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.
15 February 2025
Clay Studio, Inverness
An introduction to hand building. This is a two part workshop with part 2 on 15th March. You must be able to attend both sessions.
8 March 2025
Acrylic Basics
Tutor: Julia Tryon
Venue: Fountain Road small Hall, Golspie
Cost: £33 includes a small amount for materials.
This will be aimed at learning about various types of acrylics, mediums and how to use them, rather than aiming to produce finished paintings (although you may well produce something!)
Please bring along your own paints, brushes, surfaces and anything that you want to know how to use!
24 March 2025
Felting
This is a half day workshop.
Tutor: Catherine Jones
Venue: Fountain Road small hall, Golspie.
Price: 18
This will be to make a simple clutch bag
5 April 2025
Mixed Media (2 days)
Tutor: Jane Harlington
Venue: Fountain Road large Hall, Golspie
Cost: £60 plus small amount for materials to be confirmed.
Jane is returning from Lewis to run another popular workshop.
19 April 2025
ESAS Art Fair 2025
We have booked Fountain Road Hall, Golspie for next year’s Art Fair. It will be on Saturday 19 April (Easter weekend).
If you would like a table, then please email Kevin (kevone290@outlook.com). They will be £12 per table and you can always share with another member or book two if you want.
2 May 2025
Oil Painting Basics
Tutor: Jonathan Shearer
Venue: Logie Easter former church
Cost: £30 (bring your own materials but avoid turps please)
This will be aimed at learning about various types of oils, including water based, mediums and how to use them, rather than aiming to produce finished paintings (although you may well produce something!)
12 May 2025
Blind Drawing (am only)
Tutor: Helen Joy
Venue: Fountain Road small hall, Golspie
Cost: £15 (you just need to bring your own drawing materials)
More details to follow…
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
19 July 2025
Annual Exhibition (16 days)
EAST SUTHERLAND ART SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Fountain Road Hall, Golspie
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