Classic Tuscany The Land & Light  

Sunday October 7 to Sunday October 14, 2012

Be Inspired and create your own Plein Air Paintings!  Cypress, umbrella pines, and the rolling landscape all bathed in the glowing Tuscan light present world class vistas to challenge the out-door painter.  Join us for our 15th year in the beautiful village of Bagno Vignoni, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany.

The workshop includes:

• 7 nights, 8 days at Albergo Le Terme, a restored Papal Country Villa (Pope Pio II)  All rooms have private baths
• Breakfast each day; 3 lunches, 5 dinners included
• Art instruction and painting normally 6 hrs per day, approx 33 hrs in total
• Work in oils, watercolors or pastels.  Beginners to advanced
• Demos in oils daily; individual critiques; one-on-one painting & drawing instruction
• Painting in Pienza, Montechiello, Bagno Vignoni; includes transportation to site
• Land transfers from Rome and then back to the airport included
• Special mid week travel day to villa Banfi for wine tastings and also a visit to the award-winning Frantoio Franci for oilve oil and tastings
• Special wine-paired, four-course luncheon with the very best of Tuscan fare at the Michelin-rated La Taverna at villa Banfi

Workshop price: Artists: $3,275; non-painting guests, $2,875; Single room supplement, $375

Our lovely hotel in Bagno Vignoni has been beautifully updated and now boasts a world-class SPA!  The spa amenities are available to you as part of your stay with the thermal baths included included with this workshop.  Additional services are at an extra charge.  We know you'll want to indulge in a massage or facial.

Special group Workshops available.  Select your desired location and dates and we will develop a customized art workshop plan for people who want to travel as a group.  We also offer reduced rates for paint-outs, non-instructed programs which involve everyone just painting together. A minimum of 12 people is required.