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A relaxed painting and drawing holiday in the Dordogne, France
Bombel. 24290, St Amand de Coly, Dordogne, France     .    GPS: N45° 01.915 / E 001° 15.295     .    Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405

A Painting Holiday in France

A relaxed painting holiday in France where you will have a lovely time painting, drawing and seeing the sights...

Do you fancy a friendly, hands-on painting holiday where you can soak up the French life and learn to paint or draw the way you've always dreamed?

Do you feel frustrated by not being able to translate that beautiful view, building or still-life into an accomplished masterpiece?

Learn skills that are already within you...

Well, our experienced friendly artists say that it's all about showing you how to really 'see' with artist's eyes, and being able to build a successful painting while they gently tease out skills that are already in you! 

In just a few idyllic days you'll learn to paint and draw with skill and flair, enhance your painting technique and have a lovely time in great company and peaceful surroundings.

So, come and join us for a wonderful painting holiday in the Dordogne, France. 

"The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting" (Vincent Van Gough)

All subjects and media covered...

Between them, our tutors cover the complete range of subject matter:

...and the most popular media:

A painting course for the credit crunch...

Want to beat the recession? Well, once you book a painting holiday with us you'll have nothing more to pay. Everything's included, so, once you're here, you can just sit back and enjoy yourself with no more exchange rate blues!

We're friendly, English-speaking and cater for all skill levels...

Our great value painting holidays (prices start from just £120 per person) are conducted in English and are designed to cater for all skill levels.  So, whether you're an outright beginner, keen amateur or budding professional, you'll always be in good company. 

When you email us, or phone 0033 [0]553 302405, we'll have a chat about what you want to achieve.  Then, we'll tailor the course to suit you and your fellow guests by gathering together similarly skilled painters on the same course.  How simple is that?!

So, if you enjoy painting among friendly like-minded people in a warm relaxed atmosphere, come and learn to paint with us because you'll quickly feel very much at home.

We're great value too...

The cost of your painting holiday in France
£/GBP
€/Euro
Five day/six night residential painting holiday
(Accommodation included, per person, based on two people sharing a room):
695
  
One, Two and Three-day courses
(Per person, per day.  B&B accommodation available):
120
  
Non-painting friend or partner
(five day/six night):
395
  
B&B accommodation (per room, per night):
35
  
Return airport transfers:
60
  
Single occupancy supplement
(an en-suite room to yourself):
195
  
Painting & Cooking Holiday
(five day/six night residential. Day courses from £130):
695
  
To book a painting holiday, email us with your desired dates.

We collect you in our own vehicles from either Limoges or Bergerac airports or Brive la Gaillarde train station each Sunday and return you there the following Saturday for a fixed fee of £60 per person.

This service is timed to meet the lunchtime/early afternoon Ryanair flight from London Stansted, or one of the early afternoon trains from Brive la Gaillarde. If you want a transfer at another time or on another day, please EMAIL US or Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405 in order to discuss the possibilities.

Your holiday ends at 1000 on Saturday, which is when the return transfer departs. Therefore, on top of the standard airline check-in time, there may be an additional waiting time at the airport or train station.

Transfers are conducted on a first come first served basis. Detailed dates and times are to be agreed with us prior to booking your travel arrangements, so please do not book tickets until you've agreed them with us.

Limoges and Bergerac airports are 1hr 45mins away by car and you won’t reach Bombel until gone 15:00, so please make sure you have made arrangements for your lunch

The optimum number of participants on a course is eight, but sometimes we have fewer than that and occasionally take up to twelve.
Coming to paint as a couple?
Then take advantage of our reduced air/rail transfers
(see 'Prices' panel below).

GROUP BOOKING
If you can organise a party of six or more, you can come for FREE !
That's worth £695 (Email for further details)

Easy to get to...

Because of the proliferation of cheap flights and tumbling ferry prices your painting holiday in France represents great value for money.

Although travel to Limoges (our nearest airport), or the train stations at Brive and Souillac is not included in the price, we'll happily pick you up and drop you off at either of these destinations. 

But, if you wish to fly or train-it and hire your own transportation, Hertz and Avis car rental outlets are available at all destinations.

Patient guidance on your painting holiday in France...

If you're looking for a painting holiday in France you've come to the right place: patient guidance and jovial encouragement are the sentiments espoused by our experienced friendly tutors, Gill Mitchell and Lynn Ralph.

Depending on your desired media and skill level, we'll select which tutor will be available that week. Through them, you'll learn by using tried and tested hands-on techniques honed and perfected through years of experience. 

"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it" (Salvador Dali)

Ever wanted to paint beautiful landscapes, accurately capture the human form, draw evocative still-lifes...?

Here at Bombel you'll be painting, drawing and sketching all manner of subjects either outdoors, or in our fully equipped converted barn. 

This area of France, the Dordogne, is awash with:

Take home fantastic new skills, and enjoy your new-found enthusiasm...

Patiently guided and encouraged by your tutor, rapid improvements in your painting and drawing will follow, so, by the time you leave here, you'll have learned everything you'll need to paint with flair and imagination back home.


No one ever said on their deathbed:
"I wish I'd spent more time in the office" (Anon)

It's not all painting and drawing...

You'll have a lovely time here, which is why we describe Learntopaintinfrance as a painting holiday. 

When not out and about painting and sketching the beautiful vistas and villages of this perfect region, you can lounge around by the pool, stroll our seven acres of lanes and woodland, read that novel you've been promising yourself or just crash out under a parasol with an ice cold G 'n T!

And, of course, we'll take you to bustling open-air markets, chateaux, maybe a walnut oil mill (a great painting subject and one of the oldest water-powered mills in France) and, of course, the ancient towns and villages of this lovely region.

Gourmet cooking...

There'll be food, too.  Good food!  In fact, when not masquerading as the venue for your painting holiday, the barn is also the venue for our cooking courses. Whether painting and cooking courses are held together or on separate weeks (see our combined painting and cooking holidays), the chef will still be the same, so you'll be eating some cracking gourmet food!

And if you're vegetarian or have special dietary needs, i.e. if you're gluten intolerant or diabetic, just let us know and we'll adapt the menu to your liking.

Sumptuous accommodation...

While on your painting holiday you'll be staying in our superb centrally heated en suite accommodation in a beautifully renovated stone barn (or, if this is full, a lovely local B&B just three minutes up the lane).  

Or maybe you'll be on holiday and staying in a gite nearby, in which case just come and learn to paint on our one-day, two-day or three-day painting courses.  But if you wanted to paint all week, nobody's going to stop you!

"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. " (Pablo Picasso)

Want to bring a friend or partner?

Do you have a non-painting friend or partner who would like to come along?  No problem: non-painting guests are very welcome and, what's more, the price can be about half that of the painter's rate.

Booking...

Booking is easy, and only an email or phone call away, so why wait?  Strike while the iron's hot - book a painting holiday in France now and share an experience you'll never forget!





Painting holiday France