If you’re a beginner or looking to strengthen your fundamentals, this all-inclusive (minus airfare) bootcamp-style retreat in Provence is for you. Learn traditional techniques, build confidence, and discover the joy of painting in a supportive, immersive environment. Created by founder Julie Snyder, this workshop includes painting drills, demos, one-on-one sessions, and expert feedback—all designed to help you grow. Work alongside experienced instructors at a historic 13th-century château overlooking the Luberon Valley. Enjoy plein air sessions on the estate and excursions to nearby villages, vineyards, and markets. Whether you’re new to art or transitioning to plein air, this unforgettable experience will elevate your skills while letting you soak up the beauty, culture, and charm of southern France.
 
Location: Provence, France
Instructor: Julie Snyder, Shirley Hambrick & more
Cost: $5,250 USD (All inclusive minus airfare)
Sponsor: Workshops in France
Website, email, 818-533-2363

Join Yoni Mayeri at Atelier Clos Mirabel for a week-long photography workshop in the French Pyrenees ~ South West France. Enjoy wonderful surroundings, delightful accommodation and delicious meals. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Clos Mirabel, this course offers the perfect setting to practice and perfect your iPhoneography skills. Capture the beauty of lush gardens, sweeping landscapes, charming villages, and intricate botanical details. You will explore both the technical and artistic aspects of mobile photography, learning how to shoot stunning portraits, master macro and close-up photography, and document your travels. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced photographer, you’ll leave this course with a set of practical skills, newfound inspiration, and the confidence to take your iPhone photography to the next level.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Yoni Mayeri
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $495 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

A relaxing and creative week painting beautiful 'alpine flowers' with floral artist Clare Robinson, devoted to the art of watercolour in the French Alps. The workshop is designed to introduce you to the medium of watercolour, helping you nurture and develop your own style. A relaxed and organic workshop, with everyone working at their own pace. Clare will guide you through the steps to illustrate a variety of seasonal flowers and foliage, experimenting with loose-style and wet-in-wet watercolour techniques, layering, composition, colour mixing and brush work to convey the textures, colours and essence of your flower. Plenty of time to relax and breathe in the fresh Alpine air with gentle forest walks, use of the hot tub & sauna.
 
Location: Les Coches, Savoie, France
Instructor: Clare Robinson
Cost: £1800
Sponsor: Ski La Source
Website, email, +44 7968058297

Join artist and tutor Chloe Briggs with life model Ioi Choi, alongside like-minded passionate makers for a week of creative experimentation in mixed-media. Overlooking the Pyrénées mountains, this incredible setting will provide endless inspiration. Combined with focused expert instruction, Chloe’s workshop aims to inspire long lasting joy - motivating you to take on new works with confidence and ambition. She aims to remove the judgement which so often can hold us back from true creativity.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Chloe Briggs
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 450€ for tuition
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

A unique 11-night art workshop/art tour open to artists of all levels and media (oils, acrylics, watercolors, etc.). 7 days of plein-air painting, art history/theory lectures, and gastronomy in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence followed by 4 days visiting Barcelona’s top art sites and enjoying Catalan cuisine. The price of CAD 4890 per person (around US$ 3570) includes instruction, 11-night double accommodation, 11 breakfasts, 6 healthy lunches, 6 gourmet dinners including wine, transportation from the Manosque train station to our lodge, transportation to all painting sites, TGV train ticket Avignon-Barcelona, transportation and entrance fees to all sites on schedule (Cézanne’s studio, La Sagrada Familia, Picasso Museum, Miró Museum, etc.). Limited single rooms for a supplement of CAD 885 (around US$ 650).
 
Location: Provence, France
Instructor: Prof. Yves M. Larocque
Cost: US$3570
Sponsor: Walk the Arts
Website, email, 800-611-4789

