Art at the Castle

Description - Experience and Paint at a Real French Medieval Castle and the villages in the valley! If your childhood fantasy was to go back in time and live in a fairytale castle where knights bowed and fair maidens curtsied, here is your opportunity to not only experience that historic atmosphere but also capture it's grandeur with oil on canvas or watercolors on paper. Yes, Marouatte Castle or Chateau Marouatte as the French call it is a genuine Medieval castle with battlements, moat, and guard towers set in 270 acres of woodlands and fields in one on the most beautiful unspoiled parts of France. Richly decorated in antiques, art, tapestries and of course suits of armor the castle interior is a feast for the eyes. Facilities include tennis court, heated pool, games room, and wi-fi throughout, ten bedrooms with private bath are reserved for our retreat participant guests though in fact the castle has 18 bedrooms. The site dates back to Roman times when it was a guard post on the Roman road that runs below. The castle was probably a wooden fort during the dark ages converted to stone in the late 1100s. The current castle dates from the early 1200s with the outer bailey added in 1569. We know it was fought over between the English and French for the next 300 years and also played a part in the French wars of religion. Join me and Susan Blackwood for our Plein Air Painting Workshops. (All levels of painting experience are welcome)! I will be instructing Oil Painting and Acrylics and Susan will be teaching Watercolors, Oils and Sketching. Spouses and/or companions are very welcome to join us at Marouatte Castle and on our outings! "Live the DREAM"! This painting holiday will be a "Fantasy Come True" and an experience you will never forget.