Residential Life-drawing holiday schedule
12th – 20th May 2021
- 8 Nights Full board, all materials included.
- One evening wine tasting in house
- Walk with picnic and drawing in the mountains
- visit a beautiful lively French market, lunch out.
Prices £1800 (£1000 for non participatory family member)
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The Practice of drawing and how we will tackle it.
The beauty of having several days to get our teeth into the subject is having the time to follow different stages of drawing. I also recommend experimentation. There is total freedom in my classes to work in the way you prefer, I am here to guide and encourage.
We will use a number of exercises to draw –
- A still life, which will remain throughout the stay, so you can go back to it when you want to
- A still life including a sculpted Roman head which you can also work on throughout the stay.
- The female figure, indoors and outdoors
- The male figure, indoors and outdoors
- A day of drawing out in nature with both models, probably not nude.
We will be considering –
- Line and the qualities of that line and mark making in different media
- The values of light and dark, the effects of shadows and how to use value (shading) to create volume
- Mass
- Gesture
- Composition
- Expressive versus observational drawing
- Freedom and control
- Anatomy and more
Although these are all serious topics we will approach them with a certain joie de vivre. Making art is a joyous exercise and my job is to ensure that no-one feels inhibited or uneasy. I like to teach with humour and love in my heart. We are ALL learning until our dying day. Nobody, even the best artist can rest on their laurels and say they have done it, we all continue to work on our art and ourselves.
The accommodation
This expansive 18th century house has all you need for a pleasant stay and is quirky and delightful for an artistic crowd.
There are 7 bedrooms over 2 floors. Only one double room has an on suite bathroom, all the other rooms share bathrooms – there are 3.
There are 2 other double rooms and 3 twin rooms, and one single room. Only family members can share.
The house has 2 comfortable sitting rooms with wifi, a well appointed kitchen, utility rooms, and lovely gardens. There is plenty of room to escape for a quiet moment, and nice communal areas to relax together.
It looks like a strict schedule, but it really isn’t. If you didn’t feel like drawing, you can swim, relax, ride a bike into the village or whatever!
The schedule
Day 1 Arrival Wednesday 12th
Check-in 2pm onwards
18:00 Welcome drinks, meet and greet
19:30 Supper
Day 2 Thursday 13th
7:30 – 8:15 Yoga Optional extra
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 Introductions 10:45 tea/coffee
11:15 – 13:00 Still-life drawing with exercises,
13:00 Lunch
15:00 – 18:00 Still-life drawing with exercises, I will give a more complete breakdown when we meet
19:30 Supper
Day 3 Friday 14th
7:30 – 8:15 Yoga Optional extra
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 13:00 Drawing 10:45 tea/coffee
11:15 – 1:00 Drawing
13:00 Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 or 18:00 for those who want to continue Drawing
19:30 Supper
Day 4 Saturday 15th
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 18:00 Walking in the Dentelles de Montmirail with sketch books Picnic (provided) at 13:00
19:30 Supper
Day 5 Sunday 16th
7:30 – 8:15 Yoga Optional extra
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 12:30 Drawing from the figure, Female
10:45 tea/coffee
13:00 Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 or 18:00 for those who want to continue Drawing from the figure, Male
19:30 Supper
Day 6 Monday 17th
7:30 – 8:15 Yoga Optional extra
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 13:00 Drawing 10:45 tea/coffee
11:00 – 1:00 Drawing
13:00 Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 Drawing
18:00 in house Wine tasting
20:00 Supper
Day 7 Tuesday 18th
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
9:00 Go to Vaison-La-Romaine, market day
13:00 Lunch in a café (not provided for in the package)
15:00 – 17:00 or 18:00 for those who want to continue Drawing from the figure
19:30 Supper
Day 8 Wednesday 19th
7:30 – 8:15 Yoga Optional extra
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 13:00 Drawing 10:45 tea/coffee
13:00 Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 or 18:00 for those who want to continue Drawing
19:30 Supper out (not included in package)
Day 9 Thursday 20th Market day Orange
7:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
Check out
Optional morning meditation with Kirsten
Massage with Marie-Helène bookable – 45€ for 1 hour – ring/text me to book in advance
TESTIMONIALS
“Isabel Coulton’s Residential, Life-drawing holiday 2019, can only be described as a wholly uplifting experience.
With over a week’s practice of exercising the art of still life, life drawing, together with absorption of different art medias such as: line marking, shading, toning and composition, these all took place in a relaxed environment, making participants feel uninhibited and calm, creating a truly joyous exercise.
As a relative newcomer to the discipline, I came away from Isabel’s course with a true understanding of what makes art, art. It has made me feel more relaxed and able to translate what my eye sees to transcribe it correctly to myriad of art forms.
This thoroughly worthwhile, inspiring holiday has not only given me a greater capability of creating art but also introduced me to a many like-minded people, who I met in a beautiful chateau in the delights of Provence. I loved it… a fantastic, extremely worthwhile journey.” Fiona Sadek
“I am so pleased to have my drawings from your summer residential, and I see that perhaps I can draw a bit after all. Of course your inspiration and guidance were key.” Penelope McAll
La France:
Much more than a holiday – full on art making with super creative support and inspiration from Isabel and her team. Plus all the food, drink, swimming, conviviality and resting anyone would desire in a french chateau. Travel by train is my tip. Simon
“Thank you so much for such a wonderful holiday. I thought you managed to blend the perfect balance of great company, mouth-watering cuisine and, of course, life-drawing. Clearly, you had gone to great lengths to lay on all the materials we could possibly need, top quality models and your tuition was so inspiring. I look forward to another escape to the chateau!” Philip Holmes
There are memories of our life drawing holiday, which need recalling .. in idyllic late summer sun, … among yoga meditations , eastern chanting… a swimming pool, clean, cooling…..a perfect chateaux which amazed me, and our drawing sessions, in the courtyard ..still life using pencil. I wanted more time.. to focus, but then, inside the glass windowed studio, we had longer, to get used to different styles of mark making, … in sight of beautifully poised models, very french, … and Dan, whose long red hair i enjoyed trying to recreate, in pastels , charcoal and paint… Every person’s drawings unique .. which developed every day naturally… so that an exhibition of a selection of works in the courtyard, made a wonderful show!! If there were more time, we could create more … sketch books need more ..so I will give it more in coming weeks and months.. Our wonderful cooked meals, so excellent! Would love to try so.e more wine tasting… tempted ! But so enjoyed company of everyone, thank you x ..Xenia
“It was such a pleasure doing art with you and I am still feeling quite shining. I can’t wait for more life drawing and have found out about some that goes on locally but also really look forward to any classes/courses that you might hold in Devon.
I hope you know how much I enjoyed every bit of it..the teaching, the doing, the lovely people, the food and accommodation, the yoga and meditation, and just the whole thing. I wouldn’t change any of it…” Virginia Morris
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