Join Róisín Curé for a fun week exploring the joys of sketching in ink and watercolour. Each day we’ll be out and about, choosing small scenes in which you can capture a beautiful vignette of the area, with the technique of the day being given centre stage. Food, buildings, landscape, people, interiors – or whatever we encounter – the aim is to discover this beautiful area of South West France. Róisín will demonstrate and teach the key elements for on-location sketching and will encourage you to sketch wherever and whenever you can, thereby building confidence in your sketching techniques and leading you to a lifetime of joyful creativity.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Róisín Curé
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 500 Euros tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join textile artist and instructor Carolina Oneto in South West France for a week of playful experimentation. Participants will engage in an in-depth exploration of colour theory, learn a diverse array of complex piecing techniques, and use their newfound knowledge and skills to design their own unique imaginary place quilt. They will then carefully consider and select colours, shapes, and piecing techniques that fully capture the essence of their creative expression, bringing their designs into fruition through the art of sewing. This immersive, hands-on workshop serves as a platform for participants to explore, experiment, and ultimately realise their creative potential, empowering them to craft breathtaking quilts that serve as a tangible reflection of their individual style and artistic sensibilities.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Carolina Oneto
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $850 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join lino cut artist Emily Robertson for a week of playful experimentation. Throughout the week you will explore and experiment with lino cut printmaking. Drawing inspiration from the luxuriant, natural environment of Clos Mirabel and its surroundings, Emily will guide you in the creation of your own lino cut prints. You will be encouraged to play with mark making and sketching, exploring your own style of drawing which you can then use to create your lino prints. Emily will demonstrate the full lino printmaking process; from drawing designs and carving to colour mixing and printing by hand. Throughout the week you will be encouraged to have fun and experiment. This course is suitable for any level of experience.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Emily Robertson
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 500 Euros tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Award-winning watercolorist Marc Folly leads an immersive 9-day workshop in the scenic Languedoc region of Southwestern France. With his masterful control of light, color, and unconventional subjects—from sunlit interiors to industrial settings—Marc offers a poetic and bold approach to watercolor painting. The workshop is all-inclusive (minus airfare) and includes château-style accommodation at a historic olive-mill estate, meals and ground transportation. Expect daily demos, guided exercises, group critiques, and personalized one-on-one feedback under Marc’s expert instruction. Enjoy excursions to hilltop villages, markets, vineyards, and private vineyards as painting inspiration. Whether you're experienced or simply seeking creative expansion, this retreat promises artistic growth, camaraderie, and deep immersion in one of France’s most captivating regions.
 
Location: Moulin in Languedoc, France
Instructor: Marc Folly
Cost: $5,600 USD (All inclusive minus airfare)
Sponsor: Workshops in France
Website, email, 818 533 2363

Join UK Artist Jenny Muncaster for a fun filled creative retreat exploring and developing your skills in mixed media. Jenny is a professional artist whose work is mainly focused on mixed media and acrylics. Jenny is committed to making creativity available to everyone. During this week-long painting holiday, she will introduce you to different techniques using a whole range of wonderful art materials. Combining traditional & non-traditional methods & tools for exploring line, painting, print, texture & collage in your work. Using these new skills, capture & interpret your subject matter to create totally original artwork inspired by the beautiful surroundings of Clos Mirabel in the French Pyrenees.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Jenny Muncaster
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £400 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join master watercolorists Joseph Zbukvic and Lisa Wang for an immersive, all-inclusive (minus airfare) nine-day artistic retreat near the Côte d'Azur. Set on a picturesque vineyard estate minutes from the Mediterranean, the workshop begins with a two-day indoor masterclass led by Lisa, teaching how to create emotive, spontaneous images from photo references. This transitions into four plein air painting days under Joseph’s expert instruction among hilltop villages, estate grounds, and coastal vistas. Expect daily demos, group painting sessions, individual critiques, and supportive coaching all included—plus estate accommodation, meals and ground transportation. Non-painting partners welcome. Whether you’re advancing your watercolor practice or seeking fresh inspiration, this retreat offers transformative learning in stunning southern France.
 
Location: Côte d'Azur, France
Instructor: Joseph Zbukvic & Lisa Wang
Cost: $6,100 USD (All inclusive minus airfare)
Sponsor: Workshops in France
Website, email, 818 533 2363

Join acclaimed plein air artists Josh Clare & Bryan Mark Taylor for an immersive, all-inclusive (minus airfare) painting retreat in Provence, near the Côte d’Azur. Set at a charming historic moulin nestled in the stunning countryside, the workshop blends the emotional resonance of Clare’s expressive light-filled scenes with Taylor’s dynamic cityscape and landscape expertise. Over eight inspiring days, expect guided plein air sessions, daily demos, group critiques, and individualized instruction designed to deepen your understanding of light, atmosphere, composition, and narrative. Included are accommodation, meals, ground transportation and excursions across villages and vineyards. Non-painting partners are welcome too! Whether you’re expanding your technical skills or seeking creative revitalization, this French experience promises artistic growth and memorable immersion in beauty.
 
