Our courses are designed to enable you to confidently master the art of painting and drawing whatever your level and choice of medium. Each day we endeavour to paint some of the stunning local scenery, with the carefully chosen locations becoming progressively more challenging throughout the course. The subjects include fields and barns, lake scenes, sea-scapes and village scenes.

Under the careful guidance of your tutor, Mac Mckay you will learn something new and valuable each day in a sociable environment where confidence and personal style are encouraged and developed. We encourage mixed ability groups, after all painting should be a challenge and a pleasure regardless of ability, and because we have a maximum of 8 people in our groups, each guest is given plenty of individual attention and tuition.

We paint for approximately 6 hours each day on location, with daily hints and tips on how to approach each different subject. (Demonstrations in watercolour.)

During the course, we will cover composition, perspective, tone, materials, colour theory, colour mixing, and painting techniques..

So, whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced artist, you will leave our course at Azur painting holidays with renewed confidence and a comprehensive understanding of drawing and painting techniques in your chosen medium, but more than either of these, we hope you will gain a real passion for painting.

THE TUTOR

Mac Mckay is an artist of international acclaim who has earned his living as an artist for twenty years in the UK. He has successfully exhibited his work in many countries, and is passionate about both painting and teaching, drawing upon his vast experience in many mediums to teach his students.

As a working artist he understands the importance of both technical ability and confidence in successful painting, and will be on hand throughout your stay to help you progress, and with any specific areas you wish to improve.

"My aim is to help my students to look at their subjects in a fresh way and give them the confidence and ability that it takes to translate this onto the page, with each person encouraged to develop their own unique style. By the end of the course I hope that those who were absolute beginners will be as amazed at their progress as I always am, and those who have more experience will have made that all important leap to the next level which is so hard to achieve on your own."

"What an excellent course this one proved to be! I enrolled as a total beginner and returned home with five watercolors each painted in a different location in beautiful Provence. Every aspect was first class, the tuition, the accommodation, the catering and the hosts. I cant wait to go again."

Diane Dawkins

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For 'non painters', don't forget we also have holiday accomodation to let in our beautiful cottages.

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TESTIMONIALS AND ATTESTATIONS FROM PREVIOUS GUESTS AT AZUR PAINTING HOLIDAYS: