Springtime in Northern Cyprus

Creative Holidays
Springtime in Northern Cyprus
Acrylic Painting Course with
Sara Bor MA
Saturday 16th April - Saturday 23rd April 2016
Sara (right) is an accomplished professional
artist and inspirational tutor. Join her on a
painting holiday in stunning Northern Cyprus,
where you will explore and paint Crusader
castles, mountain monastery ruins, 1500year-old Roman olive groves and remote
picturesque seaside villages.
Northern Cyprus is exquisitely beautiful in the
Spring. The landscape is bursting with colour
and life, and temperatures are those of a warm
summers day in England. Just perfect for
shaking off the winter blues.
The course is based at the beachfront 4-Star
Denizkizi Hotel, just outside Kyrenia, where you
will enjoy full board. The hotel is set in a sandy
bay with a large swimming pool (so ideal for
non-painting partners). Each bedroom is
en-suite and there is a large communal room
set 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 using
acrylics. It is about a response to the
landscape and the coast through colour, marks
and textures. You will work both in studio and
en plein air within the landscape, exploring how
to create a unique colour palette; experimenting with mark making, using a range of different
tools to create individual textures and building
up layers of colour, then applying the new skills
you have learnt to develop your ideas on canvas
with one to one tuition available.
Each day will begin with en plein air painting
and drawing, with an emphasis on sketchbooks
using a variety of media. You will carry out
detailed sketches, acrylic colour studies,
mark-making exercises and take reference
photographs. These will all be used to develop
your ideas further back in the studio.
In addition, there will be demonstrations,
drawing and painting exercises and we will look
at the work of other artists.
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.
Your professional guides
Your guides in Northern Cyprus are Terry and
Angela Brownbill, of Rainsbury House
(www.rainsburyhouse.co.uk), who organise
creative holidays in Exmoor, Northern Cyprus
and Kenya. They have owned a house in Northern
Cyprus for more than 10 years and know the
most interesting places to visit. If you wish to
talk to Terry or Angela about any aspect of
Northern Cyprus, please feel free to contact
them at any time by email:
([email protected]) or by
phone: 01398 371595 or mobile: 07775
511058.
For a booking form, email: [email protected]
Course Itinerary
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
■
Saturday 16th April
■ Mini bar, telephone, and sundry hotel costs.
You will be collected from Ercan Airport, just outside Nicosia and transported to your hotel where
Flights:
you will be welcomed to your hotel with a short orientation briefing before retiring to your room.
Pegasus Airlines flies into Ercan Airport from
Stansted. We recommend that you book on the
Sunday 17th April
Following breakfast, you will be driven to the picturesque mountain village of Camlibel for en plein air flight leaving Stansted at 1.20pm on Saturday
sketching and painting of the village and its monastery ruins. There will be a packed lunch provided. 16th April, which arrives into Ercan (with a
touchdown in Istambul) at 9.20pm local time
You will return to the hotel to develop your work in the studio.
(Cyprus is 3 hours ahead of British Summer
Time). The return flight leaves Ercan at
Monday 18th April
11.55am on Saturday 23rd April, arriving into
You will be driven to the 8th Century AD St Hilarion Castle, perched high on mountain cliffs overStansted at 4pm.
looking Kyrenia. The castle was where Richard the Lionheart spent his honeymoon after his marIf you need to take a different flight to those
riage to Cypriot Princess Berengaria. At 660 metres above sea level, it has commanding 360
above,
please let us know in advance of booking.
degree views. You will have the opportunity to explore the colours, the light and breathtaking vistas
through sketching and paint. You will have a packed lunch at the castle and in the afternoon return
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
to the studio to further develop your work.
THE VIABILITY OF THE COURSE IS
DEPENDANT ON A MINIMUM NUMBER OF
Tuesday 19th April
PARTICIPANTS, SO IT IS ADVISABLE NOT TO
North Cyprus has miles of stunning - and empty - coastline. You will spend the morning sketching
BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS UNTIL WE CONFIRM
and painting remote beaches and sand dunes, truly 'Far from The Madding Crowd'. After a packed
THAT THE COURSE IS PROCEEDING AND
lunch (and a cool paddle or swim in the sea), you will return to the hotel for more studio work.
ASK FOR THE BALANCE OF YOUR PAYMENT.
(YOUR DEPOSIT WILL BE REFUNDED IN
Wednesday 20th April
FULL IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF THE
You will be driven to the ancient Maronite village of Karpasa, which has commanding views over
COURSE NOT PROCEEDING).
rolling 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 will
Suggested Materials to bring with you:
return to the studio to develop your ideas.
■ Stable sketching easel
■ A Black spiral bound A5 and A4 sketchbook
Thursday 21st April
■ An A3 Cartridge sketchbook
Northern Cyprus is rich in history and culture. You will be taken to a 1500-year-old Roman olive
■ Charcoal + soft graphite sticks or pencils
grove near Guzelyurt, which is still in cultivation today. The grove is an astonishing sight and the
■ A box of inexpensive pastels
gnarled trees are amazing to sketch and paint. After a packed lunch you will return to the studio.
■ A few watercolours for sketching
■ Acrylics - lemon yellow, cadmium yellow,
Friday 22nd April
yellow ochre, Ultramarine, cerulean blue,
This is a free day from tuition. For those who wish to, we will take you to Kyrenia where you can
colbalt blue, cadmium red, burnt sienna
sketch and paint the beautifully formed harbour and do some last minute shopping and sight seealizarin
crimson, burnt umber, Extender and a
ing. You will be driven back to the hotel at a time to suit the group. You can opt to take a packed
lot
of
white
(the warm dry air speeds
lunch into Kyrenia, or chill out at the pool and have lunch at the hotel.
up the paint drying process en plein air).
■ Paintbrushes +palette knives
Saturday 23rd April
■ Overalls or apron
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Ercan Airport for your flight home.
■ A palette
Please be aware that some of the sites to be visited involve a moderate walk, and so are
■ Selection of canvas boards.
unsuitable for anyone with impaired mobility.
Approx 40cm x 30cm
Sara Bor MA - biography of an artist
Sara hard at work en plein air ...
Sara is a contemporary landscape and coast
painter. She graduated from West Surrey
College of Art and Design in the late 1970's
and went on to complete a Post Graduate
Certificate in Art and Design Education in
1980.
Sara became involved in the London animation
scene and freelanced for many of the leading
animation studios producing Commercials, TV
indents and films, before setting up an
animation company with her partner and
husband Simon.
After many years of producing award winning
children's animated TV series such as Wolves
Witches and Giants, Grizzly Tales and Binka,
Sara returned to her Fine Art roots and in
2007 gained an MA in Fine Art.
Sara has lived and worked in Devon for over 20
years and is drawn to the remote beauty of the
landscape and coast. Her work is an intuitive
response to nature.
Through an exploration of colour and mark
making the work articulates the mood,
atmosphere and energy of the subject matter
and reflects on ever changing light created by
the effects of the weather.
Sara works in acrylics and oils building up
layers of paint and creating different textures
using a variety of tools to apply the paint. She
explores and experiments with a limited palette
creating 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 and
Scotland and in 2016 shows include Gallery
Tresco in the Scillies, The Jetty Gallery in Oban,
Signet Contemporary Art in London and The Art
Agency in Esher.
Woolacombe 4
Ninjizal to Porthgwara
Porthleven
Some photos of the Cyprus landscape and your hotel....
Miles and miles of deserted beach...
Ruined and deserted monastery - home to owls
A typical mountain walk
Denizkizi Hotel viewed from the pool
A standard twin room at the Denizkizi hotel
Denizkizi Hotel viewed from the bay