2018 Events

Women's Watercolor Journaling Escape in Positano, Italy!

September 22 - 29, 2018

Gail Hecko, of Gail's Great Escapes has been leading small group tours to Italy for the past 16 years. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, she spends much of the year inMontisi, Tuscany with her partner Italian chef and restaurant owner Robert Crocenzi. Together, they provide tours with an Italian viewpoint from someone well versed in the history and current events of this beautiful country. I'm very excited to join with Gail to offer my women friends the opportunity to experience Italy with her intimate knowledge of this region and to teach you to how to capture its beauty in your own sketches and written observations.

My late husband Bob and I lived on the Amalfi Coast where I painted and sketched this extraordinary landscape. During the course of this week, you will learn how to incorporate drawing, painting and writing in a way that will delight and inspire and you will fill the pages of your own sketchbooks with memories you will treasure!

Whatever your level of experience, I will show you how to slow down, to really look at the world around you and capture what you see and feel as you paint. And traveling as women only, we'll be able to let our hair down and have so much fun together!!

For a look at photos from a previous tour with Gail, click here.



WHERE: 
Positano, Italy, in the heart of the famous Amalfi Coast. Our home for the week is a beautiful hotel with a breathtaking view of Positano and the Mediterranean Sea. Your room will have a sea view from your private balcony.

PRICE:
$3400 per person, double occupancy

WHAT’S INCLUDED:
7 nights accommodation, double occupancy, with private bath.
7 Breakfasts, four lunches or dinners, including wine. 
Day trip to the Isle of Capri
Day trips to Amalfi, Cetara, and Ravello to Villa Cimbrone
Tour to Pompei with private driver, and private guide  
All transportation to included activities and tickets to historical sites.
Group Transfer by private driver from Rome to the hotel in Positano, and
return at the end of the week.
Journaling, sketching, and painting lessons, for beginners and all! 
 

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED:
Airfare
Lunches and dinners not included in the Escape
Trip insurance (highly recommended) 
Optional cooking class with Gail's friend Andrea in the Buca di Bacco restaurant kitchen! 

STEPS:  
This area of the coast is very steep and our week will involve a lot of walking up and down steps.  The terrain is very hilly, so the guests enjoying this type of trip the most will be fit and active in their regular lifestyle at home.

A list of art materials for you to bring will be supplied upon registration for this tour.

We hope you’ll join us for this amazing week! I am so pleased to be included in Gail's exciting Escape tour plans for 2018, and I look forward to spending this time with her and you, sharing our thoughts and observations, journaling and sketching this stunning region of Italy.

Be sure to visit my website to view my Art and read about my journey,www.LiveCheapMakeArt.com, and here at www.LiveCheapMakeArt.blogspot.com

Please contact me or Gail for more information, with any questions you may have. Gail will be in Positano this year, for two weeks of her Italian Great Escape tours beginning September 21st.  Follow along with her on Facebook (gail hardman hecko) for a preview of your week with us! 

Let’s go to Italy!
- Rosemary

For further information and/or to Reserve your space, go to Gail'sGreatEscapes.com