PAINT IN SANTORINI, GREECE WITH VICTORIA BROOKS

Location: Santorini, Greece
Description: Oil and Watercolor Plein Air Painting Workshop
Date: September 28 – October 5, 2011

Award-winning painter and instructor Victoria Brooks will be teaching a six-day, seven night workshop in Santorini, Greece September 28 –October 5, 2011. Travel, discovery and plein air painting on the beautiful island of Santorini: Experience its centuries old villages, crystal blue water, beaches, vineyards, landscape, people and culture. This painting workshop will emphasize working quickly using a direct approach, which the impressionists called “Alla Prima” or “all at once”. One of the goals of this workshop is to simplify and organize visual information to capture the ambience of Santorini with a fresh spontaneous feel. Technique, composition, color and values will all be addressed, as a group and individually. This class is for all levels of painters. Victoria will be doing several quick demonstrations as well as giving frequent, constructive class critiques. View a video of Victoria painting in Italy.

All inclusive * workshop /hotel pricing plans include: Instruction in the classroom and on location, seven nights accommodations in Santorini, daily continental breakfast, lunch & daily dinner, escorted group travel to/from the airport, Day cruise into the caldera to visit hot springs, volcano and nearby island of Thirassia. All-inclusive plans start at $2,999.00 for single occupancy. Other discounts are available for spouses, guests or non-painters.
Air travel is the responsibility of each participant.

Please visit the Toscana Americana Workshops website for the application and more details.
Or call Victoria at (916) 768-1751, e-mail: victoria@vbrooks.com.

Class size is limited to 12 students.