Welcome to Watershed Studio
Watershed Studio is a family run, rural venue situated on the edge of our family farm. In the last twenty-one years we have built up a proven reputation for excellent courses, homely hospitality, delicious farmhouse food and a warm friendly welcome!
We are currently taking bookings for 2023 and working on the 2024 programme - don't leave it too late to book as many courses are already full!! We have several new tutors and courses as well as our regular favourites so please do look down the whole list. We won't be producing a brochure again this year but regular round robin emails will include the programme dates each time so if you would like to be on that mailing list please do contact us.
Covid Information: we are still playing in safe with good practices remaining in place to ensure you feel relaxed and comfortable when you are here.
Over the last two years we have adapted the studio and improved our outdoor facilities to make us Covid Secure during the pandemic. We are continuing to keep class numbers lower than pre-pandemic levels to allow for greater space between tables and all the tea/coffee facilities are set up under our big porch area to prevent crowding indoors.
We are so fortunate to be out in the countryside and the buildings are airy and well ventilated. We have also introduced other improvements and changed how we serve meals and refreshments to ensure you feel comfortable and relaxed whilst you are here.
* WATERSHED STUDIO - who we are!
✓ We run one and two day quality art and other creative courses from March to December
✓ We hire professional and popular tutors and cover watercolour, oils, pastels, acrylics, collage, line and wash, willow sculpture and other creative courses
✓We enjoy a peaceful and rural location - surrounded by gardens and fields.
✓ We are renowned for our warm welcome, great hospitality and farmhouse home cooking and there is plenty of off road parking
✓ We are blessed with plenty of good fairly local B&B accommodation
✓ We are easy to find and not too far from A12 turn off at Colchester
✓ We value our local community and run regular charity events throughout the year
Learn more about our courses with links through to our 2023 and 2024 Programmes
Here is a list of all the remaining Watershed Studio workshops 2023 at a glance:
(all prices include your homecooked lunch, afternoon cake and refreshments on tap and some include materials - do check programme for vacancies)
Diary 2023
October
Tues 31st Carole Massey Pastel Portraits £95
November
Wed 1st Carole Massey Exploring Pastel with Mixed Media £95
Wed 8th Mona Marnell Stained Glass - Christmas Keepsakes £100
Tues 14th & Wed 15th Graham Webber Interpreting your photos to produce inspiring oil paintings £185
Sat 18th Charles Evans Acrylic Landscapes £95
Sun 19th Charles Evans Acrylic Landscapes £95
Tues 21st & Wed 22nd Jenny Aitken Seascapes in Oils £185
Monday 27th am and pm Allison Bond Christmas Wreaths £40
Tuesday 28th evening Allison Bond Christmas Wreaths £40
* Indicates back to back single days courses that qualify for a £4 discount when booked
together
Diary 2024
March
Sat 16th Toni Peers Silver Clay Jewellery £115
Tues 19th David Webb Painting Boats in Watercolour £100
Wed 20th David Webb The Essex Landscape in Watercolour £100
April
Wed 10th Lauren Kelly Lino Printing - gift stationary inspired by nature £100
Sat 13th Charles Evans Watercolour Landscapes £100
Sun 14th Charles Evans Watercolour Landscapes £100
Tues 16th & Wed 17th Margaret Glass Sketching Oil Portraits £200
Sat 20th & Sun 21st Jane Betteridge Celebrating Spring using innovative Watercolour techniques £200
Tues 23rd & Wed 24th Stephie Butler Liquid charcoal and watercolour £200
Sat 27th April Kate Keller Crochet Baskets £100
Tues 30th Mona Marnell Spring Stained Glass £115
May
Wed 1st Sue Butters Mosaic Magic £100
Sat 4th John Devitt Simple Buildings of Character, pen and wash £100
Tues 7th Ray Chin Spoon Carving £115
Sat 11th Trevor Osborne Pastel Skies - after Seago £100
Sun 12th Trevor Osborne Pastels - a Dog Portrait £100
June
Tues 4th & Wed 5th Carole Massey Pen and Wash - A Watershed Sketchbook £200
Tues 11th & Wed 12th Graham Webber Plein air sketching with acrylics and pencil £200
Tues 18th Nicky Hunter Bold, Beautiful Watercolour Flowers £100
Wed 19th Nicky Hunter Bold Beautiful Watercolour Flowers £100
Tues 25th Ian McManus Dynamic Watercolour - boats and water £100
Wed 26th Ian McManus Dynamic Watercolour - boats and water £100
Sat 29th Toni Peers Wet Felting pictures - a seaside theme £100
July
Tues 2nd Trevor Osborne Oil Landscapes £100
Tues 16th Mona Marnell Summer Themed Stained Glass £115
August
Wed 21st Lauren Kelly Lino Printing - Turn a photo into a print £100
September
Tues 3rd Julie Chaney Calligraphy - an illustrated letter £100
Sat 7th John Devitt Loose Pen and Wash £100
Sat 14th Trevor Osborne Air Dried Clay - a Lion' Head £100
Sun 15th Trevor Osborne Air Dried Clay - a Highland Cow £100
Tues 17th & Wed 18th Nial Adams Classic Techniques of Oil Painting brought up to date £200
Sat 21st Richard Taylor Painting Building Textures in Watercolour £100
Tues 24th & Wed 25th Margaret Glass Pastels - Changing Weather from snow to misty mornings £200
October
Tues 1st & Wed 2nd Stephie Butler Watercolour Portraits £200
Sat 5th Toni Peers Enamelled Jewellery or pictures inspired by nature £115
Tues 8th & Wed 9th Graham Webber Developing Sketches into Landscape Oil Paintings £200
Tues 15th Charles Evans Acrylic Landscapes £100
Wed 16th Charles Evans Acrylic Landscapes £100
November
Sat 2nd John Devitt Hand painted Christmas Cards £100
Tues 5th Mona Marnell Winter Stained Glass £115
Tues 12th Carole Massey Drawing Techniques - paper, pen and charcoal £100
Wed 13th Carole Massey Drawing Techniques - water soluble pencils £100
Sat 16th Mark Fennell Expressive Portraits in oils or acrylics – from photos £100
Sunday 17th Mark Fennell expressive Portraits in oils or acrylics - with a model £115
Tues 19th Nicky Hunter Fantastic Mr Fox - expressive watercolours £100
Wed 20th Nicky Hunter Goldfinch and Teasels - expressive watercolours £100
Last Week of Nov Allison Bond Christmas Wreaths £45