Location: Provence, France
Instructor: Josh Clare & Bryan Mark Taylor
Cost: $6,150 USD (All inclusive minus airfare)
Sponsor: Workshops in France
Website, email, 818 533 2363

Join visual artist Sarah Grace Dye in South West France for a fun week of paper making, mark making and book arts. You will also learn about natural ink making and develop the skills to create one or many keepsakes that capture the essence of your time in this beautiful place. Telling a story is always done through layers. Memories are always formed through a collection of layers drawing together the unique insight of our five senses. During this course we will consider each of the layers that make up a place. How do we recognise, acknowledge and document these layers?
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Sarah Grace Dye
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

During this painting holiday, Ali will be exploring a variety of water-based media including watercolours, Brusho, water soluble pens & crayons, and acrylic inks. She will encourage you to experiment to your heart’s delight…and then guide you through planning and including some of these ideas in your paintings. Ali has a lot of exciting techniques to share. You will also be encouraged to use materials usually saved for the kitchen as well as materials from nature. You will be greatly encouraged to add texture and pattern and interest to your paintings. This could be anything from print to splattering techniques. Ali pushes her students to experiment and therefore evolve as artists. She is known for her enthusiastic and fun-loving approach.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Ali Hargreaves
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £300 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join textile artist Lora Avedian for a week of playful experimentation with textiles and hand embroidery, learning how to draw botanical motives with stitch. We will begin by creating experimental hand embroidery samples with the aim of developing nature-inspired hand embroidery techniques to make a textile artwork or embellish a pre-made item of our own. Looking at a variety of classic hand embroidery and embellishment techniques, you will learn how to play with scale and materials to create different qualities of line, 3D relief and texture, and how to combine this with three-dimensional fabric flowers. This will be an intensive and experimental week where you can learn Lora’s trade tips and tricks to create an original and dynamic mixed-media textile design of your own.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Lora Avedian
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £445 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

For this creative project with Sam Hunter, you will travel and explore locally, gathering inspiration for your journal. The schedule alternates between studio time and trips. No artistic experience necessary! Sam is a former university fiber arts professor and loves to help people discover their artistic voice in a fun and encouraging learning environment. During the week, Sam will teach you various journaling skills and you get to choose the ones you like best: Sketching and drawing styles, Watercolour, Found objects, Collage, Ephemera, Map-making, Pop-up structures, “How to” drawings, Photography tips, and Use of text and writing. Off-site experiences include trips to Pau, Bayonne, Salies de Béarn, Lourdes (optional), châteaux, cathedrals, markets, and Tissage Moutet, a fifth generation weaving studio.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Sam Hunter
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $475 tuition + 795€ Tour Package
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Delve into the art of rug hooking with the guidance of hooked design expert and artist, Graham Hollick. Graham will lead you through every step of the creative process. Enjoy an inspiring excursion to the Pyrenees National Park where you will collect inspiration through sketching or photography or gathering items such as leaver or feathers. Back in the studio you will be guided through the process of developing these into a design. You will acquire simple yet highly effective techniques such as collage, plein-air sketching, colour matching, and textiles analysis, and will be encouraged to use recycled strips of textiles. Graham, with his warm personality and great humour, will be there to support you at every turn.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Graham Hollick
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £350 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join printmaking and drawing specialist Sam Marshall as she returns to South West France for a week of experimentation with linocut and drypoint, creating beautiful artworks inspired by your surroundings. The emphasis is on exploration, play, and developing your own visual language. We begin with simple, accessible sketchbook exercises, helping you loosen up, observe more closely, and enjoy the process of drawing without pressure. As the week unfolds, these drawings become the foundation for your prints, moving through experimental drypoint into more considered linocut work. You’ll be introduced to a range of materials and approaches, with plenty of time to experiment, make mistakes, and discover what excites you. With individual guidance, you can work at your own pace.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Sam Marshall
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 500€ tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

