Joe Francis Dowden

2nd - 6th September 2025

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Learn to paint water, light and

reflections in watercolour with Joe

Francis Dowden in Exmoor National

Park and the stunning North Devon

Coast.

There are many stunning locations

including the River Barle and valley, the

harbour town of Lynmouth which was

called 'Little Switzerland' by the

Victorians Watersmeet and Malmsmead

where you will paint cascading rivers,

water, light and reflections.

He is good at one-to-one teaching and

has an ability to work alongside

beginners and get them painting

competently. He can also nurture more

advanced painters. His insights, tips and

techniques are often simple but they

are followed by amateurs and

professionals alike.

This course is part location and part

studio based. We will do sketching of

the River Barle nearby to the hotel and

visit places such as Malmsmead,

Landacre & Withypool. We will sketch

reflections, water, rocks above and

below the water, white water cascading

over rocks and a pack horse bridge. We

will come back to the studio and

produce completed paintings under

Joe's careful guidance.