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splashing paint paintings photograph s and thoughts of a wandering artist skip to primary content skip to secondary content splashing paint paintings photograph s and thoughts of a wandering artist search main menu post navigation older posts italy 2025 posted on october 27 2025 by splashingpaint 2 the textures and colors of italy have made it one of my favourite painting locations we spent a few days in florence before heading off to tenuta di sticciano between florence and san gimignano for an 8 day painting retreat i had a small enthusiastic group of artists a spacious studio and beautiful surroundings right in the middle of some of the best tuscan villages and landscapes early morning light on the ponte vecchio is one of the treats of florence florence cathedral built in the 14th century without power tools cranes laser levels or computers just a lot of hard working skilled craftsmen with a hundred years to get the job done plain air painting at tenuta di sticciano our chef spoiled us with some fantastic traditional wood fired pizzas the painting studio at tenuta di sticciano was a great room it was good to be able to display everyones work on the last day and enjoy what we had achieved with a glass of local wine beautiful tuscan sunsets from our accommodation and some heavy tuscan fogs before the sun rose hats off to tori who managed to swim laps every morning undaunted by fog and low temperatures we visited a number of wonderful medieval tuscan villages sketching and taking photographs which formed the basis for our paintings back in the studio always lots of geraniums san gimignano amazing textures wonderful earthy colors and the worlds best gelato s beautiful brick and stone wall in castellina in chianti we couldn t have a painting retreat in italy without including a red vespa after the retreat in tuscany dianne and i caught the fast train to rome we made our way slowly through the vatican museum and enjoyed wandering around the city for three days from rome we headed up to the hill town of cortona the town s history goes back to etruscan times and it s location on top of a steep hill surrounded by flat plains is spectacular the highest point in the town is dominated by a medici fort which is now a series of galleries presenting some fantastic photographic exhibitions view of the only level street in cortona from our apartment window breakfast with a view across the plains to distant mountains was amazing not far from cortona by train is the city of arezzo full of narrow winding streets and in the piazza crande is the impressive 12th century church santa maria della pieve our stay in italy was over way too quickly europe to australia without a stop over is not a pleasant trip we arrived back in brisbane airport full of great memories but feeling like exhausted zombies share this more email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print tweet like loading posted in architecture history italy landscape painting workshops travel tuscany tagged arezzo castellina in chianti cortona europe florence italy painting retreat rome san gimignano sketches travel tuscany watercolor painting 2 replies florence posted on june 27 2025 by splashingpaint reply across the city to the ponte vecchio i love the simplicity of black and white fast and exciting even with a complicated subject like this join me and a dozen other excited painters to experience the breathtaking beauty of tuscany this october still a few places left booking and details through the link below https uptrek com retreat medieval architecture landscape painting retreat artist john lovett italy share this more email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print tweet like loading posted in painting workshops tagged black and white sketch of florence john lovett tuscan painting retreat 2025 painting workshop watercolor painting leave a reply africa posted on june 1 2025 by splashingpaint 7 cape town victoria falls and chobe national park were the three destinations for our african workshop with travelrite we were kept busy with painting sketching site seeing game drives and river cruises the wildlife was fantastic and the villages and cities picturesque and interesting we had a wonderful group and enjoyed ourselves immensely in bo kaap cape town every house is painted a different color bo kaap is also the home of some beautifully decaying old cars with rusting patinas makeshift repairs flat tyres and no rego down along the waterfront is a hive of activity ship yards fishing boats cargo ships and tourism all spread out along the waterfront painting above the haute cabriere vinyard franschhoek haute cabriere cellars sunset on the zambezi river spectacular victoria falls from helicopter from the ground the falls are huge impressive and very wet raincoats on a sunny day from victoria falls we moved on to botswana and chobe national park we saw a great variety of birds and animals on two afternoon game drives and a chilly 6am drive plus a boat trip down the chobe river late in the afternoon elephant sketch cape buffalo black backed jackal male kudu young lion mum was sound asleep a couple of meters away zebras we came across this pack of african wild dogs beside the road very early one morning cheetah slowly through the grass red billed hornbill pied kingfisher red billed oxpecker on the back of an impala lilac breasted roller african skimmer carmine bee eater carmine bee eaters hippos in the chobe river happy looking crocodile we stayed right on the river at the cresta mowana resort impalas are common throughout the national park we were sad to be leaving africa and saying farewell to our great group of painters and fellow travellers lots of places still unseen so we will definitely be back share this more email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print tweet like loading posted in animals birds landscape painting