Dates:
October 1-8, 2010    Friday through Friday

Price: (Estimated costs/euro exchange rate varies)
Artist Workshop fee: $350.00, Companion/Non painter  fee: $200.00
Spannocchia membership fee: $45 per person or $70 per family
Room and board (for week): $995 double occupancy, € 1257.50 euro /single occupancy

All meals and wine included…..the food is locally raised and grown….wine and olive oil from the estate.

(Estimated @ 1.50 exchange rate, dollars to Euro):

Auto rental and travel costs not included.

[Last year we forum flights Boston to Florence at $550-700.00 depending on travel ‘deals’…..]

We rented a van and split the fee for our trips to the cities and airport pickup and drop off….

Program Website:
www.dorisrice.com

Program Coordinator:
Doris Rice

Address:
155 Atlantic Avenue
North Hampton, NH 03862

Telephone:
603-964-9254

E-mail:
dorisrice@comcast.net.com

Preferred method of contact:
email

Description:

Come join me for a painting experience in beautiful Tuscany! We will work on location, learning the fundamentals of watercolor and capturing the many moods of Spannocchia. We will have a grounds tour, where our hosts will introduce us to the facilities as well as the wonderful work that the organic, historic gardeners are dedicated to.

Previous painting experience is not necessary. You can acquire skills as you paint! The lessons will include a daily demonstration, painting lesson: ‘subject of the day’ and an evaluation/critique each afternoon. We can travel into nearby Siena and any other agreed upon local areas for day or ½ day painting explorations. You will complete at least one work each day, and maybe a few!

This is a ‘destination vacation’ where you will soak up the culture, the food, the historic surroundings as you work on your skill development with painting in watercolor!

Coordinator Biography:

Doris B. Rice, watercolor artist – Doris’ studio is the great outdoors. Painting on location is her inspiration. She is a graduate of Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. Since relocating from Philadelphia to North Hampton, NH in 1979, she has focused on plein air/on location work, traveling to study with various master painters. She is a past president of Seacoast Artist Association and a member of NHAA. Doris teaches adult classes and workshops in the USA, Europe and conducts artist in residency projects for youth. For information on workshops, classes and paintings, look her up: www.dorisrice.com.

Paint with us on scenic Cape Cod!  Dunes, boats, ocean vistas, New England cottages and porches by the sea…. We will be working en plein air every day to create impressions of this beautiful spot, and along the way, learning the fundamentals of watercolor, or your chosen medium.  Each painter works to his or her own rhythm and style.   All levels of experience welcome.

We will be sharing Pond House at the Estate: Chase Cottages, in Chatham, owned by the Philadelphia YWCA.  Reservations are on a first come first served basis, so the accommodation fee needs to be paid pronto. The rate is very reasonable, the house is lovely…. overlooking the water.

As we finalize the group list, closer to the painting date, we can make cooperative meals decisions and room selections.

INFORMATION SHEET

DATES: September 11th through 18th…7 night stay with 5 days of painting instruction.

Workshop Fee: $350.00/workshop fee for 5 days, $75/day rate for less than 5 days.

Fee for Companions/non painting participants to join us for trips and sitting in on critiques                        $50.00 for the week

Accommodations: Rooms are double occupancy.

Upon receipt of Workshop deposit I will send registration form for you to mail $300 for the week to the YWCA Philadelphia.  No per day rates.

To register:

For the workshop: send deposit of $100.00 by March 1 to Doris Rice, (address below).

Accommodations: Application form for the rooms will be sent on receipt of workshop deposit.    To be paid asap….rooms will fill up!

…Workshop balance due: July 15…Refund of $50 on initial deposit if cancelled by 8/15…

Plein Air, Outdoor Painting Workshop

Dates to be announced

$280 four day workshop or $75/per day

Class hours: 10 am to 4pm

Have you ever painted outside amidst the waving palm trees?

Nature is all around, offering so many points of view!

Each day, we will set up and work in a local spot.

Doris will do a demo to start the ball rolling

and then all will paint together with guidance on materials, subject selection, composition, values…..

Day one location to be announced.

Materials list will be sent upon registration….(deposit $75.00)

Mail deposit to: Doris Rice

Dates: Monday through Thursday, March 29-April 1st

4 days of plein air (outdoor) painting.