We invite you to find inspiration in the beautiful surroundings of Clos Mirabel for our upcoming stencil printing workshop. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Pyrenees, our garden with its spring flowers provides a unique connection to nature that you can translate into your own fabric prints using the stencil printing techniques taught by textiles artist Pauline Greuell. Beyond our grounds, the extensive library at Clos Mirabel offers a wealth of additional inspiration for your creative projects. This workshop will guide you through layered stencil printing, a versatile technique perfect for creating both unique individual prints and repeating patterns. Open to all levels. Inclusive of all necessary materials, including fabric, so you can focus entirely on your creative exploration.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Pauline Greuell
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 500€ tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join internationally renowned modern quilter and instructor Daisy Aschehoug and enjoy a week of sewing amongst new friends in a beautiful location full of creative inspiration. All levels of experience are welcome. Daisy will present several strategies for creating circle quilts and will support you through the entire quilt making process: piecing, basting, quilting, and binding. All of the circle quilt strategies have eye-catching designs, and we’ll arrange the fabrics to create the most visual impact. Add a sentimental element to your project by bringing a few cherished scraps or clothing items from loved ones to upcycle into your project.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Daisy Aschehoug
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 8000 Norwegian Kroner for tuition
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join Yoni Mayeri at Atelier Clos Mirabel for a week-long photography workshop in the French Pyrenees ~ South West France. Enjoy wonderful surroundings, delightful accommodation and delicious meals. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Clos Mirabel, this course offers the perfect setting to practice and perfect your iPhoneography skills. Capture the beauty of lush gardens, sweeping landscapes, charming villages, and intricate botanical details. You will explore both the technical and artistic aspects of mobile photography, learning how to shoot stunning portraits, master macro and close-up photography, and document your travels. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced photographer, you’ll leave this course with a set of practical skills, newfound inspiration, and the confidence to take your iPhone photography to the next level.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Yoni Mayeri
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $550 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join Molly Reeder at Atelier Clos Mirabel for a week-long botanical art workshop in the French Pyrenees of South West France. Enjoy wonderful surroundings, delightful accommodation and delicious meals. In the beautiful French countryside, with a mindful and meditative approach, we will work slowly through the layered process of creating a detailed watercolour, inspired by the lush gardens around us. Our days will start in meditative ritual and will be filled with our own imaginative discoveries. This is a retreat for anyone wishing to feel more rest and depth through the creative process – to allow what is emergent to be felt and seen, and to honour the beautiful land around us through the paintings we create. Beginner painters are warmly welcomed!
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Molly Reeder
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $450 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join Rita Sabler for a week of Travel Sketching in South West France, documenting your journey in ink and watercolour. Framed by the snowcapped Pyrénées mountains – where vineyard-covered hills roll gently beneath snow-dusted peaks and evenings glow with unforgettable sunsets – we invite you to explore the art of the travel sketchbook. There’s a familiar moment when arriving somewhere new: a sense of wonder so vivid and fresh. While a photograph can capture the scene, it often misses the deeper experience of truly seeing and connecting. Sketching slows you down. It encourages observation, curiosity, and presence, turning fleeting impressions into something far more meaningful and enduring. Join us in capturing the spirit of a place that has moved artists for generations!
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Rita Sabler
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Dyed and Gone to Heaven is all about play, experimentation and exploration. It is especially helpful for people who want to break out of a rut and reconnect with their creative spirit. During this week we’ll dye just about anything we can get our hands on. Liz Constable will guide you through a fun filled week of creative paper dyeing, book making and book binding. Liz has taught this technique to beginners through to accomplished artists. As she will be in the class to help and guide, those who want help will be able to enjoy her attention and those who want to free wheel will be left to do so.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Liz Constable
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 1500 NZ$ for tuition
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join Jane Davies in South West France for a week-long workshop in Abstract Mixed Media. Instead of painting traditional landscapes we’ll use the visual material as the basis of abstract mixed media pieces. Drawing inspiration from the surroundings at Atelier Clos Mirabel we’ll record shapes, colours, textures, and more. Translating these into exciting studies and a small series using paint, collage, and drawing media. This is an intermediate level class. You should be familiar with acrylic paints and materials and have some experience with colour-mixing and collage.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Jane Davies
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $950 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Explore your creativity and learn to draw and paint beautiful botanicals on a relaxed and inspiring retreat with Gail Jones at Atelier Clos Mirabel, a stunning Atelier in the South West of France. A self-taught fine artist Gail knows just how to make the art of watercolour accessible to everyone regardless of experience. Immerse yourself in the beauty of nature at Atelier Clos Mirabel, where we will choose Spring flowers from the gardens to observe and paint. Gail will guide you through the process, and help you to create beautiful botanical paintings with richness and depth.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Gail Jones
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + €500 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join artist and tutor Chloe Briggs with life model Ioi Choi, alongside like-minded passionate makers for a week of creative experimentation in mixed-media. Overlooking the Pyrénées mountains, this incredible setting will provide endless inspiration. Combined with focused expert instruction, Chloe’s workshop aims to inspire long lasting joy - motivating you to take on new works with confidence and ambition. She aims to remove the judgement which so often can hold us back from true creativity.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Chloe Briggs
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 450€ for tuition
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join internationally renowned Sujata Shah with like-minded passionate quilters looking out towards the entire Atlantic Pyrenean mountain range. This perfect soothing setting combined with focused expert instruction will give you long lasting joy and motivate you to undertake more ambitious quilted art works. Set amidst the serene Béarnais countryside, an unknown part of SW France, with its rolling hills, vineyards and majestic Atlantic Pyrénées, this retreat offers the perfect environment to unwind, connect with nature, and unleash your creativity.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Sujata Shah
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $950 TBC for tuition
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Get ready to dive into a world of colour, technique, and small quilt studies in this 5-day workshop with Tara Faughnan at Clos Mirabel in Pau, SW France. Through a series of exercises, you’ll create multiple small studies, each rooted in observation and inspired by the beautiful landscape around us. Small studies are a great way to explore ideas, loosen up your approach, and develop designs that can grow into larger quilts. Tara will guide you through a process of sketching with textiles, focusing on colour interaction, the role of value in creating movement, and how shape can carry a composition. You’ll gain a clearer way of seeing colour and shape – that you can carry forward into your own work.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Tara Faughnan
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $950 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

