Workshops

Workshop in Tuscany - With Art Escape Italy

Join us for an all-inclusive week of oil painting in the Tuscan countryside with Mary Jane Ansell. During this art retreat, artists will spend 5 days learning Mary Jane's approach to painting a finished portrait with an intriguing narrative. From setting up and photographing the model, to adding the finishing touches. Participants will work on one painting, with each day focussing on a different aspect of Mary Jane's painting process.

During this all-inclusive art retreat, meals will be home-cooked and eaten together in our large dining room or outside when the weather is nice. In the evenings particiapants will have free use of the grounds to explore, including the swimming pool, woodland, lake and olive groves. There is also a volleyball net, and a games rooom with table tennis and table football. During the week we will host some evening entertanment which everyone is welcome to join, such as a wine tour, cooking class, and picnic in the vineyards.

Dates: 2-8 October 2022 

Price: From €1735 - €2450

Includes: 22% VAT, 5 days tuition, 6 nights accommodation, all meals & drinks (including wine), wine tour & tasting, transfers, easels & solvents 

Non-Participaing Partner: €650

Location: Antico Borgo La Torre

Medium: Oil on canvas

Class size: 12-16

Painting Experience: All levels welcome

Language: English

Italian translation available

SOLD OUT - to join the waitlist please visit the link below.

Online Teaching

I’m currently developing ways to teach my process online and so am currently working with a small number of students via Zoom and email. If you’d like to find out if this might be useful to you and your studies then get in touch.

Mentorship

While there are many techniques I can share with you to take your work further I believe that every artist needs to follow a unique path to find their works true expression and this requires a more personal and free flowing format. So if you’d like to work with me to dig deeper into your own practice, perhaps tackles some of the blocks that can hold you back and some techniques to help your process on multiple levels then working on a one to one or small groups basis may be for you.