Classes and Workshops

Interpreting the Tuscan Landscape through Drawing, Painting, and Mixed Media

Il Chiostro: Art, Culture, and Culinary Workshop in Italy

LOCATION:   Tuscany, San Fedele 

Dates:  October 9 – Oct. 16,  2021

Price:  $2,995.

Join us as we explore the hills of Tuscany through our own interpretive art!

Each day instructor Nan Hass Feldman will include lessons on technique, medium, foundations and color. For those who prefer not to be included in the instruction, Nan will be present to direct them individually if they wish, while all will take part in the group reviews and critiques.

See the entire itinerary and syllabus here 

This will be a  small group to share in this exciting, creative, communal, supportive, and fun International workshop

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Additional Activities

Our daily painting will be combined with other adventures such as:

  • Day trip to Medieval Siena to sketch, take photos, explore and shop
  • Excursions to nearby hilltowns like Radda, Castellina, Monteriggioni, etc.
  • Visit to Chianti winery for a tour and tasting
  • Variety of plein air locations to paint landscapes, villages, and the Tuscan light
  • Discussions of Tuscan cuisine with our personal chef

After excursions or painting on location, we’ll return each evening to relax in our 1,000 year old monastery to enjoy the surroundings, have a glass of wine and an informal critique of the day’s work. Then we will move to the dining room (the authentic refectory where the monks used to assemble) to enjoy our local chef’s authentic, home-made Tuscan meal, recapping the day’s adventure with good company.

 Worcester Art Museum

55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA  508-799-4406

Collaged Sketch to Finished Painting—online class

Two Tuesdays— July 13 and 20th, 2021,   9am – 1pm

Window-Views-Workshop—Online-Class

Two Tuesdays— July 27th and August 3rd, 2021,   9am – 1pm

Past

Drawing Into Color Into Painting (Online Class)

3 sessons
Tuesday January 5 – January 19, 2021
9:00am – 12:00pm
A beginner/intermediate adult workshop to introduce basic techniques of drawing, design, and color concepts leading into an abstract painting with recognizable subject matter.  Important techniques fused with fun, creative, and original projects lead to understanding and success in making fine art. 
   
6 sessions
Thursdays March 11 – April 15, 2021
1:30 pm – 4 pm
A beginner/intermediate adult workshop to introduce basic techniques of drawing, design, and color concepts leading into an abstract painting with recognizable subject matter.  Important techniques fused with fun, creative, and original projects lead to understanding and success in making fine art. 
   
Colors–Meanings, Associations, and Symbolism (Online Class)
6 sessions
Thursdays March 11 – April 15 , 20201
9:00 – 11:30 am
Each project will use a particular color or colors for their meaning, symbolism, and effect on the whole.  We will create hot and cold landscapes; use tinted harmonies for quieter seasons; use colors to portray life, love, and infinity; colors for dynamism and joy; and achromatic colors for strength, power, good, and evil.             

 

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