A unique 11-night art workshop/art tour open to artists of all levels and media (oils, acrylics, watercolors). Seven days of plein-air painting, art history/theory lectures, and gastronomy in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence followed by four days visiting Barcelona’s top art sites and enjoying Catalan cuisine. The price of CAD 4990 per person (around US$ 3660) includes instruction, 11-night double accommodation, 11 breakfasts, 6 healthy lunches, 6 gourmet dinners, transportation from the Manosque train station to our house, transportation to all painting sites, TGV train ticket from Avignon to Barcelona, transportation and entrance fees to all sites on schedule (Cézanne’s studio, La Sagrada Familia, Picasso Museum, Miró Museum, etc.). Limited single rooms for a supplement of CAD 885 (around US$ 650).
 
Location: Provence, France
Instructor: Prof. Yves M. Larocque
Cost: US$ 3660
Sponsor: Walk the Arts
Website, email, 800-611-4789

In this five-day workshop with Jenny Haynes you will be playing with circles and wedges, colour and transparency to create your own modern quilt. The class is based on one of Jenny Hayne’s designs (#AktersnurraQuilt) but for the Full Tilt Quilt, the circular blocks will be multiplied and flipped, cut down and reassembled to create a kaleidoscope of colour. This is also a two-in-one design where the cut-offs create a second, surprise design. Amongst the many techniques and skills covered in this class are no-pin curves, seam matching, pressing, colour work and construction. Jenny will show you how you can transform the design by altering the colours, changing the colour placement or by using prints, solids or a mix of both.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Jenny Haynes
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £600 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join Róisín Curé for a fun week exploring the joys of sketching in ink and watercolour. Each day we’ll be out and about, choosing small scenes in which you can capture a beautiful vignette of the area, with the technique of the day being given centre stage. Food, buildings, landscape, people, interiors – or whatever we encounter – the aim is to discover this beautiful area of South West France. Róisín will demonstrate and teach the key elements for on-location sketching and will encourage you to sketch wherever and whenever you can, thereby building confidence in your sketching techniques and leading you to a lifetime of joyful creativity.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Róisín Curé
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + 500 Euros tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join modern quilter and instructor Carolina Oneto as she returns to Atelier Clos Mirabel in South West France. In this 5-day retreat, we will explore colour in motion — creating our own fabrics that transition through hue, value, and saturation across the full chromatic sphere. These colour transitions will form the foundation for expressive, abstract flowers. Once our blooms are complete, we’ll design and piece improvisational backgrounds that bring rhythm, depth, and harmony to each composition. Carolina will guide you through colour exploration, fabric creation, and composition development, helping you craft a vibrant, personal quilt where colour and form flow together naturally.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Carolina Oneto
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $850 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join Sherri Lynn Wood for a restorative week of intuitive quilting, exploring relationships in abstract piecing at the beautiful Atelier Clos Mirabel in the French Pyrénées. Great stories start with distinct, diverse characters. Improvise abstract patchwork characters using colour, shape, rhythm, and line, then unite them in one narrative quilt. Cultivate intuitive colour and pattern from memory, emotion, culture, and environment. Practice freestyle piecing with simple shapes and strips. Use improv composition to integrate your characters into a cohesive, engaging quilt story, rich in conversation, and aligned with your truth.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Sherri Lynn Wood
