Painting Holidays in Capileira Andalucia Spain. Painting Art courses near Granada

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	Welcome to our 2009 website which gives you all the information you need about the new season's dates and prices for our painting holidays here in Andalucia, Southern Spain. Change seems to be about the only thing in life that is certain, and for many the last year has seen a lot of upheaval. Happily, despite the recent economic crisis, we have been pleasantly surprised at the high levels of interest we have had in our art courses for 2009. As a small owner-run specialist company offering only painting holidays, our clients know that we are able to monitor very closely the quality and effectiveness of our services and tuition. We liaise directly on a day to day basis with all our providers, so that we can ensure that accommodation and general comfort requirements are properly met, and that the holiday element of your painting holiday is well supported by our intimate knowledge of the Alpujarras and the amenities here. As year round residents, we know where and when to find the most authentic local flamenco performances, can advise on where to eat, and what the weather conditions are likely to be. There are extensive options available to non-painting partners in the immediate area, ranging from the very active, such as mountain biking and horse trekking, to the more cerebral, perhaps yoga or flamenco guitar, or maybe even Andalucian cookery classes.

			We are also able to be fully confident as regards the quality and professionalism of the tutoring on our painting holidays. We always assess the personal learning objectives of our students before every art course, and try to provide appropriate learning opportunities matched to each individuals' needs. We offer tuition in basic drawing techniques using dry media such as pencil, pen and ink, coloured pencils, charcoal and pastels, as well as painting in watercolours, oils, acrylics and gouache. In addition we offer follow-up evaluations, and can suggest programs for further study at home. We want people to feel that their investment in our expertise is worthwhile and of on-going value in their development as artists, and we take this responsibility very seriously.


	For this reason teaching groups are kept to a maximum of six people so that everyone receives one-to-one guidance and encouragement. We have no externally applied or fixed art teaching policies, and so are able to tailor teaching strategies and methodologies to specific individual needs. A professionally qualified and experienced teacher of any discipline expects to do this as the basis of their normal working routine in providing an effective learning experience for each student. Acquiring a new set of skills is now seen as a far more positive option than passive consumerism. Developing a personal creative resource enriches the life of the individual, and is a gift we can make to ourselves, a spiritual investment in the quality of the lives we lead that is potentially infinite and inexhaustible. It is with this awareness and sensitivity that we offer our clients a unique opportunity to rediscover joy in their creative response, satisfaction in the practice of their developing skills and insights, and an absorbing and rewarding interest in an on-going activity. The magical mountain scenery here makes the Alpujarras in Andalucia perfect for your painting holiday. Centred on the pretty white mountain village of Capileira, we explore the area which abounds in painting subjects. In an atmosphere of camaraderie we explore the quaint and still unspoilt "pueblos blancos" (white villages) of the Alpujarras, and make excursions into the tranquil wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Natural Park to celebrate and record in paint the awe inspiring quality of the landscape here, the lucid light upon it and the relationship of our lived experience to it.

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	Arte Andalucia Painting Holidays, Capileira, Nr Granada, Spain. Tel: +34 958 763464 - From the UK (national call rates): 0870 30 60 376 Email: info@arteandalucia.com