Contact: Diana
327-210-4009
Paint n Italy…2011
345 East 56th Street Suite 6H New York, NY 10022 Creative painting workshops and art adventures since 1984
“I can’t draw a straight line and I never painted before…”
Rather than simply admiring beautiful Italian landscape paintings in local museums, why not make
your own art? “I feel I’m artistic but I can’t draw a straight line,” said one of the students before the first
painting lesson. Since we know artists use rulers and even the most experienced are plagued with
uncertainties, let’s start from here. Do you love to travel? Want to visit north Italy’s most picturesque villages
while learning the secrets of the painting process? And, if you are an art student or a professional artist, you’ll
work in an environment, equal to none.
“Sweet vision, do not fade away” poet Longfellow said. So emotional is the encounter of
Lake Como for the first time. Surrounded by majestic mountains, flowers, lake views, boat scenes, and ancient
villas, an atmosphere so beautiful it will awaken any person’s hidden creative nature. The selected hotel, home
for 11 days, is set in the midst of this splendor and offers American convenience, coupled with perfect Italian
hospitality and service. Participants live in accommodations facing the lake, including a private bath, balcony
or terrace, air conditioning, maid service, television, phone with complete daily breakfast and 4-course
gourmet dinner, free art supplies and land transfers from/to Milan ’s Malpensa airport/ hotel and the en plein
aire painting sites.
Paint in Italy… was founded in 1984: the culmination of New York painter, Diana Willis’
longtime vision of organizing workshops in Italy where artists (and artists-in-learning) could enjoy
uninterrupted, art-inspired time. Willis, who has been painting and teaching for more than thirty years in
NYC and Italy has invited portrait painter & tromple l’oeil muralist Mario Tucci and renown artist/children’s
book author and illustrator Roxie Munro to join her in Italy this summer.
Dates: August 24 – September 4, 2011
Prices rage from $3,580 - $3,895 per person/double occupancy. Additional supplements when rooms are used
for one person. For more information call: Diana Willis @ 1-347-210-4009 or visit www.paintinitaly.com or
write Ms. Willis 345 East 56th Street Suite 6 H New York, NY 10022
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Mario Tucci
Portrait Society of America’s Ambassador to NY State
Award Winning Artist, Gallery Chairman, Teacher & Jurist
www.mariotucci.com
Mario Tucci by John Howard Sanden
