23 – 26 July · Mussoorie Hills · Art Retreat
Four days of unhurried,
unjudged, and unapologetic
making in the heart of the hills.
The mountains don't grade your work. Neither do we.
23 – 26 July · Mussoorie Hills · Art Retreat
The mountains don't grade your work. Neither do we.
The Retreat
Tucked away in a forest estate outside Mussoorie — pine and oak overhead, streams threading through the land, monsoon clouds heavy in the valleys — this retreat is built for people who need to slow down and make something real.
Over four unhurried days, you'll move through 12+ immersive sessions: printing with sunlight and plant juices, shaping clay, mending with gold through kintsugi, pressing botanicals into paper you made yourself. Between sessions — birding walks at dawn, a guided shinrin-yoku into the forest, meditation at altitude, storytelling by the hearth, a gloriously messy bad art party over high tea, and long meals celebrating the flavours of the hills.
The Schedule
Day 1 — Arrive & Orient
Photo Walk
Learn to see before you make — a slow walk through the estate with a camera or just your eyes.
Stream Walk
Wade into the hillside streams to handpick the rocks you'll paint later that afternoon.
Rock Painting
Paint the rocks you gathered — no rules, no references, just paint.
Day 2 — Gather & Print
Shinrin-Yoku Walk
A mindful forest immersion to collect colours, textures and patterns straight from the wild.
Cyanotype Printing
Use sunlight as your darkroom — press botanicals onto treated paper and let the sun do the rest.
Paper Making
Pulp, press, and dry your own sheets — the paper you make today becomes the canvas you paint on tomorrow.
Day 3 — Repair & Shape
Morning Meditation
Start the day in stillness — a guided sit in the middle of the forest, before the world wakes up.
Kintsugi
The Japanese art of mending with gold — break something, repair it beautifully, keep it forever.
Clay Modelling & Sculpting
Get your hands properly dirty — shape, press, and build something from nothing.
Day 4 — Make & Celebrate
Botanical Printing
Press leaves, petals and bark directly onto fabric or paper — every print is unrepeatable.
Paper Painting & Collage
Paint on the paper you made on Day 2, then tear, layer and collage your way to something unexpected.
Bad Art Party
High tea, zero pressure, and a deliberate invitation to make something wonderfully terrible. The best way to end.
What's Included
All accommodation · All meals (Garhwali, North Indian, South Indian & Continental) · 12+ guided creative sessions · Premium art material kits · Guided birding walks, shinrin-yoku, meditation & nature excursions
Pricing
Early Bird
₹33,999limited spots
Twin Sharing
₹37,999per person
Single Occupancy
₹41,999per person
A mindful space, in every sense.
This is a retreat built on presence. Out of respect for the space, the land, and everyone in it, the use of alcohol, tobacco, and intoxicants of any kind is not permitted during the retreat.
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