrations and about half a dozen of those that came on his holiday met up to watch him demonstrate and catch up with each other since the holiday and had a laugh! Also on Sunday, Joanne Thomas did a couple of demos in between times showing how to paint buildings in the landscape and was answering questions as she painted. (See the pictures she painted on the right of this page).

Other artists such as Charles Evans, Tim Fisher, Jeremy Ford and Jayne Good (Bob Ross instructor) popped along when they had a spare moment in between working on their own stands.

If you are interested in more details please visit us at the shop, call us on 01934 744188 or send an e-mail to paintingholidays@cheddargallery.co.uk.