plan your village art experience . . .
I’m Jean-Louis, a French-Australian visual artist. I live and work close to Aix-en-Provence in the beautiful and historic village of Jouques.
The village abounds with architectural features and quaint streets, with walking trails into the picturesque forest and rural surroundings at our doorstep. In the warm light of Provence inspiration is all around.
Stay with us for an art retreat and fully experience our village life for a few days.
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RETREATS in 2023:
4 days + 5 nights
Our one-day workshop:
A slice of Jouques €200 or €180/person 2+ participants
Water-based media only. To fully benefit from these painting classes, we highly recommend that you have some drawing skill and experience.
In the morning we will explore the historic village of Jouques, then draw and document some of its distinctive features.
After lunch we’ll reconvene in the atelier for a demonstration of painting techniques (water-colours + acrylic), then you will compose and paint your very own ‘slice of Jouques’.
Click here to book our one-day workshop online via AirBnB, or preferably hit the ‘contact us’ button on this page.
We aim to:
- improve your confidence and technical knowledge
- fuel your passion to pursue your art practice
We assure you of:
- an authentic and unique experience
- warm hospitality and quality accommodation
- time in a beautiful, historic village
- space to relax and de-stress
Workshops and Retreats: general info
On enquiry, we’ll send you detailed information about the workshop and/or our retreats:
- all prices and inclusions
- materials to be supplied
- what you may want to bring
- meal options in the village
- transport and parking options
We’ll also ask you about your artistic skill-base so we can customise our program to suit your specific needs.
Our five night residential retreats:
Art in Provence
Inclusive of 4 days tuition + 5 nights accommodation.
Water-based media. Drawing and painting experience is essential.
This art retreat in Provence will fuel your passion for painting, whilst building your knowledge-base from day to day.
You will be given specific tuition on colour theory, drawing and painting techniques. In the mornings we explore the village and forest of Jouques whilst capturing its many facets with plein-air drawing.
Later you will extend your morning sketches and observations into original artworks. Having access to the atelier in the evening will allow you to relax and contemplate your achievement – over a glass of local rosé if you like!
Encaustic comes alive!
Inclusive of 4 days tuition + 5 nights accommodation.
Cold-encaustic medium with oil paint and odourless solvents. Drawing and painting experience is essential.
This unique art retreat will enable you to discover or extend your knowledge of cold-encaustic oil painting, whilst being immersed in village life.
This ancient method of painting predates renaissance oil painting and will reveal its versatility in contemporary painting. All technical aspects of the medium will be covered, along with specific tuition on drawing and painting.
Your skill base will grow from day to day as we explore and draw the village and surrounds of Jouques, with the view to interpreting these sketches and observations into your own, original paintings.
Contact us for prices of our four-day Retreats
More about 'Encaustic comes alive!'
Recap the basics of painting with oils, then add cold-encaustic medium and be amazed! Learn the advantages of working with this fast-drying and versatile medium, plus loads of techniques, tips and tricks.
This retreat aims to introduce (or consolidate) the many facets of using oil paints with cold-encaustic medium.
Offered as a four-day, five-night residential retreat only.
Jean-Louis is an accomplished artist with a passion for colour and luminosity – he has loads of art-teaching experience which enables him to share his wealth of knowledge in our programs.
