Step away from the noise of everyday life with Sheron King and immerse yourself in a gentle, inspiring creative retreat designed to help you reconnect with your artistic voice.
Over a day and a half, you will explore expressive mark-making and creativity, with rich textures and intuitive colour, through playful mixed media techniques. This is not about perfection or rules—it’s about curiosity, freedom, and discovering what feels true to you, helping you to access your creative flow, unlock personal intuition and develop confidence in finding your own artistic voice.
Through guided exercises, creative prompts and reflective moments, using the beautiful surrounding environment of Holbrook Manor as a source of inspiration, you will build confidence, loosen up your practice, and develop a deeper connection to your own visual language. Expect a nurturing, welcoming environment, thoughtful discussion, and time to pause, reflect, and simply be.
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist feeling stuck, this retreat offers space to experiment, explore, and rediscover the joy of making.
Set in the peaceful Somerset countryside near Wincanton, Holbrook Manor is a graceful Georgian house combining heritage, comfort, and tranquillity. Its elegant architecture and landscaped gardens create a calm, inspiring setting, while cosy bedrooms and freshly prepared home-cooked meals ensure a relaxing stay. Guests can also enjoy complimentary use of the indoor pool, spa bath, sauna, and steam room.
With its serene atmosphere and warm hospitality, Holbrook Manor is the perfect place to learn, connect, and unwind.
The course runs from dinner on the first day (14th September) until lunch on the last day (16th September)
Prices (per-person)
Residential (Single Occupancy - En-suite): £590
Residential (Shared Occupancy - En-suite): £470
Non-resident: £320
We operate a deposit scheme of £150 per-person for all booking types, with the balance due 4 weeks before the course start date.
(We will send a reminder and secure payment link for the balance on the due date)
For a full course description, including details on the tutor, venue, accommodation (where applicable) and more, visit our full listings page by clicking here.
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Sheron King (BA 3D Design, MA Contemporary Design) is a multidisciplinary artist and workshop tutor based near Plymouth, running Mad Hatter Studio and her own design practice, Rosa King Designs. Working intuitively with found, vintage, and reclaimed materials, her layered mixed media work explores memory, narrative, and sustainability. Her workshops invite people of all levels to experiment freely and rediscover their creativity.
Click here to find out more about Sheron King and her other available courses
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Nestled in the Somerset countryside near Wincanton, Holbrook Manor is a charming Georgian house offering comfort, calm, and character — ideal for residential courses and retreats. With elegant rooms, home-cooked meals, and access to the indoor pool, spa bath, sauna, and steam room, it’s the perfect place to learn, relax, and recharge.
The venue has plenty of free parking, accessible course rooms and some accessible bedrooms. There are also a few bedrooms which are dog friendly.
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You can book either as a resident or as a non-resident student for this course.
RESIDENT (Single occupancy)
Each booking includes one place on the course plus bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner and refreshments at break times (tea/coffee etc.) for the duration of the course.RESIDENT (Shared occupancy) [Double or Twin]*
Each booking includes one place on the course plus bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner and refreshments at break times (tea/coffee etc.) for the duration of the course.*Rooms are for 2 people sharing only. Each guest staying must book one of these tickets.
NON-RESIDENT
Includes one place on the course plus lunch and refreshments at break times (tea/coffee etc.) for the duration of the course.
If, as a non-resident student, you wish to join the group for breakfast or dinner on any of the days then this can be arranged and charged separately. Simply send a request, no later than 2 weeks before the course start date, to info@neighbourhoodlearning.com -
Holbrook Manor has 15 enchanting and spacious bedrooms in the manor along with 5 garden rooms with private terraces located within our stunning grounds.
All rooms are en-suite and come with towels included.
The garden rooms are located on the ground floor and suitable for those with access needs. They are also dog friendly.
Rooms are allocated on a first come, first served basis. We will of course always try to accommodate requests where possible!
Check in is from 15:00 on the day of arrival
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Please note: The following timings are just for guidance. Confirmed timings will be released to students nearer the course start date.
DAY ONE
The course will have a first session from 20:00 - 21:00, after dinner on the first day.DAY TWO
The second day will begin from 09:30 and run with lunch and refreshment breaks until 16:30. There will be another after-dinner session from 20:00 - 21:00.DAY THREE
Our final day will run though from 09:30 until 13:00, at which point the course will finish with lunch. -
Sheron has a few items that she has requested that students bring along, so please click below to download the materials list. If you have any questions regarding anything on there then do of course let us know and we can pass this on to Sheron.
Click here for the materials list
