Watercolor Workshop with Jan Kilburn - Itinerary

Sunday, 8/16: Between 4pm and 6pm you and your fellow workshoppers arrive and check in. After settling into your room, join us at 7pm for a meet-and-greet during an informal dinner at Le Vatout. Afterwards, feel free to hang out in the kitchen with your new friends, enjoy the breeze from the river in the garden or take a stroll to the village, just five minutes away. The Narrows Tavern, which features live music most nights during the summer, is a fun place to have a beer and get to know the locals.

Monday, 8/17 and Tuesday, 8/18: Breakfast is served between 8 and 9am. At 9am Jan Kilburn comes to Le Vatout to fetch you for a day of plein air painting fun. Jan likes to start with a demonstration, followed by sketching until you break for a scrumptious box lunch provided by Le Vatout. Once you're refreshed, it's time for some serious painting with instruction interspersed throughout the day. Finally, after a short break around 3pm, critique. After Jan leaves, you may want to return to Le Vatout to keep working in our romantic garden or explore the village. For dinner we suggest Narrows Tavern, Moody’s Diner, a Midcoast landmark up on Rt.1 or Bullwinkles a little further down Rt.1 for solid, unpretentiously good food. Or we'll be happy to recommend one of the many fine restaurants in neighboring Damariscotta or Rockland.

Wednesday, 8/19: As on the previous days, breakfast will be between 8 and 9am, followed by another full day of painting and instruction, but today try to be back home by 7pm for a fabulous farewell dinner served at Le Vatout.

Thursday, 8/20: Breakfast is served between 8 and 9am. After breakfast take a last stroll through the garden and say good-bye to your new friends. Check-out is by 11am, but don’t be sad: you will take home new skills, plenty of memories and the beautiful watercolors you painted on Midcoast Maine.