Do you like to paint? Do you like photography? Then come and spend holidays in Tuscany, where you will find, whatever the season, the most beautiful landscapes, the most beautiful colors, the most beautiful lights to paint and capture! Renowned professors bring their students to painting workshops, and private lessons can be given. Many hosts also choose Villa le Barone to enjoy the pleasure of painting and photography. A photo competition is organized!
What makes Hotel Villa le Barone specifically suited for painting and photography? First, painters will find so many interesting corners in our gardens to plant their easel, and photographers will have so many stunning Tuscan landscapes to capture. Even in case of rain (but it is very rare except in autumn!), artists can paint and meet in one of the lounges, where the watercolors, oil paintings and pastels that artists have kindly given to us over the years can be admired! Some artists are bringing their students, such as Jean François Grillard, from France, who organized his eighth course at Villa le Barone this year, or as Andrew Lattimore from New York. Private lessons are also given by Marina Des Tombe, a Dutch painter and sculptor living in Chianti. Jann Pollard, who organized a number of workshops at Villa le Barone, now comes just for her pleasure and prepares a collection which she will present in galleries. And many other Guests, just amateurs painters or photographers, are choosing Villa le Barone in order to practice their hobby! Villa le Barone organizes for them every year a photo competition: the first prize wins 2 free nights and the second, one night!
Spouses have also a lot to do with all the activities offered by Villa le Barone!
Of course during their stay, participants in painting workshops and photographers are not only practicing their art and enjoying Tuscan beauty, they also can enjoy the delicious traditional Tuscan cuisine!
Let yourself be charmed by Tuscany. Come paint and photograph its hills, cypress paths, its architecture, and its monuments!