Painting holidays in watercolour

Watercolour painting holidays in Southern France.

Ideal for beginners, enthusiasts, established artists and non painting partners.

 

 

 

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Painting Programme Day 4

 

Watercolour painting holidays in France - Day Four

Light Mood and Atmosphere

Day four - Outdoor Location

Holiday day four is spent at one of the existing outdoor locations. We will choose the site as the week goes on. On this day we will consider Mood and how we achieve that excitment or tranquility that we seek in our pictures.

 

Approx Time

Task

Notes

9:30am

Painting

After breakfast we will each prepare our own outdoor painting kit and then we will set off into the countryside.

Preparation will include making sure we have plenty of papers cut and attached to boards. We will use several as we work quickly and loosely

10:00am

Mood

Demonstration of techniques to create the mood we want from our finished picture

10:30am

Painting 

working on our subject to get mood and atmosphere

12:00noon Picnic lunch Enjoy at picnic lunch on site
1:30pm Painting After lunch complete our painting

4:00pm

Return home

Relax, read, swim, play pentanque, cycle and unwind in preparation for a great alfresco dinner.

7:00pm

Aperitif and Dinner

Unwind with an alfresco dinner on the terrace with great views of the Lauragais and over to the Black Mountains.

 

 

watercolour painting holidays - Locations
Contact Lesley and Allan Kirk email to painting@tarnincolour.com