Our sympathetic, caring, inspiring 2020 painting tutors
We have exciting new tutors, as well as old friends, for our 2020 painting courses. Choose a tutor, a medium or a date that suits you best – but hurry, places are filling fast. And don’t forget: if you book any one of our 2020 creative courses before 31 December 2019, you can enjoy our Early Bird discount of £75 (seventy-five English pounds).
Carl March
18 - 25 April 2020
Drawing and watercolours en plein air
To learn more about Carl and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Grahame Booth
25 April - 2 May 2020
Watercolours
To learn more about Grahame and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Brienne M Brown
16 - 23 May 2020
Watercolours
To learn more about Brienne and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Sandra Strohschein
30 May - 6 June 2020
6 - 13 June 2020
Watercolours
To learn more about Sandra and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Randy Hale
13 - 20 June 2020
Watercolours
To learn more about Randy and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Vicki Norman
20 - 27 June 2020
Oils and watercolours (and other mediums)
To learn more about Vicki and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Chris Hughes
27 June – 4 July 2020
Watercolours en plein air
To learn more about Chris and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Mark Warner
11 - 18 July 2020
Colourful Acrylics, Drawing, Pen & Wash
To learn more about Mark and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Terry Jarvis
15 - 22 August 2020
Watercolours (& oils, pastels and acrylics)
To learn more about Terry and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Mike Willdridge
29 August – 5 September 2020
Watercolour and drawing (also gouache and acrylics)
To learn more about Mike and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Rebecca de Mendonça
5 - 12 September 2020
Pastels and Mixed media
To learn more about Rebecca and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Maggie Renner Hellmann
12 - 19 September 2020
19 - 26 September 2020
Courageous Color Workshop’ in oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels
To learn more about Maggie and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Mary Padgett
26 September - 3 October 2020
Pastels (and other portable media) en plein air
To learn more about Mary and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Milind Mulick
3 - 10 October 2020
Colourful watercolours
To learn more about Milind and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Tim Wilmot
10 – 17 October 2020
Watercolours
To learn more about Tim and his course at the mill, please visit his 2020 Profile Page.
Only a couple of painting places left this year
We only have a couple of places left on our painting courses for the rest of this,year: on Claire Warner's week in September and David Taylor's in October. Everything else is fully booked but, if you would particularly like to come on one of them, please let us know and we’ll put you on the waiting list. There are often cancellations.
Claire Warner
14 - 21 September 2019 - due to cancellations, one place left
Watercolours, oils and acrylics
To learn more about Claire and her course at the mill, please visit her 2019 Profile Page.
Maggie Renner Hellmann
21 - 28 September 2019 - fully booked, waiting list open
Courageous Color Workshop' in oils, acrylics, pastels and watercolors
To learn more about Maggie and her course at the mill, please visit her 2019 Profile Page.
Charles Sluga
28 September - 5 October 2019 - fully booked, waiting list open
Watercolours, acrylics and oils
To learn more about Charles and his course at the mill, please visit his 2019 Profile Page.
Tim Wilmot
5 - 12 October 2019 - fully booked, waiting list open
Watercolours
To learn more about Tim and his course at the mill, please visit his 2019 Profile Page.
David Taylor
12 - 19 October 2019 - due to cancellations, one place left
Watercolours
To learn more about David and his course at the mill, please visit his 2019 Profile Page.
Our Summer painter in residence,
Sandra Strohschein
Come and join us and enjoy the magic at the mill!
*** Why not bring your non-painting partner as well?
There’s a generous £250 discount for him/her if they share a room with you - and there’s plenty for them to do. Have a look at our Partner’s Activities Page for suggestions.
Use the 2020 painting programme link above to view the list of our inspiring 2020 painting tutors.
Wow! and double Wow!
We knew our Watermill knitting weeks were popular, but within days of announcing our two 2020 knitting courses, they were almost full. And as we go to press one week is already completely full up and we only have a place or two left on the second one. Wow! and double Wow!
The first week is with the celebrated cashmere designer and yarn producer Louisa Harding, and the other is the Watermill’s first-ever Knitting Retreat. We have 11 knitters and three non-knitting partners booked into Louisa’s week at the end of May, so we are full up. But there are often cancellations, so if you’re interested get in touch and we will put you on a waiting list.
For our knitting retreat, where you enjoy the convivial company of like-minded people and the renowned hospitality of the Watermill, but on which there is no tutor, we already have 10 bookings, one of whom is a non-knitting partner (but is coming to use the painting studio), and we have three bedrooms left.
Now is the time to grab one of those last places, especially as we have an Early Bird offer: if you book before the end of the year there is £75 GBP (seventy-five English pounds) on this exciting knitting week.
Louisa Harding
23 - 30 May 2020 - fully booked, waiting list open
Knitting and La Bella Vita
To learn more about Louisa and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Knitting Retreat
4 - 11 July 2020
Knitting and La Bella Vita
To learn more about this retreat, please visit our 2020 Retreat Overview Page.
Don't forget your partner!
And don’t forget that your friend or partner doesn’t need to participate in the creative course, whether it’s painting, language or writing.
We offer them a range of Alternative activities for partners on all our 2020 courses, as well as a generous £GBP 250 discount if they share a room with you.
Our enriching 2020 writing courses
We are running two creative writing courses planned for 2020, with highly successful tutors. First, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, the celebrated comedy and drama writers, are returning for another of their celebrated scriptwriting courses and secondly, we look forward to another inspirational Writing Your Life Stories week with Jo Parfitt.
Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
2 – 9 May 2020
Scriptwriting
To learn more about Laurence and Maurice and their course at the mill, please visit their 2020 Profile Page.
Jo Parfitt
9 – 16 May 2020
Write the stories of your life
To learn more about Jo and her course at the mill, please visit her 2020 Profile Page.
Our exhilarating 2020 language course
We are delighted to welcome back Francesca la Sala for another of her exhilarating Italian language courses at the Watermill. She will be with us next August and already the bookings are beginning to flow in. So, if you are interested in improving your knowledge and your practice of the wonderful Italian language -- and enjoying la bella vita Italiana in the peaceful ambience of the Watermill, it’s time to get your booking in!
Langues Services and Francesca la Sala
22 - 29 August 2020
Learning Italian with the Italians
To learn more about Francesca and her
2020 course at the mill, please click here.
Everything's included in your watermill painting holiday, creative writing holiday, knitting week or Italian Language course
Don’t forget that everything is included in the cost of a painting holiday, writing, knitting, or language holiday: tuition, accommodation (including all linen and towels), pre-dinner aperitifs, all meals and local transportation (including transfers to Pisa airport; an excursion by train to visit the ancient walled city of Lucca or the stunning seaside villages of the Cinque Terre).
All you have to do is to get to Pisa airport and we do the rest.
Whether you're travelling alone or with a partner you can be sure of a warm welcome, and that you'll be well looked after. We have built our reputation on the comfort of the mill and the care we provide.
Become a Friend of The Watermill at Posara
Visit our Friends Website (Link below). Just follow the instructions to Register as a Friend and then Log In to enjoy special privileges. If you become a ‘Friend’ (it will cost you nothing) you’ll enjoy many exclusive benefits, including dozens of practical and inspiring tips from our international painting and creative writing tutors and recipes from the watermill’s mouth-watering menus. And there will be exclusive offers for Friends to make our courses and holidays even more attractive.
We very much look forward to welcoming you to the mill and, for those of you who have already tasted the many delights at The Watermill at Posara, we look forward to welcoming you back.
With very best wishes a tutti
Lois and Bill Breckon