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 | Places, Provence, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
A Tip about Tipping Your guide to tipping in France. Don’t Tip Excessively! How much should you tip in France? Here’s a tip – over tipping can backfire. The French have high respect for their waiters. Very often they aren’t just waiting tables...
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...
May 23, 2018 | Art News, Interviews With Past Guests, Places, Provence, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks, Workshop News
Behind the Tim Horn Painting Workshop in Provence. Tim Horn’s plein air workshop in Provence is at our château near Avignon. Tim Horn is an internationally admired and collected artist who specializes in landscapes, rural scenes and man-made objects, including...
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, Food, Places, Provence, Relax, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
Must-Knows – tips for eating out in France. France is world famous for its incredible cuisine, and for good reason. The French love their food, and travelers often visit France for the sole purpose of eating their way around. As a foreigner – especially one that...
