Alpine Creative Tours

29/09/2024

WATERCOLOR PAINTING WORKSHOPS IN PROVENCE
Here is an opportunity to learn watercolor painting from two award-winning artists: Anita Winter or Diane Fechenbach. Learn how to paint watercolor plein air with Anita in the small villages of Luberon, Provence. Or join Diane as she teaches how to capture the essence of Provence – in either watercolor, oil or pastel. Sketchers are welcome in both workshops. More info here: https://www.alpinecreativetours.com/

23/07/2024

Announcing three new painting workshops in Europe for 2025:

Provence with Anita Winter April 19-26, 2025 Watercolor painting.

Lake Como with Kathleen Lanzoni May 24-31, 2025 Plein air painting.

Lake Como with Karen Ramsay May 31 - June 7, 2025 Watercolor travel sketchbook journaling.

Come join us on one of these exciting tours!

Please go to www.alpinecreativetours.com for more information!

30/05/2024

We have just concluded two wonderful watercolor workshops in Provence. One group learned all about the basics of watercolor from John Keeling and Lo Mathews and the second group ventured out to the small villages painting plein air, led by Kathleen Lanzoni. Thank you to all the wonderful participants who made these workshops so special, fun, and memorable. And a special thank you to these two fantastic teachers; John and Kathleen.

We are now in full planning mode for organizing workshops for 2025 and beyond.

22/12/2023

There are now only 2 spots left in Kathleen Lanzoni’s watercolor painting workshop in Provence May 11-18, 2024.

And only 4 spots left in Karen Ramsay’s sketchbook journaling workshop in Lake Como May 25-June 1, 2024.

Please go to https://www.alpinecreativetours.com to sign up or for more information.

Alpine Creative Tours organizes art vacations in Europe. Watercolor and oil painting workshops. Come join us in France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, or Scotland in 2024.

04/09/2023

Our workshop and retreat program for 2024 has now been announced. Come join us in Bellagio, Lake Como, Mallorca, Piedmont, Provence or Scotland next year! More information at

Alpine Creative Tours organizes art vacations in Europe. Watercolor and oil painting workshops. Come join us in France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, or Scotland in 2024.

06/06/2023

Just finished hosting the workshop “Painting Provence in Watercolor” in Bonnieux, Provence. Fabulous art instructor Karen Ramsay taught the workshop to this talented group of artists.

13/12/2022

The deadline to sign up for one of our painting workshops in 2023 in France and Spain is coming up this week. Sign up for watercolor painting in Mallorca in March or for a beginner watercolor workshop in Provence in May. The deadline to sign up is this week! More info at https://www.alpinecreativetours.com/

22/10/2022

For those of you who have never painted in watercolor, here is a great workshop to learn the basics - and in Provence:

19/08/2022

You can now make your reservation for one of our 2023 spring painting workshops in Europe! Here is a sneak peak of the program:

March 11 - 18, 2023 Watercolor Painting Workshop in Mallorca, Spain with Anita Winter

March 18 - 25, 2023 Oil Painting Workshop in Mallorca, Spain with Cheryl St John

March 25 - 31, 2023 Art Immersion in Mallorca, Spain

May 1 - 7, 2023 Plein Air Watercolor Painting Workshop in Porto with Emily Wahl

May 13 - 20, 2023 Beginner's Watercolor Workshop in Provence with John Keeling

May 20 - 27, 2023 Sketchbook Journaling in Provence with Karen Ramsay

May 30 - June 6, 2023 Plein Air Watercolor Painting Workshop in Provence with Kathleen Lanzoni

Please go to https://www.alpinecreativetours.com/ to read more or to sign up!

20/05/2022

Checking out possible new painting workshop locations. Here the Amalfi coast. Amazingly beautiful!

20/05/2022

We just finished a Travel & Urban Sketchbook workshop in beautiful Mallorca. This class was led by talented art instructor Sarah Bracco, who showed us the ins and outs of sketching cathedrals, landscapes, boats (that was hard!), architecture, and village scenes. A highlight was painting the beautiful buildings, gardens, and views at Son Marroig, close to Deia.

06/02/2022

Our 2022 Painting Program in Europe has now been confirmed! We are so looking forward to a new year with some exciting workshops. If you are like us, you are ready to have some new art adventures in 2022. This spring and fall we can offer you five painting workshops in Europe:

• Travel & Sketching in Mallorca, Spain with Sarah Bracco April 20-26, 2022 (sold out, waitlist open)
• Sketchbook journaling in Provence, France with Karen Ramsay May 27-June 2, 2022 (4 spots remain)
• Sketchbook journaling in Annecy, France with Karen Ramsay June 6-12, 2022 (4 spots remain)
• Plein Air painting in Provence with Kathleen Lanzoni October 1-7, 2022 Open to Book
• A “Never Ever” watercolor workshop in Provence with John Keeling NEW DATES: October 16-22, 2022 Open to Book

Please go to https://www.alpinecreativetours.com/ to read more or to sign up!

04/02/2022

Happy February!

One thing that is getting me through the cold winter is the promise of two exciting workshops I'll be hosting this summer in beautiful (and warm!) France. May and June 2022!

One week in the rural countryside of Provence and the other in the lakeside town of Annecy. It's an opportunity to remember how travel can inspire, meet new people, and focus on capturing this stunning landscape in watercolor.

I've partnered with an exceptional team at Alpine Creative Tours
www.alpinecreativetours.com who have put together an itinerary of stunning locations and beautiful accommodations. LE CLOS DU BUIS in Provence and Le Bøutik Hotel in Annecy.

We have a February "Friends and Family" $200 discount special for new students! EXPIRING 2-22-2022!
(this discount is not applicable with any other previous "Early Bird" discounts)

Please don't delay, only 4 spots remaining in each workshop!
Contact Lo Mathews at [email protected], to sign on and receive your discount.

I look forward to sketching and painting together in France!

13/03/2021

ANNOUNCING 2022 EUROPEAN WORKSHOPS

Now you can preregister for our 2022 painting and writing workshops in Europe. Here is a sneak peak of the upcoming program:

• PAINTING PROVENCE IN WATERCOLOR, a Sketchbook Journaling Workshop in Luberon, France with Karen Ramsay

• DISCOVERING THE ITALIAN LAKES; Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, Italy with Paul Birchak

• INSPIRATION ISLAND, an oil and watercolor painting workshop with Cathy Goodale and Jim Biggers

• OIL PAINTING IN THE COTSWOLDS, England with Dena Peterson

• PLEIN AIR PAINTING in Mallorca, Spain (oil, acrylics, watercolor, pastel) with Cheryl St John

• ART IMMERSION IN STOCKHOLM and ARCHIPELAGO, Sweden (for painters, writers, photographers)

• POSTCARDS FROM PROVENCE, a Beginner’s Watercolor Workshop in Provence, France with John Keeling

• WATERCOLORS OF PROVENCE in Bonnieux, France with Kathleen Lanzoni

• TRAVEL & URBAN SKETCHING in Mallorca, Spain with Sarah Bracco (SOLD OUT, WAITLIST OPEN)

• A SCREENWRITER’S WORKSHOP in Costa Blanca, Spain with Jill Murphy Long

• ART IMMERSION IN MALLORCA, Spain (for painters, writers, photographers)

• AWE OF ANNECY, a Watercolor Sketchbook Workshop in Annecy, France with Karen Ramsay

More information here https://www.alpinecreativetours.com/.