Portrait and Landscape Painting
in Oils and Acrylics
with
Caroline Bays and Antony Williams
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Wednesday 27th August - Wednesday 3rd September 2025
This unique course offers the opportunity of painting the figure and the beautiful French landscape on location, and in the grounds of Maison du Guit.
Caroline will be teaching landscape; she will start by explaining how to create recession with scale, colour and perspective, using a limited palette.
We will also look at compositional themes for landscape and practice using various painting techniques. There will be demonstrations and advice given by the tutor on the craft of oil and acrylic painting.
Antony will be teaching painting the figure in the landscape. There will be an emphasis on composition and how the figure relates to the landscape. We will also be looking at how to tackle the challenge of capturing the figure in different lighting effects.
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Caroline has studied both painting and graphic design and she has a Bachelor of Art in painting and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. She was awarded the ‘Conté à Paris’ Award in 2011 and regularly exhibits with The Royal Society of Portrait Painter. She is a member of the ‘Pastel Society’ and has been shortlisted for the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize, The Hunting Prize and The Discerning Eye.
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Caroline shows her work in galleries in London and the provinces, and has her work in private collections in Europe.
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Brian Sinfield Gallery - Winter Exhibition
2nd December 2023 - 3rd February 2024
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https://briansinfield.com/bsg-exhibition/winter-exhibition-0
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Pastel Society exhibition at the Mall Galleries
24th January - 10th February 2024.
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https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/pastel-society-annual-exhibition-2024
Russell Gallery - Summer Exhibition
June - September 2024
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https://www.russell-gallery.com/welcome.htm
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www.thepictaram.club/instagram/bayscaroline
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Antony is one of the UK’s best-known portrait artists and has painted members of the royal family, politicians, international sportsmen and actors. He painted Queen Elizabeth II in 1996
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Antony, who was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1996, exhibits his work in the UK and in Europe.
Messums
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https://www.messums.com/artists/view/44/Antony_Williams
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Leandro Navarro Gallery
Amor de Dios, 1 · 28014 · Madrid, Spain
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https://www.leandro-navarro.com/catalogo_online/antony_williams/index.html
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www.instagram.com/antonywilliams1410
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Typical Course Day
9am
10am
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11:30am
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Around 1:30pm
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3pm
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7:30pm
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Around 8pm
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Continental breakfast with cereals, yogurts, eggs, bread, croissants, chocolatines, fresh orange juice, coffee and black or herbal tea
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Studio session/en plein air session at Maison du Guit, or on location in a local village
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Tea, coffee, biscuits and fruit
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Lunch: salads, omlettes, pizza etc
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Finish painting/trip out/play tennis, table tennis or croquet/relax by the pool/siesta!
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Aperitifs
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3 course dinner: plant-based/fish/free-range meat
served with local wine
'I booked this course in oil and acrylic with some trepidation as I was a complete novice having painted only using watercolour. I was eased into acrylic and found the experience very enjoyable.
The other members of the course and Caroline Bays, the tutor, were most encouraging and I felt I learned a lot about the technique of using a new medium. The charm of the countryside surrounded by vineyards, the lively delicious dinners enjoyed with the local wine, not to mention the delightful accommodation at Maison du Guit all added to the pleasure of the week.
Claire and Martin couldn't do enough to ensure that everything ran smoothly to make the course a really good fun learning holiday, which I hope to repeat.'
Price of the holiday includes:
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All accommodation.
All tuition.
All meals, except for one night when the group goes out for a restaurant meal.
Large room with 4 single beds
Single occupancy of this room is £1 175.
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Please note: shared occupancy rate of £950 per person is only applicable
if the room is shared by 2 or more people
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Double room (double bed) £950 per person
Single occupancy £1 175
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Small single room ensuite single bed/bunk beds) £1 175
Double ensuite room £1 175 per person (double bed/2 single beds)
Single occupancy £1 325
Large double ensuite room (double bed + one single) £1 175 per person
Single occupancy £1 325
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Other accommodation : depending on the course size we also use large double rooms in neighbouring houses/gîtes, in the village.
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Non-course participating partners are very welcome - they will receive a 15% discount on the full price.
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There will be a small supplement (dependent on numbers) for airport pick up and drop off.
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Booking procedure
If you would like any further information about the courses please contact us at
maisonduguit.com
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Or:
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07850 438732 (Claire)
07802 481068 (Martin)
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You can secure a place on one of our courses by phoning or emailing us to check if places are available.
We will send you a booking form to complete, sign and send back to us.
There is a non-returnable deposit of £350 to confirm your booking.
We can only accept payments by bank transfer.
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Cancellations
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Maison du Guit reserves the right, should the situation arise, to cancel or alter any workshop and to offer alternative dates or refunds.
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We cannot accept responsibility for any aspect of your holiday arrangements affected by matters over which we have no control. Cancellations must be confirmed in writing. Deposits are non-refundable.
The following scale of refunds (for the full fee) applies:
Up to 4 weeks before departure 30% refund.
Up to 1 week before departure 10% refund.
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Insurance
You must have travel insurance covering you for accidents, medical expenses and cancellations etc.
You also need to have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or Global Health Insurance Card (UK GHIC) to recover any medical expenses.
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Travel arrangements
There is a complementary airport pick up and drop off for this course:
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Ryanair flight number 522 on Wednesday 27th August 2025, leaving Stansted at 13:55 arriving at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées at 16:55.
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Ryanair flight number 523 on Wednesday 3rd September 2025, leaving Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées at 17:25 arriving at Stansted at 18:10
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We are also able to arrange a pick up/drop off at Mont de Marsan SNCF station.
Wednesday 27th August 2025 for train arriving by 12:30
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 for train leaving by 11:30
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