Continuing our series introducing our new painting tutors to the Watermill team, today we would like to present Randy Hale, an exciting watercolourist from Colorado in United States. As well as his workshops in the USA, Randy has taken painting groups all over the world. And recently, he has been hosting some of our Watermill […]
Share the joy of pastels (and other media) with Rebecca
Continuing our presentations on this year’s exciting Watermill painting tutors, we feature today Rebecca de Mendonça, an exciting English pastellist who is not only an inspiring tutor on courses here at the Watermill but has also hosted several of our highly popular interactive online painting sessions. She will be joining us at the Watermill at […]
Capture the vibrant Italian light (and shade) with Paul
Continuing our series of mini-essays about Watermill painting tutors whose courses still have a few vacancies in 2021, I am delighted today to present Paul Talbot-Greaves, who will be back this year for another of his inspiring watercolour weeks. Paul’s week will run from Saturday 19 June – Saturday 26 June 2021 . Paul is […]
Paint the glorious scenery of rural Tuscany, Italy, in watercolours, without leaving home. Our ‘virtual’ painting week video set is now on sale
The Watermill’s first online, interactive ‘virtual’ painting week proved to be one of our great successes of 2020. Towards the end of last year, more than 100 people painted along with our friend and tutor Mike Willdridge every afternoon for seven days, ‘visiting’ the glorious locations we normally go to on our ‘real’ painting weeks. […]
A bright December bloom brings hope in gloomy times
November was a bright and sunny month in Posara (we even managed to make 500 kilowatt hours of photovoltaic electricity). But early December had it all: rain, sleet, hail, frost, snow and strong winds, to send us scurrying for indoor warmth. The weather is calmer now, though cold, and I was heartened to see, on […]
‘Unlike anything else in life, I get completely lost in the process.’
That was the comment from one of the participants on Randy Hale’s first online interactive painting session with the Watermill. She says: “It was simply wonderful. It is a good challenge to myself to improve. I love seeing everyone’s work. It’s so much fun.†Randy’s online session, learning about painting negative shapes in watercolours, proved […]
Building an online painting community in these difficult times. Our thanks to all involved
We have been overwhelmed by the success of the Watermill online, interactive painting sessions, which we have been running for several months now. Every week more than a hundred painters from many different countries have joined together to paint along with our inspiring tutors. We really do seem to have created an international community of […]
Ready for the off
Good morning from virtual Italy! And a warm welcome to Pisa to the 120 people signed up for our unique, online, interactive ‘virtual’ Watermill painting week. We are looking forward to a fun time with an international group of painters. Our group will be arriving this afternoon and we are going to be sketching and […]
A golden harvest at Posara
At this time of year, the colours of Italian countryside are gorgeous: yellows, oranges, reds and browns, as the leaves turn and begin to fall. And a spectacular contribution to this autumnal splendour is a fruit tree that the Italians call cacchi, and the English, persimmon. Not only are its leaves beautifully coloured, but its […]
Day Three of your interactive ‘virtual’ Watermill painting week with Mike: The spectacular Medieval castle of Verrucola
Welcome to the third of our blogs to whet your appetite for, and hopefully persuade you to join us on, Mike Willdridge’s exciting ‘virtual’ online painting week at the Watermill. Yes, every day from Saturday 28 November to Friday 4 December 2020 inclusive we’ll be offering you the opportunity of painting along with Mike, scenes […]