Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing

"You can't come to Venice without wanting to come back." - Claude Monet

Join us in Venice next April for our annual workshop there! More information on our website!

Join a program with the Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing in 2026/2027! We have many programs to choose from:

+ mid-September 2026 - early June 2027: Atelier Libre open studio sessions in the Albertas studio in Aix-en-Provence (each Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from 10h00 to 13h00 - starting again September 9th)

+ November 2026: New York City Museum Study Seminar (November 6 - 8, 2026)

+ November 2026: Dallas/Fort Worth Museum Study Seminar (November 14 - 15, 2026)

+ November/December 2026: Online Watercolor Course with Pauline Bétrancourt: (Sundays, November 22 - December 13, 2026)

+ Spring 2027: 12-Week Painting Program in Aix-en-Provence (February 13 - May 12, 2027)

+ March 2027: Week-long Painting Workshop in Aix-en-Provence, France (March 21 - 29, 2027)

+ April 2027: Week-long Painting Workshop in Venice, Italy (April 11 - 20, 2027)

+ June/July 2027: 5-week Summer Painting Program in Aix-en-Provence for adults/college students (June 19 - July 24, 2027)

+ June/July 2027: 5-week Summer Painting Program in Aix-en-Provence for high school students (June 19 - July 24, 2027)

+ June/July 2027: Artist Residency/Alumni Apprenticeship in Aix-en-Provence (June 19 - July 24, 2027)

Join us! ✨

Venice in the spring! Join us on a beautiful painting trip this April. More information via the link to our programs 🎨✨

"In order to see how far I can travel, I must first get on the road and walk." - Henri Bergson

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” -Vincent Van Gogh, Letter to his brother Theo, 1878

“Wheatfield with a Reaper,” V. Van Gogh, 1889
Photos by Claire McAlpine

Join an online watercolor course with Pauline Bétrancourt this upcoming November/December! Learn more below and head to our website to get signed up!

Watercolor Practice: Creating Harmony and Rendering Depth
Online Course with Pauline Bétrancourt
Sundays, November 22nd, November 29th, December 6th, December 13th - 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Watercolor can be both fun and challenging. The fluidity of the medium can lead to many surprises!

As artists we benefit from welcoming them, while gaining control over the effect of water and learning how to mix colors. This online course will help you to focus on your perception of value, color, and light. Hands-on exercises will allow you to review foundational principles of color theory as you work from great artworks.

You will learn how to create a color harmony in order to render a world with volume and depth.

Join this new online class with artist and educator Pauline Bétrancourt. She will teach you to gain confidence and how to be looser as you explore new possibilities with watercolor. Through exercises, keen observations, and group discussions, you will work on what may feel more truthful to your work and organic to your process. Art making is a corporeal practice grounded in sensation. You will have the opportunity to develop mindfulness as you create — unifying in one movement your perception, emotion, and spirit.

"The Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing summer program was a really transformative experience I recommend to artists of all skill levels. It is an opportunity to live and explore a beautiful little town in the south of France. There is so much to see and do and the locals are so fun making it a great place to learn the French language and become really immersed in the culture. There is something for everyone to learn -- from the basics of color theory and mixing, to techniques for plein air painting. Additionally, it is an opportunity to learn art history by experiencing much of the art you will learn about in person and really dissecting the works and lives of famous artists. You will learn and form relationships with like minded people, people with more experience, less experience, and very knowledgeable people. It is really the experience of a lifetime!" - Isabella, former high school summer student

"Painting in Venice, a wondrous, rather other-worldly place can only be enhanced by being a part of a this program. The warmth and camaraderie of the faculty is palpable and enveloping creating a welcoming, engaging atmosphere for learning, painting, seeing, growing, in the company of other interested artists. If you can, don't hesitate, do it." - Sharon, Venice 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 participant

Join us in Venice next April 2027 for a week-long painting workshop! More information at https://leomarchutzschool.org/programsandworkshops/veniceworkshop