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Dates: October 10-17, 2025
Instructors: Sarah Spackman
Venue: Palazzo Leti, Spoleto, Umbria, Italy
Media: Oil
Level: All levels welcome
Discover the timeless charm of Spoleto, an Italian hilltop town renowned for its vibrant food markets and artistic inspiration. Join award-winning British artist Sarah Spackman for an exclusive workshop designed to help you develop your unique artistic voice through the beauty of still life painting.
Begin your journey by exploring Spoleto’s markets, selecting fresh, colorful treasures to use as subjects. Back in the studio, learn to capture their essence in simple still life setups, refining your skills in observation, color mixing, and composition.
Workshop Overview:
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artist, this workshop is a space to explore, experiment, and grow in a supportive environment. With Italy’s rich love for food and beauty as your inspiration, you’ll learn to transform everyday objects into vibrant oil paintings that celebrate color and light.
Join us in Spoleto and bring your artistic vision to life in this unforgettable setting.
Palazzo Leti, the fourteenth century home of the noble Leti family, consists of twelve beautifully restored rooms, each looking across the valley towards Monteluco.  Situated in the center of Spoleto, one of the lesser-known jewels of Umbria, the town is an important center for the arts with numerous museums and galleries as well as historic sites including the Roman theater, the Ponte delle Torri aqueduct , the Santa Maria Assunta cathedral, all dominated by the imposing medieval Castello Rocca Albornoziana. Â
Of particular note to plein air artists, many of the town’s principal piazzas and sites have recently been connected by underground escalators, eliminating the need to carry painting gear up and down the hilly cobblestone streets. Â
Although worthy of many days of exploration in its own right, Spoleto’s strategic location at the head of a broad valley in the foot hills of the Apennines provides easy access to some of the best known towns in Italy including Assisi, Trevi, Terni, Perugia and Bevagna. With plenty to do for non-painters as well, the Spoleto-Norcia narrow grade railway bed has been converted to a bike path with spectacular views of the nearby Nera Valley, which is also one of Italy’s best known fly fishing rivers.
What’s Included:
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 have the ability not only to maintain long term relationships with the owners and staff of our favorite venues, but to seek out and vet new and unique locations each year. We personally participate in every travel workshop to ensure the quality of the accommodations and cuisine as well as to coordinate the special needs of the 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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