The children returned from a day out in Matelica recently, each wielding a Patenta di Mattu – ‘License to be crazy’ – well, who knew you needed a license? In the middle ages bankrupts were forced to wear a silly hat and walk around the fountain twelve times whilst ringing a bell and shouting...Read More
I spent a while last year enjoying printing lessons with a local artist, Alberto, learning the finer points of intalghilo printing, no pun intended. It got to the stage where I was thinking of buying my own press, – well perhaps not at €1000 a pop. However I did think I could manage something abit...Read More
Here are a few examples of why I just love this time of year. The contrast between the blue mountains and the autumn trees just happens to be my favourite complimentary colour combination. I think next year – an autumn course and we shall chance our arm with the weather. Read More
This course, for some reason, was filled with our antipodean friends. We had John and Micheal from Australia and mother and daughter Deborah and Jenny from New Zealand, all avoiding the southern hemisphere winter. As the temperature hit 40 I guess that was mission accomplished. Fortunately the old farmers knew how to build and no...Read More
A first for us this week with a custom made holiday for Nick and Glynis’s 40th wedding anniversary. Glynis looked a little shell shocked when they arrived . Surpri-ise! – although very relieved it didn’t involve golf clubs. Nick had told me that they only wanted to paint in the mornings allowing them to explore...Read More
Julie joined us for a week of painting and some medieval fayre at the Corsa all spada festival in Camerino. Here are some of her great pictures, as well as Muffin taking her fifteen minutes in the limelight posing on the vespa. A prada bag has recently (since...Read More
Val and Nerina There’s something about Yorkshire humour, add a little Teutonic surrealism and you have a cracking combination. Sally among the poppies Val came to celebrate her birthday with her friends Sally and Isobel (I can only draw rabbits) They...Read More
We have just finished our April course and much fun was had by all. Of course the weather in April can be unpredictable and we did have to consider lashing the artists to the easels on a couple of days. Refuge was found in the studio and the trusty vespa came up trumps again. ...Read More
Here are a few snaps I took on the way to pick up Maisie from swimming this evening. Our first course starts tomorrow, so the house has been scrubbed until it’s bones show. It’s nice to get out for a bit. Read More
