Painting Holidays with Jude Scott
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Painting Holidays at Clos Mirabel Manor, Ju­ran­çon – Pau with Jude Scott

Jude Scott will be delivering an inspiring and relaxing one-week painting holiday in South West France held at Clos Mirabel Manor. The location boasts an 18th Century Manor House and 5 acres of parkland overlooking the Clos Mirabel Vineyard and the entire chain of the Pyrénées Atlantiques. The course focuses on Jude’s specialism of watercolours provided in small groups with a maximum of 12 participants and includes group and individual tuition, excursions and meals. The residential painting course at Clos Mirabel Manor is suitable for all levels and aims to help participants to expand their artistic skills. The breathtaking panorama at Clos Mirabel offers incredible inspiration.

Painting Holiday Dates 2020

Saturday 19th to 26th Sept 2020
Saturday 26th Sept to 3rd October 2020

2020 Fees – Residential Painting Holiday at Clos Mirabel Manor

Rates from 1,295 euros per person per week in shared accommodation and from 1,595 to 1,895 euros for single occupancy. Prices vary according to occupancy and room type.
Non painting guests are most welcome. Please contact us for rates.
Full Board is offered throughout the week except on day 4, which is a free day. Breakfasts and lunches are a buffet of regional produce. Dinner is a 4 course meal including aperitifs and wine. We cater to special dietary requirements. Guests have access to the grounds and outdoor swimming pool at Clos Mirabel, which is partly heated by solar panels. The price does not include air or train fares.

The Tutor

Jude Scott is an award winning artist who specialises in watercolour and lives in Perth, Western Australia.

Her art education began with ceramics at Technical Colleges in Perth and Sydney, afterwards working as a potter for several years, Jude then began painting. She has since studied oils, acrylics, drawing and watercolour with professional artists and tutors in Western Australia and NSW Australia and in China.

Jude says «I am drawn to the magical medium of watercolour because of its diverse nature. From the powerful opaque darks through to the lightest, most delicate washes of translucent pastel tones to rich and vibrant colours, the wonderful textures and effects thatcan beproduced in watercolour I find endlessly fascinating. Watercolour can also be notorious for its unpredictability, whichis all part of the challenge. I could never just paint a limited range of subjects, the world is far too interesting! I feel compelled to tackle a diverse range of subjects, everything from motorbikes to florals, fascinating faces and our wonderful Australian landscapes ……I am never at a loss for my next painting!»

A popular demonstrator and tutor Jude has tutored workshops from Perth to Newman in the North West of Western Australia to Margaret River in the south as well as local councils, the West Australian education department and community arts groups.

Course Outline

Tuition and exercises will include:
Topics such as the importance of Tone, Composition, Colour and Colour Mixing, getting the best results from your brushes with some inventive mark making for loose floral inspired work. Jude will demo a landscape en plein air and look at the foundations of what makes a great landscape and how to demystify the process in achieving the all important, foreground, middle ground and background. Participants with also visit a local vineyard Domaine de Souch for a painting session followed by wine tasting.

Painting Classes at Clos Mirabel Manor, Ju­ran­çon – Pau
Classes will be held in the painting studio, the grounds of Clos Mirabel and on location in the villages of the Ossau Valley. The studio will be available through out the week including evenings. As well as group work, Jude will provide individual support to develop your own artistic expression.
Classes start at 10am and finish at 5.30pm Sun, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Friday. Wednesday is a free day to give you the opportunity to visitthe historic town of Pau.

The ProgrammeDaily Timetable:

08.30 breakfast
10.00 Studio
Informal coffee-tea break (facilities available in the studio and the manor house)
13.00 lunch
15.30 to 17.30 painting
19.00 apéritifs
19.30 dinner

Painting and Gastronomy

We are passionate about food and use fresh local produce as well as produce from our own garden.

Breakfast is a buffet of local and regional produce.
Lunch is light and served either at Clos Mirabel or as a gourmet picnic on location.
Aperitifs will be served every evening before dinner.
Dinner is a four course meal comprised of an entrée, main course, cheese platter and desert.
Clos Mirabel is located in a small but important wine growing region. The wine that will be served and included with dinner is from local Jurançon vineyards as well as from Bordeaux and Aragon in Spain.
Tea and coffee, tisanes, digestifs etc will be available after dinner in the two salons. If cool the wood burning ceramic stove will be working in the north salon.

Extra nights at Clos Mirabel Manor

Extra nights before or after the course can be added at a preferential rate, subject to availability in B&B or Self Catering Accommodation.

Clos Mirabel Manor S.A.R.L reserves the right to make changes to the programme.

To book a place on a Painting Holiday at Clos Mirabel Manor, Ju­ran­çon – Pau, South West France
Contact us at info@closmirabel.com
www.clos-mirabel.com

Tel: + 33 (0)5 59 06 32 83 Mob: + 33 (0)6 79 59 04 91

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