2012 Painting holiday programme

There are 15 painting holidays at the Watermill at Posara, Tuscany for 2012. Each course enjoys SEVEN nights at the watermill, with full board.

We should emphasise that absolutely EVERYTHING is included in the cost of your holiday: tuition, accommodation (including all linen and towels), pre-dinner aperitifs, all meals (including meals with wine at charming local restaurants) and local transportation (including transfers to Pisa airport; an excursion by train to Lucca or the Cinque Terre).  All you have to do is get to Pisa and we do the rest!

 

2012 Programme

Please scroll through the programme below to find a tutor and a time that suits you best.

Use our “No Obligation” Booking enquiry form for bookings and enquiries, a link to this form can be found in each painting course panel, page menu or at the top of this page.
To find out more about our international Tutors and view samples of their work, click on the Tutor's Profile link found in each painting course's panel

Painting holidays tutor - Mike Willdridge

Saturday 12 May to Saturday 19 May 2012

Mike Willdridge

Mike Willdridge painting holidays tutor

Watercolours (also oils and acrylics)

We are delighted to welcome Mike back to the mill this year. He works and teaches in a wide range of media and is an enthusiastic and energetic tutor with more than 20 years' experience. Although his classes are always light-hearted and fun, he is experienced enough to vary the level of ‘teaching’ to individual needs.

Mike works quickly and in a loose style, encouraging his students to simplify their own work. His watercolours are mostly painted ‘wet into wet’ and in other media he uses a variety of tools such as household brushes, card and rags to produce loose and semi abstract work. He especially values drawing as a way of recording/responding to everyday events and makes constant use of a sketchbook.

To learn more about Mike and view some of his work click the Tutor Profile button.

Georgia Mansur

Saturday 26 May to Saturday 2 June 2012

Georgia Mansur

Painting by Georgia Mansur

Watercolours, Impasto acrylics and Oils

Georgia has won many awards with her work and exhibits in Australia and Overseas. Workshop participants often write letters of thanks to Georgia after attending one of her workshops, creating handmade cards whilst showing off their newly acquired painting skills! Georgia is a teacher that knows how to take the fear out of painting and help students express themselves and their impressions through paint, no matter where you may be on your artistic path!

To learn more about Georgia and view some of her work click the Tutor Profile button.

Bob Henfrey

Saturday 2 June to Saturday 9 June 2012

Bob Henfrey

painting by Bob Henfrey

Watercolours

Bob has an approachable manner that welcomes and accommodates all levels of ability from basic starters to very experienced. He is accomplished and comfortable with a wide range of media and styles of painting and likes to lead by example with painting demonstrations. With a relaxed rather than formal style of coaching, Bob prefers to encourage confidence by expressing the positive side of painting and finding practical solutions to the problems that arise.

To learn more about Bob and view some of his work click the Tutor Profile button.

Painting holidays tutor - Fabio Cembranelli

Saturday 16 June to Saturday 23 June 2012 and
Saturday 23 June to Saturday 30 June 2012 and
Saturday 30 June to Saturday 7 July 2012

Fábio Cembranelli

fabio Cembranelli painting holidays tutor

                               Watercolours*

Fábio, a Brazilian artist, is internationally famous for his unique and luminous floral watercolours, but he also loves painting landscapes. Nowadays much of his work his work focusses on plein air painting, observing and studying nature firsthand at inspiring outdoor locations. This will be his second visit to the mill and the wonderful scenery of Lunigiana.

* Fábio's course will focus on watercolours, but he is equally skilled at painting and teaching in oils and acrylics and if you want to bring these, he will happily teach you in these media as well.

To learn more about Fábio and view some of his work click the Tutor Profile button.

Chester Kasnowski - watermill painting tutor

Saturday 21 July to Saturday 28 July 2012

Chester Kasnowski

Painting by Chester Kasnowski

Oil Pastels, Acrylic and Watercolours

Chester Kasnowski works in Oil Pastels, as well as Acrylic and Watercolour, to create highly charged still-lifes, figures and landscapes. He has taught art for more than 30 years; lectured; written art reviews; given workshops; and, was a curator of education at the New Orleans Museum of Art. His works are in numerous private collections as well as museums such as the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Guggenheim Museum (NY), the Tate Gallery (London) and the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam).

Chester says, "My goal as an art teacher is to give students the confidence to paint anything, anytime. I set a comfortable, fun and enthusiastic working pace in an atmosphere of open communication. I paint side-by-side with students and, by example, I help them over the hurdles of drifting thoughts to refocus and create a personal, successful painting."

