September 16th – 21st
Città della Pieve, Italy
Tuscany Watercolor Sketchbook: Sketching in Italy includes daily, in-depth lessons, opportunities to sketch on location, a wide variety of botanical inspiration from roses, to herbs, to Tuscany flora, as well as medieval villages and and tucked away panoramic locations.
Open to students of all artistic levels, Tuscany Watercolor Sketchbook makes ink and wash sketching accessible to everyone. Based on the gorgeous flowers of Puscina Flowers, an organic farm in Tuscany, your art will reflect the colors of the season. Accommodations are in a unique boutique hotel nestled just outside the center of Città della Pieve. Although some sketching experience is helpful, it is definitely not necessary.
Città della Pieve is our home base. A small medieval hill town on the border of Tuscany and Umbria. This town is walkable in every direction, super clean, and full of friendly people (take a video tour below). Take an evening stroll for a glass of wine or a morning walk for a cappuccino and a cornetto, enjoy access to shops and restaurants just a stone’s throw from our hotel.
Boutique Hotel Vanucci: Hotel Vannucci began as a project of Vittoria Spinola, daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele II, who fled Pisa (and an arranged marriage with her elderly husband) to start a new life with her lover in Città della Pieve. Here, she and her soon-to-be new husband, Paolo, built two villas that became luxurious holiday accommodations for wealthy Romans vacationing in the countryside. In 1903 one of the villas became Hotel Vannucci, and today it maintains the elegance and refinement of its inception, with luxurious sleeping rooms, marble bathrooms and inviting gardens. A stay here is truly special, nestled just outside the medieval walls of the historic, and unspoiled, village of Città della Pieve.
