Springtime in Northern CyprusCreative Holidays

Acrylic Painting Course withSara Bor MA

Saturday 16th April - Saturday 23rd April 2016

For a booking form, email: terryandangela@rainsburyhouse.co.uk

Sara (right) is an accomplished professionalartist and inspirational tutor. Join her on apainting holiday in stunning Northern Cyprus,where you will explore and paint Crusader castles, mountain monastery ruins, 1500-year-old Roman olive groves and remotepicturesque seaside villages.

Northern Cyprus is exquisitely beautiful in theSpring. The landscape is bursting with colourand life, and temperatures are those of a warmsummers day in England. Just perfect for shaking off the winter blues.

The course is based at the beachfront 4-StarDenizkizi Hotel, just outside Kyrenia, where youwill enjoy full board. The hotel is set in a sandybay with a large swimming pool (so ideal for non-painting partners). Each bedroom is en-suite and there is a large communal roomset aside as a painting studio.

The course, for a maximum of 12 participants,is aimed at both beginners and artists who wish to explore new methods of working usingacrylics. It is about a response to the landscape and the coast through colour, marksand textures. You will work both in studio anden plein air within the landscape, exploring howto create a unique colour palette; experiment-ing with mark making, using a range of differenttools to create individual textures and buildingup layers of colour, then applying the new skillsyou have learnt to develop your ideas on canvaswith one to one tuition available.

Each day will begin with en plein air paintingand drawing, with an emphasis on sketchbooksusing a variety of media. You will carry outdetailed sketches, acrylic colour studies,

mark-making exercises and take referencephotographs. These will all be used to developyour ideas further back in the studio.

In addition, there will be demonstrations,drawing and painting exercises and we will lookat the work of other artists.

Your guides in Northern Cyprus are Terry andAngela Brownbill, of Rainsbury House(www.rainsburyhouse.co.uk), who organise creative holidays in Exmoor, Northern Cyprusand Kenya. They have owned a house in NorthernCyprus for more than 10 years and know themost interesting places to visit. If you wish totalk to Terry or Angela about any aspect ofNorthern Cyprus, please feel free to contactthem at any time by email:(terryandangela@rainsburyhouse.co.uk) or byphone: 01398 371595 or mobile: 07775511058.

Your professional guides

Price for 7 nights■£985 pp, single occupancy, en-suite

room.■£895 pp, two painters sharing a

double/twin en-suite room.■£265 for non-painting partner sharing

a double/twin en-suite room.

Course Itinerary

Saturday 16th AprilYou will be collected from Ercan Airport, just outside Nicosia and transported to your hotel whereyou will be welcomed to your hotel with a short orientation briefing before retiring to your room.

Sunday 17th AprilFollowing breakfast, you will be driven to the picturesque mountain village of Camlibel for en plein airsketching and painting of the village and its monastery ruins. There will be a packed lunch provided.You will return to the hotel to develop your work in the studio.

Monday 18th AprilYou will be driven to the 8th Century AD St Hilarion Castle, perched high on mountain cliffs over-looking Kyrenia. The castle was where Richard the Lionheart spent his honeymoon after his mar-riage to Cypriot Princess Berengaria. At 660 metres above sea level, it has commanding 360degree views. You will have the opportunity to explore the colours, the light and breathtaking vistasthrough sketching and paint. You will have a packed lunch at the castle and in the afternoon returnto the studio to further develop your work.

Tuesday 19th AprilNorth Cyprus has miles of stunning - and empty - coastline. You will spend the morning sketchingand painting remote beaches and sand dunes, truly 'Far from The Madding Crowd'. After a packedlunch (and a cool paddle or swim in the sea), you will return to the hotel for more studio work.

Wednesday 20th AprilYou will be driven to the ancient Maronite village of Karpasa, which has commanding views overrolling wheat hills dotted with olive trees, with the Kyrenia Mountains as a spectacular backdrop.The spring colours are a real feast for the eyes - and the palette. After a packed lunch you willreturn to the studio to develop your ideas.

Thursday 21st AprilNorthern Cyprus is rich in history and culture. You will be taken to a 1500-year-old Roman olivegrove near Guzelyurt, which is still in cultivation today. The grove is an astonishing sight and thegnarled trees are amazing to sketch and paint. After a packed lunch you will return to the studio.

