Our Tuscany painting courses are ideal for beginners and experts as we have a relaxed itinerary that allows for a great deal of experimentation and development at all levels.

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Our Tuscan Painting Courses are held at the historic Villa Maria

 Saturday
Arrive at Pisa airport at approx 15.00 where you will be met by your Flavours host and transferred to Villa Maria. Welcome drinks and dinner on the terrace.

Sunday
After breakfast you will have an introduction to watercolour looking at basic techniques, different kinds of paper, brushes etc. There will be a demonstration in how to do quick sketches in the medium. The afternoon is free to enjoy as you wish. Dinner will be at the villa. Monday There will be a demonstration of landscape painting after breakfast, looking at different ways in which to apply watercolour and the mixing of other media like pastel and coloured pencil. Following lunch there will be an afternoon visit to a private painting location for you to try out techniques. In the evening we will have a critique of the work so far, followed by dinner.

Tuesday
After breakfast there will be a lesson in the elements of composition and colour and the chance to experiment further with the medium. Following lunch, an afternoon visit to Lucca with an opportunity to sketch. Dinner at the villa.

Wednesday
Today we take a visit to Florence for a full day of gallery visits at your leisure and meet for lunch at a traditional trattoria. Before dinner we will have an evening discussion of the work so far and a look at some examples of traditional and contemporary watercolour painting.

Thursday
A chance today to try larger scale and more ambitious work using sketches and ideas accumulated do far. This will take up the large part of the day with a break for lunch on the terrace. In the latter part of the afternoon we will visit a local vineyard and the evening will be spent in Lucca with dinner at a local restaurant.

Friday
After breakfast we will look at the work so far with a critique on progress and a chance to continue to work in and around the villa. For the rest of your last day you are free to continue painting, to relax by the pool or go walking. Dinner will be at the villa and we will have a group show of the work created during the week.

Saturday
Depart for airport after breakfast.

Flavours of Italy also offer painting holidays in Sicily as well as Cooking Holidays in Bologna, Sicily, Puglia and Tuscany. We also offer Pilates Holidays in Italy. If you would like to know more about any of our holidays then please contact us on +44(0)131 343 2500 or send us an email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - we would love to hear from you!

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