Saturday – Arrival in Cortona
-7:00p Welcome to Cortona wine and chocolate tasting at La Saletta.
-8:00p Evening dinner in Cortona at La Locanda nel Loggiato
Sunday - Cortona
-9:00a-12:00p Morning Session
Class kits will be handed out including a signed copy of my book, ‘Art at the Speed of Life’
We will spend the morning session constructing our own personal paint palettes right in our journals and with a twist-we’ll add a pocket to the journal for the memorabilia we’ll no doubt pick up on our outings. I will introduce my line of Sketch Ink from Derivan Liquid Pencil and we will begin to explore its properties and the tools we will use to apply it. No pencils needed! Derivan Liquid Pencil is actual graphite in a paint-like form. My new line of Sketch Ink products provides a user friendly way to apply this medium in a more liquid form. Using both Permanent and Rewettable formulas, we will smudge, erase, lift off, burnish and more.
-1:00p Lunch
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Session
Now that everyone has had a chance to play with the Sketch Ink, we will begin our first journal pages, discussing our views on what Art Journaling means to us and how we each find ways or hope to find ways, to incorporate it into our daily lives. This will become a foundation for our pages as we layer various fluid media and water soluble media on top, experimenting with the fun things I’ve provided in our class kits.
-7:30p Wine tasting
-8:00p Evening dinner
Monday - Cortona
-9:00-12:00p Morning Session
Time to venture outside for inspiration! Taking our journals, Personal Paint Palettes and water brush, we will begin quick sketching with and without pencils as we capture the sights and sounds around us.
-1:00p Lunch
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Session
The afternoon will be spent in the studio or on the grounds, completing our quick sketches and turning them into journal pages.
-7:30p Wine tasting Il Pozzo
-8:00p Evening dinner
Tuesday - Florence
-Day trip to Florence with lunch provided
As we journey to Florence, we will gather memorabilia along the way, stowing it into the pockets in our journals. Quick Liquid Sketches will capture the beauty around us.
-7:30p Wine tasting
-8:00p Evening dinner
Wednesday - Cortona
-9:00-12:00p Morning Session
Collage time with with memorabilia collected from the day before and my new Mixed Media Adhesive! This new medium is so matte that even delicate watercolor and other water soluble media work right over the top!
-1:00 Lunch
-3:00-5:30p Afternoon Session
Finish off the mornings pages with some quiet journal writing and prompts to inspire creative writing.
-6:00p Tuscan cooking class & dinner
Thursday - Cortona
-Morning visit to outdoor market in Camucia
Fruit, vegetables, people, there will be no end of inspiration and a Quick Liquid Sketch from your Personal Paint Palette can capture the moment so we can return to it later.
-1:00 Lunch
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Session
Adding bold black line work to the Liquid Sketches of the morning, we will continue to explore journaling techniques to create completed journal pages in little windows of time. We will stroll outside and find lovely spots to capture the beauty around us and enjoy returning to the moments captured from the mornings outing.
-7:30p Wine Tasting
-8:00p Evening dinner
Friday - Cortona
-9:00-12:00p Morning Session
Adding self portraits to our journals will be the finishing touch. Don’t worry if you think you can’t draw a face, I will provide a number of ways to accomplish this that will suite the varied degrees of experience. Even if you’ve never drawn a face before, I’ll show you how to use my Portrait Sketch Stamps to create a one of a kind face. These were designed to work with the Sketch Ink and you will be amazed at how you can personalize the stamped image to make it truly your own.
-1:00p Lunch TBA
-3:00-6:00p Afternoon Session
Now is the time to share our journals within our small group. We are all friends now, having shared this once in a lifetime experience and as we talk about our art, finish up our pages, exchange email addresses and take pictures, we will know we’ve bonded in a special way through our journals and our art. I will provide one on one time for each of you to discuss your art and provide critiques for those who want them.
-7:30p Farewell Wine Tasting Dinner
Saturday – Departure
-Morning Check-out and departure from Cortona.
