Paint
in
France
Bombel. 24290, St Amand de Coly, Dordogne, France | GPS: N45° 01.915 / E 001° 15.295 | Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405
A Painting and Cooking Holiday in France
Do you and your partner enjoy taking holidays together, but want to do different things?
Or maybe you have a friend who would like to go on a painting holiday while you come for a cooking holiday, or vice versa?
Well, here you'll find the best of both worlds: a combined painting and cooking holiday.
And where better to learn not only the painterly arts, but also the culinary arts than in France: birthplace of some of the greatest painters and chefs in the world.
So, while your partner or friend paints and dabbles on the painting holiday, you could be cooking the lunches and dinners that you'll both be eating while chatting around the table about what you've each been up to during the day.
The cost...
Prices start from just €130 EUR per person for our day courses and from €895 EUR for our all-inclusive five day/five night holidays. Please ask about our range of courses and contact us for availability.
Your painting holiday tutors, Lynn Ralph and Gill Mitchell...
As soon as you meet your painting holiday tutor, who will either be Lynn Ralph or Gill Mitchell, you'll realise that they are easy to get on with.
Naturally chatty, brimming with character, and possessing a great sense of humour, they are born teachers who'll use their enthusiasm and keen eye to guide and encourage you.
Skills you'll be learning on your painting holiday in France include:
- Perspective
- How to 'see' (very important, but much overlooked)
- Chiaroscuro (the use of light and dark)
- Preliminary sketches
- Proportion
- Preparing various supports
- Pictorial composition
- Mount cutting
- Colour basics
among many others...
Your cooking holiday in France chef, Jim Fisher...
Patiently guided and encouraged by your chef, Jim Fisher, you'll quickly become highly adept in the kitchen. And you won't be punished for every mistake by some starched Fanny Craddock type either - just patient guidance and jovial encouragement from an experienced friendly chef.
Skills you'll be learning on your cooking holiday in France include:
- Pre-prep
- Ingredient selection
- Knife skills
- Pastry work
- Butchery
- Fish and seafood cooking
- Cakes, desserts and patisserie
- Sautes and roasts
- Stocks and sauces
- French, Mediterranean, Italian and Spanish classic and regional dishes
and many, many more...
