Watercolor Workshop - Monteparlo Italy
Watercolor Painting - Balance Freedom & Control
September 19 - 26, 2025
Join me in the heart of Italy for an immersive watercolor painting retreat. Take inspiration from Medieval villages and sweeping landscapes, interpreting them on paper with expressive and free watercolor.
Your retreat is a luxury experience! Five star accommodations and gourmet meals along with an immersive watercolor workshop that will change your approach to watercolor painting.
Imagine staying in an historic palazzo nestled on the edge of a picture-postcard medieval, hilltop village in the heart of Le Marche. Sitting elegantly between the Sibillini Mountains and the Adriatic Coast is Hotel Leone, a luxury boutique hotel with 10 bedrooms, that specialises in small, intimate boutique retreats. Each individually curated, giving you the freedom, space and inspiration to nourish you and your creativity.
Le Marche, in Central Italy, what the Italians themselves refer to as ‘all of Italy in one region’ remains one of the very few places which has escaped mass tourism despite its beauty and diversity: medieval hill-top towns full of art and culture, amazing coastline with hidden beaches, patchwork quilt countryside, stunning mountain ranges and much more – it really is a secret slice of Italy.
All Skill Levels Welcome – Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, our workshop is designed to cater to all skill levels, ensuring everyone can benefit and improve.
Develop your watercolor skill and expression in classes and bask in the pampering of luxury accomodations and gourmet meals.
Retreat Includes:
• All tuition fees
• 7 nights accommodation in luxury air-conditioned, en-suite rooms see our rooms here with:
– Luxury bedding
– High quality, 100% natural, Italian toiletries: shampoo, shower gel, body lotion and hand gel
– Daily servicing of the rooms
– Mid-week linen and towel change
– 100% cotton waffle robes and slippers
• All meals including breakfast, buffet lunch and a choice of up to 4 courses from our daily changing gourmet evening menu
• A ‘pizza-giro’ evening at a local trattoria within a few minutes walk of the hotel
• Delicious local wine with lunch and evening meal
• Private group transfers to and from either Ancona airport or Pedaso (station or bus stop)
• 5 days painting tuition including demonstrations and one-to-one advice and guidance
• 1 days’ painting to specially selected stunning locations
• hands-on pasta making masterclass with three generation of the same family – Nonna, her son and her granddaughter – who will all teach you how to make tagliatelle and ravioli from scratch
• A wine tasting lunch at a local vineyard
• Unlimited use of air-conditioned studio
• full-time staff on-site
Bring a Partner or Friend
If you’d like to bring along a non-participating partner they too can experience our hospitality, enjoying all the meals and excursions. If you’re wondering what else there is for them to do then find out just some of the options here.
Prices start from €2799 per person based on two people sharing a room.
Deposit
To secure you spot on the retreat please click on the Retreat Booking button above, complete the form, select your preferred room type and pay a non-refundable deposit of €350.
Travel / Transfers
The group pick up is at 2pm from Ancona airport and 3pm at Pedaso train station or bus stop.
On the day of departure we will leave for Ancona airport after breakfast at 9.30am. Hotel Leone is about one hour and a quarter from the airport so you should arrive just before / around 11.00am your ideal return flight should be later than 12 noon.
If you’d like to arrive a day or two early and stay in Ancona or Pedaso, below are the hotels we normally recommend:
