Dates: October 3-10, 2026
Instructor: Lucy Marks
Venue: Castello di Petroia, Gubbio, Umbria, Italy
Medium: All (Lucy will demonstrate in oil and gouache)
Level: Open to all experience levels
Join Lucy Marks in Umbria for an inspiring week of plein air painting amidst the rolling hills and timeless beauty of Castello di Petroia. Here, history and landscape meet in a place rich with atmosphere, offering the perfect setting to explore a loose, painterly approach that captures both energy and mood.
Over the week, Lucy will guide you through alla prima painting in oils and gouache, encouraging spontaneity and loose freedom of expression. Together, you’ll experiment with quick sketches, painterly exercises, and more developed works, always with the landscape as your muse. The emphasis will be on interpreting the scene with freshness and energy, while enjoying the creative journey.
The venue for this week-long art immersion is the 10th Century Castello di Petroia, an authentic medieval fortress perched on a hilltop between the towns of Perugia and Gubbio, with inspiring views of the surrounding landscape. The castle, birthplace of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (b.1422), is surrounded by a 600-acre traditional Umbrian farm with beautiful olive groves, hiking and horse-riding trails, meadows, woods and abundant wildlife.
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With over 10 years of experience organizing art tours, and with part of our team, my daughters Anne and Amy, living in Europe and fluent in Italian and Spanish, we maintain long term relationships with the owners and staff of our favorite venues. We personally participate in every travel workshop to ensure the quality and to coordinate all the needs of an art instruction program.
If you have any questions, please use the form below, phone 206-715-6663 or email martha@winslowartcenter.com to contact us.
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