Terracotta pots, pink stucco rendering and a pan-tiled roof; unmistakably Italian. Having lived in Italy for 20 years, our eyes are so used to these beautiful features of Italian architecture that it is good to be reminded how lovely they are when looking at an image like this one. Our guests at Art Toscana Art
Driving up the lane this week I have been admiring the autumn crocuses again. There are lots of them this year. I have always called them autumn crocuses, but a guest on one of our painting holidays in Italy recently informed me that their proper name is Sternbergia lutea. They look like large crocuses and
Here he is again giving one of our guests a head massage at Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy love him. Who couldn’t. He is everyones friend!
This photo could have been taken more than 50 years ago, maybe even 100 years ago but the t shirt gives it away. Yes, the photo was taken a few days ago; Giovane loading up the donkeys, not far from Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy. The donkeys seemed happy enough carry theose heavy loads.
This is beautiful Padua again where I had a most spectacular lunch after people watching, shopping, and sight seeing. The sight seeing should come first, I know, but it’s a great place for shopping!! When I met up with our guests at Art Toscana Painting holidays in Italy, loaded down with bags, it was pretty
Georgie our 2 year old Golden Retriever celebrated his birthday last week, at Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy, with a meat birthday cake which he eat in two seconds flat. His birthday wish, as he blew out the candle, was another cake with more meat and less candle. Our guests at Art Toscana Painting
Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy. Everywhere you look is another breathtaking view of the spectacular Apuane Alps covered in snow. Blue sky and snowy mountans, particularly these ones, are probably my favourite views of all time. Here at Art Toscana Painting holidays in Italy there are two ranges of mountains; to the south, the
On the last day of the Art Toscana Painting holidays in Italy our guests go to Sommocolonia, the hilltop village not far from Val di Pozza. They sketch the arches, narrow walkways, stone houses and aerial views of Barga using watercolours and watercolour pencils. It’s 2,330 feet above sea level so you feel as if
This is one of my favourite salads and although it comes from a Persian cookery book, all of the ingredients are Italian; baby tomatoes, olives, red onions, pistachio nuts and pomegranate seeds. Even the pomegranate seeds, although not considered Italian, are from my two pomegranate trees in the garden. That sounds exotic, doesn’t it. The
Last weekend we went to Montecatini for the weekend , a spar town, on the way to Florence, where next year we will be running an Art Toscana, art course in Italy.This is a rather silly picture of me with a delicious red prawn starter, not a dish we serve at Art Toscana, painting holidays