Mar 31, 2022 | Art History, Scotland
“To Pastures New”, Sir James Guthrie, 1883 Every time we explore a travel destination our lives become richer for the experience. That’s to be expected, after all, that’s why we are so motivated to organize these types of events. Sometimes the unexpected...
Jul 29, 2021 | Paris, travel
Musée d’Orsay: From Train Station to World-Class Art Museum The Workshops in France team loves a good transformation story, so how’s this? When you are asked about Art Museums in Paris, most of us immediately think of the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay, but...
Jan 10, 2020 | couples travel, painting holiday, painting workshop, personal enhancement, travel, travel tips
At Workshops in France, we are often asked if it’s ok if a non-painting partner comes too and we say, “Absolutely!” We have had husbands and wives, mothers and daughters, sisters and friends at our workshops and art retreats in the past and everyone...
Nov 13, 2018 | Tips Tricks and Art Hacks, art materials, art retreat, painting holiday, painting workshop
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...
May 23, 2018 | Tips Tricks and Art Hacks, Art News, art retreat, painting holiday, Places, Provence
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...