with artist/instructor Laurie Meyer Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore & Monterosso September 22-29, 2012
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Join master painter and workshop instructor Laurie Meyer in the inspiring villages and natural environment of Italy's Cinque Terre region! Add strength to your composition, excitement to your brushwork, and learn to see and mix fresh color in the breathtaking light of the Cinque Terre villages and landscape!
Come. Taste the rich atmosphere and paint in a land where other great artists have been inspired for centuries.
Register early. Class size is limited to 15.
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All-inclusive* enrollment options include: Instruction on location Escorted group travel from Florence to Monterosso September 22, 2012 Seven nights accommodations in historic Monterosso** Local transportation All meals*** (Italian breakfast, lunch and dinner) Daily wine tasting opportunities A farewell wine tasting dinner **Included with "Hotel" plans only, see details ***Included with "Group Meal Plans" only, see details
*All-inclusive plans are Hotel Suisse Belvue plans only. Air travel is the responsibility of each participant. Florence (FLR) is the suggested arrival and departure airport in Italy. All guests are responsible for handling their own luggage/baggage... we suggest to pack light. Walking is required. Go to Enrollment Form
About this workshop...
Paint with Laurie Meyer and capture the adventures of plein air painting colorful landscapes in the beautiful and picturesque Cinque Terre area of Italy (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). Discover how painting from life helps us to see and observe the affects of light and atmosphere. The entire painting process will be covered along with daily demonstrations. Laurie will work individually with each student at their easel and guide them at their own level. This workshop is for anyone interested in learning to develop creative, painterly paintings with clean, rich color, mood, and dynamic compositions.
Vernazza
Manarola
Riomaggiore
Itinerary
Saturday - Travel to Monterosso
-11:00a Meet group members in Florence at Santa Maria Novella station -11:27p Depart Florence Santa Maria Novella station on Regional train #3127 -15:33p Arrival at Monterosso and Check-in at hotel -7:00p Aperitifs
Saturday – Morning Check-out - Travel to Florence/Santa Maria Novella -08:16a - Morning departure from Monterosso. -11:33a- arrival at Florence Santa Maria Novella
Note: Toscana Americana reserves the right to alter this itinerary. All times are approximate. Note: Travel from Monterosso within the Cinque Terre towns is by train and/or boat. Depending upon weather, timetables, etc. NOTE: Walking is required to all painting locations, lunches and dinners. No transfers are provided outside the above itinerary, though guests may pay for taxis and transfers at their own expense. NOTE: No refunds are given for any unused aspects of the itinerary or for any activities outside the above itinerary.
Vernazza
Monterosso
The Cinque Terre Five miles of rocky coast in eastern Liguria, two promontories lie at each extremity, thousands of kilometres of dry walling, cultivated into vineyards, five southerly villages castled up on spurs of stone or disposed in clusters of very small inlets. These are the co-ordinates of the Cinque Terre (Five lands) and the villages of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso. The area is now a National Park and since 1997 a UNESCO protected territory as a system of naturalistic environmental interest. This zone is characterized by the presence of precipitous slopes which have been cultivated into vineyards by means of fatiguing system of terracing the only evidence of transformation operated by the laborious human activity on the territory. The suggestive type of coastal projections on the sea with sheer cliffs that often overtake the verticality alternated with bays, winding paths and enchanting small beaches between cliffs with a profound back drop, a rich variety of ichthyic (fishing) all of which make this district an authentic natural "opera of art".
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