The first mornings tuition is normally Sunday as most guests arrive on the island sometime during Friday, and prefer to have a day to settle in . We will start at my home and studio near Patitiri, where we can go through ideas for the week ahead. I will give a demonstration of my own painting style and discuss your requirements for the following week. Non-painting partners are invited to take a short guided walk with my wife Jane during this session returning to enjoy a leisurely lunch at Carob Tree House, which is provided free of charge on the first day.

The rest of the week's itinerary is flexible but we will endeavour to explore as much of the island as possible, to accommodate differing painting styles. We will probably spend at least one morning exploring the picturesque old town of Alonissos with its picture postcard windows, doorways and alleyways, then maybe a working harbour, spectacular cliffs tops or one of the many idyllic bays with seafront tavernas.

Cost of Tuition
1 weeks painting tuition is £195 per person and consists of 5 morning sessions of 3 and a half hours each usually from 10am until 1.30pm
Additional sessions cost £40 each
Discounts can apply to group bookings of 4 or more
Some local transport cost will be incurred - no more than 35€ per person per week

With approximately 3 and a half hours per day allocated to tuition time you have the rest of the day to continue painting or you can relax, explore and become bewitched by this beautiful island. Non-painting partners will find plenty to do including Scuba Diving, Homeopathy, Alexander Technique, Walking Trails, Yoga and Massage. During the cooler months (normally May and September) Chris's wife Jane can provide a guided walk or two for non-painting partners. The walks are organised to tie in with painting classes so that painters and walkers meet up in time for lunch, usually at one of the beach tavernas. Boat trips are available to explore the picturesque town and churches of the neighbouring island Skopelos.


About Alonissos

Alonissos, third in line after Skiathos and Skopelos (Mamma Mia fame!) is the quietest inhabited island in the Norther Sporades group. It offers many small quiet beaches with crystal clear waters, sleepy harbours with colourful fishing boats, and a rugged natural landscape with spectacular views. The island is a perfect location for a painting holiday. Although certainly not flat - there is tremendous variety of scenery from mountainous wooded slopes, a hilltop village, unspoilt ancient houses, wonderful seascape vistas, traditional working harbours and wildflower and fauna to make you want to return again and again.

Getting to Alonissos

Most people fly to Skiathos the nearest airport, then after a short taxi ride to the port catch a Ferry or Hydrofoil to Alonissos (approx 1 and a half hours).
You can book your flights, accommodation and sea transfers independently if you wish although we have found that using a tour operator is often easier and more economical. A list of websites is provided on my useful links page but should you require any further information please email janechris.hughes@tesco.net

Booking Your Holiday
Travelling independently - most UK airports fly to Skiathos from May till October, select and book your travel and accommodation as required then email me to secure your tuition place.
I am able to advise on locations but please look at www.alonissos.gr where you will find accommodation ranging from studio appartments to luxurious villas.

If booking this way a 20% deposit is payable in advance to secure your painting tuition - this can be by cheque or paypal, please email for details janechris.hughes@tesco.net

Learn to paint and stay in the artist's studio appartment at Carob Tree House. An idyllic location set in the pine forest only a short walk from the main harbour of Patitiri

Click here for details..

Travelling with a Tour Operator - such as Sunvil, Olympic, Thomas Cook, First Choice or Manos is often preferable, sometimes more economic and their representatives will be on hand to guide you through the forward transfer to Alonissos after you land at Skiathos airport. Once you have selected and booked your holiday email me to reserve your painting tuition.
Sunvil Specialist Greece feature my painting tuition on Alonissos in their current brochure

A bit about me.....

I left Swansea University in the 1970's to train as a ceramic artist, I then turned freelance in 1980 after becoming one of the leading painters at Royal Worcester. Since then my watercolours, oils and ceramics have sold to galleries and collectors in the UK, Japan, USA, Australia, the Middle East and Europe.
Together with my wife Jane, I am now lucky enough to spend the summer months painting and holding watercolour painting courses from our house on the Greek Island of Alonissos. Whilst there I work in watercolour and oils as I attempt to capture the wonderful colours and light of the Aegean.
We return each Autumn to our UK home to catch up with family and friends and of course continue painting.
UK (0044) 01905 24560 Greece (0030) 24240 65124

Suggested Materials List

Paintings and Prints for Sale

Useful Links
Finally a testimonial from the 2008 season....
" Alonissos is the most perfect place to relax and paint. Chris teaches his technique with patience, humour and generosity; he gave me the confidence to develop a style of painting I can enjoy and develop." Diana

If you are considering a painting holiday in the future I hope this has provided you with enough information to choose Alonissos and my course. If you would like to talk about painting tuition give me a call on
(0044) 01905 24560 or mobile (0044) 07922120417
For details of my Online Painting Tuition Click Here

www.christopherhughesgallery.com

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