Supplies and Travel Tips
These downloadable pdf files should help you when you prepare to travel to your workshop. Please let me know if you have other questions.
Painting the Tuscan Sun (Cortona, Italy)
Saturday, Sep. 11th, 2010 through Saturday, Sep. 18th, 2010
I will be returning to Cortona for a plein air workshop. This is where it all began with Toscana Americana, Patrick, and Angela, several years ago. But if you've been with us in Cortona before, you'll want to note that we are mixing it up a bit for new painting opportunities in the valley, vineyards, and rolling hills.
Any medium is welcome in this workshop! Demonstrations will be conducted in oil, but design concepts and color principles will apply to all media.
Workshop is open to painters of all levels. Whether you are a novice just learning to mix color, or a professional needing advanced problem solving, Lori’s individualized instruction will address needs at your level and push you to the next step in your personal development.
Tentative itinerary:
Saturday – Arrival in Cortona
-7:00p Welcome to Cortona wine and chocolate tasting at La Saletta.
-8:00p Evening dinner in Cortona at La Locanda nel Loggiato
Sunday - Paint Cortona
-9:00a-12:00p Morning Session: Demonstration and discussion
-1:00p Lunch
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Painting Session
-7:30p Wine tasting
-8:00p Evening dinner
Monday - Paint Cortona
-9:00-12:00p Morning Painting Session
-1:00p Lunch
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Painting Session and Group Critique
-7:30p Wine tasting Il Pozzo
-8:00p Evening dinner
Tuesday - Paint Val di Chiana
-9:00-12:00p Morning Painting Session: Demonstration and discussion
-1:00p Lunch
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Painting Session
-7:30p Wine tasting
-8:00p Evening dinner
Wednesday - Paint Orvieto
-9:00-12:00p Morning Painting Session
-12:00 Lunch
-1:00-4:00p Afternoon Painting Session
-7:30p Tuscan cooking class and dinner
Thursday - Paint Cortona
-9:00-12:00p Morning Painting Session
-1:00 Lunch
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Painting Session and Group Critique
-7:30p Wine tasting
-8:00p Evening dinner
Friday - Paint Cortona or Option Wine tour (cost extra)
-OPTIONAL Day trip: Wine Tour Avignonesi Vineyard (tour), Pienza (lunch), then Montalcino and Montepulciano to explore the Brunello, Chianti and Vino Nobile includes light lunch or paint on your own in Cortona
-8:00p Farewell Dinner
Saturday – Departure
-Morning Check-out and departure from Cortona.
For information, contact 508-254-8265 (U.S. answering service)
Email Patrick infotuscany@aol.com
or visit Toscana Americana Workshops: Painting the Tuscan Sun
Oil Painting for Explorers (Raleigh, NC)
Tuesday, Oct. 19th, 2010 through Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 2010
$225
10:00-4:00 both days
Using slides, discussion, and classroom work, this workshop is directed to the intermediate/advanced painter. Come prepared to experiment and explore. This workshop promises to help both studio and plein painters produce more exciting, engaging paintings.
Day one will be spent exploring advanced color thinking ideas, observing the effects of saturated and neutral colors, examining color vibration and illusion, and learning to communicate visual intention through color. (This is NOT a color "mixing" class.)
Day two will be spent examining your tendencies-- both those that make your work good and uniquely yours, as well as those habits that are holding you back. Thinking "outside the box," students will use their own, "so-so" paintings as resources to paint new, successful works of art.
This class is for intermediate to advanced painters who are comfortable with basic drawing, color mixing and composition.
To register, email Kelly
This workshop will be held at
Nicoles Studio
715 N Person Street
Raleigh NC 27604
(919) 838-8580
Plein Air Painting in the Sun and By the Moon (Raleigh, NC, US)
Thursday, Oct. 21st, 2010 through Friday, Oct. 22nd, 2010
$225
Exact times to be determined.*
Do most of your plein air pieces look the same? If you have been following a formula (maybe it works, but it is boring), this class is for you. Weather (and moon) permitting, we will paint en plein air paying particular attention to the changing of light, its color, and effects.*
This class is designed for painting morning through mid-day, afternoon, and evening light. Students will want to be flexible to the schedule here, as one day will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end early afternoon; the other day will begin mid-afternoon and paint through moonlight. That's 6 types of light to paint! To get the most out of your learning experience, you will want to paint small, 6x8 or 8x10.
