Beginners & Refreshers Watercolour Class

We had a fantastic class this week with 8 new Beginners and 2 Refresher artists.

Their work was unbelievable!

Our theme was Sunset at Lake Ullswater

This worked very well for mastering the first wash of colours over the paper and some beautiful effects happened.

At the start of a Beginners Class, Claire talks about paper, paints and brushes, before everyone enjoys some warming up mixing exercises.

Claire teaches in a step by step style so there is a good steady pace and no overwhelm of information.

For this class we were using a mix of SAA (Supporting All Artists) watercolour paints and Claire's own range of watercolour paints plus lovely thick paper from St Cuthberts Mill in Somserset, it absorbs the water really well for this wet in wet technique.

We let the first wash dry and enjoyed a delicious lunch of Pomegranate Salmon, honey and pecan potato salad, sesame broccoli and a raspberry fool.

(we cater for vegetarians, food allergies and intolerances)

Artists learnt plenty of skills in this class to take away with them.

We even got onto glazing across the water, which has really added to the paintings.

We hope to see you all back again to paint at Treetops!

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Our next class is on Tuesday 11 April

Boats in the Mediterranean

beautiful blue colours, reflections and sunshine!

9:30am - 3pm

£85

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Spring Flowers Watercolour

 

We welcomed 9 artists to Treetops today for our Spring Flowers Workshop, our first painting was of some pretty primroses coming through the undergrowth.

Claire demonstrates in stages, after the initial faint drawing and placing of the flowers, a little bit of masking fluid and mixing of paints, the above photo shows the first wash.

 

After a rest away from the paintings as we let them dry, we moved into the Hall for a delicious lunch of kedgeree, slow roasted tomatoes and a watercress & mandarin salad, followed by a delicious gingerbread cake, poached pears and vanilla creme fraiche desert.  And for some a much needed glass of wine!

After lunch, the artists embarked on a looser and freer crocus painting

Thanks everyone for coming, see you again

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Our Online Watercolour Snowdrop Workshop is still available to buy from our website

HERE

£10 from each sale goes to Hospice UK

We have sent £1390 to them for January and February, help us reach £1500!

Many thanks

Wake Up and Wind Down Yoga

 

Our latest Online Yoga video is a Wake Up and Wind Down Yoga Workshop, many of you asked for it at our AromaYoga classes.

Bought as one film, you can wake up and stretch in an 11 minute sequence with Rachel, to send you on your way ready for the day ahead and then later relax and wind down ready for a good night's sleep (18 minutes).

Just £5, yours to download and keep, you can watch it as many times as you need to.

Rachel has a soothing voice and will help you with some breathing exercises and gentle stretches to align your body and mind.

Buy it here

Winter Yin Yoga Online Workshop

Rachel has been back at Treetops to finish our fourth season in our online yoga collection, Winter.

Filmed by the fireside with cosy cushions and blankets, this gentle hour focuses on gentle and relaxing Yin Yoga. It is suitable for all levels, including beginners (but not if you are pregnant).

Yin targets the deepest tissues of our bodies, our connective tissues such as ligaments, joints, bones and the deep fascia in the body, it is the opposite to a vinyasa yoga practice that warms up and stretches the muscles. 

Yin Yoga helps alleviate stress and restore energy levels.

(Yin is great if you are a runner, I know some of you who are practicing for half marathons and 10k races at the moment, this would be ideal for you, but also ideal if like me you just enjoy gentle lying down yoga!)

The class is £10 with an accompanying Spotify playlist, or you can just listen to the fire crackle and the birds tweet around the feeding station on the verandah.

Available to buy from our website

HERE

"Rachel is an excellent yoga teacher and following her online workshops has been really easy . Rachel gives clear instructions and the pace feels just right. All the workshops at Treetops are set in such a beautiful environment - you can hear the birds singing and the cows mooing in the background of the outside workshops! I always feel so much better afterwards". MB

PS:  All of our online workshops are professionally filmed with great sound quality, editing and can be watched in HD. Once downloaded onto your computer, laptop, ipad or phone they are yours to keep, to rewatch again and again, press pause, rewind, etc.

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.