Experience the historic downtown, views of the Ouachita Mountains and Lakes Catherine and Hamilton,simply beautiful scenery!

Doris will guide you through the process of setting up for outdoor work. Simplify your materials to carry onto location. 140 pound cold press rag watercolor paper is recommended, but feel free to experiment with other weight papers if you like. You will receive guidance for creating a painting in the midst of ‘so much to see all around’.

This is a process of finding your personal choice of subject and fitting the principals of design and painting together to create a work of art!

Starting at 9 in the morning, Doris will lead you to the selected location for the day…..there will be a demonstration featuring a specific focus for the day’s lesson. Painting time with guidance into technique, color selection, brush strokes, composition, awareness of lighting and shapes……..all go together to help you plan and create your painting….. at least one a day for the four days!

Lunch gets squeezed in there, too!….and later in the afternoon, a critique or evaluation with suggestions of what to do to bring the painting to completion.

Each day builds upon the previous…..You’ll never want it to end! Let it flow!

Quote: Naturalist painter Barry Van Dusen, world renown plein air nature painter, says:

‘….A painting done on location can be likened to a series of shifting conversation between subject,  artist and picture.’

Contact: Vanessa Seagraves vanessa@livenaples.com

www.hotspringsgallery.com or dorisrice@comcast.net for more info.

Paint with us on the Artists’ Island of Monhegan!  We will be working en plein air every day to create impressions of this beautiful spot, meanwhile learning the fundamentals of art.

Each painter works to his or her own rhythm and style.

All levels of experience welcome.

INFORMATION SHEET

DATES: July 12th through 16th…Monday to Friday

COST: $350.00/workshop fee for 5 days, $75/day rate …to register, send deposit of $100.00 by March 1 to Doris Rice, (address below)…balance due: May 15…Refund of $50 on initial deposit if cancelled by 6/10…Students should secure own lodgings (book early!), transportation and food.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Booking for rooms/apartments should be made as early as possible.  Rentals start 1/1 every year…tell them you are in my workshop.

• Check out: www.monheganwelcome.com look under ‘sleep’
• The Island Inn (rooms with full breakfast/dining room) some private      bathroomswww.islandinnmonhegan.com 207-596-0371
• The Trailing Yew (rooms, meals (family style) included) 207-596-0440
• Shining Sails B&B  (rentals: apts, homes, rooms)…. 207-596-0041 www.shiningsails.com
• Monhegan House (breakfast…rooms, dining room available) www.monheganhouse.com 800-594-7983
• Tribler Cottage (apartments) 207-594-2445
• Brackett’s Oar House  207-594-9151 http://monhegan.com/accom/Oarhouse/Oarhouse.htm

Feel free to “google.com” for direct connections and email addresses for locations.  Most places have shared bathroom facilities.  Some restaurants and grocery services are available, so you won’t go hungry.   A cooler with choice nibbles is advised.…. call me with questions.

Transportation to Island:

FERRY: Reserve ahead.  Parking arrangements and schedule info is available directly from each boat line.            

Call or look online:

Laura B. out of Port Clyde  (Monhegan Boat Line)       207-372-8848

Balmy Days out of Boothbay Harbor           800-298-2284

The Hardy III, out of New Harbor

800-2-PUFFIN *(my choice….I leave my car in the ball field in New Harbor for a reasonable rate.)

NOTES ON THE WORKSHOP:

Sunday arrival is advised with Fri afternoon or Sat departure?   (It depends on your desire to hike and explore more…well worth staying the extra day or two).

Monday 9:00 AM, we will gather at [Shining Sails rental]: Inn at Fish and Maine. ( Doris and Jan are trying a new place this year, called China Cap)

Each morning we will meet at the specified painting location for a demo/lecture, then on to create individual works of art; possibly visit a working artist’s studio/gallery, closing our day with a critique.   We will focus on principles of painting, with the village/cliffs/ocean, etc. for inspiration.   There are 17 miles of hiking trails, for the energetic, so bring good footwear!

This will be an experience enriching for the mind, body and soul!    You’re welcomed to join me!

The Workshop supply list is available via my web site.

Call with materials questions.

To contact me after July 6, leave a message with Shining Sails B&B, the rental agent.      See you there!

dorisrice@comcast.net

155 Atlantic Ave., No Hampton, NH 03862

603-964-9254

c 603 724-7779