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $850 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Learn botanical artist Denise Walser-Kolar’s approach to painting on vellum during this five-day workshop at the beautiful Atelier Clos Mirabel in South West France. We will begin by doing some exercises on small bits of vellum to learn technique and to get a feel for painting on this surface. Then, we will explore the grounds to choose painting subjects from the grounds, orchards, and kitchen garden. This class is designed for all student levels. The workshop combines demonstrations, discussion of materials and techniques, and lots of individual attention and feedback. You may also choose to do a Hoefnagel-Inspired painting of the treasures you find in the gardens.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Denise Walser-Kolar
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $650 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Jenny Muncaster is a professional artist known for her vibrant mixed-media and acrylic work. During this week-long painting holiday, students will experience a week bursting with colour, play, and hands-on making! Each day offers the chance to experiment with a different art material – inks, acrylics, graphite, collage, printing, and more so you can discover the mediums that excite you most. It’s like a mini art foundation course in one inspiring, joy-filled week. Jenny will share her favourite tips and techniques, including ways to loosen up your style and develop fresh, original ideas. You’ll explore colour, line, texture, print, and layering, and discover your own sense of playfulness while creating original artwork inspired by the stunning surroundings of Clos Mirabel.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Jenny Muncaster
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £500 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Your botanical art retreat will begin by taking in the enchanting grounds of Clos Mirabel, where you will source the most intriguing and inspiring found subjects. You will be exploring and painting rose hips, seeds, chestnuts, leaves, and acorns in all of the rich, vibrant, and beautiful colours that the season has to offer. Jarnie will share her techniques for mixing a wealth of vibrant colours including pure, natural greens, rich neutral browns and soft complex greys with just your primary hues. Using a limited palette, you will explore, play and experiment with colour mixing and layering clean, and vibrant watercolours. Also, learn how to manipulate and form natural texture, pattern and contrast using wet into damp, and dry brush techniques.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Jarnie Godwin
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £400 GBP for tuition
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Meet You Halfway is an invitation to show up for yourself and your art – without forcing, rushing, or overworking. This workshop with Nino Yuniardi is about building a relationship with your work where effort and ease can coexist. You’ll learn how to show up with intention, pay attention to what’s already there, and respond rather than push. When we meet the work with care and curiosity, it has a way of meeting us back. Through guided studio sessions, gentle structure, and time to explore, we’ll focus on creating work that feels alive, open, and honest. We’ll work small to large, explore gesture, color, and composition, and practice stopping before the work is overdone. Just enough. No more, no less.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Nino Yuniardi
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + $1500 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join international artist and art educator Jenny Aitken as she returns at Atelier Clos Mirabel in SW France for a week-long painting retreat. Jenny Aitken, RSMA is a full-time painter and writes regularly for The Artist Magazine. During this class, emphasis is put on capturing movement, light and texture. Award winning artist Jenny Aitken is passionate about the depiction of light in paint. She has taught thousands of students throughout her career, and recently written a book on the subject, Painting into the Light. During this atelier in Ju¬ran¬çon, France, Jenny Aitken will cover all her methods and techniques, both in the studio and plein air.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Jenny Aitken, RSMA
Cost: 1895€ to 2995€ for accommodation + £600 tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91