Cypress Road by Lynn Stender Il Chiostro celebrates the harvest time of the year in Tuscany with The Autumn Arts Festival. We offer 4 separate workshops that all overlap throughout this week-long celebration of the arts, the harvest, the wine and this wonderful region of Italy.  The workshops are: Painting in Watercolor & Acrylic plus Collage with Lynn Stender Tuscan Cuisine with Linda Mironti and Andrea Anichini Plein Air Oil Painting with Randy Blasquez The Secrets of Great Travel Photography with Chris Corradino In…

REGISTER NOW Watercolor & Acrylic Painting Workshop with Lynn Stender Venice! Come paint with Lynn in one of the most magical cities in the world! October 8 - 15, 2017 Price for 7 days: $2,550 $450 single/ $500 hotel supplements - Airfare not included Includes: Daily painting class with Lynn Studio space 7 nights at exconvent or hotel* in Dorsoduro area (* added fee) Breakfast at cafe, 5 dinners with wine Walking tour with art historian To register: (ask Lynn…

Join Lynn for her painting adventure a little closer to home – Vieques, Puerto Rico! This will be a week of painting in watercolor or Acrylic with a little bit of collage just for fun.  Lynn’s workshop will be familiar and fun.  The twist is that instead of Italy, this week will be on the little-known, intimate island of Vieques, PR in the middle of the stunning blue Caribbean Sea. In our daily plein air painting classes we will explore various settings…

This will be a week of painting in watercolor or acrylic with a little bit of collage tossed in. Lynn’s workshop will be familiar and fun. The twist is that we’ll spend the first 2 nights in the heart of the Renaissance – Florence. Then we’ll move to the magical Cinque Terre along the Ligurian Coast for 5 nights. Florence at Dusk, photo by Gabriella Pascoe Since the 1400’s artists from everywhere in the world have made pilgrimages to Florence…

Il Chiostro celebrates the harvest time of the year in Tuscany with The Autumn Arts Festival. We offer 4 separate workshops that all overlap throughout this week-long celebration of the arts, the harvest, the wine and this wonderful region of Italy.  The workshops are: Painting in Watercolor & Acrylic plus Collage with Lynn Stender Watercolor Journaling with Kathy Rennell Forbes Tuscan Cuisine, instructor TBA Travel Photography, instructor TBA In addition to your workshop we offer Italian Opera Appreciation lectures with Prof. Patricia Pease each evening before dinner. …