Watercolour Painting Holidays
on Samos, Greece
18 - 23 September 2022
Beginner to advanced.
Max 8 people
£450
Included: 6 days teaching and excursions.
Tutor: Trine Pettigrew
Not included: Travel/Flights, Board and Lodging.
Flights from London via Athens can be booked via easy Jet and Olympic Air.
Small streets, a small square, old houses and blue sea. These are some of the things that characterise Greece, and Samos is no exception.
These, and many other scenes, are what we will try to capture in our daily sketches, and later put down on paper using watercolour. Every day we gather in Trine's courtyard before we go on our daily excursion, where we will sketch and draw our chosen motifs.
After a break in the middle of the day, where lunch can be enjoyed at one of the many restaurants on the waterfront, and perhaps a dip from the villages beach, we meet back at Trines and summerise our day's experiences.
Here, Trine will demonstrate different watercolour techniques, then we shall paint!
Theory lessons will include perspective drawing, color theory, the the use of a view-finder as well as techniques, such as washes, lifting and painting wet in wet.
The week culminates in a small private viewing, and a glass of bubbly in Trine's house.
The week's schedule:
Sunday
We shall meet at 1 pm at the town museum, located at the entrance to the town from the main road to Samos town. We will go for a walk around the town, and get to know the place.
After this, Trine invites you to a glass of wine in her courtyard, and we will get to know each other a little better before tomorrow's first lines are drawn in our sketchbooks.
Monday
We meet at 10 in Trine's courtyard.
Sketching in "the blue streets".
13-15 Lunch break
15-17 Paint in the courtyard
Tuesday
10-13
Sketching at the harbour
13-15 Lunch break
15-17 Paint in the courtyard
Wednesday
Meet at 10
Walk to the old monastery.
(Remember Packed Lunches.)
15-17 Paint in the courtyard
Thursday
Meet at 10 p.m.
Local bus to the old part of Samos town.
(Remember Packed Lunches.)
Friday
at 10-13 and at 15-17 in the courtyard.
We will complete our paintings, then finish with a small private viewing and a glass of wine.
MATERIAL LIST
Sketchbook
Black pen
Pencil
Ruler
Watercolour paints
Brushes
Watercolour paper
Water tank
Maletape
