2023
> MAY & SEPTEMBER
Eventually we successfully organized a workshop combining ART & FOOD – according to the wishes of some previous participants! Outdoor watercolor painting as the main program and indoor cooking beside, during a week in the medieval town of Volterra! Lead by visual artist & watercolor instructor Majid Modir –with big passion for cooking.
Read more about the program HERE !
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> AUGUST
“WHERE THE SEA EMBRACES ROCKS
AND THE SUN CREATES SHAPES & SHADOWS”
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2022
> MAY & SEPTEMBER
In association with Urban Sketchers
The topic of 2022 year’s workshops was “GETTING CLOSER“, lead by visual artist & watercolor instructor Majid Modir and accompanied by Wladek Fuchs and Kristina Bength as the guest teachers for one day.
Read more about the Program HERE .
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> AUGUST
“ROCKS IN THE BLUE” Plein-air watercolor as summer adventure with 2 groups by 3 days each, lead by Majid Modir and accompanied by the guest teacher Mikael Jacobsson in the picturesque island of Klädesholmen (Swedish west-coast).
Find the full program as pdf HERE!
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2021
> SEPTEMBER
“FOCAL POINT” was the topic of 2021 year’s workshop, lead by Majid Modir and accompanied by Catalina Rodríguez (from Madrid) as the guest teacher for a day. Read more about the program HERE!
Watch a video as a glimpse of the week made by Catalina HERE!
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> AUGUST
The workshop “Rocks and Sea, with Color and Water” was conducted by Majid Modir and accompanied by the guest teacher Mikael Jacobsson in 3 days (2 editions in Swedish).
Read more about the program HERE!
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> JULY
“Dipingere c´est facile!”
A watercolor performance by the Italian “aquarellista” Cristina Cali as introduction, followed by 4 sessions of plein-air watercolor workshops for 2 groups of different ages (6-10 & 11-16 years) with various themes for each time.
Teachers: Majid Modir, Cristina Cali and Ilaria Tognarini (in Italian & English) / In collaboration with the cultural center ARCI
Read more about the event as PDF (in Italian) HERE!
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> JANUARY
“Vodka as water in -12 degrees outdoor!“
Plein-air & Studio Workshop Weekend at the sculpture parks of Mille’s Garden and Modern Museum in Stockholm
Saturday & Sunday 30-31 January 2021
Theme: OBJECT vs SURROUNDINGS
Read more about the program HERE (in Swedish).
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2020
> AUGUST
During the summer 2020 despite the prevailing pandemic we have successfully arranged a safe & pleasant week of watercolor workshop on the picturesque island of Dyrön at the Swedish west coast (10-16 August)
Group 1 with the guest teacher Mikael Jacobsson
Group 2 with the guest teacher Martin Ehrling
Watch the VIDEO about this watercolor adventure!
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> JULY
In the beginning of 2020 right before the pandemic we performed couple of courses for children in Volterra: “Laboratorio di aquarello per bambini e ragazzi” together with the local artist Ilaria Torgnarini and some of the parents we had a lot of fun! 🙂
Watch the selected images from these workshops HERE !
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2019
> MAY & SEPTEMBER
4 workshops (one week each) during May & September 2019 in Volterra
Watch the VIDEO with selected images from these workshops!
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> JULY
3 days of plein-air watercolor workshops in Den Haag (The Nederlands), 20-22 July 2019, in collaboration with Urban Sketchers
Watch the VIDEO with selected images from this workshop!
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> AUGUST
Weekend watercolor workshop on the picturesque island of Tjörnekalv at the Swedish west coast (19-20 August 2019)
Watch the VIDEO with selected images from this workshop!
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HOW IT STARTED?
The annual Volterra sketch workshops started by Simo Capecchi at Villa le Guadalupe and in collaboration with Urban Sketchers in 2010.
Since 2017 the workshops have been conducted by Majid Modir and also developed specifically to ”Watercolor Workshops” two times a year (May and September editions).
Each year has been planed within a specific educational aim and unique topic connected to certain locations, and each edition has been accompanied by a known watercolor instructor as the guest artist:
2020-2021, “Where is my Focal Point?” was the latest theme with focus on creating a point of interest within a chosen motive. Guest artist: Catalina Rodríguez
2019, “Catch the Light, Find the Dark, Feel the Green” with focus on Light & Colors, guest artists: Maru Godas (May edition), Shari Blaukopf (September edition)
2018, ”Discovering abandoned places in Tuscany” with focus on Values, guest artist: Anders Mohlin (May edition), Kelly Medford (September edition)
2017, ”Frame the world, differently!” with focus on Compositions, guest artists: Mikael Jacobsson (May edition), Kelly Medford (September edition)
Watch the video with selected images as example of a workshop!