Nov 13, 2018 | art materials, art retreat, painting holiday, painting workshop, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
The color of Humility and Holiness Look in your paint box and you’ll no doubt find Ultramarine Blue, the most widely sold color after white. Artists have adored this blue pigment for millennia. We forget sometimes that paint is simply ground up minerals mixed...
Jul 21, 2018 | Art News, art retreat, painting holiday, painting workshop, personal enhancement, Provence, Workshop News
Scholarship Recipient 2019: Kyle Ma Workshops in France is awarding a full scholarship to one of our retreats or workshops in 2019. We look at the artist’s work, his or her passion for painting, level of production and what he or she might attain by attending...
Jun 14, 2018 | art materials, art retreat, painting holiday, painting workshop, personal enhancement, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
Read how the pencil gets its designation. It’s a French thing – how appropriate! The mighty pencil, is it H or B or HB and what does it mean? H is from HAUT. It means HIGH. There is a high quantity of binder creating a harder lead with less graphite...
Jun 13, 2018 | art retreat, painting holiday, personal enhancement, Places, Relax, Uncategorized
Does the idea of coming to an art retreat scare you? Over the years we have heard people say that when they first came to one of our workshops or retreats that they were nervous. Their nervousness stemmed from things like flying, traveling alone, and the general...
May 23, 2018 | Art News, art retreat, painting holiday, Places, Provence, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks, Uncategorized
Traveling with Art Supplies The Workshops in France team has taken the mystery out of traveling with art supplies. The TSA has imposed rules about traveling with all kinds of things, including paints. Every now and again, your bag might be the one that is chosen for a...
Apr 12, 2018 | art retreat, Interviews With Past Guests, Provence, Workshop News
Interviewer: Shirley Hambrick Brenda Sleightholme is a resident of Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada. She has had an illustrious career playing piano and has been a music administrator for local, provincial and national festivals. About four years ago, she...
