
Kim Forness, who came with her mum Mija Soroko on Brienne Brown’s painting course last week has just posted this lovely review on TripAdvisor.
She writes: “Fantastic experience! My mom and I had the most wonderful week at the Watermill – it really is a special place. Lois, Bill, Karsten, and the entire staff made us feel so at home. The scenery is spectacular, the food is delicious and plentiful, and the paining instruction was helpful and personalized. Once you arrive in Pisa, they handle all the details and plan such a fun itinerary. We had a great group and I know that I will always treasure my experience at the Watermill.”
Thank you so much for such an affirmative review, Kim. We are glad that you both had such a lovely time and look forward to seeing you here again very soon.
Below is a short video of the farewell show (paintings and prosecco) on the last evening of Brienne’s course. It was difficult to get them away from the studio, even though we warned them that the gorgonzola soufflés, the first course of the farewell dinner, would go flat!
Why not come and create your own ‘fantastic experiences’ on a Watermill creative course next year? You’ll enjoy inspiring tuition, warm hospitality, stunning scenery, delicious food and wine and the convivial company of like-minded people. All that and, if you book now our special Early Bird discount of £75 (British pounds) off your 2024 creative holiday.
These are the inspiring 2024 painting courses.

Carl March
20-27 April 2024
Drawing and watercolours en plein air
To learn more about Carl and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Maggie Renner Hellmann
25 May – 1 June 2024
‘Colourful & Expressive Oil & watercolour’ (also Travel sketching, acrylics, and pastel)
To learn more about Maggie and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Randy Hale
8 – 15 June 2024
Watercolour
To learn more about Randy and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Keiko Tanabe
15 – 22 June 2024
Watercolours
To learn more about Keiko and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Michael Solovyev **NEW WATERMILL TUTOR**
22 – 29 June 2024
Atmospheric Landscape in Watercolour: Studio/Plein Air’
To learn more about Michael and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Paul Talbot-Greaves
29 June – 6 July 2024
Watercolour
To learn more about Paul and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Yong Chen **NEW WATERMILL TUTOR**
6 – 13 July 2024
Watercolour
To learn more about Yong and his course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Sue Ford
13 – 20 July 2024
Watercolours
To learn more about Sue and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Fiona Graham Mackay
17 – 24 August 2024
Painting en plein air (oil, acrylic, watercolour and pastel)
To learn more about Fiona and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Pamme Turner
24 – 31 August 2024
Watercolour and gouache
To learn more about Pamme and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Mike Willdridge
7 – 14 September 2024
Watercolour and drawing (also gouache and acrylics)
To learn more about Mike and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Rebecca de Mendonça
14 – 21 September 2024
Pastels
To learn more about Rebecca and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Tim Wilmot
28 September – 5 October 2024
Watercolours
To learn more about Tim and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Grahame Booth
5 – 12 October 2024
Watercolours
To learn more about Grahame and his course at the mill, please visit his 2024 Tutor Profile Page.
La Bella Vita knitting courses for 2024.

Susan Crawford **NEW WATERMILL TUTOR**
27 April – 4 May 2024
Knitting and La Bella Vita
To learn more about Susan and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Norah Gaughan
4 – 11 May 2024
Knitting and La Bella Vita
To learn more about Norah and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Louisa Harding
11 – 18 May 2024
Knitting and La Bella Vita
To learn more about Louisa and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Debbie Abrahams
18 – 25 May 2024
Knitting and La Bella Vita
To learn more about Debbie and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.

Sylvia Watts-Cherry **NEW WATERMILL TUTOR**
1 – 8 June 2024
Knitting and La Bella Vita
To learn more about Sylvia and her course at the mill, please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.
Our renowned Writing Your Life Stories course

Jo Parfitt
21 – 28 September 2024 s
Write your life stories
To learn more about Jo and her course at the mill, please visit please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile Page.
Our unique Italian language course

Giulia Balestri
12 – 19 October 2024
Learning Italian with the Italians
For more details on Giulia’s 2024 course at the mill, please visit please visit her 2024 Tutor Profile page.