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14 – 23 May 2009
COLLIOURE is a picturesque little town on a beautiful stretch of warm and bright Mediterranean coast, which lies on the French / Spanish
border. This is the colourful Catalan region where Dali, Picasso and Chagall worked and the Ceret School was established almost 100 years ago. Collioure
is a perfect painting base, being small and easy to walk around and occupying an idyllic site on two small bays with traditional Catalan fishing boats,
fortifications including a castle and bell tower, narrow cobbled streets, colourful houses, exotic vegetation and flower-bedecked balconies, a twice-weekly
market, afternoon boule matches and traditional wine caves.
Nearby visits to the charming white town of Cadaques and Portlligat Creek where Dali lived and to the Musee d'Art moderne in the Pyrenean mountain village of Ceret add to the choice of painting subjects.
HAZEL SOAN loves to paint almost anywhere that offers a good range of subject matter. Her popularity gained unprecedented levels when she featured as a tutor in the 'Watercolour Challenge' TV artist. She has a natural ability for teaching art and her more structured approach is particularly suited to beginners and intermediate students. Hazel Soan has published several instructional books including 'Watercolour Landscape Techniques' and 'African Watercolours' and has a new video out called 'Watercolour Weekend'. This is the only European painting holiday Hazel Soan is tutoring in 2009.
Bespoke Arrangements
You will be staying at a charming villa hotel in the centre of Collioure, which offers very comfortable accommodation and has a private garden. Breakfast and dinner is included every day. A travel director from the UK will travel with you from London and look after all the arrangements and assist Hazel with the painting requirements. Scheduled flights are to Toulouse and a private coach will be used for transfers and for two daytrips.
Just 10-18 artists will be joining Hazel Soan in the South of France.
£2,225 per person, all-inclusive except for lunches
Paint in Venice with James Willis : 12 - 21 September 2009
Paint in Morocco with Tom Coates : 4 – 16 October 2009
Paint in Sicily with Soraya French : 15 - 23 October 2009
2008 : Paint in Provence with Hazel Soan
2008 : Paint in Egypt with Tom Coates
Paint in the South of France with Hazel Soan
14 – 23 May 2009
Capture the colours and life of the Catalan region on the Mediterranean coast with one of our most popular tutors, as seen on Watercolour Challenge.
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Nearby visits to the charming white town of Cadaques and Portlligat Creek where Dali lived and to the Musee d'Art moderne in the Pyrenean mountain village of Ceret add to the choice of painting subjects.
HAZEL SOAN loves to paint almost anywhere that offers a good range of subject matter. Her popularity gained unprecedented levels when she featured as a tutor in the 'Watercolour Challenge' TV artist. She has a natural ability for teaching art and her more structured approach is particularly suited to beginners and intermediate students. Hazel Soan has published several instructional books including 'Watercolour Landscape Techniques' and 'African Watercolours' and has a new video out called 'Watercolour Weekend'. This is the only European painting holiday Hazel Soan is tutoring in 2009.
Bespoke Arrangements
You will be staying at a charming villa hotel in the centre of Collioure, which offers very comfortable accommodation and has a private garden. Breakfast and dinner is included every day. A travel director from the UK will travel with you from London and look after all the arrangements and assist Hazel with the painting requirements. Scheduled flights are to Toulouse and a private coach will be used for transfers and for two daytrips.
Just 10-18 artists will be joining Hazel Soan in the South of France.
£2,225 per person, all-inclusive except for lunches
OTHER PAINTING HOLIDAYS in 2009
Paint in Tuscany with Jason Bowyer : 28 June – 7 July 2009Paint in Venice with James Willis : 12 - 21 September 2009
Paint in Morocco with Tom Coates : 4 – 16 October 2009
Paint in Sicily with Soraya French : 15 - 23 October 2009
Previous Holidays
2008 : Paint in Cuba with Jenny Wheatley2008 : Paint in Provence with Hazel Soan
2008 : Paint in Egypt with Tom Coates
What our clients say...
"I have just returned from a week’s painting holiday with Jenny Wheatley in Venice and felt I had to write to say how much I enjoyed the
visit, the second booked through your company. The organisation always appears quietly efficient and the relaxed atmosphere contributes to a good feeling
amongst the group.Everyone is treated individually according to their needs, and I personally enjoy the freedom of the painting sessions."
Pamela Leatherland
"I am writing to say how much I enjoyed my holiday painting on Gozo and Malta. Everything on the holiday worked so well – the
hotels, the transportation and particularly the trip on the traditional boat and painting in the President’s garden. Of course most of all
I enjoyed the painting with Hazel Soan’s great tuition and being looked after by Martha (Spencer Scott programme co-ordinator)."
Diane Sheldon