Join international artist Jude Scott at Clos Mirabel in S.W France for a week long painting retreat exploring watercolour. Jude Scott will demonstrate landscapes en plein air and explore the foundations of perspective, depth and landscape painting.
About this course:
On this painting holiday course you will experience topics such as the importance of tone, composition, colour and colour mixing, getting the best results from your brushes with some inventive mark making for loose floral inspired work.
Jude will demonstrate landscapes en plein air and look at the foundations of what makes a great landscape and how to demystify the process of achieving the all important, foreground, middle ground and background.
Painting holiday programme outline:
Saturday
Guests settle in and explore Clos Mirabel
Introductory chat about the course by Jude Scott
Welcome drinks and dinner
Sunday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
9.30 – 12.30 Painting in the studio, starting with some warm up exercises, brushwork and techniques, specifically looking at colour, composition, and tone. Demonstrations then students then work from images supplied
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
1.30 – 3.30 Siesta or free time in studio
3.30 – 5.30 Meet in studio and individual tuition
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Monday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
9.30 – 12.30 Landscape painting en plein air at Clos Mirabel – beginning with a demonstration in pen and wash, and ‘how to’ achieve depth of field with tone and colour
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
1.30 – 3.30 Free time to relax or paint in the studio
3.30 – 5.30 Meet in the studio and work to produce a painting based on the morning’s pen and wash and sketches
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Tuesday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 12.30 Day out working en plein air in the pyrenees mountains, with the large vista looking south. Quick sketches based on observation, straight on to looking at lighting, colour, depth, texture and the economy of brushwork to get as much information as quickly as possible with individual tuition.
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch at a local Auberge
1.30 – 4.00 Plein air painting/sketching in the village
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Wednesday – Free day
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
Wine tasting in local vineyard, explore Pau or beyond
Thursday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
9.30- 12.30 Students choice of working in the studio or in the grounds of Clos Mirabel
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
1.30 – 3.30 Demonstration followed by studio work from students own photographs and sketches of the mountains/village Individual tuition
3.30 – 5.30 Works critiqued and readied for the exhibition on Friday evening
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Friday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 12.30 – Jurançon Market day – Great opportunity for some pen and wash and sketches of the people, the hustle and bustle activity of the markets, or simply relax and or shop.
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
3.30 – Return to get ready for evening exhibition in the double living room of Clos Mirabel
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Saturday – Buffet Breakfast and departure
Non-painting guests: we are more than happy to welcome non-painting guests, accompanying partners, family or friends. There are plenty of activities to experience around Clos Mirabel, that will make your stay unforgettable Click here for more information.
The Art Studio, full of natural light was designed by our Italian architect and offers a spacious open plan layout of 55 m2. It is available at all times during your stay. Click here for more information.
