Art & Study Retreats in Italy
Drawing & Pastel in Etruria 2008
Drawing or Pastel Painting
Relais Pian di Vico, Tuscania
May 9 - May 18, 2008
TuscaniaCome join us for nine days of drawing and pastel painting and travel in the land of the Etruscans, beautiful Etruria, north of Rome. Stay in the ancient town of Tuscania. Explore the Etruscan tombs and museum in Tarquinia, visit the “Papal city” of Viterbo and the magnificent Renaissance gardens at Villa Lante. Spend a week drawing or painting the countryside at Relais Pian di Vico and savor meals made with produce from nearby organic farmland. Take a boat ride on the Lago di Bolsena, and enjoy an afternoon sketching at the lakeside town of Capodimonte.
Relais Pian di VicoMichelangelo spoke of “la man che ubbidisce all’intelletto,” “the hand that obeys the intellect.” Our courses in Etruria offer an opportunity to paint and experience the landscape of Etruria with its luminous Mediterranean light. At Relais Pian di Vico we offer beginning to advanced instruction in the technical skill of drawing and pastel painting, and, through our rich itinerary, the deep and lasting intellectual stimulation people across the ages have experienced in Italy as they gazed on famous works of art and architecture and pondered their history.