Friday 22nd AprilThis is a free day from tuition. For those who wish to, we will take you to Kyrenia where you cansketch and paint the beautifully formed harbour and do some last minute shopping and sight see-ing. You will be driven back to the hotel at a time to suit the group. You can opt to take a packedlunch into Kyrenia, or chill out at the pool and have lunch at the hotel.

Saturday 23rd AprilAfter breakfast, you will be transferred to Ercan Airport for your flight home.

Please be aware that some of the sites to be visited involve a moderate walk, and so areunsuitable for anyone with impaired mobility.

What is included:■Welcome drinks on arrival■ Full Board at the Denizkizi Hotel (packed

lunches for painters).■ Tuition from Sara Bor (5 days)■ Airport transfers.■ Private transport to painting sites

throughout the week.What is not included:■ Flights■ Travel insurance■ All drinks (except those provided with

packed lunches)■ Painting materials■ Mini bar, telephone, and sundry hotel costs.Flights:Pegasus Airlines flies into Ercan Airport fromStansted. We recommend that you book on theflight leaving Stansted at 1.20pm on Saturday16th April, which arrives into Ercan (with atouchdown in Istambul) at 9.20pm local time(Cyprus is 3 hours ahead of British SummerTime). The return flight leaves Ercan at11.55am on Saturday 23rd April, arriving intoStansted at 4pm.

If you need to take a different flight to thoseabove, please let us know in advance of booking.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:THE VIABILITY OF THE COURSE IS DEPENDANT ON A MINIMUM NUMBER OFPARTICIPANTS, SO IT IS ADVISABLE NOT TOBOOK YOUR FLIGHTS UNTIL WE CONFIRMTHAT THE COURSE IS PROCEEDING ANDASK FOR THE BALANCE OF YOUR PAYMENT.(YOUR DEPOSIT WILL BE REFUNDED INFULL IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF THECOURSE NOT PROCEEDING).

Suggested Materials to bring with you:■ Stable sketching easel■ A Black spiral bound A5 and A4 sketchbook■ An A3 Cartridge sketchbook■ Charcoal + soft graphite sticks or pencils■ A box of inexpensive pastels■ A few watercolours for sketching■ Acrylics - lemon yellow, cadmium yellow,

yellow ochre, Ultramarine, cerulean blue, colbalt blue, cadmium red, burnt sienna alizarin crimson, burnt umber, Extender and a lot of white (the warm dry air speeds up the paint drying process en plein air).

■ Paintbrushes +palette knives■ Overalls or apron■ A palette■ Selection of canvas boards.

Approx 40cm x 30cm

Sara is a contemporary landscape and coastpainter. She graduated from West SurreyCollege of Art and Design in the late 1970'sand went on to complete a Post GraduateCertificate in Art and Design Education in1980.

Sara became involved in the London animationscene and freelanced for many of the leadinganimation studios producing Commercials, TVindents and films, before setting up an animation company with her partner and husband Simon.

After many years of producing award winningchildren's animated TV series such as WolvesWitches and Giants, Grizzly Tales and Binka,Sara returned to her Fine Art roots and in2007 gained an MA in Fine Art.

Sara has lived and worked in Devon for over 20years and is drawn to the remote beauty of the

landscape and coast. Her work is an intuitiveresponse to nature. Through an exploration of colour and markmaking the work articulates the mood, atmosphere and energy of the subject matterand reflects on ever changing light created bythe effects of the weather.

Sara works in acrylics and oils building up layers of paint and creating different texturesusing a variety of tools to apply the paint. Sheexplores and experiments with a limited palettecreating a unique range of colours for her work.

'The process of painting is a journey of investigation, learning and surprise.'

Sara has exhibited widely in England andScotland and in 2016 shows include GalleryTresco in the Scillies, The Jetty Gallery in Oban,Signet Contemporary Art in London and The ArtAgency in Esher.

Sara Bor MA - biography of an artist

Sara hard at work en plein air ...

Some photos of the Cyprus landscape and your hotel....

Miles and miles of deserted beach...

Denizkizi Hotel viewed from the pool A standard twin room at the Denizkizi hotel Denizkizi Hotel viewed from the bay

Ruined and deserted monastery - home to owls A typical mountain walk

Woolacombe 4 Ninjizal to Porthgwara Porthleven