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Italy with artist Sharon Rusch Shaver (May 26 to June 2, 2025)
This workshop is for all levels of experience in a painting medium of your choice. Sharon Rusch Shaver is an award-winning oil and watercolor artist who has organized unique destination painting adventures since 1996. Sharon teaches en-Plein air painting and shares her unique ability to capture a scene quickly as the light changes. This is a fun and loose painting approach that will make you excited and enjoy every moment! Accommodations are chosen for authenticity and comfort. Our hillside Villa located above the Amalfi Coast is a painter's dream. Included: Ground transfers, breakfast, lunches, welcome dinner, private en-suite accommodations, AC, pool, jacuzzi, and sauna overlooking the Italian countryside. Join us!
Learn morePaint at a Provencal Monastery: Andrea Wedell's France Art Retreat (September 7-13, 2025)
Join artist Andrea Wedell for an unforgettable 6-day painting retreat at a 19th-century monastery in the South of France, September 7-13, 2025. Set in a peaceful, inspiring environment, you'll explore abstract and semi-abstract painting, developing a unique approach where subject matter emerges through recognizable forms and personal expression. Paint in the cloister, gardens, and Provençal countryside, guided by Andrea's personalized instruction focused on helping you find your visual voice. Enjoy farm-to-table meals, wine, and coffee, and embark on guided excursions. This retreat offers a perfect blend of artistic challenge, relaxation, and connection for all levels. Space is limited - reserve your spot today!
Learn morePalette - Passport - Pals - Paint Europe with Vlad
2025 Trips: Greek Islands & Turkey Painting Cruise; Bruges & Beyond Art Voyage; Painting Tuscan Sun; Urban Sketching Workshop in Lucca. Watercolor Adventure with Vlad Yeliseyev, a renowned watercolor and plein air artist, in Europe is more than a workshop - it's an unforgettable artistic journey. Experience high-end tours designed for artists, featuring top-rated accommodations, cultural explorations, and gastronomic discoveries. Paint at carefully selected, stunning locations, with the option of expert instruction or independent exploration. Enjoy guided excursions with professional guides, cruise adventures, and the convenience of private group transportation, ensuring a seamless and inspiring journey. "In my paintings I would like to express the beauty of various landscapes by showing architectural elements, street life and their playful integration with the light conditions."
Learn moreKristy Kutch Colored Pencil Workshops
Kristy Kutch has been creating colored pencil art for almost thirty years and has been teaching colored pencil workshops since 1991. A teacher with a life license, she applies many basic learning principles to her workshops, enthusiastically meeting each student at the appropriate level. Beginners are always welcome, but even advanced artists benefit from Kristy's instruction. Offering demonstrations of techniques and the characteristics of different types of colored pencils, papers, and other related materials, Kristy covers a wide range of possibilities. Kristy is the author of Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil and The New Colored Pencil. She is also the feature artist in the Artist Palette Productions DVD "Colored Pencil Landscapes: Beyond The Basics". Kristy's workshops are held nationwide; each is an enjoyable, supportive, memorable experience in a beautiful location. Visit www.artshow.com/kutch/ or contact Kristy at kakutch@earthlink.net or 219-874-4688.
Learn moreEmbroidery Retreat in Southwest France (September 14-21 and 21-28, 2025)
Join us at the enchanting private country estate of renowned textile and interior designer Kathryn Ireland for a full week of blissful stitching! We have two September sessions, each led by respected contemporary embroidery artists Audrey Demarre and Sophie Baillet. All skill levels are welcome. You only need to be ready to lose yourself in a timeless, relaxing environment where you will be catered to by French chefs and a lush French countryside. Other than instruction and visits to brocantes, be prepared to luxuriate in time spent free from deadlines and impending schedules. Please join us and treat yourself!
Learn moreartbreakTM Arts Immersion Vacations in Prague and Florence
Named in 2008 by National Geographic as one of the world's 'Best Girlfriends Getaways'! The secret is out: artbreakTM is a one-of-a-kind learning vacation and totally new way to experience two great European capitals - via their artistic hearts. artbreakTM puts you in intimate contact with vibrant artistic communities, morning to night, for six creativity-filled days. Your mornings: three hours in an atelier, honing your skills at painting, collage and ceramics. Afterwards you'll browse private galleries and major museums, then fit in some wine tasting and dinner before heading out to savor the absolute best of opera, symphony, ballet, and jazz. artbreakTM is a chance to inspire your artistic self and an exquisitely choreographed cultural adventure. Visit www.artbreak.org to learn more.
Learn moreEtruscan Places Plein Air Landscape Workshops in Tuscany
Etruscan Places offers a completely unique series of plein air painting workshops on location, rain or shine, in some of Italy's most spectacular landscapes. Artists, curators, writers Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson are residents and home owners in both the USA and Italy. Their presence in Tuscany since 1995 guarantees their knowledge of the landscape, inhabitants and local culture and everything connected with it. Presently 3 distinct 9-day classes, 2 of which offered each year, June and September: Open Air Fundamentals (all levels); Elements of Landscape (intermediate +); Advanced Landscape Painting. Fees include materials and surfaces, equipment, most meals, accommodation, field trips and local transport. 12 student max and 2 instructors every class. 212-388-9832 WhatsApp 39-347-143-4036
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