Activities and Workshops 2025
Our Activities & Workshop co-ordinater is Kevin kevone290@outlook.com.
These are the workshops and events arranged so far for ESAS members in 2025. There should be more to follow.
If attendance on any of these is too low to make the workshop viable, then it is possible that we may have to cancel the workshop.
More details about each will be sent to members but if you have any queries or would like to book a place on any now then please contact Kevin O’Neill on kevone290@outlook.com.
Costs
The half day workshops are normally £15 for ESAS members.
Full day workshops are normally £30 for ESAS members.
Two day workshops are normally £30 per day (ie £60 for both days) for ESAS members.
The untutored Plein Air days are variable, but will be less than tutored workshops.
For some workshops with materials provided there is a small additional charge to cover the cost of these.
Tea/coffee provided but for all workshops of one or two days you will need to bring your own lunch or buy something locally.
24 May 2025
Plein Air Sketching...
In conjunction with History Liks, Dornoch Cost: £10 includes guided walk in the morning by History Links around Dornoch and lunch and then time in the afternoon for plein air sketching. There will be the chance to complete a painting in your ...30 May 2025
Life Drawing
Tutor: Jonathan Shearer
Venue: Fountain Road large hall, Golspie
Cost: £40 (Includes cost of life model; bring your own materials)
This is a further life drawing day following last year’s very popular workshop.
2 June 2025
Improve Your Drawing Skills
Tutor: Cyril Reed
Venue: Fountain Road small hall, Golspie
Cost: £30 (bring your own materials)
This will be to help Improve your drawing skills. A workshop for beginners and those with some confidence but wishing to make further progress in terms of drawing more accurately.
14 June 2025
Dry Point (2 days)
Tutor: Fenella Ross Elmer
Venue: Logie Easter former church
Cost: £68 (includes all materials)
Exploring Mark Making, working from sketches, photographs, images, using clear acrylic sheet to develop the image, creating engraving in acrylic, using cross hatching, linear images, with tonal areas - Landscapes/Seascapes,
28 June 2025
Plein Air Pastels (2 days)
Tutor: Esther Armstrong
Venue: Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack
Cost: £60 plus small amount for materials to be confirmed
This will be chance to do plein air in pastels
12 July 2025
Colour Mixing
Tutor: Cyril Reed Venue: Fountain Road small hall, Golspie Cost: £30 (bring your own materials) What colour IS that and how would I set about creating it in paint? Learn about colour theory and mixing. Much may be achieved with a simple limi...19 July 2025
Annual Exhibition (16 days)
EAST SUTHERLAND ART SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Fountain Road Hall, Golspie
16 August 2025
Cyanotype
Tutor: Julieann Fullerton
Venue: Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack
Price: £45 (includes materials)
25 August 2025
Plein Air Oil Painting (3 days)
Tutor: Anna Wimbledon
Venue: tbc - possibly near Brora
Cost: £90 plus small amount for materials
5 September 2025
Mosaics (2 days)
Tutor: tbc
Venue: tbc - possibly Dornoch
Cost: tbc
20 September 2025
Tetra Pak Printing (2 days)
Tutor: Fenella Ross Elmer
Venue: Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack
Cost: £66 including all materials
Creating a plate - using removal, engraving, exploring inking, working with Colour/Monotone, developing scenes from Land/Seascape. Producing Approx 4 Original Prints A4
4 October 2025
Inks and bleach
Tutor: Julieann Fullerton
Venue: Logie Easter old church
Price: £45 (includes materials)