As a stand alone experience, the single workshop is a rewarding and insightful art experience and for many a transforming one.

But for someone interested in an even more in depth experience, Our Art Retreats provide a private, individual or small group workshop comprising 2 to 4 four-hour sessions over consecutive days or over several weekends.

This provides the opportunity to explore your creative direction, to plan and execute a specific project, refine your current practice or to push your artistic development by experimenting with different media or styles. But most importantly enjoy yourself and your art.

All workshops start with relaxation and focusing exercises using movement and charcoal drawing as a starting point.

However, the media or themes covered, depends on what best meets each person's needs.We offer the opportunity to engage with both the ideas and the techniques or art-making.

The Arthouse has well equipped professional artist studio, pleasant patio and verandah areas with a backdrop of rural lands and the Mt Royal Ranges.

The Inn's grounds occupy an acre and there is ample opportunity for outdoor as well as studio art-making.

We have an extensive array of traditional artist's media, opportunities to explore installation art as well as facilities for digital photography and image manipulation.

Current and past students range from people completely new to the arts, to recreational painters through to professional practicing artists and those undertaking post-graduate and doctoral studies in Fine Arts.

We can design a fun, exciting programme that will appeal to everyone in your group regardless of experience or interest in art. All you need is a desire to enjoy yourself.

Cost:
A two-hour private one-on-one session: $135. Additional hours @ $25.

A two-hour private session for a group of two to four: $60 per person. Additional hours @$35 /hr
per group.

A family group fun experience: Just pay for adults; two children 15 or under free. Additional kids, $15 per child. There is a 15% discount on prices for more than one session.

We provide quality coffee, teas and infusions along with an excellent country-style morning or afternoon tea for refreshments.

Please don't hesitate to call or email if you require more information or would like to make a booking.

Accommodation

We are located only ten minutes from the heart of Pokolbin (and a few minutes from the nearest winery). We are conveniently central to all the accommodation venues throughout the Lower Hunter.

Quality accommodation is available a few doors from us at the 'Branxton Hotel B&B'.(www.branxtonhotel.com.au).

Other nearby wonderful places to stay include:

• The Tuscany Wine Estate
• Hunter Homestead

Lillies Cottage (luxury retreat for two couples

For a relaxing luxury private get away or corporate event, Consider an art retreat at the beautiful Belleray Homestead. Steve can bring his unique art workshop to you to enhance your idyllic escape in the exquisite Hunter valley country-side.

Some images of "Bellray ArtWeekend Nov 2008"

If you are a local or visiting the Hunter Valley on holidays, please come along to the Inn for a look around.

If you simply would like to have an experience that is fun and relaxing and inquire about our art, drawing and creativity workshops.

A great way for a group of friends to enjoy some time with the beautiful rural scenery and vineyards.