Captured by lines
Lydia entertains our guests at aperitivi time in the restored frantoio. That’s not a headline to a fishing story, but rather a celebration of the talent of a recent Watermill…
Category Archives: Painting Holidays
Heaven and Paradise! We must be doing something right! Our two latest TripAdvisor reviews!
For a warm Watermill welcome, please click here. Heaven on earth This place is heaven. I was at The Watermill at Posara for a week of pastel tuition and had…
The bellwether Watermill: Join us in setting the trends for convivial creativity
Convivial concentration: Randy Hale demonstrating in the Watermill courtyard. We’ve always liked the word bellwether, which has nothing to do with church bells or good weather, although we have plenty…
The Duke of Wellington, James Bond and a very English crime
Do you remember the scene from the James Bond film Dr. No, where 007 goes to meet the villain in his Caribbean lair and does a double-take on a picture…
The iris is ris! Springtime at the Watermill
Some beautiful warm, sunny days around Easter and into April have enabled us to enjoy lunching and dining a fuori with friends on our Riverside Terrace, under the blue Italian…
Happy to compete and wanting to win. How ‘lefties’ survive in a right-handed world
It’s a curious thing, but even after eons of evolution we left-handers still make up about one-tenth of the world’s population. Is it because we are just ‘ornery’? You would…
We’ll cut ourselves in four and go the extra mile to bring you the best at the Watermill
You’ll find the hospitality the Watermill second to none and we’ll cut ourselves in four to make sure you are well looked after. Not literally, of course, but ci faremo…
Colourful language, or why the Italians go green when they are in the red
Most languages have colourful expressions, and many of them are much the same: we’re green with envy, while Italians talk of verde dall’invidia; if we want to be clear we…
Happy Lupercalia: was this the boisterous precursor to St. Valentine’s Day?
I don’t know about you, but I’m not planning to sacrifice a goat today nor, fun though it sounds, run semi-naked through the city flaying bystanders with strips from the…
Have a go at watercolours and oils with Penelope
Are you a watercolourist? Would you like to try your hand at oils, but worry about how to get your new creations home? Are you an oil painter? Would you…
I’m no spring chicken but I love this idiomatic poultry
If you love words as I do, and enjoy a little offbeat, quirky, start to your day, then you need to look no further than a recent post on…
A rainy day? It’s only artistic licence!
The painting above, by Sandra Strohchein, hangs in the in Tutor’s Gallery in the Watermill sitting room. It is a watercolour of a blustery rainy day at one of our…