DATE OF TOUR: Sept 18 - 25, 2008 - THESE DATES ONLY PLEASE!
An encounter with Cortona is an encounter with art, with history and with spirituality. We will be staying in a wonderful Tuscan villa and there will be scheduled visits to museums and excursions. A highlight will be a guided tour of Montepulciano, with wine-tasting at Cantina Redi, one of the finest local wineries where you may sample the famous vino Nobile.
Daily, you will have several options - painting, sketching or photographing with Jann; shopping and touring or just relaxing at your own pace. You may paint in any medium. The choice will be yours. Non-painters welcome!
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1, SEPT 18: Pick up at Rome Fiumicino/Da Vinci airport at 2.00pm
Travel to our homebase of Cortona, where you will have time to relax and freshen up. Informal evening to meet the tutor and the rest of the group, talk about the workshop and what you wish to achieve in the week ahead, followed by our evening meal in Cortona.
Days 2-3. Sept 19, 20: Tuscan Villa
After breakfast our tutor talks about some of the techniques you may use during the course of the week and gives a short demonstration. Painting on location at the villa. Picnic lunch. Continue workshop into the afternoon, early finish to visit the museum Diocesano in Cortona which contains works by Luca Signorelli and Fra.Angelico. Time for a passeggiata (stroll) before dinner.
Day 4, Sept 21: Excursion to Montepulciano & Pienza
We visit the charming hill town of Montepulciano with time to enjoy the narrow streets and renaissance - inspired buildings. Walk through the ancient ageing cellars of a local winery, sample the famous "Vino Nobile". Visit the 'Tempo di S.Biaggio' by San Gallo. After lunch we continue to the town of Pienza where you will have time to browse, shop or sketch. Return to villa, freshen up & relax before your evening meal.
Day 5, Sept 22: Pierle
Painting workshop on location at a 12th century fortress, now in ruins. It was once lived in by the King of Naples before the unification of Italy. and it includes a 11th century chapel. Pierle is a farming village of about 20 houses - very quaint and tranquil. We travel to the thermal baths of Rapolano Terme where there are indoor and outdoor hot thermal baths. Very relaxing and therapeutic.
Day 6, Sept 23: Monastero Oasi
Early breakfast and then painting workshop on location near the 13th century Oasi Monastery set on the Mt. Egidio hillside, below Cortona. Sketch and prepare to paint. Picnic lunch & time to relax at the villa. Continue in the afternoon.
Day 7, Sept 24: Painting
In and around historic Cortona. The main piazza, with its many narrow streets and alleyways, contains some buildings which date back to the 13th century and are still inhabited. Choose your own subject. Lunch on location at local trattoria. Early finish for appraisal of your work with tutor, and feedback of your workshop and experience with Tuscany in the Frame. Celebratory evening meal.
Day 8, Sept 25: Transfer to Rome Fiumicino (Da Vinci). Departure by minibus from Cortona at 8.00am to arrive at Rome 11.00am
THESE TOUR DATES ONLY PLEASE!
Our host, Tuscany in the Frame, Raffaele Nobile, is Italian/English speaking. He has 25 years of experience running his own businesses, is a keen painter, and will be available throughout your stay. Relax and let him take care of everything while you paint with Jann.
Jann Pollard, NWS will be the painting instructor. Open to all levels of artists and in any medium. We will be capturing the moment through photos, sketches and small, plein air paintings.
Our accommodations will be in a newly restored Tuscan villa, set in the Tuscan countryside.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Maximum cost is for single supplement.
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