I don’t know about you, but I never cease to be amazed at the quality of the lenses in our mobile phones these days. The picture above, a close-up of the petunias in our courtyard flowerpots, was taken by Lois and the detail is extraordinary. I hope it comes across the various social media posts I am making of it.
We’ve been replenishing courtyard flowerpots and window boxes ready for the creative Great Awakening we are planning for July when, hopefully, tumbling coronavirus cases and escalating vaccination rates mean that all constraints on travel to and from your country to Italy will have been removed. (Rest assured that if this is not the case, we have contingency plans to postpone early courses to later in the year or until 2022.)
So now really is the time to plan your great escape after being confined for so long. You deserve a Watermill creative holiday: It refreshes the parts other holidays cannot reach! And it is delightful in flowery close up too.
Here is the list of our painting tutors for this year. You can find out more about each of them by clicking on their Profile page link in their entries below.
Vicki Norman
3 – 10 July 2021 Three or four places left
Oils and watercolours (and other mediums)
To learn more about Vicki and her course at the mill, please visit her 2021 Profile Page.
Carl March
10 – 17 July 2021 Three or four places left
Drawing and watercolours en plein air
To learn more about Carl and his course at the mill, please visit his 2021 Profile Page.
Randy Hale
21 – 28 August 2021 One or two places left
Watercolours
To learn more about Randy and his course at the mill, please visit his 2021 Profile Page.
Mike Willdridge
28 August – 4 September 2021 Three or four places left
Watercolour and drawing (also gouache and acrylics)
To learn more about Mike and his course at the mill, please visit his 2021 Profile Page.
Mike Willdridge
4 – 11 September 2021 One or two places left
Watercolour and drawing (also gouache and acrylics)
To learn more about Mike and his course at the mill, please visit his 2021 Profile Page.
Milind Mulick
11 – 18 September 2021 Two or three places left
Colourful watercolours
To learn more about Milind and his course at the mill, please visit his 2021 Profile Page.
Brienne M Brown
18 – 25 September 2021 Course full, waiting list open
Watercolours
To learn more about Brienne and her course at the mill, please visit her 2021 Profile Page.
Tim Wilmot
2 – 9 October 2021 One or two places left
Watercolours
To learn more about Tim and his course at the mill, please visit his 2021 Profile Page.
Ali Hargreaves
9 – 16 October 2021 One or two places left
Watercolours
To learn more about Ali and her course at the mill, please visit her 2021 Profile Page. {
Grahame Booth
23 – 30 October 2021 Two or three places left
Watercolours
To learn more about Grahame and his course at the mill, please visit his 2021 Profile Page.
Here are the dates and links for this year’s relaxing knitting courses:
Knitting retreat
17 – 24 July 2021 Three or four places left
Knitting and la Bella Vita
To learn more about our knitting retreat, please click here.
Louisa Harding
7 – 14 August 2021 Still plenty of spaces
Knitting and la Bella Vita
To learn more about Louisa and her week at the Watermill, please visit her 2021 Profile page.
Our witty and uplifting creative writing courses
Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
24-31 July 2021 Still plenty of spaces
Scriptwriting
To learn more about Laurence and Maurice and their course at the mill, please visit their 2021 Tutor Profile Page.
Jo Parfitt
14 -21 August 2021 Three of four spaces left
Writing your life stories
To learn more about Jo and her course at the mill, please visit her 2021 Tutor Profile page.
Our unique Italian language course
Francesca La Sala
16-23 October 2021 One or two spaces left
A novel approach to learning Italian
To learn more about Francesca and her course at the Watermill, please click here.
There’s more about our 2021 creative courses on our Watermill website: Just click here. We are waiting to welcome you.