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The Colors of Light & Shadow
in the Cinque Terre

Laurie Meyer
Laurie Meyer

with artist/instructor
Laurie Meyer
Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola,
Riomaggiore & Monterosso
September 22-29, 2012


Limited spaces for this workshop!
Enroll NOW to ensure your participation!

 
Fabulous Vernazza!
Fabulous Vernazza!
 
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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.

View from hotel
View from hotel
All-inclusive* enrollment options include:
 Instruction on location
Escorted group travel from Florence to

Vernazza September 22, 2012
Seven nights accommodations
in historic Vernazza**
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 starts at US$2899.00 per person,
double occupancy.

 US$2999.00 per person single occupancy
.
special rates for non-painters.
 

 *All-inclusive plans are Pensione Sorriso 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.
(NOTE: Accommodations Hotel & location may change based on availibility)

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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
Vernazza
Manarola
Manarola
Riomaggiore
Riomaggiore

 

Itinerary


Saturday Sept 22 - Travel to Vernazza

-11:00a Meet group members in Florence at Santa Maria Novella station (At start of tracks 15 & 16)

-11:53p Depart Florence Santa Maria Novella station (Change train in La Spezia)

-15:29p Arrival at Vernazza and Check-in

-7:00p wine

-8:00p dinner

-Overnight in Vernazza

Sunday Sept 23 - Vernazza

-9:00-12:00p Morning Session

-1:00p Lunch

-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Session

-7:30p Wine tasting

-8:00p Dinner

-Overnight in Vernazza

Monday Sept 24 - Monterosso

-train to Monterosso (departure TBA)

-10:00-1:00pm Morning Session

-1:00pm lunch

-3:00-7:00p Afternoon Session

-Return to Vernazza (departure TBA)

-7:30p Wine tasting

-8:00p Dinner

Saturday Sept 25 - Riomaggiore

-train to Riomaggiore (departure TBA)

-10:00-1:00pm Morning Session

-1:00pm lunch

-3:00-7:00p Afternoon Session

-Return to Vernazza (departure TBA)

-7:30p Wine tasting

-8:00p Dinner

Wednesday Sept 26 - Manarola

-train to Manarola (departure TBA)

-10:00-1:00pm Morning Session

-1:00pm lunch

-3:00-7:00p Afternoon Session

-Return to Vernazza (departure TBA)

-7:30p Wine tasting

-8:00p Dinner

Thursday Sept 27 – Vernazza

-10:00-1:00pm Morning Session

-1:00pm lunch

-3:00-7:00p Afternoon Session

-Return to Vernazza (departure TBA)

-7:30p Wine tasting

-8:00p Dinner

Friday Sept 28 - Corniglia

-train to Corniglia (departure TBA)

-10:00-1:00pm Morning Session

-1:00pm lunch

-3:00-7:00p Afternoon Session

-Return to Vernazza (departure TBA)

-7:30p Wine tasting

-8:00p Final dinner


Saturday Sept 29 – Morning Check-out - - Travel to Florence/Santa Maria Novella

-08:16a - Morning departure from Vernazza.

-12:03p- arrival at Florence Santa Maria Novella

Note: Toscana Americana reserves the right to alter this itinerary. All times are approximate .Note: travel from Vernazza within the Cinque Terre towns is by train and/or boat. Depending upon timetables, etc.


Vernazza
Vernazza
Monterosso
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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Suggested
Florence accommodations
near Santa Maria Novella station
(Not included in enrollment price)

Hotel Bonciani

 http://www.hotelbonciani.it/inglese/index.html 
reservation@hotelbonciani.it

Hotel Paris
 
http://www.parishotel.it/
info@parishotel.it

 
 
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