Join Celia Liberace for an immersive week with a particular focus on portrait and figure. Create your own totally original artwork and discover a beautiful area of South West France.
About this course:
In this five-day intensive workshop, participants will be studying the human form through portraiture and figure drawing. For the first half of the curriculum, we will focus on the portrait, weaving together classical and contemporary techniques to observe and represent form. The second half will focus on the figure, during which students will learn how to capture the gesture of a pose and build upon this impression while considering anatomical structures. The instruction involves the intersection between academic fundamentals – including perspective, light, shadow, volume, and geometry – and Celia’s own methods of loosening and guiding both the mind and hand.
Painting Holiday Programme Outline:
Saturday
4.00 – Check-in time from 4pm onwards
Guests arrive, settle in and explore Clos Mirabel
6.00 – Welcome drinks and dinner
Sunday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 12.00 Portrait demo in black chalk. Focus on gesture, simplified form, symmetry, and anatomy.
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
1.00 – 4.00 Short presentation of drawing examples. Class begins half-day portrait in chalk.
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Monday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 12.00 Portrait demo in red chalk
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch on site
1.00 – 4.00 Class begins 2-day portrait
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Tuesday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 12.00 Continuing 2-day portrait. Focus upon building form, adding texture and depth through line work.
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
1.00 – 4.00 Continuing 2-day portrait
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Wednesday – day off
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
We suggest wine tasting in local vineyard, explore Pau or beyond
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Thursday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 12.00 Figure demo in graphite – focus on materials, gesture, energy of pose
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch on site
1.00 – 4.00 Class begins two-day figure drawing in material of choice – graphite, red chalk, black chalk
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Friday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Continuing 2-day figure drawing. Focus upon building form, adding texture and depth through line work.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Continuing 2-day figure drawing
6.00 – Evening exhibition in the Atelier and aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Saturday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet Breakfast and departure (Check-out 11am)
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 holiday unforgettable Click here for more information.
The Art Studio offers a spacious open plan layout of 75 m2. It is available at all times during your stay. Click here for more information.
