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 […]
2-Part Workshop: Saturday August 22 and 29, 1 PM Eastern There are only 10 slots available for this workshop! From Nancy: “I’ve filmed 2 hour-long videos of me painting an Italian landscape. After you register and pay, you'll receive the link to the first video. You'll have at least 5 days to view it and […]
Drawings, sketchbooks, paintings, prints, photography, animation, and ceramic works, dating from 1963-2020 This summer Ken finally responded to a growing chorus of requests to mount a retrospective of his work. It opened with a quite limited public July 3rd at the Karin Clarke Gallery in Eugene Oregon. In order to make his opening available to […]
Tuesdays, October 27, November 10, and November 17 From 10 am till noon (Pacific time) Penelope Youngfeather is offering an online class Art for a Travel Journal, an opportunity to learn, have fun and enliven any sketchbookor journal, past, present or future. Penelope carries a sketchbook at all times, admitting “I might not sketch wherever […]
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 […]
Tuesdays, February 9, 16, 23 From 10 am till noon (Pacific time) Penelope Youngfeather is offering an online class Art for a Travel Journal, an opportunity to learn, have fun and enliven any sketchbookor journal, past, present or future. Penelope carries a sketchbook at all times, admitting “I might not sketch wherever I am but […]
Irish poet Seamus Heaney talks of the diviner, “hunting the pluck/ of water” to make contact with what lies hidden. Poet and retreat leader Richard Osler wants to hunt the pluck of poetry and, like Heaney’s diviner, make palpable what was sensed or raised. Through writing sessions inspired by written meditations on craft, the poems […]
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 […]
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Michelangelo Join acclaimed poet Kim Addonizio in Italy for a workshop inspired by the landscape, the food, the history, and the poets who have come before - Montale, Catullus, Petrarch, Gregory Corso, John Keats, Jorie Graham, and so many others. This […]
Drawing is about learning to see. Seeing allows one to connect more deeply with their surroundings. As travelers, in our rushed scramble to see everything or to get somewhere else, we can miss the beauty of our surroundings. Sharon Zeugin’s workshop will pursue ‘depth over breadth’; with simplicity and mindful attention; slowing down as you […]
I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir In this workshop, you will explore your relationship to the landscape, using watercolor to express how the ways in which we see can touch our most profound memories. Each […]
Eyes for light, nose for smell, ears for sound, touch for texture – be young again with all senses ready to enjoy and capture the beauty around you. Surrounded by history and Umbria’s beautiful living practices, Benno Philippson will lead a workshop to explore how three crucial elements – Perspective, Value, and Color – are […]
Join Tom on an immersive field sketching adventure in the towns, villages and country sides of Umbria. You’ll work directly in your sketchbook, documenting 10 days’ worth of travel experiences in Umbria with pencil, pen, and watercolor, filling your sketchbook with everything from the landscapes and townscapes you visit, to the folks you meet and […]
The Singular Image: Drawing and Monotypes Katherine Brimberry and Suzi Davidoff lead their fifth Italian Intensive Workshop at La Romita! This year, the group will explore new monotype strategies including stencils, trace drawings and layering. Katherine and Suzi have been collaborating the past year on new prints and want to share these great techniques and […]
Ming Franz specializes in Splash Ink with Watercolor and Acrylic painting. The foundation of the Splash Ink and Watercolor painting process is based on principles originating in Tang Dynasty China with a technique known as Po Mo. In her workshop, Ming will show how to apply the various steps of the Splash Ink process using […]
This 7-day workshop is designed for artists who would like to strengthen their compositional skills and fill their watercolor paintings with light and atmosphere. Keiko will demonstrate how she interprets and simplifies a scene to capture the essence of the subject, conveying a certain mood and a sense of place. Using complete, step-by-step demonstrations, Keiko […]
Nancie's goal, as an instructor, is to help you create dramatic, expressive paintings. Examine space, perspective, and design through practical hands-on lessons that help you build confidence. 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 […]
Interested in a future workshop? We are usually planning a year or two out, well before we've ironed out the details. You can use this form to let us know which instructors' workshop you're interested, and we'll let you know directly when more information about their workshop becomes available. If you don't see that instructor […]
As La Romita School caters to multiple levels of instruction and various forms of the arts, prices will vary by session, season, instructor, and offerings.