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UMBRIAN SCENES AND COLORS with Fritz Kapraun

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Emphasis will be on seeing and incorporating critical detail into our compositions. He is particularly interested in using watercolor images to define distinct architectural styles that immediately give us a sense of place. Fritz encourages participants to make critical observations in the preparation of preliminary plein air drawings and paintings, which can be further developed in the studio. He specializes in individual instruction, especially for beginners and intermediate painters.

$2850

TEXT AS ART with Amity Parks & Brody Neuenschwander

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Imagine having two weeks of inspiring and collaborative studio time to develop your concepts and skills using a variety of techniques!

In this class we’ll seek inspiration for our work by combining adventures in the field exploring the hill towns and sites of Umbria with studio exercises using texts and images to create a unique artists book. Team teaching, both instructors will bring ideas and exercises that contrast and compliment each other, from Amity’s small and delicate work to Brody’s powerful and gestural work.

$3990.00

TEXTURES OF ITALY with Debra Bonsack

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Umbria is known for its stone pavers, peeling painted doors, laundry hanging off ornate windows, vast landscapes and classical antique architecture. What better way to express these beautiful textures than with that of GOLDEN acrylic paint texture mediums and a professional trained to show you how!

Artist/ teacher, Debra Bonsack gave herself the gift of La Romita School of Art 20 years ago, took the vision and ran with it. She has been showing her textural paintings all over the world and paying her way with her success.

$2850

ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL with Susan N. Jarvis

Have you ever wanted to combine your travel in Italy with an adventure in painting and sketching? Well, now is your chance! Join Susan N. Jarvis for a memorable exploration of the Umbrian countryside through illustrated journaling and watercolor sketching featuring you as the artist!

The world is more than words. Let your creativity capture the fascinating world around you through painting and sketching. Illustrated journaling teaches you to record your daily experiences and preserve memories of your travels in a creative way through pencil sketching, watercolor, acrylic, ink, photography and collage.

How is this different than a diary? For one thing, some of the pages don’t have any writing on them at all – just art! Pictures can elicit powerful emotions. You know what they say, “A picture is worth a thousand words!”

$2500

EXPLORE NEW WATERMEDIA with Ming Franz

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

In her class, Ming will demonstrate her “Splash” painting as well as her lush watercolor technique. She will share her Sumi-e ink painting technique, while encouraging her students to find the technique(s) which best express their personal creativity. Her workshop will employ techniques from the artist’s popular book, “Splash Ink with Watercolor” which has inspired […]

$2950

Color + Design with MARK EANES

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

A Soulful Journey for the Adventurous In this popular workshop, Mark Eanes provides students with in-depth instruction of color mixing, mark-making and strategies to create rich and harmonious designs that reflect each person’s unique creative voice. Imagine the studio as a laboratory. A place where constant experimentation leads to fuller understanding. A space that promotes […]

$3250

LA ROMITA UNINSTRUCTED

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

GET OUT AND PAINT!
(or sketch, or write, or whatever feeds your soul!)

La Romita is pleased to offer an uninstructed workshop, for artists of any stripe who wish to enjoy the best we have to offer but who aren’t interested in specific instruction.

For 7 days you’ll have freedom to follow your own process, with daily opportunities to go offsite. Head out to Spoleto, San Gemini, Orvieto –  or wherever our bus is going that day.

$2000

KEEP IT SIMPLE: REVEAL THE BEAUTY OF PASTEL – with Lisa Regopoulos

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Join Lisa at La Romita for 10 wonderful days capturing the hillside towns of the Umbrian region in pastel.  Not only will you experience the sensation of painting on site in the breathtaking scenery, you will be immersed in the culture and hospitality of the people who live there.  Focus will be on taking your […]

$3100

IGNITE YOUR CREATIVE FIRE – with Richard Alan Nichols

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Richard Alan Nichols invites you to a workshop focused on exploring the creative process. Participants will be encouraged to dig deep, to think differently, and to experiment with their art in ways they may never have before. These experiments are like sparks, intended to ignite a more creative and passionate connection to painting. This 10-day […]

$3100

IL SOLE with Katherine Brimberry and Suzi Davidoff

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Experimental Printmaking, Drawing and Collage Using the Sun Join Katherine Brimberry and Suzi Davidoff for their fourth Italian Intensive Workshop and explore new and innovative strategies for combining printmaking, drawing, and collage. Solar Plate etching uses prepared, light-sensitive polymer plates, sunlight and water to create images that can be printed using intaglio or relief techniques. […]

$3300

PAINT ANYTHING WITH CONFIDENCE – with Nancy Tankersley

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

In this workshop, Nancy takes you from painting still life to landscape and even figures. While concentrating on understanding basic shapes and light source, you will learn that most representational painting is based on these two concepts and there is no need to limit yourself on subject matter! Drawing is important and Nancy will show […]

$3250

SKETCHBOOKS IN ITALY with Ken O’Connell

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Sketching with Ken is an adventure in seeing the world with fresh eyes. You will learn to work portably, quickly, and with an eye towards capturing fragments of wonderful experiences. The sketchbook is your portable studio and your portable history. The spirit of the rough sketch is to see simply and to learn to draw […]

CAPTURE THE ARCHITECTURE OF UMBRIA IN YOUR ITALIAN LANDSCAPES – with Nancie King Mertz

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Pastelists and oil painters will benefit from this workshop with its focus on correct perspective. While the villages and villas located in one of Italy’s most picturesque regions provide the perfect point of interest in landscape work,  the drawing must be right to create successful paintings.  This workshop will cover one-point, two-point and atmospheric perspective […]

$3250

Let’s Paint the Green Heart of Italy…Virtually! – with Nancie King Mertz

Online Workshop

“While we dream of travel, let us use art to keep us together. Just eight months ago I was in Italy with many of you…in the kind of immersive, dedicated workshops that La Romita has been offering for more than fifty years. Central Italy is landscape sculpted by man, the architecture of another age, and […]

$300

Splashing Acrylics – with Ming Franz

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Join us for this innovative 4-week zoom online class with the artist, Ming Franz. Join Ming online as she works from her home studio where she will demonstrate and lecture the first hour and look at student's work offering guidance and critique for the second hour. Ming will also be in contact with students via […]

$200

Journey to our Inner Artist – with Claudette Gamache

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

The three, one hour classes, will be held weekly and will include exercises and tools to help stoke our creative fire. The last class will be a pastel demonstration incorporating all from the first two. Our creative fire is ignited by the use of memory, passion, and imagination that incorporate who we are, our very […]

$90

Let’s Paint Venice!

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Nov.6-8, 10 am start time, CST “While we dream of travel, let us use art to keep us together. Just a year ago I was in Italy with many of you...in the kind of immersive, dedicated workshops that La Romita has been offering for more than fifty years. Italy is landscape sculpted by man, the […]

$300

SKETCHBOOKS IN ITALY with Ken O’Connell

La Romita School of Art Terni, Italy

Sketching with Ken is an adventure in seeing the world with fresh eyes. You will learn to work portably, quickly, and with an eye towards capturing fragments of wonderful experiences. The sketchbook is your portable studio and your portable history. The spirit of the rough sketch is to see simply and to learn to draw […]

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