An 11-night Watercolor Retreat and Tour in Magical Ireland with Melissa Harris, BFA & MFA, Painting.
Art & Spirit in Ireland is an opportunity to explore your creativity with like-minded, conscious women amidst Ireland’s dazzling landscapes. This retreat-tour combination is unique because it combines touring with watercolour painting.
I am an internationally published artist and author with decades of artistic experience. We will work from photos we take of the scenery surrounding us. Through demos and individual instruction, you can learn or enhance your watercolor technique. We will enhance our days together by integrating some meditation.
No previous experience in art or watercolor is required. A supply list will be provided upon registration. Don’t allow any fears of “I’m not an artist” or “I haven’t painted in years” to hold you back!
We will be walking, not hiking, but you should have good mobility.
Retreat Highlights:
- We will delight in the beauty and charm of old Ireland hearing Irish music in the quaint old pubs, and take a pony and trap ride or two.
- We will visit a centuries-old working farm and wander among the sheep to help us understand the old ways and how inhabitants work symbiotically with the plant and animal spirits.
- We will explore some ancient sacred stone circles and sacred sites and feel the magical fairy energies of the land.
- We will take a boat ride to an enchanted, uninhabited Island to wander amongst the ruins and imagine how life was there when Goddesses practiced their rituals, followed by being inhabited by monks to rest in their own retreats of solitude.
- During our time together, we will follow the ancient routes of the Goddess. Spending time in contemplation in order to nurture the Divine Feminine within ourselves.
Where are we staying?
I’ve chosen two idyllic locations in order to give you a good sense of the country. Both our locations are on the water, one on a picturesque lake in a luxury hotel, featuring spacious rooms with lake views and fantastic food and a pub onsite with Irish music Next, we are right up the hill from the ocean on the Dingle Peninsula.
If you feel the call, join us in Ireland and explore Art and Spirit!
