Jane LaFazio led her second workshop in watercolor sketching. She is so amazing at how she can teach her students to produce the most beautiful pieces. This is a case where pictures do speak more than words. Look at what her students did last week! Jane asked each of her students to show one of [...]
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Amazing Sketching
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Learning Vacations on May 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sue Spargo Workshop Pieces
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Learning Vacations on May 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sue’s workshop is over. What a talented group we had. Each person made various degrees of progress on their pieces. Each project was completely individual, and each reflected some of what they experienced and/or were struck by during the week. Gorgeous work by gorgeous ladies. Also part of the group, but not taking the workshop [...]
Brave Women
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Learning Vacations on October 15, 2011 | 6 Comments »
We have a friend who joined us on one of our trips to Orvieto. She traveled on her own – her first trip to Europe alone. As we talked before leaving, we realized what an amazingly brave trip this was for her. There were fears of travel, fears about the language, fears about the art [...]
Architecture in Orvieto, Italy’s cemetery
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Orvieto Experiences, Orvieto Italy on November 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In May 2011, DJ Pettitt will be leading a photography/painting workshop for us in Orvieto. Her work is exceptional. One of her favorite subjects is angels. This fall Kristi and I went to Orvieto’s cemetery, located off the rock, to look for angels that might interest her. There were plenty, but what attracted my attention, [...]
Painting and playing in Orvieto, Italy
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Learning Vacations, Orvieto Italy on November 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
It is hard to believe that we are back nearly four weeks from our last workshop this fall. That last workshop was fun and productive with an energetic group creating and playing into each night. Misty Mawn led a talented group in making journals and then filling them with inspiration from Orvieto. The character of [...]
Misty Mawn trip
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our last trip this fall was with Misty Mawn. I will be writing about it shortly, but Misty has posted a wonderful entry on her blog about it. Misty will be returning September 30 – October 6, 2012. Stay tuned to our website for details.
Fabric, Beading, Quilting in Orvieto
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Culture, Learning Vacations, Orvieto Italy, Small group travel Italy on October 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Australia’s Lisa Walton led a workshop for us at the end of September producing some beautiful dyed fabrics, beaded scarves and more. At the same time a Discover Orvieto group was out exploring the food, wine, oil and culture of Orvieto. The two trips yielded a raft of memorable experiences and products. Lisa is a [...]
Orvieto, Italy – Creating
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Culture, Learning Vacations, Orvieto Experiences, Orvieto Italy on September 19, 2010 | 4 Comments »
We have just finished the first of three weeks of workshops in Orvieto. What a wonderful week where Tracie and Marylin Huskamp helped their students take pictures and transform them into works of art. We had a week of fun, sun, food, wine, art, vineyards, cooking, Etruscans and Italians. We also had Discover Orvieto going [...]
Artwork
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Learning Vacations, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations on June 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As a person with limited artistic skills it is always wonderful to see how unbelievably talented and creative people are. Everyone arrived at our workshops this spring with varied skills and histories of painting and photography. Yet our remarkable teachers, Jan Phillips and Jane LaFazio, brought out the most incredible work from everyone. Friday afternoon [...]
And the Winner is . . . .
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Learning Vacations on September 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Rini Boer from the Netherlands wins Tracie Huskamp’s book, Nature Inspired, in a drawing of readers from Make Haste Slowly, the blog of Adventures in Italy.
