Intermediate Painting & Drawing for Improvers - 5 Day course.

Sunday 13 July 2025 17:00
Friday 18 July 2025 14:00

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Do you enjoy drawing and painting but feel a bit stuck? Not sure what the next step is? Perhaps you always paint the same subject in the same safe way but would like to loosen up?

This five-day workshop will help you develop your drawing and painting skills, stretch your imagination and allow you to experiment with new mediums and ideas. Susi and Francine have been teaching together for over 10 years and have very different but complementary teaching styles. But both agree that “There is no such thing as making a mistake. Each mark you make has value, and ‘accidents’ are the first steps to creativity! It’s about enjoying the journey.”

Susi and Francine set dynamic exercises that will and unlock your creativity, and the joy of having two tutors means there is plenty of time for individual help and guidance. Francine enjoys teaching art history, perspective and colour theory, “I like to understand how an artist achieved a particular effect.” And Susi loves to play with vibrant colour: “Let go, use your intuition and allow your imagination to take over!”

Each day in the studio students are encouraged to try a new medium or technique using watercolour, gouache and acrylic, and there will be opportunities to go out to draw and paint in inspiring secret locations with stunning views. By the end of the week everyone will have tried something new and gained confidence in their art journey.

If you want to develop your skills, find your style, experiment with new mediums this is the course for you!

Francine and Susi both live in London and regularly draw and teach together see – Art Splash London for more information.

““What an absolutely super week in Devon. The course was so informative and just great fun - Susi and Francine really helped me develop my art in a great setting. The atmosphere, accommodation and food is just perfect. Thoroughly recommend it! ”

— Lee Lance, Reading

**EXPERIENCE LEVEL**: This course is designed for complete beginners. If you have some experience but still consider yourself to be more of a beginner then Francine and Susi run an excellent ‘improvers’ course. See here.
**OUTLINE SCHEDULE:** Sunday // 5-7pm Residents arrive 7pm non residents arrive followed by welcome drinks 8pm dinner
Monday-Thursday // Breakfast for residents 8.30am, tuition starts at 9,30am for all. 1pm Lunch, tuition resumes 2-5pm.
Friday // Breakfast for residents 8.30am, final tuition session runs 9.30am-1pm followed by final lunch 1-2pm

““Francine and Susi are inspirational teachers. Patient and encouraging throughout. They were able to accommodate all levels of experience. Everyone made significant progress. A tremendous week. I thoroughly recommend it. ”

— Jane Bird, BerkshireQuote Source

**ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS:** Residential and non-residential spaces available. NB residents are not required to share bedrooms, see accommodation for more info.
**COST**: £821 + VAT for residential which covers all your tuition, accommodation and food from arrival on Sunday through to departure after lunch on Friday. Non-residential fees are £593 + VAT include all tuition, welcome drinks on Sunday and lunch from Mon-Friday.

**MATERIALS LIST**: A hard backed sketchbook / 3B and 6B pencils / A set of drawing pens (optional) / A set of artist quality watercolours and a set of acrylic paints / a selection of Brushes / An A3 pad of Watercolour paper 300gsm Cold pressed (Cass Art is good value) / An apron - it can get messy! / DO also bring any materials you would like to try out, but we won’t be working with oil paints on this course.

“This course is amazing whether you think of yourself as more of a beginner or intermediate. There’s lots of excellent tuition from Francine and Susie and great places to paint outdoors. It was great fun but we all learnt a lot too. In fact I framed two of my pieces of artwork as a reminder of what an enjoyable time I had. I would wholeheartedly recommend it. ”

— Julia Milligan, Surrey

**HOW TO GET HERE:** Our address is TQ6 0JA [What3words: What3words: fulfilled.exploring.branching] and we have plenty of free onsite parking. Trains > nearest station is Totnes then we can arrange lift shares or send taxi details. We are about 20 minutes from the station.
**HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE COURSE?** Min 6 max 12 to allow Francine & Susi time to give everyone enough attention tuition.

**FOOD & DRINK:** Food is a key part of an immersive course at Coombe. Meals are taken at a long shared tables with the other participants Our onsite chef caters for you including all/any dietary requirements. We grow our own vegetables and keep chickens for fresh eggs daily. For those that enjoy wine, we have a fantastic wine merchant who supply us with a small range available to buy onsite.

SEASON: Summer at Coombe is a glorious time, the veg patch is producing lots of fresh herbs and vegetables, with the warmer weather we can have lunches outside in the courtyard and we’re lucky to have fabulous locations right on our doorstep that we can explore along the River Dart.