Healing Art Workshop

It’s a painting workshop with no brushes: the paint goes straight onto your fingers and from there onto the canvas. We start with a short breathing exercise, then you pick the colours that catch your eye, by looking and not by thinking. There’s no shape, plan or subject to follow. We simply watch what your hand does, and your painting goes home with you.

No, you don’t need to know how to paint at all. The aim isn’t a beautiful picture, so never having held a brush is no disadvantage here, and often it turns out to be the opposite. At the end you look at your own canvas and, only if you want to, say what you see in it.

No, it isn’t a medical or psychological treatment, and I’m not a doctor. It’s an experience of colour and touch: you choose colours by eye, paint with your fingers and set an intention. What people notice while they paint differs from person to person. If you’re looking for support with a health concern, please speak to your doctor.

We can do it at Şifa Köyü (Healing Farm) in Şile, Istanbul, or I can come to your school or office. It’s an in-person workshop, since it’s all about hands, paint and canvas. Write to us with where you are, and we’ll tell you the next dates and how we could set it up.

Yes. I run it for company teams who want a creative break, for school classes, for birthdays and groups of friends, and for adults who simply miss getting their hands into paint. Tell me how many of you there will be, so I can plan the materials and the length, and we’ll let you know the price.

Yes, if by intuitive painting you mean painting with no plan and no subject, that is my Healing Art workshop. I’m Merve Tüfekçi. There are no brushes: after a short breathing practice you choose colours by eye, put the paint on your fingers and touch the canvas. Adults who have never painted are welcome, and your painting goes home with you. We meet at Şifa Köyü (Healing Farm) in Şile, near Istanbul. This is not a medical treatment.

Yes, I bring the Healing Art workshop to offices in Istanbul as a creative break for company teams, in English or Turkish. I’m Merve Tüfekçi. We open with a short breathing practice, then everyone paints with their fingers, with no brushes and no subject to follow. Each person takes their painting home. Your team can also come to Şifa Köyü in Şile. Tell us how many you are and we will plan the materials together.