It was excursion day yesterday on our online, interactive ‘virtual’ week at the Watermill and we visited a flower market in the stunning piazza dell’anfiteatro in the beautiful walled Italian city of Lucca. That’s tutor Mike Willdridge’s demonstration picture of the scene above. As usual, we have had plenty of kind comments about our week […]
Join the party and paint a piazza!
More than 60 people have already signed up for Tim Wilmot’s unique online session next Tuesday, ready to paint along in a piazza! Why don’t you come and join the party? The online painting sessions run by the Watermill and its renowned tutors continue to provide inspiration, relaxation and happy conversation. And we’ve an exciting […]
You will shine both virtually and for real on Rebecca’s pastel courses
Bookings are flowing in for Rebecca de Mendonça’s online pastel session next week, in which she will show you how to capture shine and reflected colour in your paintings. We would love you to join us and, when you have enjoyed learning the art of pastel painting online with Rebecca, why not come and shine […]
‘Three for the price of one’ on market day during our online, interactive ‘virtual’ week
Yes, it was market day yesterday in the walled mediaeval town of Fivizzano near the Watermill and our tutor, Mike Willdridge, chose as the subject for the day these two ladies gossiping in a quiet corner of the square. But instead of getting just one demonstration picture to work along with, Mike gave a masterclass […]
Join the crowd painting piazzas online with Tim
We are delighted to report that already more than 40 people have already signed up for our latest online, interactive session next Tuesday. It is a special session with the renowned English watercolourist Tim Wilmot. It is special because you get to choose the subject of your painting! Before you start painting along with Tim […]
Out on location on our online, interactive, ‘virtual’ painting week: a charming white chapel in an ancient village
Yesterday our international group of more than 80 painters set out from the Watermill to the nearby village of Verrucola to paint the charming little white chapel, seen above in tutor Mike Willdridge’s demonstration picture. It was another day of pleasant painting and convivial camaraderie. As usual, many of our guests sent their paintings to […]
Warm and convivial painting in the Watermill courtyard on Day Two of our virtual week
Our guests are settling in nicely on their online, interactive ‘virtual’ week at the Watermill. Yesterday’s task for the group was to paint the warm and welcoming Watermill courtyard. That’s tutor Mike Willdridge’s demonstration picture above. As ever, as well as painting along with Mike, our 90+ guests, from many different countries, enjoyed the convivial […]
An even more compelling reason to visit the Watermill: Uffizi Gallery paintings are coming to the nearby town of Fivizzano (we hope!)
The Mayor of Fivizzano, the walled mediaeval town near the Watermill, where we go for an introductory dinner in the main square the first Saturday of our creative courses and to visit the weekly market on Tuesdays, has written to the director of the world-famous Uffizi gallery in Florence, saying “we are ready when you […]
We’ve arrived! Day One of an exhilarating virtual week at the Watermill
More than 90 guests arrived yesterday for the start of our latest online, interactive ‘virtual’ week at the Watermill, in which they will spend two or three hours each day painting scenes from the Watermill and its beautiful surroundings in rural Tuscany with our tutor Mike Willdridge. On Day One they arrived at Pisa and […]
Time for you to shine: Rebecca shows how to get the most out of pastels and charcoal
It’s time for you to shine: we would love you to join us for our next convivial online painting session, with Rebecca de Mendonça. It will be full of tips and techniques for getting the most out of your pastels. Using a mixture of charcoal, soft pastel, hard pastel and pastel pencil, Rebecca will work […]