PAINTING & DRAWING
Our 7 & 10 Day drawing, painting and photography courses are aimed at students of all ages and abilities, with an opportunity to explore the local area and soak in the culture and history of this part of Tuscany and Umbria. We work in the studio and en plein air, drawing inspiration from anything that captures your imagination and spend the rest of the week working to develop your ideas, whatever they may be. Our groups are small enough to ensure that you get plenty of individual and personalised tuition. The week is all about realising your potential, stretching yourself, while having fun trying different ideas and discovering new possibilities.
CONTEMPORARY MIXED MEDIA
This is a new offering, once again aimed at students of all ages/abilities, and with an opportunity to create an original piece of contemporary mixed media artwork whilst also exploring the local area, and soaking in the culture and history of Tuscany and Umbria. We work in the studio and garden areas drawing inspiration from anything that captures your imagination and spend the rest of the week working to develop your personal canvas. Our guest tutor, Kitt Athay, is an experienced, successful and well known mixed-media artist from the UK, so having two tutors working together ensures that you get plenty of individual and personalised tuition. The week is all about realising your potential, stretching yourself in a new way through new media, while having fun trying different ideas and discovering new possibilities.
ETCHING & PRINTMAKING
The rather unique course has been designed carefully with beginners in mind, so the processes of etching and printmaking have been broken down into specific tasks - starting with research on day one touring the local hilltop towns and countryside of the beautiful Umbrian/Tuscan borders, photographing and drawing to give each of us something personal to work with. The following day we work our sketches into designs and prepare the etching plate. After that we all work together, dividing our time between the studio, cultural visits, lunches, trips to local towns, aperitivi and dinners out, or simply relaxing and enjoying the beautiful Italian Renaissance gardens of our Villa. The printing press is located in the expansive cantinas of our Villa, and becomes our studio for the week. Etching and printmaking are both magical experiences, you never quite know what you’re going to get, and every single print is a unique piece of art, so we are sure that this will be a thoroughly captivating week!
ART & WELLNESS
Our ART & WELLNESS courses are a chance to produce beautiful travel journals in exciting destinations around the world alongside yoga and wellness classes with EAT.PRAY.MOVE. These inspiring courses are in places where we have spent extensive time – Morocco, Iceland, Venice, Italy, Scotland, India, Japan – so we have plenty of interesting insights and stories about each place. The experienced and relaxed teaching creates a dynamic and supportive learning environment. You will be encouraged to capture your destination from a new perspective, as an artist and photographer - not as a tourist, while enjoying the physical stimulation of daily yoga practice. The groups are limited in size and provide a great creative space for complete beginners, as well as those with more experience of either discipline. You will receive all the materials you need to begin assembling a beautiful and creative travel journal of your trip. *no previous yoga or art background required*
There’s a fun, informal and friendly atmosphere but you will get a lot done, with plenty of individual feedback and guidance. If you’re looking for an art and photography vacation with the perfect balance of daily yoga practice, this is exactly what you’re looking for.