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Dates 2025
Monday 12 May – Thursday 22 June
Course times: 16hr first day – About 10hr30, after breakfast, last day (transfer times here).
Weather
Late spring in the Dordogne is ‘floraison’ : high grasses, wild flowers & roses. Average temperatures for May are normally between 18 to 28°C ( °F). Expect the odd day or two rainy showers, so we will paint in the studio. The light is bright. The days are long. Dusk falls after dinner. Good time to paint.
Tutor
Adam Cope – BA (hons) ; Further Education & Adults Education Cert; Foundation Diploma Art Therapy
Total Price
From to euros
depending on what accommodation you choose.
What’s included in the total price:
- 8 full days plus 2 half-days (welcome afternoon & departure morning) painting course with Adam Cope.
- 9 Nights
- Small group size : Max students.
- A day trip painting in St Avit, an UNESCO world heritage site, set in an authentic friendly rural french village.
- A day trip painting
- Free ebook guide to materials & plein-air painting written by Adam. Plus an online course for introduction to painting workshop.
- Painting furniture (easels, boards, sun umbrellas, stools, etc) & solvents, rags, pots, etc.
- Use of studio & site
- 9 nights accommodation
- All meals & wine & tea & coffee
- Easy to get to! Bergerac airport. See our travel page
What’s not included in the total price :
- Your travel. See our travel page.
- Your painting materials (except solvents, rags, boards & painting furniture which are supplied so you can travel lite).
- Possibility of renting a set of alkyd paints so that you can travel light. 40€ normal usage. Just bring your own brushes, canvas/canvas paper & drawing equipment.
- An optional day trip out to visit a prehistoric painted cave (with an in-depth presentation to prehistory) & sight-seeing in the Vézère valley (100€ per person, minimum three inscriptions, max 4 persons. Entrance to sites at your cost).
You pay the teacher and the accommodation & cuisine separately.
The total price is comprised of:
The Painting Course Fee = euros (Early booking price till Feb 2024 = 600 euros )
Plus the accommodation & cuisine :
For a single ensuite, euros
For one person sharing an two person ensuite, from euros
