Workshops

Intuitive Painting: Slowing Into Autumn

Sunday 4th October 9:30am - 4:00pm
Hawkwood
Booking direct with the venue here
Drinks, Lunch and afternoon tea included

As autumn settles in, join artist Christina Sadler for a calming day of intuitive painting inspired by the changing light, rich colour, and slower rhythms of the natural world.

This day-long retreat offers a chance to gently reconnect with your creativity in a supportive and peaceful setting. Through guided mark-making exercises, seasonal colour exploration, and open-ended abstract painting, you will respond to the rhythms and forms found in nature, creating expressive work that reflects both the outer season and your inner landscape.

Expect a nurturing, low-pressure environment with time to slow down, observe, and make art freely. No artistic experience is needed, just a willingness to explore and respond to what emerges.

Lunch, afternoon tea and drinks are included making for a lovely stress free day. 

More about Intuitive Painting Day Retreat

This one-day retreat invites you to immerse yourself fully in Hawkwood’s landscape and the atmosphere of autumn. The day is designed to help you observe, feel, and respond to the subtle shifts of the season, from falling leaves and softening light to textures, patterns, and movement in the natural world and translate these experiences into intuitive, expressive painting.

We begin with outdoor exploration, using the sights, sounds, and textures of the surroundings to ground and inspire your creativity. Quick sketches, mark-making exercises, and observational studies help you tune into patterns of change, movement, and release, capturing the season’s essence before moving back indoors to develop your work. If the weather is wet or overcast, reflections, rain patterns, and deeper tones become equally inspiring, revealing the richness within the season.

A major focus of the day is colour and its connection to autumn. Participants will explore, mix, and experiment with palettes drawn from the landscape: warm earth tones, deep greens, muted hues, and shifting light. These palettes form the foundation for paintings that reflect both the external environment and your personal, intuitive response.

The afternoon is dedicated to developing expressive works, building on your mark-making and colour studies. You’ll explore themes of change, slowing down, and being in rhythm with the season, leaving the retreat with paintings that capture Hawkwood’s landscape and your inner creative landscape, as well as inspiration to continue painting at home.

Round off the day with a lovely afternoon tea

OTHER CLASSES

I do run a regular short class every Thursday morning at The Quarry Chapel in Cam Information here