Booking Form
Thurs 13 – Thurs 20 September 2012
Painting Holiday at Casa di Amici, Ficulle, Umbria.
Casa di Amici is situated in the delightful medieval village of Ficulle in Umbria and is owned by
Jane and Derek Leigh, who are happy to share their home for creative group holidays. To see
pictures and find out more about the surrounding area please visit www.casadiamici.co.uk.
To book your place, please complete this booking form and sign the terms and conditions below
and return, along with a deposit of £200 (cheques made payable to Derek Leigh), to:
Cathy Mahmood, 3a Cowper Rd, Woodthorpe, Nottingham, NG5 4FZ as soon as possible and no
later than Mon 2nd July. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to call Cathy on 0115
9520027 / 07808 165209 or email cathymahmood@googlemail.com.
Contact Details
Name:
Activity:
Painting
Non Painting
Name:
Activity:
Painting
Non Painting
Address:
Email:
Tel:
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Price The price of the painting holiday is £500 per person, based on shared rooms. This includes
tuition, accommodation and meals at Casa di Amici. There is a supplement of £150 for a single
occupancy of a double room. Non painting partners are welcome at a cost of £350 to cover
accommodation and meals at Casa di Amici. Flights are not included.
Accommodation:
Happy to share a room
Single occupancy
Deposit enclosed:
£
A deposit of £200 per person
Balance:
£
due by 2nd August 2012.
Your total:
£
(£150 supplement)
Dietary Requirements: If you have any special dietary requirements please state them here:
Travel for Sept: You are welcome to make your own way to Casa di Amici by 5pm on Thurs 13th
Sept or join Mark Beaven on the Ryanair flight from East Midlands Airport. We can book flights as
a group and as prices fluctuate daily, we will be in touch to confirm the costs before proceeding.
Would you like us to book your flights? Yes
No
If Yes, please provide:
Your title and full name, as it appears on your passport:
Do you need priority boarding for an additional £5 each way?
Yes
Would you like Ryanair travel insurance cover for an additional £11.35 ? Yes
Carry on luggage up to 10 kilos is free. Will you be checking in baggage for:
up to 15 Kilos for an extra £25 each way?
Yes
or up to 20 kilos for an extra £35 each way?
Yes
No
No
Terms and Conditions
1. DEPOSIT PAYMENT - At the time of booking please send a deposit of £200 per person
(cheque made payable to ‘Derek Leigh’) to Cathy Mahmood, 3a Cowper Rd, Woodthorpe,
Nottingham, NG5 4FZ. On receipt of your booking form and deposit we will confirm your
place. Your deposit will be returned if we have received insufficient bookings by 2 nd July.
2. PAYMENT ON BALANCE - Please pay the balance of the cost of the painting holiday in
full by 2nd August 2012. If you do not, we reserve the right to treat your booking as
cancelled and retain the deposit.
3. CANCELLATIONS - In the event that you wish to cancel your booking once confirmed
for any reason, please tell us as soon as you can by emailing
cathymahmood@googlemail.com or call Cathy on 0115 952 0027. We can only consider a
reimbursement following your cancellation if it is made prior to 6 weeks before the start
of the course.
4. FLIGHTS AND TRANSPORT All flights and travel are additional to the cost of the
holiday. Please be aware, once the flight is booked, Ryanair do not allow refunds of any
payments.
5. FORCE MAJEUR - Refunds do not apply when your course is cancelled as a result of
risk of war or threat of war, riot, civil strife, industrial dispute, terrorist activity, natural
disaster, fire or adverse weather conditions and similar events beyond our control.
6. MISADVENTURE - We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage you may suffer
during the period of the painting holiday due to accident, illness or bodily injury or loss of
equipment of belongings or from any other cause. We would stress the advisability for
you and the other members of your party to effect appropriate insurance cover and we
would advise you to obtain an EHIC European Health Insurance Card (a replacement for
the E111) from the post office or online at www.ehic.org which entitles you to certain
free medical care.
