Keeping the Italian charm is at the heart of the restoration and renovation of our guest accommodation at the Villa. To give our guests that perfect Italian holiday experience, we are busy cleaning beams and oiling doors, restoring old walls in the bedrooms and coming up with lots of ideas of how to use the…
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Bringing you that summer feeling….
So, now that we are snuggled up at home with the snow outside getting higher by the minute, we thought we warm your hearts (and ours) with our great new postcards and flyers for the 2016 painting holiday season. Hope you like them as much as we do.
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Off to see Ceasar in Rome
I am huge fan of Canadian artist Ray Ceasar. So, I'm off to see his second exhibition at Rome's Mondo Bizzarro gallery today. A great way to beat the winter blues. If you haven't heard of his work before, check it out on his website: www.rayceasar.com or why not visit the gallery yourself? www.mondobizzarro.net. So…
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Painting in studio…
Once more I have been working on trees. Nearly finished an Italian Oak with a mistletoe attached to it. While it dries i started a mini painting of a view from a roadside nursery.
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Snowy morning in Le Marche!
Hi, woke up to 50 cm of snow here in Force! It's still snowing! Making my futile attempts to clear pathways look ridiculous! However it needed to be done and I must continue with an autumnal landscape that I had started. So I will be painting snow again! Yippee.
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Ascoli Piceno
The nearby Roman city of Ascoli Piceno boasts one of the finest Renaissance squares, Roman architecture galore and a wealth of Templar history. We love taking our painting groups to this amazing city for painting trips and sight-seeing. Throughout the year, it is home to a multitude of cultural highlights, from the annual medieval…
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Painting Monte Falcone
Still working on larger tree painting. I have touched up older paintings. This one is a Tuscan Style View from Monte Falcone again. I like the meandering road and the banks of rolling hills. Lovely view and a great perspective, this sought of perspective is common in Le Marche!
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Painting of a Tree
Ok, here is the basic tree that i worked on yesterday. The oil has become fat now so I need to stop and let it form. Meantime I am going to work on a bigger sketch, this time on paper.
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Painting in the Retreat studio.
Hi from The Retreat's studio. Yesterday we went skiing but on the way I took a moment or two to take some photo's of trees. Trees are fantastic subjects and here in Le Marche at this time of the year their skeletal frames add drama and a cold feeling. Reflected colour from the surrounding landscape…
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Working plein-air in acrylics
A fun day working in acrylics on our current 10-day plein- air course. This very disciplined group of painters from all parts of the globe is producing some amazing work.
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