Jenny Aitken

A painting of a river flowing through a forest with trees on both sides, rocks in the water, and yellow flowers in the foreground.

  • April 27th - 29th 2026

    Tuition will take place from 10am - 5pm each day

    Lunch will be served for all students

  • £745.00

    Includes lunch every day and dinner on two evenings, we will eat out locally at our own expense on one evening.

    Please see accommodation options on the tab below

  • Experience - All Levels

    Medium - Oils

    Students per course - 10-12

    Equipment - We will send a materials list out before the course

  • 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 26th April 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 two nights.

    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.

  • https://jennyaitken.co.uk/

    https://www.instagram.com/jennyaitkenart/?hl=en

  • 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)

A collage of four impressionist-style paintings: children playing by the beach, a garden with colorful flowers and a woman sitting at a table, a sailboat on a river at sunset, and a close-up of pink roses.

April 27th - 29th 2026

Painting Light in Oils

I am absolutely thrilled to have Jenny here for three days in April. Her accolades are almost too many to mention, including the coveted Baltic exchange award and becoming a full member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Jenny captures light like almost no other and her book ‘Painting into the Light’ is now an Amazon bestseller, with just reason. Jenny is a gentle and supportive tutor, who gets the best out of her students with her calm and encouraging critiques.

The intention is to spend the days here in the landscape but should the weather be unkind, Jenny will teach in the studio and we will learn how to work from photographs to create a painting with the sense of place and immediacy of being en plein air.

A painting of a forest scene with tall trees, green leaves, and sunlight filtering through the canopy, illuminating the forest floor with plants and fallen leaves.
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