To learn more about Chester and view some of his work click the Tutor Profile button.

Painting holidays tutor - Margaret Ferraro

Saturday 18 August to Saturday 25 August 2012

Margaret Ferraro

Margaret Ferraro painting holiday tutor

Oils and Soft Pastel

Margaret's week-long painting course at the watermill will concentrate on oils and soft pastel. An artist all her life, she loves to share her knowledge and skills with all her students, from beginners right through to advanced. Margaret strives to provide a fun, non-judgemental atmosphere, allowing everyone to develop at their own pace and in their own way.

She says: "With a background in textile design, I can't help but interpret landscape as a collection of exciting colour play, textural, designed, patterns, culminating in my own personal expression of what I find beautiful in the natural world. Using underpainting as a basis for colour reaction, I work dark to light, employ cool and warm contrast, as well as value play. These landscapes are puzzles to me, fitting in each piece as they come right."

To learn more about Margaret and view some of her work click the Tutor Profile button.

Painting holidays tutor - Annelise Pio Hansen

Saturday 25 August to Saturday 1 September 2012

Annelise Pio Hansen

Annelise Pio Hansen painting holidays tutor

Watercolours

Annelise is a regular and very popular tutor at the watermill. She often brings a group of fun-loving Danish students, all of whom speak good English and like to meet painters from other nationalities.

Annelise came to painting as a better way to understand the creative process; at the time she was a fiction editor and art director in book publishing and with a weekly magazine. She studied her watercolour technique in England but she has retained her Danish influence.

Her colours are soft but bright, just like the light reaching the sandy beaches and the soft hills not far from where she lives just outside Copenhagen.

To learn more about Annelise and view some of her work click the Tutor Profile button.

Painting holidays tutor - Laraine Simpson

Saturday 1 September to Saturday 8 September 2012

Laraine Simpson

Laraine Simpson painting holidays tutor

Oils, pastels, watercolours etc

Laraine is a 'Fine Arts' painting graduate of Central School of Art & Design (now Central St. Martins), London. She works in oils, pastels, watercolours, and a variety of drawing materials. Her main inspiration is the wonderful interplay of light on surfaces, particularly the human form and landscape, and also animals and architecture.

Laraine is highly regarded as a perceptive, patient and encouraging tutor working with beginners and advanced students alike, her main aim being to teach people to 'see' the relationships of line, tone, shape, colour etc which are fundamental to drawing and painting.

To learn more about Laraine and view some of her work click the Tutor Profile button.

watermill painting tutor - Doug Mays

Saturday 8 September to Saturday 15 September 2012

Doug Mays

Painting by Doug Mays

Watercolours

Doug is known for his loose, impressionistic painting style, an approach that allows him to maximize watercolour's spontaneity and 'expressive freedom'. Doug's paintings are inspired by the works of John Singer Sargent and the teachings of Edgar Whitney.

Doug is an elected member of Canada's national watercolour society – The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC); he is a Past-President of the Central Ontario Art Association and is an active member of the Ontario Plein Air Society.

He is an award winning artist who has proven to be a personable and effective watercolour instructor conducting workshops and painting with numerous art groups in Canada, USA, Mexico and Europe.

To learn more about Doug and view some of his work click the Tutor Profile button.

Painting holidays tutor - David Taylor

Saturday 22 September to Saturday 29 September 2012

David Taylor

David Taylor painting holidays tutor

Watercolours

David Taylor is one of Australia's outstanding watercolour artists and has received international recognition for his services to painting and teaching.

His work is in collections throughout the world and he has been featured countless times in art magazines. An expert in colour and composition, he says of his painting: "It is of high importance for me to say more with less...to discard the inessential...to be simple and poetic not only in the treatment of the subject but in the technical manner of the painting."

David is a truly inspiring teacher and ran a highly successful course for us in Scotland. This is his second visit to the watermill.

To learn more about David and view some of his work click the Tutor Profile button.

Painting holidays tutor - Charles Sluga

Saturday 29 September to Saturday 6 October 2012

Charles Sluga

Charles Sluga painting holidays tutor

Watercolours

Charles is a highly respected Australian artist and watercolour teacher. He has gained a reputation for versatility in both his technique and choice of subject matter.

He is a regular contributor to Australian Artist magazine and is currently writing articles for the International Artist magazine and the British magazine Leisure Painter and working on his first book on watercolour painting.

Charles' friendly and enthusiastic approach, and eagerness to impart his wide knowledge, is reflected in his popularity as a tutor and the waiting lists for his regular classes.

To learn more about Charles and view some of his work click the Tutor Profile button.