Painting Workshop Program and Excursions / day by day

Intensive one week Landscape Painting Workshop in Puglia, Southern Italy by artist Tjasa Iris.
Color theory. Slides of contemporary and modern art will be shown each evening.

Emphasis will be put on perception and observation, as the bases to painting. I will help you develop your personal outlook, as well as inspire your imagination in all this magical places and to help you appreciate art to the full. We will paint 4 hours every morning. Three whole days we will spend for painting excursions to places of major artistic and cultural importance. Three afternoons will be free. You may work on sketches for the first few days, and than proceed to more accomplished works derived from these last. Or you may simply paint two or three works a day. If for some reason, you want to wonder and explore the territory during  these days, you are pleased to do so. We will meet again in the evening, discuss the work done during the day and see numerous slides of contemporary and modern art. SPRING IN PUGLIA March and April

Three days we will go on excursions to places of major artistic and cultural importance: we will paint trulli at Alberobello, archeological rests at  Egnazia where we will also visit the Archaeological Museum with splendid Greek and Roman art. Our third  excursion will be to Lecce the most beautiful baroque city in the world. An afternoon at white town of Ostuni.

Alberobello, trulli houses

..... gulf of Egnazia Roman city Egnazia, forum ... . . trulli houses Ostuni white town

Lecce, Santa Croce baroque church, detail olive growths in spring centuries old olive trees

FOR THOSE JOINING FROM 23 - 30 SEPTEMBER:

That is still the season to go to the beach and to use the swimming pool at Masseria Salamina!

We will be painting as well on the beach of Egnazia or Capitolo and fishman village of Sevelletri.

day by day

March - April 2008

Day 1. Meeting at 7.30 pm for cocktail and dinner.

Day 2. Painting from 9 am till 1 pm at Masseria Salamina. Lunch at 1 pm. Free afternoon painting. 6 - 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

Day 3. Travelling to Alberobello, the town of trulli houses. Visit of the town. Painting 4 hours. Return in late afternoon. 6 - 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

Day 4. Visit of Lecce, the baroque city. Painting in Lecce 4 hours. Return in late afternoon. 6 - 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

Day 5. Visit of Egnazia arch. site, visit of the museum of Greek and Roman art and beautiful mosaics. Lunch at the beach. Painting 4 hours at the beach of Egnazia or Capitolo. Return in the afternoon. 6 - 7 pm critique, slide lecture.
Dinner 8 pm.

Day 6. Painting from 9 am till 1pm at Savelettri fishman village. Lunch at 1 pm. 6 - 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

Day 7. Painting from 9 am in Ostuni. Lunch at 1 pm. Free afternoon painting. 6 - 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

Day 8. Departure.

September 2008

23 Sept. Meeting at 7.30 pm for cocktail and dinner.

24 Sept. Painting from 9 am till 1pm at Masseria Salamina. Lunch at 1 pm. Free afternoon painting. 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

25 Sept. Visit of Egnazia arch. site, visit of the museum of Greek and Roman art and beautiful mosaics. Lunch at the beach. Painting 4 hours at the beach of Egnazia or Capitolo. Return in the afternoon. 7 pm critique, slide lecture.
Dinner 8 pm.

26 Sept. Visit of Lecce, the baroque city. Painting in Lecce 4 hours. Return in late afternoon. 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

27 Sept. Travelling to Alberobello, the town of trulli houses. Visit of the town and the annual town feast of the Saints Cosimo and Damiano. Painting 4 hours. Return in late afternoon. 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

28 Sept. Painting from 9 am till 1pm at Savelettri fishman village. Lunch at 1 pm. 7 pm critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

29 Sept. Painting from 9 am till 1pm in Ostuni - the white town. Lunch at 1 pm. Afternoon for finishing paintings. 7 pm final critique, slide lecture. Dinner 8 pm.

30 Sept. Departure after breakfast.

Admissions are opened to participants of all ages and levels, from the beginners to advanced.
I realize how important it is for you to travel light. I will provide all you need for your lessons: acrylic paints, brushes, canvases, paper,  French easels, chairs...(just if you wish to work in any different mediums, I ask you to bring your own paints).

Because the workshop is limited to 8 participants, I encourage you to send your enrolment form with deposit as soon as possible. In event of inclement weather, arrangements will be made for indoor painting. There will be no rain dates or refunds for inclement weather.

I encourage non painter partner to join us for daily excursions, meals and evening art appreciation course by offering them reduced rates.

The lessons will be contemporarily in English and Italian.

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