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General Description

With Florence as its backdrop, the summer landscape painting course brings students to the squares, gardens and surrounding hillsides of one of the world’s most picturesque and beautiful cities. The academy’s expert instructors guide students through the practical concepts and artistic process of landscape painting from life.

Painting 2 – 5 days in each setting, students learn to observe and record directly from nature, confront the perspective of monuments, and reproduce the landscape’s structural rhythms and design. They learn how to select a motif and create a composition, and are introduced to basic information about the plein-air oil painting process: finding and mixing color values, organizing the palette, and applying paint.

Beginning – Intermediate – Advanced levels welcome.

Maximum enrollment 15 students.

Additional Info

WORKSHOP CREDITS: 1.5 per session

Please note: The Florence Academy of Art expresses workshop coursework in credits to the equivalent of 1 credit for 20 hours of completed study. Academic grades are not awarded and there are no exams. Please see each course for total hours of study. Any final acceptance or recognition of hours of study or credits for workshop (external activity) is at the discretion of the Home University or institution in question and in accordance with each institution’s transfer policy.

Medium & Materials

Oil paint

Students receive a list of materials required for the workshop in their acceptance email. Unless indicated, materials are not included in the tuition fee and may be purchased in advance and at a discounted rate directly from the Florentine art supply store, Zecchi. Students will find their supplies waiting for them in their studio upon arrival in Florence.

Estimated cost of materials: EUR 250 – 300

What’s Included

  • 30 or 60 hours Instruction in English
  • Individual critiques
  • Welcome Party in the gardens of the Budini Gattai Palace in Florence on the first Thursday of the workshop, to meet fellow students and faculty
  • Guided museum visit to the Bargello Museum with the Academy’s resident Art Historian to view major works by Renaissance sculptors
  • Summer Faculty Exhibition to view the latest work by FAA faculty
  • Access to the on-campus FAA Cafe where students may purchase breakfast, lunch and enjoy an afternoon aperitivo
  • Extended Access to the studios and school facilities after class until 9 pm
  • Discounted art supplies
  • List of housing recommendations

Faculty

Daniel Zalla was born in 1998 in Arizona. As a young child, he moved with his family to Northern Kentucky, where he was exposed to great art at the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington. Simultaneously, he spent much of his time drawing and receiving private art instruction. These experiences led him to pursue a BFA in drawing and painting from Xavier University. Halfway through his college career, he made his first visit to Italy to study art in Rome and Florence. He attended a workshop at the Florence Academy of Art where he was introduced to the sight-size method and drawing from life. These experiences motivated his pursuit of a more technical training in oil painting, and after graduating from Xavier in 2020, he enrolled in the Florence Academy of Art as a full-time student. He graduated in 2023 and was awarded “Best Painting of the Year” for his final project at the Academy. Following his studies, he was given the opportunity to teach and paint as a Fourth Year Artist in Residence at the Florence Academy. Daniel looks forward to passing down the language of the old masters as he continues to teach at the Florence Academy. In his own work he strives to distill the humanity of his sitters onto the canvas and to tell a story that moves the soul.

See more of Daniel’s work at www.danielzalla.com and @danielzalla.art

The Florence Academy of Art reserves the right to assign or reassign faculty as needed, based on scheduling and availability. While we strive to maintain consistency in our instructional team, specific instructors may change at any time. You will be contacted by the FAA Office should a change occur.

Location

ADDRESS: Via Aretina 293, Florence, Italy

* If the workshop or session is fully booked you may apply to be placed on our waitlist. Should we have a cancellation or a place becomes available, we will contact you.