These courses are for both novices and more experienced artists, as the tutor will encourage everyone to work at their own pace. It is an opportunity to experiment with various types of painting or drawing in different mediums although if you want to concentrate on acrylics for 5 days that’s OK too. This is your week.
The course fee includes 6 nights bed and breakfast, 5 lunches and 5 dinners, as much wine as you care to drink and transfers to and from local airports (Carcassonne, Perpignan &Beziers) and stations (Narbonne).

Annemie will encourage you to join her in the beautiful surroundings close to Chateau Ventenac to observe the landscape : she will invite you to look at true colours in nature and help you to put these on paper or canvas.

Be carried away by the beauty of the scenery, the bright colours ……and compositions will appear: what is the structure of the landscape? How do I start? What about perspective, light/shadow, dimensions, depth?…. etc.
She will teach you to master some important techniques which will allow you to express your creative talents and to obtain the results that you desire. Through exercises you will experience new ways of expression, whether you paint in a classical or more abstract way.

Annemie is a huge fan of acrylic paint: A medium which combines the effect of water-colour with that of oil-painting and which is a hugely flexible technique!
Annemie is also a master of other mediums – she will help you whether you use acrylic paints, oil-paint, water-colour, pencil, charcoal, colour pencils, pastels…

Annemie has a long history as a painter. With painting experience of more than 40 years now, she has been instructed by different painters in Belgium and abroad – in both the classic way and through inner inspiration. She started painting with oil paint at the age of seven, experienced sketching (pencil and charcoal), water-colour, paints in nature, still-life, nude, figurative and abstract. Nowadays she is an absolute fan of acrylics and also uses mixed media and collage in her most recent works. With her natural curiosity she continues to search for new ways of expression and she gladly shares her passion with her students.
Her work has been exhibited in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and France.

She has been a painting teacher for more than 15 years now to both novices and more experienced artists alike, in Belgium, Ireland, and France.

Her mother tongue is Dutch – she speaks English and French fluently, and is happy to teach in any of those languages although for the purposes of this course English will be the first language.
To see more of this artist: have a look at www.amie-artist.be

Materials
Participants are invited to bring their own materials with them:
Your favourite range of acrylics, or other chosen paints
Waterpot
Brushes

We have a supply of watercolour papers and canvasses to buy at Chateau Ventenac. There are also a couple of field easels for students use.
For those of you who prefer not to travel with too many supplies we can provide all material/paints for a supplement of Euro 100
(Includes: use of paint – all colours - brushes (different sizes) - paper as much as you need /charcoal/pencil/pastels (soft-oil) etc…)
Canvas: price according to size – please order your canvases in advance!

Course structure

Arrive Sunday for welcome cocktails and dinner on the terrace.

Monday to Friday

8-9 a.m. Breakfast buffet

10 – 11 a.m. Early morning session

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Late morning session

12.30 – 2.30 Lunch time buffet (outside when weather permits)

2.30 – 5.00 Free time/ afternoon session

5-6.30 Evening session and group critique

At the end of each day the tutor and the participants will come together on the terrace of the Château to discuss each others work, make suggestions for the next day and of course to sample the local wines and aperitifs.

8.00 Dinner

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