A whole week of Art, Food and Wine Experience
04.07.2020 - 10.07.2020 Tuscany | Francesca Matteoni painting, landscape, nature, urban, sketching, drawing, watercolour, culture 2747 EUR
A luxury week to focus on your artistic talents while discovering Tuscany and enjoying a typical Italian summer! Make Art everyday surrounded by inspiring nature! Wake up every morning in a typical Tuscan home! Enjoy sketching with us in Lucca’s historical city center! Taste the authentic hand-made Tuscan cuisine everyday! Special wine tasting and experience in a local vineyard! Walk into a timeless villa garden and learn to create watercolour landscapes! Make incredible memories while living like a local in Tuscany.
This is the Art Vacation…that every Tuscany-lover dreams of.
This experience is meant to be a full immersion in the Tuscan life style and a typical summertime experience. It will be centered around art, good food, and Italian experiences that will leave you living and creating like a Tuscan artist! Together we will have free time to relax, time for seeing the city and to be in nature, eat at a top restaurant, and soak in the Italian slow-living at the Tuscan Home.
Picture your-self walking into a timeless villa garden to make watercolour art together with like-minded people.. how does it feel?
Your Tuscan Home (Included in the costs!)
You will spend 6 nights and 7 days in one of the most authentic country homes in Tuscany. Picture yourself waking up here everyday and having a whole day ahead to explore and experience Tuscany in many different ways. Witness the summer sunsets with a glass of Prosecco in hand while smelling the food cooking. Enjoy the slow living while learning art here everyday.
DAY 1 - Saturday July 4th
16:00 pick-up at Pisa Airport – group transfer by bus.
17:30 Arrival at your Tuscan home for the week. Settle in and explore the villa.
18:30 Welcome Aperitivo
20:00 Dinner
DAY 2 - Sunday July 5th
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 – 12:30 First Drawing Class. Learn to draw from a still life.
13:00 home cooked lunch by our private chef
15:30 -19:00 sketch walk in nature*
20:00 Home cooked dinner
21:30 Evening Surprise
*this activitiy is not obligatory and the participants can decide to use that time as personal free time without participating if you wish.
DAY 3- Monday July 6th
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 – 12:00 Second Drawing Class. Learn how to create chiaroscuro drawings
12:30 Travel together to Lucca by bus
13:45 Lunch at a local restaurant in the heart of Lucca
15:00 -19:30 Lucca sketch walk and shopping*
20:30 Dinner at a local restaurant in the heart of Lucca
23:00 Transfer back to our Tuscan Home
*these activities are not obligatory and the participants can decide to use that time as personal free time without participating if you wish.
DAY 4 - Tuesday July 7th
09:00 Breakfast with large choice both italian and international.
10:00 Morning Art Class
13:00 Home cooked Lunch with Tuscan chef
14:00-17:00 Free time
17:00 Cooking Class “Learn how to make Tordelli” the most typical meat dish of Lucca!
20:00 Home-cooked dinner ..by your-self! With the guidance and assistence of a private chef.
DAY 5 - Wednesday July 8th
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Travel to Villa Reale
10:00 – 13:00 Watercolour Art Class “Painting the Landscape”- part I
13:00 Picnic lunch in Villa Reale Garden
15:00- 18:00 Watercolour Art Class “Painting the Landscape”- part II
18:15 Transfer back to our Tuscan home
20:30 Dinner on the grill
DAY 6 - Thursday July 9th
09:00 Breakfast with large choice both italian and international.
10:00 Morning Art Class with live nude model
13:00 Home cooked Lunch with Tuscan chef
17:00 Departure for Montecarlo of Lucca
18:00 wine tasting in a tuscan winery
20:30 Special private dinner in the vineyards.
DAY 7 - Friday July 10th
09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Free time for packing
12:00 Transfer to Pisa Airport