ART TOURS ‘SKETCHING IN PARIS & SOUTH OF FRANCE’

Summer Kitchen, Trausse

Weekly markets make great sketching subjects.

Stone walls & tumbling flowers around our cottages.

Lose yourself in Trausse's tiny lanes.

Drinks in the garden after a hard days work.

Wine tasting on the Midi canal - now there's a sketch.

Watercolour - 'Trausse from Église de St Roch' my first painting here in 1999.

We have 3 Art Tours to France. 1 week in Paris, and 2 weeks in Trausse, in the South of France. You may choose 1, 2, or 3 weeks and we have prices for all.

Art Tour ‘SKETCHING IN PARIS’ ( 6 nights ) Details below South of France

Dates 2012 - Monday 10 Sept – Sunday 16 Sept. 2012

Dates 2013 – Monday 13 May  - Sunday 19 May 2013

Followed by ‘SKETCHING THE WINE & FOOD OF THE MINERVOIS‘  Art Tour in the South of France. ( 7 or 14 nights )

Dates 2012

Week 1 - 16 September till 23 September 2012

Week 2 – 23 September till 30 September 2012

Dates 2013

Week 1 – 19 May till 26 May 2013

Week 2 – 26 May till 2 June 2013

I’m Erin Hill, professional Artist for over 30 years. I’ve been painting and sketching here since 1999 and will be taking you to all the places I’ve discovered on my regular visits to this tiny village and surrounding areas in the Minervois area of Languedoc-Roussillon.

My trips are very personal and are for artists of all abilities, who love the good things in life. You will return with a wonderful sketchbook journal of your personal experiences, notes and memories.

Come on your own or with partner or friends. I will be tutoring as and when you need it, and there is no pressure at any time.

You need an average level of fitness, as we do a lot of wandering and exploring. Sometimes we may decide to walk between villages, or along a canal, sketching as we go, and enjoying fruit from the fig trees, almonds, olives, cherries, grapes and wild aromatic herbs . Other days we’ll be among Roman ruins, a hilltop village, a vineyard, a cemetery, and much more. All fantastic sketch locations.

Sketching means just a sketch book and some pens & mini watercolour set in your bag, and is done at any moment you see an appealing scene. ( You can see a picture of what to bring under ‘Weekly Art Classes’ in the menu bar )  Just a few lines and there you have it. I’ll help you add a dash of colour to complete the sketch. It’s as you see it, in a style all of your own. If you’ve never sketched before you’ll be hooked.

If you are an experienced painter, you’ll enjoy gathering material for later works.

If you prefer to paint, bring smaller pads, paints etc so that everything is portable as we move around. The locations will inspire artists of all abilities, working in any medium.

*Small group, individual attention.

*Accommodation in single, twin or double rooms in 2 beautifully renovated stone cottages. (See pictures in link at bottom of page)  We have 2 singles and 1 double/twin share still available in Week 1.

*Pickup and drop- off Toulouse Airport.

*Our own van for transport.

*Tutoring in Sketching for all artists as required.

•Buffet breakfast each morning

*Picnic lunch hamper every day while out sketching.

*Aperitifs before dinner and view what everyone did that day. You will learn so much from other people’s approach.

*Gourmet meals served in the garden, with matching wines each night.

*Restaurants on 2 nights.

*Shopping day in Carcassonne. Sketch or paint if you prefer.

*Wine tour and picnic lunch with experienced Vintner offering superb sketching opportunities.

*Visits to historical Cathar castles, local markets, Roman ruins, hilltop villages and more.

*Opportunities for sketching every day at magnificent locations.

*All included in price.

Rates : Prices are in Australian Dollars.

Please email erin@erinhill.com.au  to enquire about prices & availability.

Our Travel Agent will take care of  all Erin Hill Art Tour bookings once a place is confirmed.

Not Included

Flights

Travel Insurance ( required)

Personal spending, snacks etc

Wine in restaurants.

If you’d like to see Steve & Marilyn’s Trausse website, you can view the video Steve has made of our houses – La Bergerie and 45 Rue des Remparts, and get a feel for the setting which will be our home for 2 weeks.

Happy Sketching meantime.

ART TOUR ‘SKETCHING in PARIS’

 From ‘Midnight in Paris’ at Rodin Museum

One of my original sketches, and one of the places we’ll sketch from.

Ile de la Cite, Paris

Patisserie – a little something needed between sketches.

Canal St Martin

Romantic Paris. How fast can you sketch ‘The Kiss’?

Roof tops from Montmartre

Soldiers on parade. If you missed the first one, plenty more coming.

This could be a gorgeous sketch. Yum.

You will experience most of the above and more during our 6 days of SKETCHING IN PARIS

This is a week of sketching around the famous and not so famous locations of Paris, and enjoying the company of other like-minded people each day. Come on your own or with a friends. Artists of all abilities welcome. This is a very personalised week, sketching and exploring the places I love.

You can choose this as a one week Art Tour, or add it to a 2nd or 3rd week on the Art Tour ‘Sketching in South of France’

Several of us then hop on an Easyjet to Toulouse on the Sunday to start our  2nd and 3rd week in Trausse – our home in the South of France.

What we’ll do:  Meet in the hotel foyer at 10am each morning. We will sketch between 10am – 12.30pm. Have lunch in a little bistro, and sketch again from 2pm – 4pm. We can have dinner together if you like.

Of course we’ll do some of the famous tourist spots, but also places which are more intimate and interesting. We’ll squeeze in some shopping time if you wish. You’ll need a reasonable level of fitness as we do quite a bit of walking and catching metros I’ll also show you how to use the Metro system.

What to bring: You’ll just need a sketchbook and drawing pens, mini watercolour set, and watercolour pencils and a waterpen. Make sure they fit easily into a shoulder bag for easy getting about.

No experience necessary as I’ll have you sketching in your moleskin or sketchbook on your first day.

Accommodation & Rates:  6 nights accommodation in 4* hotel daily breakfast, sketch touring & tutoring.

Email me about prices and places available erin@erinhill.com.au

Our Travel Agent will take care of all Erin Hill Art Tour bookings payments & and flights for you.

©ErinHill2011

‘Midnight in Paris’ Montage