Tour: Paint Venice with the incredible Paul O'Kane

Paint Venice with the incredible Paul O'Kane

23.05.2020 - 30.05.2020 Venice | Paul O'Kane painting, urban, culture, plein air 1975 GBP

Paul is a wonderful artist and tutor. One of our main tutors with Arte Umbria as we adore his work. His knowledge of Venice is vast and he has produced some stunning paintings there over the years so he is perfectly suited to teach in this most beautiful of locations.

What the course will offer

Painting with Paul around different locations in Venice for 6 days. There will be lots of demonstrations by Paul and one-to-one tuition. It is entirely up to you if you want to jump in and out of painting, or you can take advantage of ‘sightseeing’ at your leisure. We paint away from the busy tourist locations, but everywhere is a painting location in Venice. You are of course welcome to site see as much as you want.

This week is perfect if you want to come with a non-painting partner as there is so much for them to see and do in Venice whilst you are out and about painting and they can join you with a big discount. For non painters, your hostess Seraphina Moody Seraphina Moody's Website will be there and happy to share photography tips and go out on photography trips with you.You are spoilt for choice in this romantic, historic city. All the pleasure, quality tutoring and congenial company you’ve come to expect from Arte Umbria but this time it will be in this beauteous location. Due to Paul's popularity, this course will fill very quickly, from Europe and Internationally, and as places are limited early booking is essential to ensure you don't miss out.

Loose Itinerary

Paul knows some lovely places to paint. A love view of the Accademia from Campo S Vio. The Calle Dose da Ponte gives a smashing view of Santa Maria Della Salute. John S Sargent painted from there. As did Monet and Ken Howard. It’s a cul-de sac and very quiet. Great spot. A visit to Squero di San Trovaso is the Gondola repair yard. A very popular location for artists. Calle Crosera is an easy to reach ‘Campo’ between San Marco Cathedral & the Arsenale.

No visit is complete without a visit to the Fish Market and it's a great painting venue. The building itself is very dramatic with huge red awnings and lots of stalls and shopping activity within its open air ground floor. The market is in full swing in the morning and very quiet in the afternoon.

The buildings along the Grand Canal are fabulous. So our trick will be to get ourselves on the San Marco side of The Canal, looking across at the opposite bank when it's in full sunshine. Riva del Carbon is a good spot with tempting views toward Rialto Bridge.

Transport

Included in the price is your Vaporetto (water bus) ticket for the week that will take you everywhere in Venice and to all the islands as well, and your Alilaguna ticket for your journey to and from Marco Polo airport to the hotel.

Accommodation

A lovely 3 star hotel just 5 minutes from the Vaporetto station and the centre of the Lido for restaurants and shops.

All breakfasts and dinners.

We can take over the whole delightful hotel for this week for our use depending on numbers.

Paul O'Kane

Tutor

Paul O'Kane

Born in Belfast in 1953, Paul lives in County Down, Northern Ireland, where he has been a self emplo... read on

Born in Belfast in 1953, Paul lives in County Down, Northern Ireland, where he has been a self employed architect for 28 years. I really only paint out of doors, en plein air, if you will. It gets me out of the office...ideally for a week abroad. No telephone, just the heat and light. Wonderful! I am self-taught and has been painting in oils and watercolours...from a very early age. My favourite painting trip was to Havana in 2000. But Provincetown in 2006 pretty amazing. With painting now taking over full time, I try to paint on the continent at least twice a year. And I travel Ireland in the summer months in a tiny but luxurious camper-van. It’s great for ‘Art in the Open’ festival in Wexford each year. I’ve won prizes there in 4 year of the 6 I’ve attended, most recently the T. Morris Award in 2015. Weather permitting, I take off to the Mourne Mountains on my Harley Davidson. Now that’s a treat. (I have a very understanding wife of course). Watercolours I use as a fun medium. Great for Urban-Sketching. Most of my demonstrations are in oil paint. I do lots of plein air ‘oil sketches’ on site and then develop these on a large canvas for demonstration purposes. I give workshops to art groups and inspire them to paint in the great outdoors and to keep it simple. I have been painting for so many years that I now paint intuitively. Not with the head but ‘from the gut’. I encourage students to engage the ‘right hand’ side of their brain. Or better still a balance of left and right. There’s nothing worse that being ‘zoned out’ on a right hand trip when someone taps you on the shoulder making you jump out of your skin. No, balance is best, but it has to be taught. Students watch and say I make it look so simple. Well it is, if you take the time to learn or take a shortcut and follow my lead. At the end of one demo, the group came forward to see the painting up-close. One lady glared at me saying ‘You make me sick!’ Hmm.., I think that one worked! Or did she mean that I should begin with a medical disclaimer :-) My plein air works only ever take an hour. So students will learn the techniques of simplifying a subject and using my saving methods to create a satisfying, quality finish. Let’s Go! (Must love Coffee!).

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What is included?

23 May 2020 £1975 for a painter and £1075 for a non-painting partner sharing a room. INCREDIBLE VALUE given all that is included.

Cost

We are so fortunate to be able to offer a delightful bijou, privately-run, 3 * hotel on the Lido which is exclusively for our use during the week.

The hotel (just a 2 minute walk from the Vaporetto/Taxi stop) is a mere 10 minute trip on a Vaporetto to St. Mark’s Square. Marco the manager is looking forward to our return and he and his staff will make sure we have everything we need.

Non-painting partners, sharing a double bedroom (twin beds are available in all rooms) are welcomed at the very special discounted price of £1075.

Single person supplement £360

The only thing we do not include are your flights, health and travel insurance. EasyJet fly into Marco Polo airport which is the most convenient airport to fly into and where we collect you by water taxi and take you to the hotel if you arrive at, or around 1pm. Ryanair fly into Treviso which is further afield and you would have to get a shuttle bus to the water taxi to be collected. Most major international airlines fly into Venice Marco Polo.

Trips to Burano or Murano at no extra cost and to all the other islands as these are included within your weekly Vaporetto ticket. We can also arrange tours around Venice with a private tour guide and tickets to the opera house, the Teatro La Fenice or other concerts on the canal, and cookery classes during the week with our friend a superb Venetian chef (extra cost).

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