Upcoming Dates
- Ongoing: Make Your Own Canvas (Mondays-Sundays between 10am and 6pm)
- Wednesday 9th September 2026 – Experimental Mark Making
- Sunday 13th September 2026 – Experimental Mark making
- Wednesday 16th September 2026 – Experimental Mark Marking
- Wednesday 14th October 2026 (evening) – How to paint a landscape *
- Thursday 15th October 2026 – Stamping and Monoprinting *
- Wednesday 11th November 2026 – Introduction to oil paint *
- Thursday 12th November 2026 – Stamping and monoprinting *
- Wednesday 25th November 2026 (evening) – Drawing by candlelight *
- *Details coming soon
Make Your Own Canvas: A 90 minute hands-on lesson
Knowing how to make, or stretch, your own canvas is a core skill to have.
Professional or amateur painter, a well made canvas is a pleasure to work on and the basis for all your hard work to rest safely upon. They’re better quality, better value and have a much longer lifespan.
Come and make a canvas with me: 90 minutes, materials provided, a small stretched and primed canvas you’ve made, to take home and paint your next master piece on. £45 per person.
Experimental Mark Making
I’ll guide you through a series of warm-up exercises to encourage looser mark-making, responding directly to the landscape around us. With each drawing we’ll spend a little longer, like Couch to 5K, but for sketching.
By the end of the day you’ll have an armful of drawings to take home to inspire and inform. A reminder of a day spent exploring your capabilities in the beautiful Scottish Borders countryside.
Scottish weather is predictably unpredictable. From September onwards we’ll work outside as much as possible but when we need to we’ll find shelter.
Set in the picturesque Scottish Borders village of Yetholm I’ll provide all the guidance and art materials you need.
Dress as you would for an outdoor walk suitable for the weather on the day and in clothes you don’t mind getting messy. Unless the weather turns truly torrential, we’ll be outside.
Places are limited to four to allow for a more personalised experience. If you are a group of 4 or more get in touch, I can accommodate you too.
Sundays: 10:30-13:30 £65 per person, all materials provided. Bring your own packed lunch.
Wednesdays: 10:30-14:30 £80 per person, all materials provided + includes lunch.
Email to book: a deposit of £25 secures your place, with the balance due 3 days before your chosen date.
If you need to cancel, please let me know as soon as possible. Deposits are non-refundable within two weeks of the event date, but I’ll always do my best to offer an alternative date where I can. In the rare event that I need to cancel, you’ll receive a full refund. If you have any mobility needs or would find it helpful to discuss the location in advance, please get in touch before booking.
On receipt of your deposit you’ll receive a confirmation email with all the necessary details.
What people say
about my workshops
“Thank you for an interesting and fun day.
It was great to try the different exercises, materials and techniques. It really loosened up my painting, improved my observation and gave me a lot of hints on scale and perspective. They will, I’m sure help me next time I try a landscape drawing or painting.”
Eleanor, Scottish Borders
“Verity’s workshop re-introduced me to an area I know well but had never attempted to draw before. In fact I’ve never attempted landscape before but her guidance helped me loosen up and just enjoy looking and drawing with no pressure.”
S J Ford, Scottish Borders