Paris, Giverny, and Montdoubleau
A Painter's Workshop with
Philippe Gandiol & Melissa Chandon
August 23 - September 1, 2007
6 NIGHTS MONDOUBLEAU - 3 NIGHT PARIS
Limited to 10 Painter’s
The workshop will begin in Paris. For the first 3 nights the group will stay in the Latin Quarter and will have a French emersion into art, museums, gardens, and café’s. A visit to the Musee de l’ Orangerie, which houses Monet’s huge oval water lily paintings. The museum just reopened last fall after a 6 year renovation. Another outing is planned to Giverny, located about 45 miles northwest of Paris, the quaint French village, best known as the home of Impressionist painter, Claude Monet. We will also visit one of the oldest art supply stores, Sennelier located by Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Then we travel to Montdoubleau where the group will stay in a wonderful French home. The owners run their home as an inn. This deluxe house affords lots of room and this will be our home for the next 6 nights. The workshop includes all of our meals in Montdoubleau, our meals will be prepared for us by our own chef, daily outings to paint ”plein air”, life just can’t get any better.
Mondoubleau is located in the Perche Vendomois, a hilly countryside,
pastoral, very beautiful. About 30 km south there is an old renaissance
village. To download more information on the area click
here.
Full Itinerary:
Thursday August 23 PARIS
12:00 noon meet at hotel (leave baggage)
Afternoon visit walk to Le Orangerie Museum and stop into the famous Sennelier art supply store by Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
7:00 pm Wine gathering at the hotel
Friday August 24 - PARIS
Breakfast at the hotel
Travel to the village of Giverny where we will have a tour of Claude
Monet's house and gardens with time to Sketch in the garden.
Lunch at the Musée d’art Américian time to look at the collection and exhibition.
Late afternoon departure to Paris.
7:00 wine gathering
Evening at your leisure.
Saturday August 25 MONDOUBLEAU
Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 depart for Mondoubleau
Afternoon arrival in Mondoubleau
Check in to our house and get settled in
Dinner and relaxing.
music room
Retour accueil
Sunday August 26 MONDOUBLEAU
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Paint
Monday August 27 MONDOUBLEAU
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Paint
Pictures of our rooms
Tuesday August 28 MONDOUBLEAU
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Paint
Wednesday August 29 MONDOUBLEAU
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Paint
Thursday August 30 MONDOUBLEAU
Paint
Friday August 31 PARIS
After breakfast the group will depart for Paris
Arrive in Paris in the late afternoon.
Farewell Wine gathering hotel.
Evening at your leisure.
Saturday September 1
Breakfast at hotel
Tour over.
Philippe Gandiol Biography
View Philippe's work
I was born in Paris and moved to California in 1975. I spent many years working for the music industry and have been painting full-time since 2001. I pursued art most of my life and have been painting with oils for 16 years. I am a self taught artist. I took art classes in France, San Francisco and Sacramento. I studied also with experienced California artists. For the last five years my passion has been plein air painting. My daily routine consists of painting outside alone or with fellow artists and working in my studio located in Davis, California. I paint mostly with oils in a loose style using thick paint to render the world that I see and feel around me. To find out more about my work, please check my website listed below.
www.geocities.com/pgandiol
About Melissa Chandon
Melissa Chandon considers
herself to be an abstract realist. Among her greatest influences she
cites the Bay Area Figurative painters, specifically Richard Diebenkorn.
She also feels that were it not for her friend and mentor Professor
Wayne Thiebaud of University of California, Davis, she would not be
the painter that she is today. Perhaps her greatest influence, however,
is her environment. “I have always been, even as a small child, strongly
influenced by my environment. I paint narrative journals of my life
which, in and of themselves, are complete worlds.” The paradox of creating
an image while portraying a complete story within the confines of a
two-dimensional surface is the challenge foremost in Melissa’s mind
while she works.
Reservations
800-255-4567
Deluxe Artist Workshop is $2495.00 per person land only
Single Supplement: $500.00
$750.00 deposit to reserve your space.
The tour includes:
3 night accommodations Paris in the Latin Quarter, breakfast daily and 2 wine gatherings at our hotel in Paris.
6 night accommodation Mondoubleau, includes all meals.
2 Museum visits and Monet's Garden tour: Giverny - Musée d’art Américian located in Giverny, L' Orangerie in Paris to see Monet's huge water lily paintings.
Guided tour of Sennelier Art Store just a few blocks from the most famous art school in Paris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts where you will be able to buy some art supplies
6 day - Painter’s Workshop
2-seven passenger vans for the entire time.
Tour begins in Paris where the artist will meet at the hotel. La Tour de Notre Dame located 20 rue du Sommerard, Paris 75005, France.
All materials welcome Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, & pastel.
Bring canvas, paper, boards
Flat or Filbert #1, #6, #10 brushes palette and Paper towels or Rags
If you are going to buy oils you might want to consider water-soluble oils.
New artist tote bag with wheels:
Link
Artbin Round About Tote
http://www.utrechtart.com/
Easy access zipper pocket on front & 2 clear zipper pockets on inside lid for supplies. Looped display panel allows for easy storage & access to markers, brushes & other tools. Second layer opens for access to
additional zipper pocket & storage area for cutting mats. Elasticized pocket to hold books, projects.
Comes with (1) 9100AB. Locking, 2-stage handle. Sturdy double skate wheels provide smooth transport. Back section mounted to wheels provides extra storage space.
For more information please contact Melissa 530-758-4510 916-448-1951 800-255-4567
or email melissa@davisvilletravel.com
www.GoOnTour.com Non painters are welcome! For additional information
please call Melissa Chandon at Davisville Travel, 530-758-4510. We hope
you will join us for this exciting trip.
