This is a picture of the salt marshes at Trapani (Le Saline di Trapani) in Sicily where our Art Toscana painting in Italy guests develop their oil paintings. It is truly an inspirational place especially for artists. The salt pans have a pink hew due to the prawns that live there. This attracts flocks of
This picture, which looks like blue bubble wrap, is one I took on a boat ride in Sicily this year. I was with our guests on our first October course of Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy. After throwing ourselves into the crystal clear water with our snorkels and masks, to admire the marine life
Here are Steve and Chris, two of our American guests, who came with their painting partners to one of our Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy courses. Yes they are wearing aprons because Mari is giving them a cookery lesson. I did intend not to talk about food in this blog but one can’t seem
This vast expanse of golden beach and deep blue sea is the beach at Balestrate in Sicily. It’s a ten minute walk from the hotel through a eucalyptus and pine wood, the smell of which is wonderfully overpowering. Many of our guests at Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy went to the beach for a
I often stand on the little bridge at the end of our lane mesmerised by the Corsonna river. In summer, it is nothing more than a rivulet, where the sunlight peeping between the branches of the overhanging trees, sends silver darts into the water as it dances amongst the rocks. Our guests at Art Toscana,
At Caffe Lucchesi you are served the best coffee in Barga together with the best choice of buns and cakes. For every week of our Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy, Signore Lucchesi makes the mignons and chocolate cakes for our guests which are particularly exquisite. If our Art Toscana guests don’t go to Lucca
This beautiful mule belongs to Guido, The Mule Man. He has two mules which live in the meadow down the lane from Val di Pozza. We pass them everyday, with the guests who come on our painting holidays in Italy, often stopping with a bag of apple pieces, carrots and zucchini. Guido was loading up
Saturday is the free day at Art Toscana when most of our guests, who come on our painting holidays in Italy, choose to go to Lucca. I go into Barga to buy the fruit and vegetables. Not all of our guests go to Lucca as some prefer to stay at Val di Pozza to relax