Enclave

Join acclaimed Australian mixed-media landscape artist Tim Allen for an immersive painting retreat in the wild beauty of Tasmania. Working both outdoors and in the spacious studio, Tim will guide students through alla prima techniques in oil and acrylic, as well as layered mixed-media approaches. Participants can explore one or multiple methods, with a focus on mark making, observation, composition, and the creative thinking behind bold, expressive landscapes. Tim's teaching is enthusiastic, supportive, and highly individualised, helping artists of all experience levels develop their own creative direction. Demonstrations encourage personal interpretation rather than imitation. The retreat is based in remote northeast Tasmania, in a tiny farming community centred around a beautifully restored 100-year-old hotel that serves as Artable's Australian retreat base. Surrounded by rolling hills and untouched countryside, the location offers access to extraordinary landscapes, including the vibrant coastline of Bay of Fires, crystal-clear rivers, deep valleys, and remote painting sites rarely seen by visitors. Curated by Artable founder Gillian, the retreat includes private rooms at no extra cost, a light-filled studio, a welcoming lounge with fireplace, daily excursions, and outstanding local Tasmanian food. Designed for artists eager to explore mark making and landscape painting, this retreat offers creative inspiration in one of Australia's most powerful natural settings.

Winter is our time to return to studio. We light the fires, we set up the studio still life settings and bring in the models. It is the artist's time to study, to explore new concepts and to learn from our masters before us. Join renowned Australian pastel artist Judy Drew for 3 days at Artable's new venue Enclave in Winnaleah, Tasmania. We are taking our working from life to the next level. We have personalised lighting boxes for you to curate your still life study followed by a staged model. Winter means hearty stews and home baked cakes and breads. Your room is heated and set with gorgeous woolen blankets from Tasmania's Waverley Mills and winter blooms feature bedside. Judy will be teaching in pastel and charcoal from life over 3 days in our studio with the first day dedicated to still life and days 2 and 3 dedicated to working from the dressed model (model fees included). Join us for our favourite time of year in studio with one of Australia's best artists with the fires roaring and ample spoiling!

Are you yearning to spend a week just to develop your painting skills where all of your needs are taken care of? Imagine stepping into a week where all your meals are cooked, where you get an entire bedroom to yourself, full of plush linens and soft pillows. You start your day with a breakfast or a gentle walk in a quiet street before settling into a full day of undisturbed painting, where meals made from the fresh backyard produce get delivered to you. A master artist is by your side to help you through any painting struggles. Occasionally, you get driven to incredibly inspiring vistas and farmlands where you can snap more painting content than you could paint in one lifetime. That is what your retreat will look like. They call this 'Colley Country' because it features all of Colley's favourite subjects….Amongst the rolling green hills sits a single streetscape untouched by commerce or tourism. Beyond the hills, lies an epic landscape in every direction. Green rolling hills, stunningly clear rivers in deep valleys and access to remote painting locations unseen by most visitors. With a maximum of 10 students and paired with one of Australia's most renowned landscape oil painters Colley Whisson - join in for an experience like no other.