Mindfulness and Art on Islay

Pastel crayons and paints on a table with a mug of brushes

In our Mindfulness and Art workshops at Persabus we invite you to enjoy connecting with the landscapes and seascapes of Islay. Discover and embrace your own creative flow and style, as you experiment with various mixed media.

Relax, and be gently guided, on a journey of self discovery, finding your own unique creative voice through a series of prompts and exercises.

For me, it started in a moment…

clouds in the sky. Rocks and grass

The wild, windswept landscape as I ventured up the hillside.

The bronzes and golds, as the seasons began to change.

The weather worn shapes of huge rock formations, glinting with delicate pops of yellows and sage, as the lichen patterns took shape.

Sunset over the hillside.

Those huge open skies that throw up the most magnificent sunsets and sunrises. All the time changing the landscape views. Spotlighting and highlighting, through a dance of light and shadow.

The rich gold of the sun melting across the sky, as the clouds lit up in a peachy glow.

How Do you See the Landscape?

Have you dipped your toes into the beautiful world of ‘slow living’? Taken a moment for yourself just ‘to be’?

Mindfulness and Art Workshops

In our Creative Art Workshops at Persabus, we embrace mindfulness, and invite you to step back, relax, and engage, in your own creative flow.

Be gently guided to capture, explore and nurture the magical stillness of a moment. As nature’s shapes, patterns, colours, and textures, gently unfold in a journey of connection and discovery. Explore the unique connection with the wild and magical landscapes and seascapes of Islay, through a series of gentle exercises, exploration, and play.

A painting of birds flying across the waves

Discover

Did you look at the patterns as the waves gently broke across the shore? The different shades and colours? The beautiful shapes and forms of those beachy treasures and delights washed up on the shoreline?

A huge wave breaking out at sea

Explore

Pastel sketches of waves, and shells on a table

Enjoy working with charcoals, pastels, and paints, capturing the patterns and textures of the rich tapestry of colours across Islay’s seascapes and landscapes. Capture the billowing clouds and magical sunsets of huge skies as you explore your own inner creative voice and style.

Connect

Connect with the shape and texture, the intricate forms and delicate patterns, of beachy treasures from those shoreline journeys. Tiny shells and pebbles weathered and worn by the sea and the sun, each with their own unique stories to share across a canvas.

Each workshop offers a different unique experience

Our Mindfulness and Art Workshops are available to book as a one off workshop, or enjoy delving into a series of workshops. We will work with you to find a suitable time, and are happy to accept small or larger groups, or if time allows, offer a one to one experience. 

Dip in and out of the art experiences on offer at Persabus as you grow your journey.

Get in touch to book a session and soon you will be venturing into the exciting and creative questions 

How Do You See the Sea? and ‘How Do You See the Seasons?’

A shell in the sand