workshops photography travel tagged africa african birds african wild dog bo kaap botswana cape buffalo cape town cheetah chobe national park elephant giraffe safari south africa travel victoria falls watercolor painting zambezi river zebra zimbabwe 7 replies medieval facades posted on march 20 2025 by splashingpaint reply tuscan painting retreat 1 8 october 2025 join me for a fantastic painting retreat in the heart of tuscany click here for information and booking details https uptrek com retreat medieval architecture landscape painting retreat artist john lovett italy click here to watch a video of the painting https youtu be yccgmwwlytq share this more email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print tweet like loading posted in painting demonstrations painting workshops tagged john lovett tuscan painting retreat 2025 painting demonstration painting workshop watercolor painting leave a reply painting retreat tuscany posted on february 8 2025 by splashingpaint reply join me for a fabulous painting retreat on an historic tuscan estate set in the rolling tuscan hills this is a breathtaking location to immerse ourselves in creating some inspired paintings we will travel to nearby towns and villages to paint and sketch the estate has a painting room and beautiful gardens for us to take advantage of enjoy magnificent meals prepared by our own private chef and the best of local chianti wines oct 1 8 2025 book now https uptrek com retreat medieval architecture landscape painting retreat artist john lovett italy share this more email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print tweet like loading posted in painting instruction painting workshops tagged painting retreat tuscany leave a reply african elephant demo posted on november 11 2024 by splashingpaint 7 a quick watercolor demonstration painting an african elephant with just 3 colors some charcoal and gesso join me for a fantastic painting workshop in africa may 2005 still some places left https www paintingworkshops net lovett africa may 2025 php share this more email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print tweet like loading posted in animals art materials painting demonstrations painting instruction painting workshops watercolor tagged elephant painting demo painting demonstration watercolor demonstration watercolor materials watercolor painting 7 replies france posted on october 22 2024 by splashingpaint 9 from marrakesh we flew to toulouse where we had a couple of days to explore the city we were then picked up by a driver and taken through the french countryside to domaine d en naudet the beautiful venue for our week long painting retreat hosted by uptrek winding streets of toulouse bridge over the river tarn toulouse view of the countryside from the tower at domaine d en naudet the foreground trees are oaks planted to grow truffles domaine d en naudet the tower at domaine d en naudet was originally built for protection then in the early 1800 s converted to a pigeon house it now serves as tall thin accommodation our painting group gathered under the tower we were spoilt with a huge well lit studio with attached kitchen and bathrooms and views from every window our hosts sophie and nicholas spoilt us with cakes pastries biscuits cheese fruit and coffee while we were busy painting in the studio one of the downstairs windows at domaine d en naudet our host nicholas arranged for us to visit his nearby neighbour madeline she lives in a wonderfull old medieval house with attached barn it was a magnificent unspoilt building and a pleasure to sit and paint the rustic details the town of albi was a spectacular surprise ancient brick and stonework reveals the history of these fantastic old buildings centuries of alterations renovations and repairs create an amazing texture and expose the skill of these tradesmen over the centuries a modern steel gate blends beautifully with the ancient brickwork saint salvy cloister albi painting albi from across the river tarn sainte cecile cathedral in albi sure is an impressive building lots of intricate intersecting curves built entirely of brick next to the cathedral sainte cecile is the toulouse lautrec museum another massive construction all built from brick with a great collection of lautrec s paintings drawings and posters château lastours sits on the banks of the tarn river surrounded by beautiful vineyards we had a tour through their winery one afternoon and sampled some fabulous wines all stopped with cork unlike the screw caps that have taken over in australia château lastours old store room old church in the grounds of château lastours not far from château lastours on the way back to domaine d en naudet nicholas took us to the village of lisle sur tarn the village dates back to the 13th century and many of the old medieval buildings are still intact taxes were paid on the footprint of a building so it was common practise to build a small footprint ground floor then cantilever a larger second story southern france s occitanie region is a beautiful landscape filled with well preserved medieval towns and villages that make visible its long and fascinating history a wonderful place for a painting retreat many thanks to nicholas and sophie for being such wonderful hosts to uptrek for organising the retreat and to the fabulous group of people who made the retreat so memorable and enjoyable share this more email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print tweet like loading posted in architecture france history landscape painting workshops travel watercolor tagged albi art château lastours domaine d en naudet france painting retreat lisle sur tarn medievil sketches sainte cecile cathedral toulouse lautrec museum travel watercolor watercolor painting 9 replies post navigation older posts text images john lovett email subscription enter your email address to subscribe 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