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Chateaux Painting Holidays:
Established in 1997, Chateaux Painting Holidays provides 8-day residential art / painting courses in the stunning countryside of South West France. We give a warm welcome to painters of all levels of experience, from absolute beginners to those looking for an advanced level painting course. Courses feature easy-to-understand tuition that ensures you make real progress. Come & enjoy 8 days of creativity that will stimulate & help you with your own personal creative discoveries. We also offer 1-day painting programs.

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8-Day Residential Art / Painting Courses in South West France:
The course welcomes all ages, all levels and all abilities. It combines real painting with real learning in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere, which sometimes reverberates with laughter. Absolutely fine for absolute beginners. Appropriate for advanced level tuition with Adam Cope (BA hons, Further Education & Adults Teachers Certificate,Foundation Dip.Art Therapy)

Course features include:
- An eight day painting course
- For all levels – from beginners to advanced
- Qualified, experienced teacher
- Inspiring historic settings
- Fantastic countryside to paint ‘en plein-air’
- Choose your medium – watercolour, oil, alkyds, acrylic, pastel, pencil.
- Fully equipped studio
- Small groups. 12 students maximum
- Guided visit to a Prehistoric Painted Cave
- Full Board & Wine
- French Cuisine prepared by a professional French chef
- Charming accommodation with swimming pool
- Two single bedrooms available for which there is no ‘single person supplement’ charge
- 1-Day courses available

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Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2023-06-07 were from:

London, UK / GB; Geraldton, Australia; San Francisco, California, USA; and more.

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Are you searching for an interesting, alternative, and artistic thing to do in Paris with your friend, spouse, family or on your own?

If so, you might be very interested in the classes and workshops of Pauline Fraisse, an established French artist who provides drawing and painting lessons in Paris.

Available in summer and year-round, we offer our fun and educational art classes and workshops to adults, artists, art students and children from all over the world.

Taught in English and French, they are suitable for beginner to advanced levels, and can be customized to meet your needs.

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Student Testimonial:
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• We provide residential, all-inclusive French cooking courses to individuals and groups from around the world.

• Taught in English and French to students of all levels (total beginner to professional cooks), our culinary vacations combine top-quality food, award-winning Michelin-star French chefs as course tutors, and superb accommodation to give you an unforgettable experience!

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• Carcassonne is approximately 50 miles from Toulouse which has an international airport, and 390 miles from Paris. Ryanair also fly directly to Carcassonne from the UK, Ireland, Belgium, and Paris Beauvais international airport.

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Testimonial:
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Students receive a French Gourmet Certificate or Diploma on completion of their program.

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All of our teachers boast years of experience at prestigious, high-end Gastronomic Hotel-Restaurants.

Former students have come from the U.S., Canada, France, UK, Holland, Germany, Spain, Norway & many more. Gastronomicom International Culinary Academy also has a school in Miami, Florida.

Testimonial:
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1-Month Gourmet Certificate Programs
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8-week or 12-week Gastronomic Certificate Programs
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Combined with intensive French language lessons

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