Catherine’s Art holidays:
Catherine runs short art retreats – Friday 2pm to Saturday 4pm – at Packhorse Bath where you can spend a weekend in beautiful Bath while you brush up on your painting skills. Or you can join her each August to experience sketching ‘en plein air’ along Bath’s stunning stretch of canal.
You can also ask Catherine to design a private retreat or plein air painting trip for you and your friends. Choose from locations around Bath on the River Avon and Kennet and Avon Canal, the Royal Crescent Hotel or further afield at National Trust Gardens at Stourhead and Dyrham Park.
Art centre partners and art retreats:
Catherine is proud to work with selected art centres and remarkable art retreats. Scroll down for her upcoming dates in Truro, Abergavenny, Bristol, Marlborough and beyond. There’s also more information on Blackdowns Art Retreats and Alpha Holidays.

NEXT SHORT RETREAT WITH CATHERINE:
THURSDAY 1 – FRIDAY 2 AUGUST 2024 beginners’ summer watercolour retreat (added as 9-10 August fully booked).
FRIDAY 15 – SATURDAY 16 OCTOBER 2024 line and wash masterclass is full – please email to go on the waiting list.
Both are at PACKHORSE BATH a listed Jacobean community-owned pub nestled in the heart of a picturesque Cotswold village not far from Catherine’s studio. The workshop includes a delicious pub dinner and pub lunch, all materials, tutorials and an element of one-to-one tuition. Catherine can recommend local accommodation.
Please follow this link to book.

SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2024 ANNUAL PLAIN AIR PAINTING ALONG BATH’S CANAL:
Spend a day capturing Bath’s stunning ‘secret’ waterway. Begin at 10am with a welcome tea/coffee close to the Kennet and Avon Canal and a look at the route. Then spend a leisurely day winding up the canal tow path and stopping at beautiful painting spots along the way including bridges and gardens. After a packed lunch, finish with a ‘flourish’ and one of Bath’s most iconic canal views.
What is included: welcome coffee/tea, map, tutorials, guidance and one-to-one painting review.
Please follow this link to book.

PAINT BATH EXPERIENCE AT THE ROYAL CRESCENT HOTEL:
Visiting Bath – why not book a relaxing watercolour workshop in the garden of the Royal Crescent Hotel or on a picnic rug in front of the hotel on the Royal Crescent’s private lawn?

What you can expect: Catherine will greet you at the Hotel Reception and locate a quiet corner of the hotel gardens to set up your painting tutorial. Get creative in a relaxed environment, free from the stricture of “rules” of watercolour. Catherine’s gravity painting techniques rely less on fine motor skill and more on opening up to “go with the flow”. No complex theories, just practical suggestions about how to compose a painting, Catherine’s favourite collection of colours and troubleshooting solutions. Book with the hotel direct.

ALPHA PAINTING HOLIDAYS: SIMONSBATH HOUSE IN EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK
An opportunity to become absorbed in the stunning landscape of Exmoor. This location is right on the river. Explore the Barle Valley with me and your sketchbook. Improve your line and wash skills and develop deeper connections while developing full painting subjects back at the studio. Suitable for beginners and intermediate painters.
Please contact Alpha painting Holidays direct to book.

NEXT ON AT CORNWALL SCHOOL OF ART, TRURO:
MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2024 – Atmospheric coasts
A theme in her new book ‘Capturing light’ – Catherine will explore how to create a coastal seascape with an atmosphere of mystery. The day will be full of demonstrations designed to show the range of wet-in-wet techniques she employs to suggest form through mists as well as textured rockpools. Develop your own subtle landscape from your source photo with added mystery and memories.
TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2024 – Wet in wet watercolour lilies
A perfect opportunity to work on a steep tilt and employ drips to create a watery scene punctuated with saturated colour.
Please contact Cornwall School of Art direct to book.

Catherine teaching at the Cornwall School of Art, Truro:

NEXT AT ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY, BRISTOL:
9 SEPTEMBER 2024 Semi-abstract watercolour landscapes
10 SEPTEMBER 2024 Watercolour figures from life
Please follow this link to contact RWA Drawing School directly to book through their website.

NEXT ON AT WHITE HORSE BOOKSHOP, MARLBOROUGH
MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2024 – Line & wash
I love returning to this ancient timber building in the middle of Marlborough High Street. They also sell my new book ‘Capturing light’. See you there to render an isolated moorland farm in line and wash. Book direct at White Horse Bookshop

NEXT ON AT CHAPEL COTTAGE STUDIOS, ABERGAVENNY
SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025 – Dramatic skies and dusk
SATURDAY 19 JULY 2025 – The illusion of sunlight in watercolours
Please contact Chapel Cottage Studios direct to book.

NEXT ON AT BLACKDOWNS ARTISTS RETREAT, SOMERSET/DEVON BORDER
FRIDAY-SUNDAY 28-30 JUNE 2024: Woodland Light in Watercolours – Now fully booked. Watch this space for next year’s courses.
This is a new venue for me set in a farm building in rolling countryside with lovely food too! This workshop will help you to light up your watercolours using the woodland around the retreat as your subject. At the heart of the session is my loose “gravity painting” watercolour technique, which enables freer painting styles and brighter colours. Learn to contrast loose washes with the deep tones of solid tube paint, sharp ink line and white paper, all to create a dramatic woodland landscapes with atmosphere.
Contact Blackdowns Artists Retreat direct to book.

ARTWORKS_GLOS, TEWKESBURY:
Saturday 25 January 2025 – Atmospheric mists in loose watercolours
Contact Nicky direct to book by clicking here

Line and wash paintings from Catherine’s May 2023 Painting holiday to Turkey:

Customers’ comments:
“I was so pleased to have experienced Catherine’s art class and …truly amazed at her extraordinary talent which blew me away not to mention what a gorgeous person she is. I won’t give up my day job yet to become a painter but it was really interesting to see what on earth I would create when given the time just to paint.”
“Catherine, the art teaching was fabulous and I’d love to try one of your courses”
“I am enjoying getting to grips with watercolours and to tapping into my own creativity. See below for the picture I produced at Brecon (Mentoring Plus Corporate Wellbeing Weekend) which I have framed as I love the colours so much!”
“Thanks again for your fantastic and innovative intro to watercolours.”