SUMMER SCHOOL 2026!
Moray Art Centre welcomes artists and art enthusiasts to its renowned Summer School in the stunning setting of Findhorn Bay. Led by award-winning artists and tutors, the programme draws a mix of local creatives and international visitors alike. There is something for everyone and for all levels! All materials and lunch included!
Pigment Painting: Sea, Sky & Studio
With Georgia Rose Murray
An expressive painting week, with an emphasis on creating unique colours with pigments, working both outside on the beach & in the MAC studio.
Exploring Painting and Drawing Outdoors
With Jonathan Shearer
This summer school will look at how to sketch, draw and paint on location in the stunning Moray landscape.
Flowers Between Nature and Imagination - 3 SPACES LEFT
With Helen A. Noyce
Discover the expressive power of flowers in this immersive five-day workshop that blends observation, creativity, and inspiration from great artists.
Patterns in the Garden: Natural Forms and the Artist Book
With Susie Wilson
This 5 day summer school will look at ways to develop a series of books that focus on the gardens surrounding the Moray Art Centre!
Colourful Forms: Surface and Abstraction between 2D and 3D
With Ginny Elston
A week of working between two and three-dimensions, with vibrant colour and surface textures, as a means for developing abstract paintings.
Portrait Painting in Oils
With Allan Davies
Aimed at beginners to portrait painting in oils and experienced artists alike, this 5 day Summer School class focuses upon portrait painting from a live model.
From Observation to Abstraction
With Celia Forestal Smith
In the first part of this course, we will making observational studies and sketches outdoors in a concertina sketchbook. Taking themes from the Findhorn Eco [...]
Paint What You Love: Introduction to Acrylic Painting & Drawing for Young People (12-18)
With Mira Knoche
Paint what you love and learn how to do it well! For 12-18 year olds.
The Figure In An Invented Space: A Patient Investigation in Oils - 2 SPACES LEFT
With Kenneth Le Riche
This oil painting course will look at constructing an invented space while referencing the human form from life.
From Drawing to Animation: Creative Experience of the Natural Environment
With Rebeca Font
This course will explore nature through drawing, movement, and experimental animation, inviting you to create visual impressions in dialogue with the landscape and its rhythms.
Being Human in a Hybrid World: A Generative Art Workshop
With Bruce Campbell & Terry Vergos
Inquiring into your world through looking, drawing, painting, sound and mapping!