Come the summer months, many Italians head for the seaside, il mare, leaving their hot and crowded cities for (slightly less) hot and (slightly more) crowded beaches. Yes, the seaside is packed with serried ranks of umbrellas lined up in military formation. It is, no doubt, great sociable fun, with seaside bars and restaurants, discos and nightclubs.
We won’t be there!
We will be enjoying the relative cool of the Watermill gardens and grounds, and the perfect cool of our air-conditioned bedrooms and public rooms. And if you join us on one of our world-renowned creative courses, in painting, writing, knitting and Italian there will be only a dozen or so ‘students’ and perhaps two or three ‘non-participating partners’ enjoying themselves in this unspoiled part of rural Tuscany.
We would love you to join us for inspiring tuition, stunning setting, beautiful scenery, delicious food and wine and, of course, the convivial company of like-minded people.
Our 2022 courses are pretty full, but we still have some places left. There are details and links below. If you see a course you like and it is already listed as fully booked, don’t despair: there are often cancellations. Just let us know your interests by using the Watermill Contact Form (just click here) and will put you on a waiting list.
Come and enjoy la Vita Italiana without the crowds. We will be here. And we won’t arrange our umbrellas and sun loungers in straight lines!
First, our inspiring painting courses
Keiko Tanabe
21 – 28 May 2022 A couple of places left
To learn more about Keiko and her course at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Maggie Renner Hellman
28 May-4 June 2022 Two or three places left.
Courageous Color Workshop’ Your choice: oils, acrylics, pastels and/or watercolour travel sketches
To learn more about Maggie and her course at the Watermill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Ruth Koch
4-11 June 2022 One place left
Art journaling
To learn more about Ruth and her course at the Watermill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Randy Hale
11-18 June 2022 Three place left
Watercolours
To learn more about Randy and his course at the Watermill, please visit his 2022 Profile Page.
Vicki Norman
2-9 July 2022 Fully booked, waiting list open
Oils and watercolours (and other mediums)
To learn more about Vicki and her course at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Pamme Turner
9-16 July 2022 Two places left
Watercolour and gouache en plein air
To learn more about Pamme and her week at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page
Carl March
16-23 July 2022 Three or four places left
Drawing and watercolour en plein air
To learn more about Carl and his course at the mill, please visit his 2022 Profile Page.
Paul Talbot-Greaves
20-27 August 2022 Three or four places left
Watercolours (and acrylics)
To learn more about Paul and his course at the mill, please visit his 2022 Profile Page.
Rebecca de Mendonça
27 August-3 September 2022 Three or four places left
Pastels
To learn more about Rebecca and her course at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Mike Willdridge
3-10 September 2022 Course full, Waiting list open
Watercolours and drawing (also gouache and acrylics, with a special emphasis on drawing on location.)
To learn more about Mike and his course at the mill, please visit his 2022 Profile Page.
Varvara Neiman
10-17 September 2022 Still plenty of places
Water-based oils, acrylics and watercolours
To learn more about Varvara and her course at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Milind Mulick
17-24 September 2022 Course full, Waiting list open
‘Colourful watercolours’
To learn more about Milind and his course at the mill, please visit his 2022 Profile Page.
Cynthia Armstrong
24 September-1 October 2022 A couple of places left
Watercolours and gouache
To learn more about Cynthia and her course at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Tim Wilmot
1-8 October 2022 A couple of places left
Watercolours
To learn more about Tim and his course at the mill, please visit his 2022 Profile Page.
Grahame Booth
8 – 15 October 2022 Fully booked, waiting list open
Watercolours
To learn more about Grahame and his course at the mill, please visit his 2022 Profile Page.
Our wonderful writing course
Jo Parfitt
18-25 June 2022 Course full, Waiting list open
Writing your fife stories
To learn more about Jo and her course at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Our notable knitting week
Louisa Harding
7-14 May 2022 A couple of places left
Knitting and la bella vita
To learn more about Louisa and her week at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Debbie Abrahams
14-21 May 2022 One place left
Knitting and la bella vita
23-30 April 2022
To learn more about Debbie and her week at the mill, please visit her 2022 Profile Page.
Our unique Italian Language course
Giulia Balestri
15-22 October 2022 Two places left
A novel approach to learning Italian
To learn more about Francesca and our unique Italian week at the mill, please click here.