St Andrews Painting Holidays and Courses
FIFE, SCOTLAND
JULY AND AUGUST 2008
West Sands, St Andrews, July 2006. Water Colour
No need to worry about extra luggage for our painting courses. We can provide all water colour materials & equipment necessary for our St Andrews painting holidays and courses (including water colour paper, brushes, paints, palettes, water carriers, easels, stools & boards)
Welcome to the Royal Burgh of St Andrews and Tayside
Basing ourselves in the delightful historic town of St Andrews, in the Kingdom of Fife, we travel in and around the Fife and Tayside areas. We have an abundance of painting locations which are so very perfect and so very varied: townscapes, landscapes, our fishing villages and ancient forests and woodlands, blue flag beaches, and the old working harbours are all within our reach.
Dramatic skies over the Tay River
Beach painting. West Sands, St Andrews
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View over the sea wall at Pitemweem.
Lobster Pots
St Andrews is just a step from our own home in Scotland and we are confident that we can guarantee the best of all that is on offer in our homeland. The town, with years of experience in hospitality, has welcomed visitors from all over the world and yet retains it's very distinct and proud Scottish personality being home to many historical events and is a recognised cultural and heritage site. St Andrews enjoys a thriving art scene with a well established amateur art community.
Architecture of the Royal Burgh
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St Andrews Castle St Andrews Cathedral
The ancient architecture is stunning and the St Andrews University, the oldest university in Scotland, was founded in 1410 and stands in the university's beautiful gardens and grounds. Visitors are welcomed to visit and paint within the two college quads, one of which harbours a thorn tree planted by Mary, Queen of Scots.
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St
Andrews has been a Royal Burgh for over 400 years but it has been a market town for longer. The town is still laid out for the stalls
and market traders. Many of the old wynds still remain, as well as vaulted gatehouses
and arched closes.
But always on the skyline are the grand and ancient, such as St Rules Tower and St Andrews Cathedral from the 12th century, Built as a result of the religious settlement which was established when, as legend tell us, a Greek monk brought the relics of St Andrews, one of Christ's apostles to be buried here, establishing St Andrews as an important religious centre for pilgrims of medieval times. Many of the town buildings are of interest and alongside the grand and celebrated buildings of St Andrews we have the original fishing cottages, proud town houses and the old fishing harbour, all of which offers the artist rich character and inspiring views.
The Sea
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Tentsmuir
and the River Tay
The Firth of Forth
St Andrews town itself is home to fantastic painting holiday locations being surrounded by the sea with award winning sweeping beaches and river estuaries abundant with sea birds: gannets and terns, or seals and dolphins swimming off shore The air is particularly clear here, gifting the artist with never ending skies. St Andrews Old Harbour, plus the few fishing villages of the East Neuk, all still working, where you can sample fish and seafood being landed for sale.
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Water Colour
Around St Andrews & the East Neuk of Fife
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Anstruther
We travel to the surrounding coastal towns and villages, as St Andrews is a gateway to many ancient and prehistoric settlements including the East Neuk of Fife such as Pittenweem, St Monans, Crail and Anstruther. Close by is Tentsmuir Forest with protected endangered species of plants and insects, including an abundance of dragonflies and butterflies. Just off shore is a noisy and healthy community of hundreds of grey seals.
Crail
Another few miles to the East the farmlands of the Howe of Fife gently roll their colourful harmonious patchwork of hills and valleys into the distance.
With townscapes, seascapes and landscapes, fishing villages, ancient forests and the incredibly magical famous rolling farmlands of Fife this is a real treat for any artist to keep the creative juices flowing.
Shuji (from Japan) and Eddie painting on the West Sands, St Andrews on a sunny Monday morning
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR 5 day COURSES
5 days painting tuition
5 lunches, including drinks
Transport to the various painting locations .
Optional extras: Airport transfers, Car hire, Golf courses/tuition, Rambling guides.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR PAINTING DAYS You can join us any day of the week.
As above per day
For a sample of our painting programme click
here
Group Size -
We have
spaces for 6 students on each of our painting courses. If we have a larger demand
we will add more painting courses rather than have larger groups. Please see
page regarding
