2024 Painting Retreat Announcement (Tuscany, Italy)

Next year I will be hosting a painting retreat at the stunning Tenuta di Sticciano estate in Italy’s beautiful Chianti wine region. Booking will be available to the public on 24th July, however there are only 18 places available so I have taken the opportunity to offer this to my followers on the various social media media platforms ahead of 24th as a thank you for your ongoing support.

The most important points are listed below, but please use the following link to the travel company’s website for further details and the booking link, which is open now:

https://uptrek.com/retreat/landscape-...

Enquiries, contact: [email protected]

Being familiar with my approach to painting the landscape in watercolour, you will have begun to appreciate my preferred way of teaching; I want you to gain confidence in your own skills and styles, by practising techniques that will encourage you to create, rather than copy. This emphasis will run through the week as we look at how to find inspiration in this wonderful landscape, using our own observations and assisted by our own sketches and photographs, as well as painting outdoors, directly from the subjects themselves. We will gain experience in how to interpret the landscape and develop strategies to help plan our watercolour paintings and enhance their visual impact.

• Art classes, individual tuition, and demonstrations with me, suitable for both beginners and more experienced painters
• 7 nights of accommodation at the private Tenuta di Sticciano estate
• Exclusive use of the Fienile and Fornace villas with their living quarters and common areas, two separate indoor workshop spaces, a swimming pool, and beautiful Italian gardens
• Meals: 7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 7 dinners carefully prepared by your private chef
• Special three-course welcome and farewell dinner
• A special traditional oven-made pizza party
• A premium wine-tasting experience in the Holmo Garden
• Premium Italian wine served with dinner each day
• Art trip to San Gimignano
• Art trip to Chianti Classico
• Facebook group with Oliver Pyle and the other retreat participants several months before the retreat