RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP AND RETREAT AT THE HYMNS, NEW RADNOR.
FRIDAY 24TH to MONDAY 27TH APRIL 2026
Join me for a weekend of watercolour painting at the Hymns, a beautiful 16th century farmstead in the Radnor valley. Surrounded by rolling hills with soaring views around, The Hymns offers the perfect space to explore artistic expression and creativity.
Designed to cultivate mindfulness and deepen your connection with your artistic self, the weekend consists of guided workshops, one to one tuition, demonstrations, and optional evening activities. Whether you are an experienced artist or a complete beginner, you’ll leave feeling refreshed, inspired and creatively renewed. Enjoy freshly cooked, nutritious food, comfortable beds and beautiful countryside to explore.
Added activities include a Friday evening sound bath with Helen Wilding, a visit from Jo Ordonez from Earthbound Organics to talk about her organic herb growing and skincare products, and a Sunday morning Tai Chi Movements For Wellbeing session with Amanda Griffkin.
Price includes full board, all tuition, demonstrations, and evening activities.
Single occupancy £765.00
Double occupancy £561.00
Triple occupancy £510.00
TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THE RETREAT
contact me on lebunco@proton.me
OR YOU CAN BOOK DIRECTLY FROM MY SUMUP ONLINE SHOP VIA THE LINK BELOW
ITINERARY
Anytime arrival from 4.30pm
4.30pm - Welcome, tea and cake. Meet everyone and settle in.
6pm - Sound Bath with Helen Wilding
7.30pm - Supper
SATURDAY
8.30am - Breakfast
10am - Introductory workshop - how to keep a working sketchbook. A tea break with a slice of home made cake and then..
11am - We begin our large watercolour study, we will look at the importance of composition, keeping lines simple, learn wet in wet and wet on dry techniques, and explore more expressive ways of painting/drawing.
1pm Light lunch
2pm - 5.00 Continuing our large study. Demonstrations of techniques and one to one tuition. Tea and home made cake available throughout the afternoon.
6.30pm - A visit from Jo Ordonez from Earthbound Organics.We’ll get to try out her amazing skincare products and hear about her growing and making progress.
7.30 - Supper
SUNDAY
8.30 - Breakfast
10am - Rise and Flow Somatic and Tai Chi Movements for Wellness with Amanda Griffkin.
11am. - tea and biscuits.
11.30 - Drawing From The Right side the Brain - drawing exercises to take our observation skills up a level or two.
12pm - Still Life Study
1pm - Lunch
2pm 5pm— Still Life Study. Tea and cake available throughout the afternoon
Free time until -
7pm - Supper
MONDAY
8.30am - Breakfast and goodbyes.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The stay includes 3 nourishing DIY breakfasts of granola, yoghurt, honey, toast and jams, 2 light lunches of soups served with local breads, and 3 hearty suppers. All meals freshly prepared over the weekend with tea, coffee and home made cake available throughout the day.
Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements so that we can take these into account when we prepare the menus.
WHAT TO BRING
Come alone or with a friend to enjoy the company of this small group of 8. Whilst we hope for glorious weather and a chance to get out for a walk in this beautiful space, please bear in mind that might not be the case, so do bring wet weather gear and plenty of cosy layers, and loose, comfortable clothing if you like to join the sound bath and Tai Chi. Remember to pack a bottle of wine or two if you would like to relax with a drink in the evening or have a glass with your supper.
Art equipment wise, do bring your own kit if you have it but I will provide all paper and have spare paints and brushes for any that need them.
THE VENUE
The Hymns is a very special home, a sensitively restored ancient farmstead set in idyllic countryside in the Welsh Marches. Sitting at the end of a private lane, the farmstead and grounds are beautifully peaceful, offering a spacious and unique base perfect for a weekend of painting and relaxing. Our classes will be based in the Chapel Barn, a 17 metre airy space with wide reaching views out through a stunning oak gable to the north. We will be small group of a maximum of 8 students ensuring you get plenty of one to one tutoring and plenty of time to work on your still life study. The bedrooms sleep up to 12 and are spread over two upper floors. These rooms are filled with the owners collections of paintings and books. Downstairs, a large sitting room with ancient beams and comfy sofas and a large dining room in which to enjoy our meals.
For more information regarding accommodation, please click on the link below, which takes you to The Hymns website.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
HELEN WILDING SOUND HEALING
Once we settle in and meet everyone on Friday late afternoon there will be an optional sound bath with Helen Wilding Sound Healing. Helen offers a complete Sound Healing experience to balance your mind body and soul. For more information about Helen and Sound Healing do visit her website using the link below.
EARTHBOUND ORGANIC SKINCARE
Saturday evening gives us a talk by Jo Ordonez from Earthbound Organics about her skin care products. We’ll get to try out her amazing products which are made on her farm near Dolau using a blend of organic herbs, foraged botanicals and certified organic oils.
For more information on Jo’s products, please visit her website via the link below.
On Sunday morning we start our day with Amanda Griffin, who will lead us in a class (optional) of Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing, which takes it’s movements from tai chi and chi kung that promote wellbeing.
For more information about TMW training, please visit the website below.
AMANDA GRIFFKIN
TAI CHI MOVEMENTS FOR WELL BEING