7. SMOKING - For the comfort of all guests smoking indoors is not permitted.
8. WHEELCHAIR ACCESS – Please be aware that Casa di Amici has a number of flights of
stairs and is not suitable for people with serious mobility issues.
The undersigned confirm that I have read and agree with the Terms and Conditions.
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Casa di Amici : Painting Holiday in Umbria
Thurs 13 – 20 Sept 2012
Painting Programme
This painting holiday is suitable for oil/acrylic painters of all levels of experience, but is
not suitable for complete beginners.
Your tutor
Your painting tutor is Mark Beaven M.A., who will provide expert technical and artistic
support and guidance. Mark trained at Chelsea and Camberwell Colleges of Art in London.
He is an experienced, qualified teacher, having taught as a visiting lecturer in adult,
further and higher education for over twenty years. He has also tutored for The Open
College of Arts, and is a contributing writer for The Artist magazine. He is passionate
about drawing and painting, and inspiring others to develop the skills to express their
own visual experiences. For more information, please visit his website:
www.nottinghamartstudio.co.uk . There will be individual tuition given during painting
sessions, as well as group tuition and discussion at the beginning and end of the day.
Painters of all levels of experience are welcome.
On one of the days there will an optional cultural excursion to one of the many artistic
centres in the area (e.g. Florence, Rome, Orvieto etc) (for which travel and ticket prices
will be additional), or just stay and paint or relax in Ficulle if you prefer! On one evening
we will also sample the fine cuisine at a local restaurant.
Painting sessions
There are great painting opportunities in and around Ficulle, whether amongst the old
buildings and streets, the olive groves and vineyards or the landscape views across the
Umbrian hills.
Morning and late afternoon offer good light for painting sessions, when the sun is lower in
the sky, giving depth and colour to the landscape. Morning painting sessions each day will
be from approx 9.30-12noon. Lunch is at 1pm, and the afternoon is time to relax, read
talk or explore! The afternoon painting sessions are from 4 to about 6pm. On return to
Casa di Amici, there will be an opportunity for a brief group discussion about the day’s
painting. Supper is at 7.30pm. On the first evening Mark will introduce the painting
programme and discuss any queries.
There will also be opportunities to paint in the surrounding areas beyond Ficulle.
Materials
Paints: Oil paints or slow drying acrylics (Golden Open are recommended)
Suggested Colours: Lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, Cadmium red, alizarin crimson,
Ultramarine blue, Prussian blue, viridian green, yellow ochre, raw umber, burnt sienna.
(or equivalent colours, depending on range)
Brushes: bristle, preferably square ended (long “flats”), at least two each of large,
medium and small (approximately three quarter, half and one-quarter inches wide)
Recommended: For Oils: Daler Bristlewhites: 1xno.10, 2xno.8, 2x no.6, 2x no.4, 1x no.2
For acrylics: Winsor and Newton Galleria brushes.
Supports: Acrylic primed canvas painting boards or acrylic primed painting paper (sold in
pads), approx 16”x 12”, are most practical.
Painting sundries: a large mixing palette (approx 11”x 16”, light wood, melamine, or
disposable paper palette), palette knife, turpentine/white spirit (which can be purchased
in Ficulle) and jar, refined linseed oil and small jar/dipper, painting rags, paper towel,
baby wipes, Plastic bags for dirty rags
Viewfinders are useful to aid compositions
A4 Sketchbook- for composition sketches
2B and 4B pencils
Equipment
Lightweight extendable sketching easel, or painting box on lap, or box easel
Folding stool, if sitting
Waterproof jacket either to wear or sit on!
General sundries: old/protective clothing, sunhat, sun-cream, drinking water
Travelling with Painting materials and equipment
If flying, please keep within the airline restrictions for the size and weight of your
baggage. Paints are normally allowed in the hold only, not with your hand luggage.
A separate painting box/box easel will be charged as an extra piece of baggage.
Volatile substances e.g. turpentine may also be restricted, and also any sharp
tools/objects.