BOOK YOUR PAINTING HOLidayS- 2026
Ireland
Dublin & Wicklow
May 16-23
2026
Venice
San Marco
Jun 10-17
2026
Cornwall
Cawsand Kingsand
July 4–11
2026
corfu
Kassiopi – Greece
Oct 9 – 17
2026
Autumn / Winter Late booking places available.
Get-away for 5 days of creativity on our fully residential painting course. We have one place available from the 8th-13th of November. Alternatively, you can come for a painting weekend, with 2 places left on the 14th-16th November.
“This was my first painting holiday and it exceeded all my expectations!”
Thank you so much Peter and Janet, for letting us into your lovely home and for the fantastic tuition – I have so much to take home with me.
My 5 – days at Brambles have been fabulous”
Great tuition, hospitality, wonderful food. A use of different media will be vastly improved, I’m sure, as I take away all the tips and completed pieces of work and try to apply them at home.
“It was absolutely fantastic “
Could not have enjoyed it more. We were made to feel so welcome and well fed. Definitely be back.
Tutors Peter Davies and Janet Brady have been teaching painting for over 20 years. We teach all the core skills for your medium of choice, but we like to focus our teaching in a way to benefits each individual creative journey. Painters can work and develop their favourite medium or maybe try another.
“We focus our teaching to benefit your individual journey”
We like to stretch and challenge each painter, assessing their strengths and weaknesses and begin by putting into action a flexible plan for their time at Brambles.
“step by step you gain confidence and flourish”
Based in the beautiful county of Devon there are plenty of locations to choose from. We like to work in our garden studio and sit out in our rambling garden too. There are several locations in our tiny hamlet of Sprytown, and many more in the wider Devon landscape.
Courses in Devon
We have been hosting residential courses at our home in beautiful Devon since 2003. Enjoy a painting break and getaway from the hustle and bustle of a busy life, relax, retreat and totally emerse yourself in art.
Art Academy Cornwall
Take it up a level and enjoy a week at a seaside village on the Rame peninsular on Cornwall. Cawsand and Kingsand are two tiny picturesque villages in Cornwall. Penlee Villa is a stuning luxury base, another secret painting hideaway. Hidden in plain sight its not that far from Brambles and really close to Plymouth. This location was so successful our painters were mesmerised by the stunning sea views. Interested? Join our waitlist for JULY 2026.
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Art Academies Worldwide
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-In 2020 we all experienced a pandemic, the face to face teaching world stopped. Peter and Janet learnt to film and edit videos, we created a set of skectchbooking tutorials.
The birth of Sketchaway.
Sketchaway - Online Tuition
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Day workshops and Demos
Local groups often ask us to lecture on painting, drawing and sketching. We spend a day with them teaching any of the following media: Oil, Watercolour, Acrylic and Sketchbooking.
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The golden touch 1-1 learning
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Peter Davies & Janet Brady
Artists and Teachers – Watercolour, Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal, Drawing & Mixed Media.
“We have been teaching at Brambles Art Retreat for over 20 years.”
We host courses in Devon we welcome you into our home. Our 17th Century cottage is a place to relax, forget your busy lives for a few days and immerse yourself in a creative, nurtuing space.
Enjoy Janets delicious food around the kitchen table, relaxing chatter meeting new faces and making new friends.
Take a well earned stroll with Peter and Jupiter to stretch your legs after a fruitful day at the easel.
“Draw what you see not what you think you see”
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Brambles, Sprytown, Lifton, Devon, PL16 0AY, England, UK.
Brambles Blog
Rose Challenge
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The Golden Section or Golden Ratio
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You Don’t Have to Paint the Telegraph Poles
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