After two sold-out Make Your Mark weekends in August 2023, we're delighted to be running spring AND summer sessions in 2024!

Choose from a selection of weekend (Sat/Sun) sessions in March and August, and get ready to explore mixed media, with a seasonal twist.

These sessions are designed for ALL levels. No experience is required. You will be supported by Kat Healy, and be given plenty of encouragement in a friendly community space.

* ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED *

Spring

March 16th & 17th

Summer

August 17th & 18th

August 24th & 25th 

-- EARLY BIRD OFFER: £115 (£129)--

SAT 10:00 - 15:30 / SUN  10:00 - 13:30

(SPACES ARE LIMITED TO 10 PER SESSION - to ensure quality 1:1 support)

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Make your mark! and explore your creative voice at a special summer workshop over one and a half days with Kat Healy at the Recreation Hall in Gullane (all materials provided).

Explore fun, creative ways to enrich your creative voice in a supportive, encouraging space.

Take the opportunity to dive deeper into your practice. Experiment with mediums, approaches and outcomes and enjoy the process.

Be inspired by Master Artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne, O'Keefe and Khalo.

ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED (plus, take home a mixed media sketchbook to continue your practice.

Tea, coffee, cake and scones are provided throughout the sessions (the local coffee shop is a two minute walk if you prefer to stretch your legs).

Schedule

Saturday 10:00 - 15:30

AM: a playful approach to observing, drawing and mark-making, including simple mono-printing. Learn to use a variety of helpful prompts and tools to unlock inspiration. Challenge yourself with twigs, feathers, and organic materials, combined with graphite, charcoal, pens, ink and gouache.

PM: explore colour and texture with a variety of mediums, including soft pastel, oil pastel, charcoal, pencils, graphite, watercolour and inks.

Saturday 10:00 - 13:30

AM: warm-up your hand-eye coordination with quick, relaxing, mindful drawing techniques.

AM/PM: work on a final piece inspired by your practice and reflections from the previous day. Explore the scenery outside and bring your ideas back to the studio. Spark your imagination with reference photos and still-life scenes -- it's your time; you decide.

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The workshops will be centred around the Be Still Gentle Kind framework, founded and created by Kat Healy. This unique approach enables participants to harness creativity to release negative thoughts and inspire positive emotions.

The workshops provide a welcoming space for a diverse audience and promote a mindful approach to exploring creativity, painting, and drawing without judgement.

There is no obligation to meet an end goal; instead, a sense of fulfilment comes from the process of creating.

The sessions are designed to be accessible to all, with no prior artistic or creative skills or experience required.

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Enjoy a moment of mindful creativity.