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Relaxed lunch at Ill Collaccio

This summer has been an eventful time.  In June we held our first workshop at Ill Collaccio in Umbria, Italy.  It was a great success and most of those who came have rebooked for next year.  The place is idyllic with breathtaking views, delicious and plentiful Italian food and wine, comfortable and clean accommodation and extremely friendly and helpful staff.  Added to that the sun shone and temperatures soared so we couldn’t have wanted for more.

We worked during the mornings on the hotel veranda, shaded from the sun but gathering any breezes around and resting our eyes from time to time on the distance Sibillini mountains.  Most of us managed a trip to the mountains and the fabulous Piano Grande; a wide, sweeping plain stretching to the snow capped mountains with wall to wall wild flowers of every colour.  Amazing!

Needless to say next years trip is already nearly fully booked.

View of Preci from Ill Collaccio

Some of our motley crew enjoying refreshments in Assissi

At last ‘Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils’ is finshed, all bar the final ammendments, and should be in the shops by next March.  I am sorry some of you have been waiting for so long and I can only hope that it will be worth waiting for!