Drawing and Painting Interiors: The Ducal Palace of Sassuolo

Course Description

• 7 day course

• 2 visits including a guided tour of the Palace at Sassuolo

  preliminary studies taking back what you need for your own investigations in the studio

• There will be an optional morning trip to Modena market on Sunday

• Your own personal space to work in in converted stables now studios

  develop ideas into paintings of your choice

• Guided experiments with composition and materials

• Play with ideas and find your own way around the subject

• Go home with a sketchbook, studies and 2 or 3 paintings on the go or finished

• Some materials (including paint) will be provided once you are here, return postage for finished paintings can be arranged at the Villa

Katie also uses writing and meditation in her teaching as well as her own practice, incorporating this into the course each day, to encourage a creative and open approach to the process and providing you with the tools for looking at the subject with fresh eyes. This daily practice, along with the peaceful setting, good food, wonderful views, swimming in the pool, stunning walks and what will inevitably be great company, will ensure the whole experience is more than just a holiday.

Travel Information

Fly to Bologna from where you will be collected by minibus. Group collection and drop off times will be arranged by email.

You can find more details on how to get here. For the more adventurous, you may want to allow time for a longer visit which could include the nearby cities of Modena, Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Parma and Ferrara, Piacenza and Mantova, read more about the area at https://villalugara.com/about-emilia-romagna/.

Katie Sollohub

Katie Sollohub will be your tutor and facilitator for the week, sharing with you her love of the creative process. Drawing and painting interior spaces is a subject close to her heart, having spent the last few years working as artist in residence at a number of historic homes in Surrey, including JMW Turner’s house in Twickenham. Generous with ideas, innovative and gentle with her approach, she will encourage you to experiment and play, to discover more about the subject through the process.

http://www.katiesollohub.co.uk

Joe Coates

Our cook Joe is a keen gardener and vegetable enthusiast. This is reflected in his fresh, produce led cooking and passion for sharing food.

Fiona Geilinger

Running the villa and supporting the course is host Fiona Geilinger, an artist, short film maker, dancer and garden designer. She studied art by pupillage, with painter Nick Bodimeade and has an MA in Art and Design by Independent Project, University of Brighton. 

http://fionageilinger.co.uk.

Steve Geilinger

Helping out with driving and other odd jobs during the course will be Steve (Spike) Geilinger. He is a freelance director, working mainly for the BBC, making documentaries about fine art, architecture, history and food. Most recently he has been making the series ‘Britain’s Lost Masterpieces’ with Bendor Grosvenor for BBC Four.