We are delighted to welcome the renowned UK painter Vicki Norman to the team of talented Watermill tutors who are providing our inspiring online, interactive sessions. On Vicki’s first session with us, on Tuesday 16 March 2021, you will be able to paint along with her, reproducing the lovely scene above, of the view down […]
This time tomorrow this is where you could be, painting under the Tuscan sun
Yes, on the latest Watermill online interactive ‘virtual’ painting week you can spend a couple of hours every day painting in glorious locations in sunny Tuscany Italy. And within a short time of your arrival you will be painting this sunny street scene in Pisa. Then, during the week, you will capture with your brush […]
An ancient hilltop village, spectacular mountain views – and an Italian washing line! The final venue on our exciting ‘virtual’ online painting week
On the last day of both our ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ painting weeks we visit the village of Monte dei Bianchi, hardly changed through a thousand years of history. There are spectacular views of the towering Alpi Apuane, the marble mountains of Carrara. But what attracted Mike’s attention (as it has done for many of our […]
Let’s paint in Pisa on the first day of our Watermill ‘virtual’ online, interactive week
In normal times most of our painting course guests fly into Pisa, where we pick them up in one of our minibuses and transport them to the mill (with spectacular views of the white marble mountains of Carrara on the way.) So for the first adventure on our next exciting Watermill ‘virtual’ online, interactive painting […]
Randy shows how painting from photos can be fluid and spontaneous, in our next online, interactive session
The Watermill’s next exciting live, interactive painting session is with the renowned US watercolourist and Watermill tutor Randy Hale. It is on Thursday 11 February at 5:00 pm European time. (Obviously, due to the inexorable laws of physics, this will be early in the morning in some parts of North America and late at night […]
More Italian tips for daily well-being: get out and about and change your coffee-drinking habits
Today is the last in our series on 10 Italian lifestyle habits that add to the quality of daily living, based on suggestions from Patrick Browne in The Local, our Italian English-language newspaper. The first is rather difficult to achieve in these restricted times; and in the UK and the USA at least, the paucity […]
I bet this picture makes you smile! Join Charles at the Watermill and smile some more.
We have just received the latest newsletter from our friend and Watermill painting tutor Charles Sluga and I couldn’t resist passing on this wonderful picture of three boys. Charles says: “One of the things I love about my paintings is that they connect with people of all ages and backgrounds.†These three boys were allowed […]
Get those creative juices flowing, painting with Ali
This is the last of our articles featuring the new inspiring tutors on the Watermill team in 2021. We are delighted to welcome an English painter, Ali Hargreaves, who will be joining us for a week-long course in watercolours and ‘mixed media’, from Saturday 9 October to Saturday 16 October 2021. Her watercolour above, of […]
Much to her mother’s indignation, the young Brienne Brown owned little clothing that was not covered in paint.
One of the first things we learned about our new American watercolour tutor, Brienne Brown, was the quotation above about her early life. She is still passionate about watercolours and plein air painting, though she may not spatter her paint about quite as much! Brienne, from Pennsylvania in the USA, says: “I find beauty in […]
Italy through Indian eyes: join Milind for a fresh look at Tuscany
Continuing our review of our new, inspiring painting tutors for 2021, today we are delighted to present our first Indian painter, Milind Mulick. Milind is a watercolour artist from Pune who was gained a remarkable reputation in his own country and, increasingly, worldwide, for his atmospheric watercolours. His course, which he calls Colourful Watercolours, will […]