Intensive Painting WorkShops in the South of France

 

Have a memorable and inspiring experience painting in a quiet, mountain village in historic surroundings.

 

Location: Sauve is in the Cévennes, Languedoc wine region. It’s a peaceful medieval village on a rocky hill overlooking the Vidourle River. It’s off the beaten track, surrounded by vineyards and mountains.

 

Dates: Courses start weekly, with the first session on Mondays with a welcome dinner the Sunday before. Daily sessions involve 6 hours instruction per day (4 hours landscape painting and optional 2 hours landscape drawing). Make a summer painting workshop-to-order. You can attend for 2, 3, 4 up to 6 days in a row. We will start early at 8:30 to beat the heat, and paint in the walled, private, terraced garden until lunch is served in the shade. The classes will be kept small [no more than 4 people] and are for all levels, painting in the medium of your choice. Submission for the months June, July and August of 2010 are accepted. For more information or to reserve a place for this years course email Monica Franciscus.

 

Objective: Build on each painter’s individual strengths with a focus on color, space and composition - getting painters to a next level. The classes will deal with specific and different issues each day. Combining focus points from every class, everyone will have dealt with the major issues involved in pushing work to be strong. The instructor seeks to teach artists to understand and solve the visual challenges, see what each artist is attempting to do and find solutions in order to get there.  The instructor will help identify each painter’s strengths and clarify work methods.

 

Instructor: Monica Franciscus has been painting for 20 years. She studied at The New York Studio School

 

Accommodations: Nearby Hotels [0, 1, 2] and Local bed and breakfasts [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].
 
Price: Daily rate for small groups between 2 and 4 people which includes drinks, picnic lunch with local wines and snack:  120 Euros per person.  6 days lasting individual instruction is available and includes lodging at 1440 Euros.

 

Nearby places of interest:
Vineyards, castles and weekly markets, minutes away
grottoes [1, 2] (20 miles)
Montpellier (35 miles)
Nimes (20 miles) Maison Carré Art Museum
La Grande Motte (30 miles)
Mediterranean sea (30 miles)
Carcassonne (124 miles)

Explore nearby mountains, forests and rivers.  With compelling areas inland and by the sea, this region offers a large variety of subjects to paint. Come enjoy these stimulating surroundings and have an inspired week of painting.