Typically a week’s course is devoted to a mixture of sketching and painting, combined with visits to the huge treasury of frescoes and marbles in the Medieval and Byzantine sites in the area.

After ten years living in the area, I have intimate knowledge of the best sites for painting in the Mani — tiny mountain villages, ancient mule tracks winding through cypress trees and secluded olive groves are among my favourites.

On one or two days we can make a trip further afield. My intention is to give you an enjoyable painting holiday, rather than a strenuous course of tuition.

In the past my groups have been very mixed in ability and experience, with some artists preparing for exhibitions while others have been complete beginners.