Walking through the woods at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
This is Georgie on his Sunday walk from Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy to Barga through the woods at Catagnana with that look of “Come on, hurry up, where are you?”
The Autum Leaves at Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy
Georgie can’t resist immersing himself in crispy autumn leaves. I suppose it’s like a canine full body massage; the crackling and crunching sound of the leaves adding to the pleasure. The leaves arrived during the last few windy nights. We woke up yesterday to find we couldn’t open the back door without the autumn foliage
The Delites of Cafe Lucchese, Barga, the seat of Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy
There are so many delicious Christmas goodies here at Cafe Lucchese our wonderful local patisserie; chocolates, panettone, rum babs in jars soaked in rum, specialist olive oil, fig jam, and lots of other Italian Christmas goodies. I have said that Cafe Lucchese could match any other patisserie in the world! A sweeping statement but their
Christmas Wreath
I took this rather wonky photograph of a Christmas wreath in Lewes a few weeks ago whilst visiting our grandchildren. It is so delicate and wistful, I had to put it in my phone. Perhaps it is not a Christmas display because where is the green and red? Chris and I, here at Art Toscana
Lake Como – another venue for future Art Toscana Art holidays in Italy
When Chris and I were in Lake Como this year in March (for Chris’s birthday) we visited a vineyard that had supplied the white wine for George Clooney’s wedding. The delicious white wine was quite unusual due to the native Verdese grape. George Clooney bought 400 bottles for his wedding, we bought 12 and still
Art Toscana Painting Vacations in Florence
Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Florence was there early this year in April. Il Ponte Vecchio spanning over the river Arno and built in the thirteenth century, is one of the images that marks, what is said to be, the most beautiful city in the world. Our guests at Art Toscana Art Retreats in Italy
San Candido – A possible venue for our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy??
This is San Candido in the Dolomite Mountains where Chris & I spent Christmas 2024 with our friends. The snow on the mountains at Val di Pozza has reminded me of how beautiful winter can be! I will put up some more photos of San Candido in the forthcoming blogs. Such gorgeous scenes to paint
November Sky
What a beautiful image of the sky and the mountain taken at twilight this evening. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy would find this shot most inspiring. In summer you don’t usually see dramatic skies like this, just that perfectly gorgeous cerulean blue that dominates most of our painters creations at Art
Autumn Leaves at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy
It’s a good job we don’t run courses in the winter at Art Toscana Art Courses in Italy because we would have to do a mammoth amount of leaf clearing to make it look tidy. It usually takes us weeks every year with the help of the gardener. We start clearing when all of the
Could This Be Barga?
No, It isn’t Barga. It was taken in London at King’s Boulevard. So similar to Barga at Christmas time and what a fabulous scene for our guests at Art Toscana Painting Vacations in Italy!! If I was a painter at Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy I would find this scene so inspiring.