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
“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
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
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
I love this photo because of the windmill’s shadows in the background. It is the menu at the restaurant at the salt pans on the west coast of Sicily where our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Sicily guests have lunch when painting at The saline. As you can see, there is a delicious choice of
On the free day of the Art Toscana Art Courses in Sicily, we take a boat from Castellammare del Golfo along the Zingaro nature Reserve stopping off for several dips in the sea. Entering the dark caves with lapping waves and looking up, you can see sleepy bats hanging from the stalagmites. Our Art Toscana
This picture of the salt pans on the west coast of Sicily is another one of our venues for our Art Toscana Painting Vacations in Sicily. The photo hasn’t caught the real colour of the water which has a pinkish hew due to the pink plankton which live there. The resident flamingos feed on the
This is the harbour view off Castellammare del Golfo, one of the painting venues for our Art Toscana Art holidays in Sicily. The name can be translated as ‘Sea Fortress on the Gulf’. Everywhere you look there is a spectacular view to be painted from the boats in the harbour, the fishermen loading and unloading