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
Spring is here at Art Toscana, art vacations in Italy. It was 18°C today, several degrees higher than the normal temperature for this time of the year but a perfect temperature for painting in Italy. What a pretty picture this would make with the sun shining through the spring flowers.
This is the first year I can remember without any snow at Art Toscana painting vacations in Italy. However, we haven’t been deprived of rain and this week there is some snow on the Apuane Alps which you can see from Art Toscana, painting holidays in Italy. The little babbling brook, where in the summer,
What a strange Spring! It’s February. The daffodils are in bloom but the snowdrops are lingering-on in sweet splendour, while the hellebores, which decorate the garden in January, have only just decided to wake up. At Art Toscana, painting holidays in Italy, set in the unique environment of the Garfagnana, there are always strange surprises.
I took this photo on New Years Day in the square of Saint Michael in Lucca (La Piazza di San Michele), a blue projection of stars and giant snowflakes falling on the Church of San Michele. On the free day of our Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy, most of our guests go to Lucca
On the Apennine side of the Garfagnana and Mid-Serchio Valley, at an altitude of 1,525 metres, lies the village of San Pellegrino Alpe, the highest village in the Aapennine mountains, once a stronghold for the territories defence system. It’s there, in Il Santaurio di San Pellegrino, a sanctuary for pilgrims who came to pay homage