Bella Italia
Orvieto Sketchbook
Dates: May 20 - 26, 2012
Instructor/Leader: Jane LaFazio
Cost - $2975
Trip Description
Ever wanted to create your own illustrated travel journal? Have you seen people sketching in exotic locales, and thought, gosh, I wish I could do that. You can! Jane knows that everyone has the ability. It just takes the opportunity to slow down, sit in one place and really look, then let your pencil sketch what you see.
Orvieto, Italy, an ancient, colorful, hilltop town is full of inspiration. Jane, coming off her successful 2010 trip to Orvieto with us, is excited to rerturn in 2012, building on that former experience. We will spend a week using that inspiration and experience to power your creativity. Each day we'll sketch and watercolor on 5x7" pages of watercolor paper in different areas of this historic, charming city. The last day we'll create a paper-on-cloth portfolio to hold the sketches (as single pages or in an accordion book format) and other found mementos creating your own unique Bella Italia: Orvieto Sketchbook.
Jane will gently guide beginners as well as the more experienced to draw what you see, to capture the small details of a place, while savoring sounds, smells, and breezes around you. She and Italy will help you slow down, sit quietly and really ‘be’ in a place, while you sketch and watercolor and journal artfully. Drawing is about seeing, you’ll have the opportunity to record your impressions, as unique as your handwriting, in your Italian sketchbook. The skills you learn here will be with you always, so you can continue to illustrate your travels and your daily life in your journal.
Itinerary
May 20 - Arrive Orvieto, welcome dinner
May 21 - Orientation to Orvieto Day. Tour the stunning Cathedral in the heart of town, take a walking orientation to the main streets and piazzas of Orvieto, enjoy an olive oil and wine tasting and gain a historical look at Orvieto from her Etruscan beginnings.
In the studio begin drawing and painting some of the details of our B&B, its plants and architectural details.
May 22 - Sketching and painting in the town of Orvieto
Cooking class, learning the art of making pasta, dinner & wine
May 23 - Sketching and painting on location at the Cathedral's San Brizio Chapel and in the special places of Orvieto.
Shop for local treats and picnic, afternoon free
May 24 - Market Day. Visit the food & flower market, sketching and painting the sights, and shopping for picnic.Sketch and paint our picnic goods. Picnic! Create portfolio to hold your Orvieto pages and mementos
Vineyard tour and wine tasting off “the rock”
May 25 - Complete and embellish portfolio and sketchbook pages and compile. Show and share sketchbooks. Final dinner.
May 26 - Depart Orvieto
Details
Cost - $2975. Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging and basic course materials. Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Six light Continental breakfasts, 3 dinners and one lunch included. Travel costs are not included.
Click here for registrations and terms, or contact us by e-mail, phone or writing at the contact information below.
Orvieto Sketchbook
Dates: May 20 - 26, 2012
Instructor/Leader: Jane LaFazio
Cost - $2975
Trip Description
Ever wanted to create your own illustrated travel journal? Have you seen people sketching in exotic locales, and thought, gosh, I wish I could do that. You can! Jane knows that everyone has the ability. It just takes the opportunity to slow down, sit in one place and really look, then let your pencil sketch what you see.
Orvieto, Italy, an ancient, colorful, hilltop town is full of inspiration. Jane, coming off her successful 2010 trip to Orvieto with us, is excited to rerturn in 2012, building on that former experience. We will spend a week using that inspiration and experience to power your creativity. Each day we'll sketch and watercolor on 5x7" pages of watercolor paper in different areas of this historic, charming city. The last day we'll create a paper-on-cloth portfolio to hold the sketches (as single pages or in an accordion book format) and other found mementos creating your own unique Bella Italia: Orvieto Sketchbook.
Jane will gently guide beginners as well as the more experienced to draw what you see, to capture the small details of a place, while savoring sounds, smells, and breezes around you. She and Italy will help you slow down, sit quietly and really ‘be’ in a place, while you sketch and watercolor and journal artfully. Drawing is about seeing, you’ll have the opportunity to record your impressions, as unique as your handwriting, in your Italian sketchbook. The skills you learn here will be with you always, so you can continue to illustrate your travels and your daily life in your journal.
