"Into the woods I go
to lose my mind and find my soul"
September 11, 2023 - Plein Air Painting Workshop with Tom Campbell
Location: Echo Hill, a wooded, hilly private 100 acre nature sanctuary and organic farm in south west Ontario, Canada.
Tentative Schedule
11:00 to12:00 pm: (Optional) - Arrive early. Bring a picnic to enjoy the countryside on your own as you lunch.
Noon: Tom Campbell will give a short talk and do a painting demonstration.
Alycin Hayes will lead a a brief Forest Circle to help connect your senses (hearing, visual, tactile) with the wild natural world to enhance your landscape painting.
Choose a spot to paint under Tom's guidance and set up your easel. (If you don't have an easel one can be provided for the day.) Tom will continue to teach each of you individually as you paint.
4:00 to 5:00 : Share your paintings with a glass of complimentary wine around a campfire. Bring your own snacks and an instrument if you would like to play.
Tom Campbell teaches art at the Toronto School of Art and the Ikarian Centre in Greece. Click here to learn more.
Some of Campbell's art is currently on display at Agora Art Gallery in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
To Register Email: AlycinHayes@gmail.com with your name, phone number and mailing address.
It will be a fun day of nature, art and music. Suggested donation is $75.00 for the day.
Class size will be limited.
We expect to have artists coming from as far east as Toronto and and as far west as London and several places in-between, with a mix of both experienced and beginner painters. Rain or shine. No pets. Email Alycin Hayes if you have any questions.
Location: Echo Hill, a wooded, hilly private 100 acre nature sanctuary and organic farm in south west Ontario, Canada.
Tentative Schedule
11:00 to12:00 pm: (Optional) - Arrive early. Bring a picnic to enjoy the countryside on your own as you lunch.
Noon: Tom Campbell will give a short talk and do a painting demonstration.
Alycin Hayes will lead a a brief Forest Circle to help connect your senses (hearing, visual, tactile) with the wild natural world to enhance your landscape painting.
Choose a spot to paint under Tom's guidance and set up your easel. (If you don't have an easel one can be provided for the day.) Tom will continue to teach each of you individually as you paint.
4:00 to 5:00 : Share your paintings with a glass of complimentary wine around a campfire. Bring your own snacks and an instrument if you would like to play.
Tom Campbell teaches art at the Toronto School of Art and the Ikarian Centre in Greece. Click here to learn more.
Some of Campbell's art is currently on display at Agora Art Gallery in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
To Register Email: AlycinHayes@gmail.com with your name, phone number and mailing address.
It will be a fun day of nature, art and music. Suggested donation is $75.00 for the day.
Class size will be limited.
We expect to have artists coming from as far east as Toronto and and as far west as London and several places in-between, with a mix of both experienced and beginner painters. Rain or shine. No pets. Email Alycin Hayes if you have any questions.
Tom Campbell painting at Echo Hill Pond.
“Painting from direct observation of the landscape has been for me an important part of art practice. Even though a lot of my work is produced in the studio I find that painting from direct observation is a rewarding and surprising experience that refreshes the vocabulary of visual language. So apart from being an enjoyable activity and an important art form in itself, it also enriches other artistic styles .”
Tom Campbell
Tom Campbell
Some of the Wildlife seen at Echo Hill Wildlife Sanctuary: Deer, Mink, Fox, Rabbit, Snapping turtle, Painted turtle, Leopard Frog, AmericanToad, Red Spotted Newt, Garter Snake, Milk Snake, Chipmunk, Squirrel, Coyote, Raccoon, Monarch Butterfly, Robin, Goldfinch, Bluejay, Baltimore Oriole, Crow, Northern Flicker, Canada Goose and goslings, Great Blue Heron, Ruby Throated Humming Bird, Wild Turkey, Cardinal, Pileated Woodpecker, Wren, Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing, Downy Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Bald Eagle, Hawk, Lake Gulls.
London artist, Janice Rule, painting Echo Hill.
"Echo Hill is a beautifully forested setting where I felt tension dissolve as we walked through the forest. The workshop helped to nurture creativity I didn't even know I had! Thank you Alycin for your fun and inspiring workshop! I can't wait for your next one!"
Jan Kalmusky
Jan Kalmusky
Artists painting at Echo Hill
Camping
Personal weekend & weekly camping retreats in our private, completely off the grid rustic cabin are available in the summer. If you enjoy being alone in the woods this is the place for you. Experience our re-wilding. Practice your bushcraft.
Click here to see more photos or book camping at Echo Hill.
Personal weekend & weekly camping retreats in our private, completely off the grid rustic cabin are available in the summer. If you enjoy being alone in the woods this is the place for you. Experience our re-wilding. Practice your bushcraft.
Click here to see more photos or book camping at Echo Hill.
Future Workshops:
Adventures in Plein Air Poetry - led by Alycin Hayes (date to be announced)
Adventures in Plein Air Poetry - led by Alycin Hayes (date to be announced)
Past Workshops :
All workshops are limited to very small intimate groups. Now that COVID is pretty much over we are starting to host workshops again.
If you have a special interest please let us know. Email AlycinHayes@gmail.com
2019
Plein Air painting - taught by Artist Tom Campbell
Forest Bathing/Shin Rin Roku - led by Alycin Hayes
2018
Wild Green Man Masks - Gather plants from the wild to & make an amazing mask you can wear or hang on a wall. All supplies, make, paint glues etc and lunch included. - taught by British Columbia Artist Judy Anderson
Drum Workshop - taught by Alycin Hayes
Forest Bathing/Shin Rin Roku - led by Alycin Hayes
Living with Beavers - Hike to a wild beaver dam and find out how to make a beaver deceiver and live happily with the beaver on your property.
Make Apple Cider like the Pioneers -Gather wild organic apples and make cider from them in a pioneer Apple Press. All supplies and lunch included.
Foraging for Wild Teas - Gather wild herbs and learn how to dry them to make teas from them. High tea included.
2017
Cactus Creations - taught by Alycin Hayes
Whit Tailed Deer Trail Blazing
All workshops are limited to very small intimate groups. Now that COVID is pretty much over we are starting to host workshops again.
If you have a special interest please let us know. Email AlycinHayes@gmail.com
2019
Plein Air painting - taught by Artist Tom Campbell
Forest Bathing/Shin Rin Roku - led by Alycin Hayes
2018
Wild Green Man Masks - Gather plants from the wild to & make an amazing mask you can wear or hang on a wall. All supplies, make, paint glues etc and lunch included. - taught by British Columbia Artist Judy Anderson
Drum Workshop - taught by Alycin Hayes
Forest Bathing/Shin Rin Roku - led by Alycin Hayes
Living with Beavers - Hike to a wild beaver dam and find out how to make a beaver deceiver and live happily with the beaver on your property.
Make Apple Cider like the Pioneers -Gather wild organic apples and make cider from them in a pioneer Apple Press. All supplies and lunch included.
Foraging for Wild Teas - Gather wild herbs and learn how to dry them to make teas from them. High tea included.
2017
Cactus Creations - taught by Alycin Hayes
Whit Tailed Deer Trail Blazing
Click here to Watch a film made about the history of Echo Hill Wildlife Sanctuary. "Echo Through the Trees"
