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Treat yourself to this fantastic opportunity to paint watercolours in the beautiful renaissance city of Florence - the perfect landscape for artists to become inspired and improve their skills.
2026 dates
2nd - 7th May
2nd - 7th October
Treat yourself to this fantastic opportunity to paint watercolours in the beautiful renaissance city of Florence - the perfect landscape for artists to become inspired and improve their skills.
2026 dates
2nd - 7th May
2nd - 7th October
Treat yourself to this fantastic opportunity to paint watercolours in the beautiful Renaissance city of Florence. It doesn’t really get any better than this for artists. Soak up the ambience and culture of this famous historical city and allow your experienced tutor to guide you around from one inspirational backdrop to another.
Learn to paint quickly with impressionistic flair through expert tuition from your Academy trained tutor. Whether you’re into the illustrious facades of the ancient cathedrals and palazzos or the grand spaces of Florence’s many piazzas, you really couldn’t be in better hands.
With this tour, you will learn to compose interesting urban scenes with famous landmarks as your focal points which will wow your friends and family alike! Locations may include the Ponte Vecchio, Santa Croce, Il Duomo, The Boboli Gardens and views of the Arno.
Water colour can be both a challenging medium and an exciting one that offers huge scope for experimentation and unusual effects. Many techniques have been around for centuries and still form the foundation of water colour work.
These need to be mastered first- without knowing how to lay a wash or work, wet-in-wet for example, little progress can be made. But it does not take long to become familiar with these processes and then the enjoyable part of experimentation can begin.
Techniques throughout the course will include, masking, reserving highlights, applying glazes, spattering, scumble glaze, graded washes, wet-in-wet, granulation, soft-edges, running in and scraping back.
*From price based on 2 people sharing a room.
