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Prices 2026
You pay Adam Cope & Domaine de Cugnac separately.
Price for One Painter
| Adam’s Teaching Fee per painter (includes trips out with a tourist guide) | 800 (50 returning student discount) |
| Accommodation & Cuisine (Domaine de Cugnac) One guest alone in an ensuite, all food & drinks | 1050 |
| Total | 1850€ |
Price per Painter Sharing either a double or The Appartment (three single beds)
| Adam’s Teaching Fee per painter (includes trips out with a tourist guide) | 800 (50 returning student discount) |
| Accommodation & Cuisine (Domaine de Cugnac) Per guest sharing the Appartment | 820 |
| Total | 1620€ |
Price for One Accompanying Non-Painter
| Adam’s Fee for a Non Painter (includes trips out with a tourist guide) | 125 |
| Accommodation & Cuisine (Domaine de Cugnac) One guest sharing an ensuite with a painting partner, lunches not included (but could be). | 545 |
| Total | 670€ |
The Booking Process
You have already made the first step! (Your enquiry). Please don’t hesitate to ask if there’s any questions.
Step 2. Fill in the Booking Form
Terms & Conditions are at the bottom of the booking form.
Resources
Le FaQ 2026 = Frequently Asked Questions
with some great reading & films about the Dordogne.
Step 3. Pay the Course Fees
What is included in the painting course fee:
- 6 full days plus 2 half-days (welcome afternoon & departure morning) painting course with Adam Cope.
- Small group size : 7 Max students.
- A day trip painting in St Avit.
- A day trip painting in one of France ‘most beautiful villages’ plus guided excursion with a local tour guide.
- Free ebook guide to materials & plein-air painting written by Adam. Plus THE SPLIT-PRIMARIES, an online course for introduction to painting workshop.
- Painting furniture (easels, boards, sun umbrellas, stools, etc) & solvents, rags, pots, etc.
Payable upon booking within seven days.
Payment directly to ‘Adam Cope’ (business license 41962662700030). Adam will send you an invoice from his accounting software, from which you can pay either by credit card via or by bank draft in euros to his French bank account. Please make sure that emails from abby.fr get through to you.
Resources for the Painting Course
Here is the webpage with a description of the course. It also contains the timetable of a typical day as well as a general description of what to expect as a beginner or an intermediate or an advanced student.
Please read the materails list for the medium that you have chosen closely since it contains important advice necessary for your packing & preparations.
- Watercolour Materials List – What you required to bring & what we provide.
- Drawing Materials List – What you required to bring & what we provide.
- Alkyds – What is included in the rental set.
- Oils Cheatsheet – includes the materials list as well as Adam’s recipes & advice for oil painting technique.
- Deep preparation – A meditation about creativity & how to pack for your painting course.
Pre-course Homework
Here is the link to the webpage with the pre-course homework. It mostly involves The Split-Primaries. Each level of experinece has a few suggestions. Please note that these are only suggestions that will help you fully benefit from the course.
Step 4 : Reserve your Accommodation
You book directly with the accommodation providers after having paid the teaching fees. Reserve directly by email to Marie-lawrence the accommodation that you require.
Payment of Accommodation & Cuisine Fees two months before start date.
What’s included in the Accommodation & Cuisine
- Use of studio & swimming pool.
- 7 nights accommodation.
- Regional cuisine with fresh local produce, mostly organic.
- All meals & wine.
- Non alcoholic drinks & water
- Tea & coffee.
- Self-service.
- Possibility vegetarian.
What’s not included in Accommodation & Cuisine
- One evening meal in a restraurant when we go on a trip out. Count about 35€
“Thank you so much for everything you have done in planning the course and providing such a delightful learning environment. It was a joy to meet you again and to bask in the continual stream of remarkable teaching you provide, in so many different ways. It was an amazing course, with very good company and truly wonderful surroundings. I feel I have learnt so much and I’ve truly enjoyed a simply stunning week. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!”
– Nick, UK