PAINTING RETREAT · TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA
Lose yourself
in watercolour
& wild beauty
with artist Cheryl Bruce at The Enclave
17 – 23 January 2027 Winnaleah, Tasmania
Imagine waking each morning with a paintbrush in hand,
surrounded by breathtaking Tasmanian landscapes — learning to see flowers the way an artist does, and finding your own painterly voice.
THE EXPERIENCE
Where loose & lively
meets luminous & deeply detailed
This retreat is for anyone who yearns to paint flowers with genuine feeling -from a single lush brushstroke to a fully realised botanical study. Over five days of guided painting with Cheryl, you’ll discover what watercolour truly can do in your hands.
We paint in the studio. We paint on location.
We sketch directly into our sketchbooks at living botanical sites - learning to capture the gesture and characteristic of a flower and it's growth pattern before it fades.
Loose & direct watercolour
Bold washes, happy accidents, the confidence of a single decisive stroke.
Detailed floral mastery
Layering translucent glazes to build depth, luminosity, and botanical precision.
Sketchbook painting on location
Capture living flowers in a botanic garden, responding to real light and ephemeral beauty. What you capture from life is often very different to your studio paintings.
Level up your skills for surface pattern design florals
Build a richer, more expressive floral vocabulary - flowers painted with nuance and variety, not formula.
WHATS INCLUDED
Making life easy so you can
concentrate on the painting & creating
6 nights at The Enclave in the small town of Winnaleah
A lovingly restored 100-year-old property — rustic warmth, fireplaces, studio onsite.
Transfers to and from Launceston Airport or CBD
Arrive and leave without the logistics.
Welcome drink and dinner by the fire
A delicious two-course meal to ease you in and meet your fellow painters.
Most meals, snacks, tea & coffee
All but two meals included so you stay immersed. The meals at Enclave feature local produce and are lovingly planned and presented.
Excursions to extraordinary locations
Transport to painting sites across Tasmania’s most epic scenery. A thoughful mix of exploration, painting onsite and just being relaxed in the environment around us.
5 days small group tuition with Cheryl
Staged guidance through demonstrations, personal feedback. Techniques from loose gestural and direct sketches, through to finished masterpieces created in the studio.
Not included
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Airfares to & from Tasmania
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Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
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One dinner & one lunch out locally
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Art materials
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Alcoholic drinks
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Optional extra - floating sauna experience
ALL THE NITTY GRITTY
Option 1 - Single Room - $3160 per person
Option 2 - Twin Share Room - $2595 per person
Option 3 - Twin Share Room - $1995 per person non painting partner/friend
To book – a deposit of $500 is required (via direct deposit) along with the registration form. If the balance due date for the workshop has passed, the full payment is required at the time of booking, or please discuss a payment plan with us. The balance is due by 95 days prior to the workshop commencement - 10 October 2026. All costs are listed as AUD. T&C's and cancellation policy is listed on the booking form.
For bookings and enquiries about the painting aspects or materials please email
Cheryl directly: contact@cherylbrucecreativ.com
WHO IS THIS RETREAT FOR
You don't need to be experienced.
You just need to love flowers, colour, light dancing through glass, and the magic of a well-chosen still life.
01
Watercolour painters
All skill levels welcome. Cheryl meets you where you are and takes you further than you imagined.
02
Surface Pattern Designers
Bring more life and spontaneity to your florals — qualities that your pattern designs stand out from the crowd.
03
Anyone craving creative connection
A week immersed in art, nature, and creative community. If you’ve dreamed of it — this is it. Connection with yourself, your art, other creatives, and the environment around us.
OUR HOME FOR THE WEEK
A century-old home
in the heart of
wild Tasmania
The Enclave in Winnaleah is more than accommodation — it is an atmosphere. Timber floors, open fires, and a studio that feels like it was made for painting, spacious and light..
A small group means Cheryl genuinely knows your work and where you want to go. This is not just a workshop — it is a creative immersion designed and developed to build your skills.
The Enclave is a 10 room 10 bath hotel. Half of the bathrooms are internal ensuites and half are detached ensuites (across the hall - allocated privately for each room). Internal ensuites are allocated on a booking order basis.
