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
Georgie is now a one years old. A big chap and very gorgeous. Here he is relaxing in his white leather armchair in the studio watching Chris preparing materials for the Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy. Yes, he is totally spoiled not only by us but also by our guests at Art Toscana Art
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.
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
This aerial view of Erice was taken from the cable car. It’s a long way up; 750 metres. I was travelling with one of our American guests from Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy. Your legs go wobbly and your stomach turns over looking down on the coast line of Trapani on the west coast
Sicily is covered in prickly pear trees. You see them on the hills, in gardens, on shrub land, just about everywhere! They look very pretty especially when the fruits are ripe and red. In Tuscany they are considered a delicacy and people give them to each other as presents! They were beautifully prepared for breakfast
Every year the proprietors of The Petruso Resort improve and renovate the hotel and grounds keeping it looking perfectly maintained even at the end of the season when we are there with our Art Toscana Holiday in Italy guests. Last year they built a health spar which is an aromatic one where Chris and I
This is a picture of our lunch at Castellammare in Sicily with our Art Toscana Art vacations in Italy. You may think “very lovely but a bit small”. We started with oysters and followed up with parfait al mandorle. The sushi had no rice inside. You know how the rice is sometimes too much and
This aerial view is of the harbour at Castellammare del Golfo on the north west coast of Sicily. Our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy guests love painting the harbour view. All those boats! So gorgeous! I will post a couple of their paintings in one of the following blogs although you can see the
The 2025 Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy was a particularly successful season with many returning guests and many of our first-time painters booking for next year. Surprisingly, our 2026 Art Toscana painting Holidays in Sicily is now fully booked and 2027 in Sicily is booking up fast. We still have availability for our 2026