Aldo Balding
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August 17th - 21st 2026
Tuition will take place from 10am - 5pm each day, with an hour taken for lunch and tea/coffee breaks as desired
Lunch and dinner will be served for all students
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£1,300.00
Includes lunch every day and dinner all but one night where we will eat out locally at our own expense.
Please see accommodation on the tab below.
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Experience - All Levels
Medium - Oils
Students per course - 8
Equipment - It is expected that students will have their own equipment for this course but please let us know if there is anything in particular you require. Aldo will send a materials list out in good time before the course
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Please see our accommodation page on the tab at the bottom of the page.
For those staying at Seabournes, your room will be available on the 16th August from 3pm. Continental style breakfast is included. Please note, accommodation bookings are for the duration of the course.
For non-painting partners staying at Seabournes the charge is £75.00 per night, which includes breakfast and lunch each day, with dinner on four nights . We will all be going out locally on one of the evenings at our own expense. If the non painting partner is staying on the night we go out, the cost for that day will reduce to £35.
We are dining out on one evening, at one’s own expense.
For non painting partners staying elsewhere:
Breakfast is not included
Lunch is not included
Dinner will be charged at £45 per night if desired.
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The easiest way to get here is by car as we live in a fairly remote location.
Our nearest train stations are Hereford (25 minutes) and Gloucester (50 minutes)
There is a coach service from London Victoria to Ross on Wye (10 minutes)
August 17th - 21st 2026
Portraits in the Landscape
Aldo is one of the world’s leading figurative artists. I am thrilled he has agreed to come back to Herefordshire to teach another workshop at Seabournes Studios. Aldo is a skilled portrait painter, as well as a fabulous figurative and landscape artist. He is perhaps best known for his figures in landscapes and we will take full advantage of the gardens here to paint live models in this landscape and in the studio. Aldo is a kind, warm and observant tutor with an abundance of patience and humour.
Our first course with Aldo last year was a huge success with many participants alrady booked on to another course. Please see some photos from the week here.
