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…
Category Archives: Painting
If Vasari hadn’t written his well-known book, he might be even more renowned!
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 13. Giorgio Vasari*** Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) is famous for writing the first important book on Art…
Uccello: A strange old bird obsessed with perspective
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 12. Paolo Uccello*** Paolo Uccello (1397-1474) was a pioneer of the use of linear perspective, invented…
Is Filippo Lippi’s angel the cheekiest in the history of art?
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 11. Filippo Lippi*** There are many wonderful pictures in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, a treasure…
A ‘Zen’ experience beside a Tuscan river: The Watermill’s bamboo glade
Silently and unseen, the leaves have fallen for more than half a century in our bamboo glade between the millstream and the river, creating a cushioned pathway through the towering…
Domenico Ghirlandaio: miraculous frescoes and moving portraits
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 10. Domenico Ghirlandaio*** Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448-1494) a Florentine Renaissance painter, is perhaps most famous for his…
An impression (or five) of winter snow
There hasn’t been enough snow yet for skiing in the Apuan Alps near us, but I’m happy to say that my favourite online art magazine DailyArt has made up for…
Top Tip: how to use colour contrasts to communicate your best ideas
Maggie Renner Hellman, one of our tutors at the mill, is a master of colour and says. “My Oil Paintings & Watercolor Studies primarily use Color Value Contrast to direct…
Turbulent scenes from Artemesia Gentileschi
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room her name: 8. Artemisia Gentileschi *** The Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654?) has become a feminist icon, celebrated for…
Fra Angelico: an angelic brother with ‘a rare and perfect talent’
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 7. Fra Angelico *** The Dominican monk Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John from Fiesole) (1395-1455)…
How much does it cost to send a postcard home from the Watermill at Posara? Absolutely nothing!
We suppose, in this age of instant communications on social media, that postcard-sending, like letter-writing, is a dying art. But we think there’s nothing nicer, especially for the children and…
Brunelleschi: Si monumentum requiris circumspice
The life and inspiring works of the artist who gives your room his name: 5. Filippo Brunelleschi *** Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), truly a Renaissance Man, built the soaring, gravity-defying dome of…