Join Keiko Tanabe on this
exciting opportunity to paint
in the Western Algarve
where we will paint some
beautiful Portuguese scenes.
The Algarve is well known for
it's amazing light conditions
and vibrant colours from the
vivid blue skies and turquoise
waters to it's lush green and
colourful vegetation as well
as the rustic tiled and
coloured traditional buildings.
The Western Algarve is more rural, rustic and peaceful than the hustle
and bustle of the Central Algarve with it's sleepy harbours, quiet
mountain villages and un-spoilt coastline. The holiday will be based at
Villa Termal Das Caldas De Monchique Spa Resort, which is in the National
Park of the Serra De Monchique.
We will spend the first & last painting days at Caldas where the holiday is
based as there are many painting subjects within the village and complex
including traditional Portuguese architecture, cobbled streets lined with
deciduous trees and dappled sunlight. There are buildings perched down
the valley giving various vantage points for painting.
We will also visit the coastal towns of Lagos and Praia Da Luz where you
can paint anything from fishing harbours, old forts, traditional
Portuguese tiled buildings, churches and town squares to multi-coloured
fishing boats with palm trees, beaches and The Algarve Coast.
She is an expert tutor who is fascinated with the use of light, tone and
colour in her paintings. She loves painting buildings, street scenes and
landscapes and will help you to develop your paintings in this loose
expressionistic style with the sense of life and realism.
She will demonstrate daily, sometimes with short tips and techniques to
get you started and other times her demos will be more detailed pictures
where she will explain each step on a step-by-step basis.
She will show you the whole process from drawing to completed painting
and will explain her techniques and share her thoughts every step of the
way. She will then give you plenty of tips and techniques on completing
your own paintings with plenty of one-to-one tuition.
