Join Lucie Duclos for a fun week exploring the joys of mix media. Create your own totally original artwork and discover a beautiful area of France.
About this course:
Immerse yourself in the amazing landscape of the majestic Pyrenees and create a series of postcards while exploring a variety of mixed media techniques. Discover new ways to create unique collage materials/fodder and experiment with painting, stamping, mark making, collaging, stencilling, printmaking, masking, drawing and stitching.
Your postcard series will be like a travel journal, a way of observing and recording the colours, shapes, patterns and textures that shape our beautiful surroundings. And because it’s a postcard, it loves traveling through the mail so make sure to post at least one or two, even if it is to yourself, you’ll love the added textures as they go through the mail, hopefully in one piece! The tone of this workshop is playful and experimental and is open to all levels, all you need is an open mind to explore and discover new horizons!
Art holiday outline programme with Lucie Duclos:
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 – 1.00 Introductions, explore pattern, textures, marks, shapes, scale
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.30 Create mark making tool and stamps
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 – 1.00 Explore different mixed media techniques to create collage fodder
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.30 Print, stamp and roll on different substrates, explore transparency
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 – 1.00 Start making your postcard using a series of prompts
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.30 Create postcards using the master sheet technique
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 but wherever you go, make sure to collect little papers, map, ticket stubs, etc. along the way to incorporate into our postcards!
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 – 1.00 Add texture and stitching to your postcards
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.30 Keep working on your postcards series, or adapt your designs to a larger format
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 Make envelopes for your postcards and get some ready for mailing
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 5.00 Put the finishing touches, learn how to photograph and style your artwork, wrap-up
6.00 – Vernissage and aperitifs before 4 course farewell 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.
