Porthleven Watercolour Class

On a rather muggy day yesterday we held our Stormy Seas Watercolour Class with Claire.

I have to start with the photo above as this is a lovely new Beginner and her first attempt at Watercolour!  Never be afraid to join us and give painting a go, we have small groups and the most amazing tutor to teach you.

We were shown some beautiful images from Porthleven in Cornwall, which has fantastic waves and stormy seas in the winter.

A Stormy painting at Treetops always includes toothbrushes and masking fluid flicked across the painting!

I'm sure you'll agree the paintings are all incredibly atmospheric.

I logged onto a webcam that sent a live stream from Porthleven, lovely and calm yesterday of course, but if you want to take a look it's here

A photographer called Carla Regler has some amazing photographs taken in Porthleven, Cornwall and all round the country, I can definitely recommend making a cuppa and visiting the gallery section on her website

Below is our own Gallery of some of the finished paintings mounted.

All that concentrating requires lots of food!

We had a variety of salads today served with a spinach, nutmeg and roasted red pepper roulade.

Claire will be teaching at Marlborough Summer School next and will be back at Treetops for a lovely bright and breezy Summer Florals at the end of August

Find out more HERE

Summer Fun at Treetops

The beautiful bluebells in the woods at Treetops

Join us in the woods this summer for our Woodland Retreat Days with Laura.

We can't wait, a truly relaxing day absorbed in nature where we will enjoy a blend of meditation, breath work, gentle stretching, sound, creativity and a delicious plant based lunch.

It will be a peaceful and grounding day to rebalance your mind and body.

(And if you want to hug a tree I have loads! 😁)

The Woodland Retreat days run from 10am - 2pm.

£65

The dates are:

9th June

(back up day 23 June)

2nd July

(back up day 8 July)

17th September

(back up day 24th September)

We have put back up days into the diary incase of really bad weather, so please check you can make those before booking)

For more information please click here

On Friday 30 June we have Summer Cookery with me, a really fun demo style class where I share 7-8 recipes with you for the Summer using delicious seasonal ingredients along with plenty of ideas to help you with inspiration for cooking for friends and family.

You will be able to taste the food as it's made, and we will explore presentation ideas, look at what can be prepared ahead of time, whilst enjoying a refreshing summer drink recipe.

We have two classes on the day, choose from

10am - 1pm

or

7pm - 10pm

£50

You will receive a recipe booklet of everything created to take home with you after the class.

Book Summer Cookery Here

We have Claire here in August for a bright and beautiful Summer Florals Watercolour Class, master skills in painting loose and free, keeping vibrancy in your paints and feel happy and cheerful!

The class runs from 9:30am - 3pm and costs £85, this includes all of your materials, a 2 course lunch with a glass of wine and refreshments throughout the day.

All other Claire Art classes are now on the website for you to see

Art Class Dates Here

We'd love to see you!

If you are unable to join us in person at Treetops, please have a look at our great library of Online Art Workshops with Claire

We currently have a really good rhododendron watercolour online class, which covers skills in placement, colour and negative painting, hard and soft edges.

All of our Online Art Workshops cost £15.

Don't forget we also have a great library of Yoga Online Workshops, which once downloaded are yours to keep, filmed with Rachel we have a mix of seasonal yoga, hatha, yin and also specialist workshops in Chair/Seated Yoga and Yoga for Stress, Fatigue and Burnout.

All Online Yoga is HERE

Our beautiful Treetops Wellbeing Candle is lovely to light during the summer, the gorgeous geranium smell is so pretty, it also has warm woods and lavender in the mix.

It makes a great gift too, have a look in our Art Materials and Wellbeing Shop for other ideas.

Hello 2023

 Hello Everyone

Our current frosty spell is beautiful but oh so frosty.

It's a while since I updated you all with what's going on at Treetops this term, plenty behind the scenes and we look forward to welcoming Claire and our painters back from March.

We have 1 space left on our Spring Flowers Watercolour class on Thursday 2 March, suitable for all levels of artists.  The class runs from 9:30am until approximately 3pm.  All of your materials are included so you just need to bring yourself.  Also included is a delicious lunch with a glass of wine.

Other classes coming up with Claire include:

Beginners & Refreshers class on Tuesday 4 April

In the Med on Tuesday 11 May

All our classes with Claire cost £85

To see what else we have please visit the website

Watercolour Classes

Proving very popular at the moment is our Online Snowdrop Watercolour Workshop, we put this together in aid of Hospice UK and to support the National Garden Scheme's Snowdrop Festival 2023.

It is suitable for everyone, and is shorter than our other online workshops at just under an hour, and it only uses 4 watercolour paints.

Claire shows you how to sketch and paint these beautiful little flowers.  Covering how to apply masking fluid, mix paints, apply washes, think about your back ground, mid ground and foreground, and the finishing touches such as shadows.

The Online Workshop costs £15 with £10 going directly to Hospice UK.

Buy Snowdrops Workshop HERE

We also put together a Snowdrop Materials Box with everything in that you need for the Workshop, you can buy this separately in our Shop

Don't forget we have a great choice of Online Workshops to download and do in your own time at home, some wintery to suit now and a lovely blossom one to look forward to Spring with!

See other Online Workshops

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Rachel was at Treetops this week filming some new Online Yoga Workshops, one was a lovely relaxing Yin Winter Workshop, so we now have the full 4 season collection for you!  This is currently being edited and sound engineered so should be with us soon in all it's lovely HD and professional quality.

We also filmed a short Morning Wake Up flow (10 minutes) and a Bedtime Settle Down flow (17 minutes).  These will be available to buy as one, and are perfect for when you don't have lots of time available but can still stretch, focus, practice your breath and relax.

