Painting Workshop Program and Excursions

PLEASURABLE PAINTING IN TUSCANY

Intensive one week Landscape Painting Workshop in Tuscany with European artist Tjasa Iris.
Color theory. Slides of contemporary and modern art will be shown each evening.

DAY BY DAY PROGRAM

under San Donato village

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. 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. Hikking trips will be organized for you for two afternoons. Walking the Tuscan land you will be able to get to know better the light and the colors of it. We will do a stop where you will be able to scatch or photograph. Some people do not like to hike, in that case you will have a chance to stay and paint at San Donato. My recommandation is by the swimminpool from where you will be able to see a big part of Tuscany, too. One afternoon we will spend at San Gimignano. And two whole days we will be travelling to other towns in Tuscany. In the evenings we will discuss the work done during the day and see numerous slides of contemporary and modern art.

San Donato

DAY BY DAY PROGRAM

DAY 1
Meeting at Fattoria (Farm) San Donato at 7.30 pm for cocktail. We will have dinner after that.

www.sandonato.it

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DAY 2
Painting en plein air from 9 am - 1 pm in the field near San Donato.

Light lunch. Afternoon visit to San Gimignano, visit of the old city with the fortress, entrance to the Cathedral where we will see frescos of Barna di Siena, Benozzo Gozzoli, Bartolo di Fredi, Ghirlandaio…
6.30 pm slide lecture
8 pm dinner

- an afternoon excursion to San Gimignano, visit of the old city center with the fortress, entrance to the Cathedral where we will see  frescos of Barna di Siena, Benozzo Gozzoli, Bartalo di Fredi, Ghirlandaio...

Piazza della Cisterna main square of San Gimignano, Collegiata church of San Gimignano

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DAY 3
Painting en plein air from 9 am - 1 pm near San Donato.
Light lunch. Slides at 4 pm.
Afternoon trekking excursion to Montauto, an ancient hill top town on the Franchigena road.
6.30 pm slide lecture
8 pm dinner

- afternoon trekking excursion to Montauto an ancient hill town on the Frachigena road.

from the way to Mountauto

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DAY 4

Painting en plein air from 9 am - 1 pm at San Donato.

Light lunch. Afternoon trekking excursion to Castel Vecchio a city abandon in the 13 th century in the middle of the woods.
6.30 pm slide lecture
8 pm dinner

- afternoon trekking painting excursion to Castel Vecchio a city abandon in the 13st century in the middle of the woods.

Castel Vecchio abandon Romanesque church, Ruins of Castel Vecchio

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DAY 5

10.30 am slide lecture
A whole day painting excursion to Volterra. Visit of Etruscan museum.
6.30 pm slide lecture
8 pm dinner

- one whole day excursion to Volterra with visit of world most famous Etruscan Museum that hold the most famous Etruscan sculpture "Shadow of the evening" "Ombra della sera".

...... ombra della
sera II. B.C.

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DAY 6

Departure at 9 am.
A whole day painting excursion across little towns of Tuscany, a visit to two museums with Tuscan paintings in the town of Sienna: visit of cathedral and Piccolomini Library inside the cathedral with frescos of Pintoricchio, visit to ancient fortified town of Monteriggioni, where we will paint in the afternoon.

8 pm dinner

- one whole day excursion across little towns of Tuscany

a visit to the town of Sienna: the Cathedral and Piccolomini Library inside the Cathedral with frescos of Pintoricchio. In the afternoon we will drive to spectacular fortified town Monteriggioni where we will paint in the afternoon. On the way back we will stop for a dinner in a local restaurant.

Sienna, Cathedral od Sienna and frescos, Montereggioni

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DAY 7

Slides at 9 am.
Painting and finishing paintings.
Slides and final critique at 6 pm.
8 pm dinner

final critique

final critique

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DAY 8

Departure in the morning.

Admissions are opened to participants of all ages and levels from 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 by offering them reduced rates.

The lessons will be contemporarily in English and Italian.

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