Off to Sicily Again
The view from our little cabin on the ferry travelling from Livorno to Palermo for the start of our Art Toscana Art Holidays in Italy. Always so exciting even though we have been doing this every year since 2012!!
The Salt Pans at The Saline
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
The Harbour at Castellammare Del Golfo with Art Toscana Art Courses in Sicily
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
What a Strange Spring!
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.
The Salt marshes in Sicily
This is a picture of the salt marshes at Trapani (Le Saline di Trapani) in Sicily where our Art Toscana painting in Italy guests develop their oil paintings. It is truly an inspirational place especially for artists. The salt pans have a pink hew due to the prawns that live there. This attracts flocks of
Feeding the Fish in Sicily
This picture, which looks like blue bubble wrap, is one I took on a boat ride in Sicily this year. I was with our guests on our first October course of Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy. After throwing ourselves into the crystal clear water with our snorkels and masks, to admire the marine life
Our Beach In Sicily
This vast expanse of golden beach and deep blue sea is the beach at Balestrate in Sicily. It’s a ten minute walk from the hotel through a eucalyptus and pine wood, the smell of which is wonderfully overpowering. Many of our guests at Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy went to the beach for a