Wietzie
Itinerary: March 31- April 7, 2018
Saturday
1pm: Pick up at Nice airport and transported to Bastide La Belle (BLB)
5pm: Welcome drinks
8pm: Three course dinner BLB
Sunday
9h30-12h30: Landscape painting preparation, concentrating on the relationship between light and colour. Discussing how to achieve a convincing sense of volume and depth in various expressive styles of landscape paintings from abstract to semi-abstract to realistic.
Lunch: Picnic in the French countryside
2h30-5h30: Painting in the French countryside
8pm: Three course dinner BLB
Monday
9h30-12h30: Working on your landscape painting
Lunch: Salads on the covered terrace
2h30-5h30: Completing your landscape painting
8pm: Dinner in the lovely village of Tourtour
Tuesday
9h00-12h00am: An early rise and we're off to enjoy the well-renowned Lorgues market. Remember to make some sketches of
geometric lines in buildings as this afternoon we start on our
color field abstract - think Nicolas de Stael or Mark Rothko.
Lunch: Local restaurant in Lorgues
2h30-5h30: Helpful visual information and discussion on abstract art emphasizing concept, composition, balance, colour, design, form and symbolism. Start on your abstract painting.
8pm: Three course dinner at BLB
Wednesday
8h30-12h30: Early start to St.Paul de Vence, visit the Maeght Foundation and little art galleries in St. Paul
Lunch: La Colombe d'Or, where Matisse and many other artists paid
for their meal with a painting!
4h30-5h30: Working on your abstract painting
8pm: Three course dinner at BLB
Thursday
9h30-12h30: Finalize your abstract painting.
Lunch: On the covered terrace at BLB
2h30-5h30: Semi-abstract flower painting preparation,
concentration on the flower as a source of lines, shapes, space, gesture, color and value. You will learn how to create an abstract flower, with a variety of lines inspired by the subject in front of you or the memory of the flower.
6pm: Game of Petanque
8pm: Three course dinner at BLB
Friday
Morning: Working on your abstract flower painting
Lunch: On the covered terrace at BLB
2h30-5h30: Finalizing your semi-abstract flower painting
5.30: Wine tasting at Chateau Les Crostes
8pm: Dinner at restaurant in the French countryside
Saturday
10h00: Goodbyes and transport back to Nice Airport
€2850 pp sharing all inclusive, non-participating partner €2230. Single supplement €780. Our art vacations are limited to 6 persons
