Painting

We run week long art holidays for those interested in exploring the visual excitement of this visually stunning region and who would like to try their hand at techniques other than the traditional watercolour. Express your creativity in conducive surroundings with like minded individuals; support is tailored to the individual, from beginner to intermediate. Your week long holiday while informal and relaxing offers an itinerary that gives you the opportunity to focus on: photography trips, sculpture sessions, drawing from life, architectural drawing, visits to church frescos and galleries, wine tasting and meals at local specialty restaurants. Guidance is provided for those who need advice on drawing, photography and sculpture. The teaching is by a design lecturer who still teaches part time in a UK university where for many years he was head of the design department.

A short walk or 2 minute drive from the house brings you to the town of Montalto. Montalto is the ideal holiday destination for travelers to the Marche offering as it does a taste of real Italy. 25 minutes from the Adriatic beaches to the east and 35 minutes to the Sibillini mountains to the west, with the cities of Ascoli Picena 30 minutes to the south and Macerata 45 minutes to the north and plenty more towns in between, the situation is ideal for those wishing to explore the region. 
The pleasant town of Grottammare offers the rare luxury of a free beach in an Italian seaside town just 25 minutes drive from the house. The free beach is surrounded by palm trees with free showers and a drinking fountain within easy walk of the town center. The beach is clean and sandy, the sea is safe and warm and shallow and sandy underfoot. A short walk takes you to the center of town. There are many other free beaches and plenty of private ones up and down this stretch of the Adriatic. 
Flying to Ancona or Pescara airports via Ryanair from Stanstead airport - and now Liverpool to Ancona - are the fastest– and almost certainly the cheapest – routes. Currently there is one early morning flight a day to both Ancona and Pescara from Stanstead and 3 flights a week from Liverpool. Montalto is pretty much half way between these two airports and travel time by motorway is around 1 hour 20 minutes from either. Rome and Bolonga are both around 3 hours drive from the house. 
A short walk or 2 minute drive from the house brings you to the town of Montalto. Montalto is the ideal holiday destination for travelers to the Marche offering as it does a taste of real Italy. 25 minutes from the Adriatic beaches to the east and 35 minutes to the Sibillini mountains to the west, with the cities of Ascoli Picena 30 minutes to the south and Macerata 45 minutes to the north and plenty more towns in between, the situation is ideal for those wishing to explore the region. 
A short walk or 2 minute drive from the house brings you to the town of Montalto. Montalto is the ideal holiday destination for travelers to the Marche offering as it does a taste of real Italy. 25 minutes from the Adriatic beaches to the east and 35 minutes to the Sibillini mountains to the west, with the cities of Ascoli Picena 30 minutes to the south and Macerata 45 minutes to the north and plenty more towns in between, the situation is ideal for those wishing to explore the region.