*In the event of inclement weather, alternative classroom plans covering these same topics will be provided.
This class is for any level except very beginning painters. Since the class will be taught primarily outdoors, student will need plein air painting supplies.
*Students will meet in the afternoon on Thursday to paint in evening light and moonlight. The second day will start early (8am-ish) in order to paint the morning light and will wrap up around 2pm.
To register, email Kelly
This workshop will be held at
Nicoles Studio
715 N Person Street
Raleigh NC 27604
(919) 838-8580
The Birth of Impressionism: The Frist Center Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 30th, 2010
in association with their upcoming exhibit with masterpieces from The Musée D'Orsay
9:00 a. m. - 3:00 p.m.
Warner Park Nature Center
Cost per full-day workshop is $20 for members, $25 for non-members. Fees include gallery admission, parking in Frist Center lot, teaching materials, workshop supplies, continental breakfast and lunch. Payment is required at the time of registration.
Click here for REGISTRATION FORM. Be sure to indicate you want the Oct. 30 class.
Call (615) 744.3329 or email The Frist Center for more information.
Plein Air St. Lucia, West Indies
Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 2011 through Wednesday, Feb. 9th, 2011
Join Lori in the Caribbean for a Painter's winter get-away on the island of St Lucia!!!
Patrick Mahoney at Toscana Americana Workshops will be heading up this one too. Those of you who have traveled with Patrick before, know what a glorious experience it is. All-inclusive packages start at $2649.00 per person, double occupancy, $2749 per person, single occupancy.
Any medium is welcome in this workshop! Demonstrations will be directed at oil painters, but design concepts and color principles will apply to all media.
Workshop is open to painters of all levels. Whether you are a novice just learning to mix color, or a professional needing advanced problem solving, Lori’s individualized instruction will address needs at your level and push you to the next step in your personal development.
To find out more or to see a full itinerary:
Email Patrick infotuscany@aol.com
or visit Toscana Americana Workshops: Painting the Colors of St. Lucia
Studio Workshop
Thursday, Mar. 3rd, 2011 through Saturday, Mar. 5th, 2011
Memphis/Germantown Art League workshop under construction.
In conjunction with the National Exhibition
Check back for more information.
Painting Plein Air in the Dingle Peninsula (Ireland)
Saturday, Aug. 13th, 2011 through Saturday, Aug. 20th, 2011
Ireland, Here We Come!
Once described by the National Geographic Traveler as “the most beautiful place on earth”, the Dingle Peninsula is a place of intense allure, with a plethora of green landscapes, rocky hills, long sandy beaches and staggering cliff edges. The warm Gulf Stream reaches the peninsula, giving has a wonderful mixture of sometimes rare and unusual flora and fauna.
The Dingle Peninsula is a place of intense, shifting beauty. Spectacular mountains, long sandy beaches and the staggering splinter-slatted mass of rocks define the extraordinary coast at Slea Head.
Package Rates include group transfer from/to Shannon airport
Instruction on location
Seven nights three-star accommodations in historic Dingle
Local museums and events
Full Irish breakfast daily & 7 dinners & 6 lunches
Painting in Dingle and points along the Dingle Pennisula
Day trip to Skellig Islands
A farewell dinner
All day-trip transfers
For more information or to see a full itinerary:
Email Patrick infotuscany@aol.com
or visit Toscana Americana Workshops: Painting the Colors of the Dingle Peninsula
Painting the Cinque Terre (Italy)
Wednesday, May. 16th, 2012 through Wednesday, May. 23rd, 2012
This workshop, originally scheduled for May, 2011, has been rescheduled for 2012. THESE DATES ARE APPROXIMATE. EXACT DATES TO COME.
Put life into your landscapes. Students will use the ‘alla prima’ method to capture and interpret a moment in time. You will learn the importance of observation (rather than use formulas and recipes) to paint what you actually see. Through instruction, demonstration, and critique, this workshop explores composition and design, value and color harmony, and brushwork and edges. Any medium is welcome! Demonstrations will be directed at oil painters, but concepts and principles will apply to all media.
Workshop is open to painters of all levels. Whether you are a novice just learning to mix color, or a professional needing advanced problem solving, Lori’s individualized instruction will address needs at your level and push you to the next step in your personal development.
Class size is limited. Early registration recommended. A deposit of $250 required.
To find out more or to see a full itinerary:
Email Patrick infotuscany@aol.com
or visit Toscana Americana Workshops: Painting the Colors of the Cinque Terre