To see our other Yoga Online Workshops see here  

They vary in length, some are in sections, once downloaded you can practice your yoga again and again.

Rachel was relieved that for Winter I let her inside to film, the other 3 are in the woodland our gardens at Treetops and look wonderful, and you can hear the birds, and even the cows in the bottom field sometimes!

Our popular evening Aroma Yoga classes will be back soon, make sure you are on the mailing list as these dates sell out quickly.

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Our beautiful Wellbeing Candle is selling really well, a gorgeous scent of geranium and warm woods, made locally with locally sourced beeswax it makes a lovely gift or treat for yourself.

If you buy a Wellbeing Candle in February, you will also receive some Geranium, Rose & Lavender bath salts in an epsom and pink himalayan salts mix, these are soooo relaxing at bathtime.

Our Wellbeing Gift Boxes were not just for Christmas, they will be available all year for gifting, they include the Wellbeing Candle, a rollerball blend from yoga Rachel, a lavender, rose and geranium eye pillow, the above bath salts, loose leaf herbal tea, delicious vegan chocolate and a lavender bag.

£50 with free p&p

For those of you who enjoyed our Christmas Canapes Class and would like more Cookery at Treetops, I'm currently putting ideas together and will announce dates shortly.

Fresh, colourful, seasonal and easy ideas

Make ahead of time, help with cooking for family and friends large occasions.

Don't forget to follow us on facebook for up to date news and our dates page on the website.

A Winter Scene Art Class

 

Our final Art class of the year with Claire

A Winter Scene

Claire demonstrated with pen which was then followed with a light wash of watercolour paint.

Beautiful pictures, you can feel the cold in them!

We warmed up with a festive casserole for lunch.

After lunch there was time for a few quick sketches.

2023 coming soon, keep an eye out for our newsletter via email or follow us on facebook

facebook.com/treetopswellbeing

Autumn Term dates announced ...

 

Hello Everyone

Claire and I have our Autumn Term dates for you, featuring a great selection of subjects and mediums:

Autumn Colours with Reflections

Watercolour

Tuesday 4 October

Hummingbirds, Kingfishers & Peacocks

Iridescent Watercolours

Wednesday 5 October

A Waterfall in Wales

Acrylics & Acrylic Inks

Thursday 27 October

Boats in Cornwall

Watercolour & Indian Inks

Tuesday 1 November

Locks & Reflections along the Kennet & Avon Canal

Watercolour

Wednesday 2 November

Lily Pond

Oils

Tuesday 8 November

A Winter Scene

Watercolour

Monday 28 November

A Winter Scene

Pen & Ink

Wednesday 30 November

All of our classes run from 9:30am - approx 3pm

Watercolour classes are £85, and Oils and Acrylics are £90

This includes all of your materials used during the day, a 2 course lunch with a glass of wine and refreshments throughout the day.

Please book through the website and feel free to email me with any questions.

Treetops is OPEN! Classes have resumed .....

I have so much news to share with you, Spring has definitely started and Treetops is starting to blossom with new classes, workshops and a YouTube channel!

 But first of all, for those of you have been so patient in waiting, our Watercolour Classes are back at Treetops with Claire THIS MONTH, we have 4 for you to choose from, full details are on the website:

BOOKING IS NOW DONE ON THE WEBSITE

Bluebells Watercolour
(with texture)
Tuesday 26 April

Sand & Sea in The Isles of Scilly Watercolour
Wednesday 11 May

Poppies Watercolour
Thursday 26 May

Sunsets Watercolour
Thursday 7 July

All of our classes run from 9:30am until approx 3pm
£85

this includes all of your materials, a 2 course lunch, glass of wine and refreshments throughout the day.

BOOK HERE

Our Online Art Workshops are still available to buy if you are unable to join us at Treetops, filmed as though you are looking over Claire's shoulder, a great close up view, with plenty of detail and explanation.  At the moment our Cottage Door in the Cotswolds is the most popular.

The team are just finishing filming and producing another 3 which will join us next month on the website.

You may have seen on Facebook that we have recently launched a Treetops Newbury YouTube channel.  Here we will share short demonstration videos from Claire, so it is definitely worth subscribing to it, you just need to click the (FREE) subscribe button over on YouTube

We have plenty of paints, paper, mounts and Material Boxes available in our Shop we can post, deliver if you're in Newbury or you can collect from Treetops.  If you are coming to a class; order beforehand and I can have it wrapped and ready for you when you arrive.

Claire's Sketch Pads are perfect for this time of year when you are out and about or on holiday.  These are no ordinary sketching pads!  These are ring bound so can be opened up flat and due to the thickness of paper you can use watercolour paint on both sides.
There are 12 sheets of 200lbs/425gsm Saunders Waterford Paper.

Currently the only Sketch Pad on the market not made using 140lb/300gsm paper. 

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If all that news had made you want to lie down, then Rachel is back for

Finding Calm AromaYoga
Wednesday 4 May

7pm - 9pm
£25

this includes a warm drinks and snacks after the class.

BOOK HERE

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Rachel's Online Yoga Workshop is available for £15, once downloaded you can keep it forever and practice your Yin, Hatha and Restorative Yoga as often as you want.  It has been recorded in the woodlands at Treetops and is really relaxing and gentle.  Rachel has also put together a Spotify playlist for you to play alongside your practice.

BUY ONLINE YOGA WORKSHOP

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I really hope you can find something creative and relaxing to join us in during the next few months, if you have any questions, even technical ones 😄, please send me an email.

Best wishes
Emily

emily@treetops-newbury.co.uk