The Mountain Suddenly Appears

When I take the dog for a walk on Sunday mornings through the woods from Catagnana to Barga suddenly through a gap in the trees, there they are, the Apuan Alps stoically making their statement of beauty and wonder. Beauty and wonder is what our guests at Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy say when

Autumn at Val di Pozza

Unfortunately our guests at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy don’t experience this beautiful sight of the old chicken coops and chestnut trees in Autumn. When our guests at Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy step outside the artist’s studio the trees are heavy, thick and green with a canopy of baby green chestnut husks.

Autumn 2025/Winter 2026 Online Courses

These are some of the drawings for Unit 1 of the Art Toscana Online Courses. The theme is cubism. Chris has taken several different orientations of a teapot and put the images together as you can see from the drawings. Lots of geometry involve! Many of our guests from Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy

Covered in Mud

“Golden Retrievers are the best dogs you could ever wish for,”we were told by our guests at Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy. We had just lost our previous love, Teddy, a husky cross Italian sheepdog. It was heartbreaking of course. Only a few days later we were told about a litter of Golden Retrievers

Chris at The Saline

I love this picture of Chris at The Saline in Sicily where our guests at Art Toscana Art Vacations in Italy spend the day painting the spectacular views across the salt pans to the open sea. Chris chose the view of the hilltop town of Erice, which as you can see, touches the clouds and

A tropical garden

At The Petruso Resort where we stay with the guests from Art Toscana Art Courses in Italy, we all have a little apartment with a tropical/Sicilian garden. The staff at The Petruso Resort are so helpful, friendly and accommodating that our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy guests feel completely relaxed and at home.

The restaurant at Petruso Resort

This picture is the restaurant at the Petruso Resort in Sicily where, in October, our guests from Art Toscana Painting holidays in Italy were just about to have their last meal before returning home. What a wonderful time we had. The picture was taken from the studio in the garden at the end of the