It is nice to be liked — and when you are Liked no fewer than 8,000 times, well that’s something rather special. So a really big thank you to the 8,000 people who have now joined us as Watermill Facebook friends, by Liking our Facebook page. It is a wonderful sign of your support for […]
A Californian Christmas card
Our new American painting tutor Pamme Turner has just sent us a Californian Christmas card, a demonstration picture painted on her last plein air painting course this week. It is called ‘The Mission at Christmas (Southern CA).’ Pamme says: “The decorations mark a holiday here usually celebrated in a t-shirt, but no snow or beautiful […]
A familiar sight to participants on Watermill creative courses. And a happy Christmas to all
Here is a familiar sight to anyone who has been on a Watermill creative course. You will see him (and his three identical companions) on your first Saturday evening when you go to dinner in the main piazza in the small walled mediaeval town of Fivizzano near the Watermill. And you will see him again […]
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…
We are delighted when our Watermill guests send us Christmas greetings, particularly those who have been on one of our renowned inspiring painting courses and send us a picture they have painted. Like Eric Drewery, whose painting above, called Flaming Autumn, was the picture he used on his greetings card. Thank you, Eric, and our […]
A little light-hearted fun adds to the inspiration on Mike’s courses
I don’t know about you, but I am mightily fed up all the gloom-mongering by our politicians and bureaucrats and above all by the teenage scribblers in our media, who can only see the worst in any situation, and turn out doom-laden goblets of ill-digested and inaccurate information about the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences. […]
A spectacular Lunigiana sunset
Isn’t this a wonderful picture of sunset in Lunigiana, the unspoiled corner of rural Tuscany in which the Watermill is located? The picture was taken by our friend Vivienne White from her house in the hills above Posara. The glowing mountains in the background are the Apuan Alps, the marble mountains of Carrara. You, too, […]
Another photovoltaic milestone: Join us to be Green, Cool and Creative
Yesterday we chalked up another milestone on our journey to make the Watermill Cool and Green. Our array of photovoltaic panels in the south-facing roofs of the Watermill complex have now produced more than14,000 Megawatt Hours of electricity this year, bringing our total production since we installed the panels two-and-a-half years ago more than 35,000 […]
Another Watermill painting picture to warm the cockles of your heart
Here is another picture of one of our painting guests rejoicing in the calm beauty of the scenery surrounding the Watermill, enjoying nature and worrying about nothing except how to capture the scene with his brush. This could be you! Our Watermill creative courses (in painting, writing, knitting and Italian language) offer inspiring tuition, spectacular […]
Wish you were here? Painters in the Watermill garden in early summer
Continuing our search for the perfect picture that sums up the ambience of the Watermill creative course, how about this one of the Watermill walled garden, taken in early summer by our painting tutor Keiko Tanabe? Wish you were here? Well you can be if you book one of our inspiring 2022 courses. They are […]
Some sunny May Watermill roses to warm your chilly November day
With all the cold weather and miserable news, I thought we all needed cheering up today. So here is a sunny picture of the Watermill rose pergola blossoming in May sunshine. I hope that made you feel better! Perhaps you might like also to spend the winter months with a glow of anticipation, having booked […]