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Watercolor Workshops
with


All levels: Beginner -
Advanced
Jennifer Branch gives painting guidance and critiques
individually, while you paint.
Energizing Your Watercolors are fun workshops, with plenty of
guidance from Jennifer Branch.
Each member of the class receives equal time for individual
teaching,
concentrating on what you need work with.
Workshop Schedule 2008

Small class sizes ensure everyone
receives individual instruction from Jennifer Branch.
Italy Workshop Schedule
Saturday
- Pick-up at Pisa airport late morning/lunch time
- Light lunch/afternoon snack
- Settling in at mill; explore gardens, grounds, riverbank etc.
- Tea and biscuits at the mill.
- Dinner at a local restaurant
Sunday
- Breakfast at the mill.
- Painting around the Mill, with individual tuition.
- Light buffet lunch.
- Painting around the Mill, with individual tuition.
- Tea and biscuits at the mill.
- Dinner at a local restaurant.
Monday
- Breakfast at the Mill.
- Transport to Terenzano.
- Painting at Terenzano, with individual tuition: high alpine terraces, spectacular mountain views, hill-top villages, village life close-ups.
- Packed lunch, including wine etc.
- Painting at Terenzano, with individual tuition.
- Pick up Terenzano late afternoon, option of drop-off Fivizzano, stroll back to Posara.
- Tea and biscuits available at the Mill.
- Dinner at a local restaurant.
Tuesday
- Breakfast at the Mill.
- Transport to Fivizzano.
- Painting in and around Fivizzano with individual tuition: market day in Piazza Medicea, views over valley and Posara from Piazza Belvedere, town walls.
- Packed lunch, including wine etc.
- Painting in Fivizzano, with individual tuition.
- Pick up late afternoon, or afternoon shopping, ice cream parlour, aperitifs, stroll back to Posara.
- Tea and biscuits available at the Mill.
- Dinner at a local restaurant.
Wednesday - (No formal tuition this day)
- Breakfast at the Mill.
- Excursion to Lucca.
- Early train to Lucca: single track skirting the National Park of the Appuan Alps, mountains, streams, villages etc.
- Free day for walking/sketching etc around Lucca: cathedral, complete city walls, churches, squares, amphitheatre, shops. (You pay for your own lunch so it's up to you whether you want to grab a snack or indulge in something more formal!)
- Early afternoon train back.
- Pizzas at the mill
Thursday
- Breakfast at the Mill.
- Transport to Verrucola.
- Painting in Verrucola with individual tuition: impressive castle with village nestling around it.
- Packed lunch, including wine etc.
- Painting at Verrucola, with individual tuition.
- Pick up at Verrucola late afternoon, option of drop-off Fivizzano, stroll back to Posara.
- Tea and biscuits available at the Mill.
- Dinner at a local restaurant.
Friday
- Breakfast at the Mill.
- Transport to Monte dei Bianchi.
- Painting in and around the grounds of the Vecchio Tino restaurant with individual tuition: spectacular mountain views, olive groves, etc.
- Special lunch at the gourmet Vecchio Tino restaurant (local specialities), including wines.
- Painting in Monte dei Bianchi with individual tuition.
- Pick up late afternoon.
- Tea and biscuits available at the Mill.
- Farewell dinner at a local restaurant
Saturday
- Breakfast at the Mill.
- Morning transport to Pisa airport.
- Those with late flights may leave their bags at the airport and take a (very short) taxi ride to Pisa for sight-seeing.
Please sign up for workshops well in advance to guarantee your place.
Prices start from as little as £798 per person (inclusive of 20% Italian VAT)
This is for an all-inclusive holiday, including accommodation, tuition, all meals (dinners at local restaurants, with wine), collection at Pisa airport and transport to all locations.
Workshops
can be cancelled if minimum class size is not met.
Workshops can be cancelled at the discretion of the artist or Watermill at Posara. Please see Watermill at Posara's website for more information.
If you are interested in hosting an Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop in your area, please contact Jennifer Branch. Rates and other information upon request.
Workshops
not organized directly by Jennifer Branch may have different class sizes
- information is on each workshop page.
Individual instruction is always the highest priority.
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