Itinerary
May 20 - Arrive Orvieto, welcome dinner
May 21 - Orientation to Orvieto Day. Tour the stunning Cathedral in the heart of town, take a walking orientation to the main streets and piazzas of Orvieto, enjoy an olive oil and wine tasting and gain a historical look at Orvieto from her Etruscan beginnings.
In the studio begin drawing and painting some of the details of our B&B, its plants and architectural details.
May 22 - Sketching and painting in the town of Orvieto
Cooking class, learning the art of making pasta, dinner & wine
May 23 - Sketching and painting on location at the Cathedral's San Brizio Chapel and in the special places of Orvieto.
Shop for local treats and picnic, afternoon free
May 24 - Market Day. Visit the food & flower market, sketching and painting the sights, and shopping for picnic.Sketch and paint our picnic goods. Picnic! Create portfolio to hold your Orvieto pages and mementos
Vineyard tour and wine tasting off “the rock”
May 25 - Complete and embellish portfolio and sketchbook pages and compile. Show and share sketchbooks. Final dinner.
May 26 - Depart Orvieto
Details
Cost - $2975. Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging and basic course materials. Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Six light Continental breakfasts, 3 dinners and one lunch included. Travel costs are not included.
Click here for registrations and terms, or contact us by e-mail, phone or writing at the contact information below.
Adventures in Italy, 221 Forest Hill St., Morganton, NC 28655, 828.221.2322, info@AdventuresInItaly.net
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Meet Jane
Jane LaFazio is a mixed media artist who works in paper and cloth. She began her artist life as a watercolor painter in 1992 and it remains her first love. Jane became a full time artist in 1998 after years of working in graphic design and marketing, and says about her life now “I believe I’m living the life I was meant to live, that of a creative artist, and art teacher.”
She teaches watercolor
journaling, mixed media,
and art quilts to adults
and creative classes for
kids in San Diego. Her
artwork has been
featured in galleries,
juried mixed media
exhibitions and publications including her mentor Danny Gregory’s An Illustrated Life: Drawing inspiration from the private sketchbooks of artists, illustrators and designers (Fall 2008). Jane’s art quilts have been
Jane LaFazio is a mixed media artist who works in paper and cloth. She began her artist life as a watercolor painter in 1992 and it remains her first love. Jane became a full time artist in 1998 after years of working in graphic design and marketing, and says about her life now “I believe I’m living the life I was meant to live, that of a creative artist, and art teacher.”
She teaches watercolor
journaling, mixed media,
and art quilts to adults
and creative classes for
kids in San Diego. Her
artwork has been
featured in galleries,
juried mixed media
exhibitions and publications including her mentor Danny Gregory’s An Illustrated Life: Drawing inspiration from the private sketchbooks of artists, illustrators and designers (Fall 2008). Jane’s art quilts have been
widely published in magazines Cloth, Paper, Scissors and Quilting Arts and books such as Material Visions: A Gallery of Miniature Art Quilts, Fabric Art Gallery, Beginner’s Guide to Art Quilts, and Mixed-Media Self-Portraits: Inspiration & Techniques by Cate Coulacos Prato (Fall 2008) and Art Quilts at Play by Jane Dávila and Elin Waterston (Fall 2008). Jane also has an instructional DVD entitled The Small Art Quilt available on amazon.com. See more artwork at www.plainjanestudio.com Follow her creative life at janeville.blogspot.com.
Order Jane's new instructional DVD From Art Journaling to Art: Drawing, Watercolor, and more Techniques for Mixed Media Artists.
Order Jane's new instructional DVD From Art Journaling to Art: Drawing, Watercolor, and more Techniques for Mixed Media Artists.
Have a friend or spouse who would like to join you but not this workshop? Check out Discover Orvieto. To explore other trips go to Trips. To learn more visit About Us. View Photos of Orvieto.
Jane in Orvieto 2010
Drawing from Jane's 2010 trip
Read Jane's blog about her 2010 trip to Orvieto with us.
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