Stepping Out
APRIL 2024
Venture out into the dramatic Devon landscape with painter and mixed media artist, Sue Ifould.
With Sue, you’ll learn different ways to tune-in and loosen-up to record your initial impressions. We will then go on to work with more focus, considering the significance of tone, composition and colour.
About the Artist
Sue has been painting and teaching for many years. Her (indoor) studio is in South Brent, not far from Palstone, and she delights in working in the (outside) studio of moorland and river valley. Sue works in a variety of media, including watercolour, inks and acrylics. She is an enthusiastic and passionate teacher.
“ It opens me up to the space. In many ways it’s meditative, Gradually my senses wake up… I see more, I start noticing relationships of shape and tone, the sounds, smells and colours. Inevitably I’m absorbed in the process, and no matter what the outcome of my mark-making I’ve been truly present in the place.”
Website: ifould.co.uk
Instagram: @ifouldsue
Itinerary
Sample schedule
(dependent on weather conditions)
Friday 19 April
3.30 – 4.30pm
Arrival with Devon cream tea (vegan options)
(complementary pickup from Totnes Railway Station
from 2 to 3.30pm)
5:30 – 6:30pm
Welcome and introductions
Preparation for weekend art activities
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FREE TIME
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7:30pm
Dinner
(main farmhouse)
9.00 – 9:30pm
Meditative Sound Bath & relaxation (optional)
(yoga studio)
Saturday 20 April
7:30am
Morning tea and coffee
8:00 – 8:45am
Stretch and Flow yoga (optional)
(yoga studio)
9:00 – 9:30am
Continental breakfast with hot options
10.00am
Convene in art space for day’s art intro with Sue and collect materials
10:30am
Depart to Moor Gate
10:45am – 12:15pm
Sketching/photographing on the Moor
1:00pm
Return to Palstone
Lunch
14:00 – 16:45pm
Art workshop at Palstone
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FREE TIME
Optional hot tub, drench showers, massage, reflexology treatments
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7:15pm
Dinner
8:30 – 9:00pm
Yoga relaxation with Jenny (optional)
9:30pm
Fire ceremony (weather permitting)
Sunday 21 April
8:00am
Morning tea and coffee
8:30 – 9:15am
Morning Flow yoga
10:00am
Depart for Didworthy Woods for Forest Bathe and ‘En Plein Air’ art activity
11:45am
Return to Palstone, free time to finish up art/treatments
1:00pm
Closing circle
(yoga studio)
1:15 – 2:15pm
Optional Sunday Lunch (with tasty vegan options)
(please state in advance if you wish to stay)
2:30pm
Departure transfers to Totnes Railway Station or Falcon Bus pickup
Pricing
£300 twin shared room
£325 private room, shared bathroom
£350 private room with en-suite
£380 private cottage with en-suite
Prices all inclusive except reflexology at £40/hr
By the end of your stay you will have created a small series of moorland inspired drawings and acrylic paintings.
*Choices: Reflexology pre booked sessions available Saturday PM and Sunday AM. Forest Bathe on Moor 11:00 - 12:30 (involves a short walk from the parking area over some uneven ground). Stimulating hot tub and cold shower experience.
Bathe in the environment around you. See it for the first time.
At Palstone, there’s a sense of belonging. It’s a place where you can unfold and dig deep surrounded by lovely gardens and wildflower meadows.
At every retreat we offer restorative yoga, sound therapy, reflexology, massage, forest bathing, hot tub and cold drench showers. Plus, the chance to unfurl within the light and tranquil grounds.
Activities
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Journey into restfulness through sound, allowing your mind and body to slow, quieten and still as you prepare for sleep.
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Wake up for the day with Hatha and Embodied Flow yoga sessions – led by resident teacher, Jenny.
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Capture a moment at beautiful Wonwell Beach and the harbourside at Noss Mayo.
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Continue your art journal back at our small, dedicated studio, where Helen will be on hand to assist you.
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Bathe in the beauty of our local forest at a secret location, revealed once you arrive.
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Experience icy cold or firey hot – both, as invigorating as the other.
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Unwind with Lisa and experience a true sense of release. Some describe it as ‘walking on air.’