WATERCOLOUR COURSES 2005
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Would you like to learn how to paint in watercolour, or improve
your abilities in this medium?
Mariana Robinson will be holding one-day workshops at locations straddling the England/Wales
border in the heart of the beautiful Wye Valley. One-day courses are suitable for
beginners, intermediate or experienced painters.
Workshop 2005 dates are as follows:
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Friday
08 April
2005
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Spring Florals
Millennium Hall, Llandogo, Monmouth
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Monday
20 June 2005
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Blooming Marvellous
Millennium Hall, Llandogo, Monmouth
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Friday
09 September 2005
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Searching for the Light
Millennium Hall, Llandogo, Monmouth
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Monday
12 September 2005
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Creating Clutter
Millennium Hall,
Llandogo, Monmouth
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Monday
28 November 2005
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Dramatic Skies
Millennium Hall,
Llandogo, Monmouth
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Friday
02 December 2005
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Chilly Effects
Millennium Hall,
Llandogo, Monmouth
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For further details and booking form please contact Mariana at
E-mail:
info@mariana-art.co.uk
Please give your name, address + postcode and telephone number.
Prices vary between £45 and £55 per workshop day. Places are
limited to provide group and individual tuition – so book early.
Time: 10.00am - 4.30pm.
Bookings now being taken - telephone 01594 530484
HOTEL BREAKS IN THE WYE VALLEY
Mariana will also be tutoring mid-week hotel breaks in the Wye Valley. Prices include tuition
fees and full board accommodation. Painting days are usually from
10.00am to 4.30pm with an earlier finish on the last day. All of
the Wye Valley hotels/guest houses
listed below, offer en-suite room facilities.
MID-WEEK HOTEL BREAKS
THE FLORENCE
HOTEL, BIGSWEIR, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
From: £255
A Spring Break will be held at the newly managed Florence Hotel
on the A466 road between Llandogo and Redbrook. This family run
country hotel offers painters (and a reduced price for their
non-painting partners) the chance to stay in this beautiful wooded
location right on the banks of the River Wye. Mariana will meet
students on the Sunday evening, followed by two days of painting in the
area some of which will be outdoors, weather permitting.
Hotel Package including Tuition -
2days/3nights full board £255
(£195 for non-painting partners sharing a
room)
Single supplement of £35 per
break
24 - 27 April 2005 - Spring
Break
Bookings and Enquiries: Please contact Mariana on 01594 530484
or email: info@mariana-art.co.uk
For hotel enquiries email: enquiries@theflorencehotel.co.uk
THE ABBEY
HOTEL, TINTERN - From £285
This three star hotel offers painters (and their non-painting
partners) the chance to stay in this prime location hotel, right
opposite the magnificent Tintern Abbey. Mariana will meet students on
the first evening, followed by two days of painting some of which will
be outdoors, weather permitting.
Hotel Package including Tuition - 2days/3nights
full board £285
(£225 for non-painting partner sharing a
room)
03 – 06 July 2005 - British Summer
Bookings and Enquiries: Please contact Mariana on 01594 530484
or email: info@mariana-art.co.uk
For hotel enquiries email: info@theabbey-hoteltintern.com
PORTLAND HOUSE,
WHITCHURCH - From £165
This recently refurbished Georgian Guest House offers painters
(and their non-painting partners) the chance to stay in the Symonds Yat
area of the Wye
Valley, with easy
access to both the Royal Forest of Dean and Herefordshire
countryside. All rooms are en-suite. Mariana will meet students on the
first evening, followed by one or two days of painting some of which
will be outdoors, weather permitting.
Prices structured for private groups – more people, less
money each.
Package including Tuition - 2days/3 nights
full board or
1 day/ 2 nights full board
This offer is only available to groups of 4
or more painters (with or without partners sharing a room), and must be
booked as a group, direct with Portland
House. Dates to suit groups
& availability of tutor, but only available
Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday of any week.
Bookings and Enquiries – Contact Jenny Jarvis at Portland House
01600 890757 or Email: j.jarvis@virgin.net
quoting
“Mariana’s Watercolour Breaks”.
Mariana will
also be tutoring at
THE LODGE
HOTEL, DEVON - From £350
This delightful Devon hotel has
a reputation as a painting venue and offers painters (and their
non-painting partners) the chance to stay in the beautiful South Hams
area near Kingsbridge. Mariana
will meet students on the first evening, followed by two days of
painting some of which will be outdoors, weather permitting.
Hotel Package including Tuition -
3days/4nights full board £350
(Single
Room supplement of £35 per stay applies)
Sunday 18 Sep – Wednesday
21 Sep, 2005 - Vignettes
Painting details: Please contact Mariana on 01594 530484
For Bookings: Malcolm Lee at The Lodge –
01548 561405
info@thelodge.uk.com
www.lodge-churchills.co.uk
PAINTING HOLIDAYS 2005
THE WATERMILL AT POSARA
TUSCANY, ITALY - From £595 p.p.p.w
Mariana will be tutoring a Watercolour holiday in the delightful
Tuscan countryside in the village
of Posara. You
will stay at the restored 17th Century Watermill with access to its
many gardens. A feast of painting subjects await from ancient houses,
markets, vineyards and olive groves to spectacular mountain scenery.
Saturday 14th May to Saturday
21st May 2005
This holiday is priced from £595 for full board, tuition fees
and airport transfers, with a reduction for non-painting
partners. It does not include flights.
You can either fly direct to Pisa or make your own way by car or
train.
www.watermill.net
Contact Mariana on 01594 530484 for more
details
CASTLE OF PARK,
CORNHILL, SCOTLAND - From £575 p.p.
SORRY – THIS COURSE HAS NOW
BEEN WITHDRAWN THE ORGANISERS
Mariana's 2004 course at Castle of Park, Scotland
was very well received this year and she will be tutoring another
holiday at the Castle in 2005.
Sunday 5th June to Saturday
11th June 2005
You can enjoy the
special charms of living in a Scottish castle, dating back to 1242
which came into the ownership of the Gordon Clan in the early 17th
Century. Castle
of Park is hidden
away in a tree-lined park near the beautiful Moray coast. Mariana's
course will be devoted to Flower Painting, Local life scenes and
Landscapes in this beautiful area of north east Scotland.
For a brochure and
further details, please either email Mariana at the address below or
contact
Lois or Bill on 01466 751111 or Email your enquiry to
email: booking@castleofpark.net
www.castleofpark.net
This painting holiday is
thoroughly recommended for its "all-in" price structure. Just
get yourself to Aberdeen and let Castle of Park do all the rest. (Help with
organising your flight or train journey will be given if required). You
are assured of a warm Scottish welcome and some informative and fun
painting days to remember.
With all
group holidays, viability depends on numbers - we suggest you don't
book your flight until three months before departure date. For all painting holidays - please make sure you have
adequate travel insurance.
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