Clarens Art Retreat with Sharon Kuisis
Nine days of watercolour, travel journalling, pen and ink, and etching, hosted by artist Sharon at St Fort Farm
Join well-known artist Sharon Kuisis for nine days of creativity and camaraderie on the Clarens Autumn Art Retreat. As the leaves change colour across the Eastern Free State, you will learn to capture the detail of the season in pen, watercolour and etching, all recorded in your own handmade leather-bound travel journal.
The retreat is based at St Fort Farm, home of the Mushroom Rock, where a sandstone homestead built in 1913 sits at the foot of the rock formation with the Little Caledon River running below. Beautiful hiking and mountain bike trails, fresh mountain air and wide-open vistas set the scene for your artistic work, suitable for artists of every level!
10 May
Arrive from 2pm. Welcome dinner and decorate your handmade leather travel journal with gemstones and charms.
11 May
Pen and ink techniques in the morning; afternoon practice sketching the farm's scenery and buildings.
12 May
Essential watercolour techniques with a limited palette. Afternoon free to practice. Dinner at a Clarens restaurant.
13 May
Dry point etching on plexiglass (9 am to 3 pm). Sundowners on the hill above St Fort to close the day.
14 May
Day of contemplation: hike the farm, browse Clarens, visit the overhang cave with its Bushman paintings, or keep practising.
15 May
Drive through Golden Gate Highlands National Park to learn composition and atmospheric perspective. Afternoon exploring Clarens' art galleries and sketching over lunch.
16 May
Morning walk on St Fort to sketch and paint one of the farm's textured old buildings, followed by a picnic lunch in the forest and an afternoon painting by the river.
17 May
Full day finishing artworks, with guidance in the morning and a group discussion of everyone's creations over a glass of wine. Final farm braai.
18 May
Early breakfast and farewells.
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