Coming soon in 2006! Painting holiday pilgrimages for art pilgrims! Included in the art holiday package is accomodation at either a rustic cottage or a villa with pool in the centre of the island; trips to the many temple sites located on the island; walks and outdoor painting in the beautiful countryside around the southern seaside town of Birzebbugia...all in all a holiday thats bound to be educational, inspiring and most of all...memorable!

The course is designed to serve the double purpose of developing watercolour skills and increasing awareness about Malta's incredibly rich heritage of temple culture. Non-painting partners are most welcome and although an itinerary and transport will be arranged, outside the lesson times, all participants are free to 'do their own thing' if they so wish.

The 2006 course dates are not yet confirmed. Courses normally run from Friday to Thursday (participants are advised to fly out to the island on Thursday to allow for a fresh start on Friday morning). The course is designed to be informally instructive and, most importantly, provide you with a fun-filled painting experience. It consists of five days of tuition and one midweek day is left free for you to do whatever you wish. We will be happy to advise you on where to go and what to see.

The course is tailored to suit people who have at least some experience with watercolours so that as much time as possible can be spent on actual painting rather than learning the ropes. Whether you are timid or confident, your tutor will guide you towards a deeper understanding of the medium, how to see and interpret colour, how to create good compositions and how to make your paintings vibrant and striking. For an example of your tutor's paintings of Malta, click here. Caroline also has a portfolio of her Middle Eastern work which you can view on her website: www.hlawrenceart.com and her latest work can be seen at: www.cs-lawrence.com

It would be helpful if you were to bring along some examples of your work (or photographs will do fine). You can then discuss with your tutor where your strengths and weaknesses lie. This will help your tutor to pinpoint, from the start, what aspects of painting/drawing you should focus on. At the end of the course, we will be very happy to exhibit some of your work on this website.

Your itinerary

A typical day of painting will begin after breakfast at around 9:30am.We will drive to a variety of scenic spots and paint till around 1:30pm. We will then break for lunch and return you to your accomodation.

From 3:30pm to 6:00pm we will either complete the morning's painting or go to another painting location. Apart from the first night when an ice-breaker dinner will be arranged for the group, for the remaining nights we will offer organised outings to restaurants located in scenic spots such as in the historic fortress towns known as the Three Cities

A 50% non-refundable deposit is required with each booking, the balance being payable four weeks prior to the date of arrival. If you cancel your booking within the four week period prior to the start of the course, your payment will only be refunded if your place is taken by someone else. When you apply for registration we will send you a form which will include details on how to make your payment. Sorry we cant accept any credit cards - only personal cheques.

In the unlikely event that a particular course has to be cancelled, we guarantee to refund your course payment in full or, alternatively, you can transfer your booking to another course date.

We require that you take out fully comprehensive travel and medical holiday insurance.

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