Watercolor Painting in Venice: Guidance from Renowned Artist Nicola Tenderini
4.8
36 Ratings
Venezia
Discover the art of watercolor painting in Venice with renowned artist Nicola Tenderini. Create your own masterpiece while exploring the city's romantic spots and stunning landscapes.
Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
What's Included
  • Working items provided
  • Variety of colors available
  • Brushes included
  • Watercolors provided
  • Water for painting
  • Choice of chair or easel
  • Napkins for brush cleaning
  • Bookmark for each participant
Additional Information

Experience a day as a painter: delve into the enchanting medium of watercolors with renowned Venetian artist, Nicola Tenderini. He will guide you around the city to find the perfect spot for your painting, allowing you to create your unique watercolor masterpiece.

The journey commences at the artist’s studio where you’ll be introduced to Nicola’s life in the arts and the medium of watercolors.

Subsequently, Nicola will lead you to a handpicked romantic location where you will commence your artistic journey. Feast your eyes on the awe-inspiring sights of Venice as you personalise your canvas.

The lessons are tailored to suit all individuals, novice or seasoned, and anyone desiring to immerse themselves in ‘en plein air’ painting whilst learning watercolor techniques.

Under the mentorship of a local Venetian artist, you’ll get to experience the true artistic spirit of Venice!

  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
  • The customers health is the most important matter for us, the tour operates in according to the Covid-19 National directives in order to guarantee the experiences in a safe environment.
  • All customer touchpoints are frequently cleaned, and the tour will leave with small groups.
  • We only ask the kindness to bring the own mask in case you need to wear it.
Location
Fontegoart gallery
Dorsoduro
With the “Gallerie dell’Accademia” ‘s entrance in front of you, go on the right side and follow “Calle Contarini Corfù until you find a small bridge on your right. Cross the bridge and go straight long: after a few meters you will find the artist workshop on your right.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Anne292011
Nov 12, 2023
To do absolutely - We loved this watercolor class. Totally beginners, Nicola was very patient and very kind with us. We will keep excellent memories of it.
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Sightsee45401830851
Aug 24, 2023
Nicolo was so patient a calming teacher who adjusted to the different levels of each of us. Beautiful memorable - This was a perfect experience a highlight of our trip and a wonderful artist and teacher. You MUST do this!
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Alexandra_s
Aug 21, 2023
Summee 23' - Great experience. He was very patient with my mom and helped her to color in her drawing and helped to me understand how to use water colors
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Lisa_s
Jun 18, 2023
Edward Hopper for the day - Nicola, famous artist, made our entire group feel comfortable & gave us encouragement in our artistic abilities. We are all beginners!
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Q3182mmchristineg
May 29, 2023
You will be glad you chose to do this experience! - Best thing we did on our mother & daughters trip to Venice! It's not common to get a private art lesson from a renowned working artist. Nicola was very kind and patient and went above and beyond to give us a full plein air watercolor lesson! We three (ages 18-50) highly recommend this memorable experience!!
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Cecilia_s
May 8, 2023
Nicolo was wonderful,... - Nicolo was wonderful, helpful and friendly. Great experience! Great experience for all of us. Buona!!
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Lauren_n
Mar 13, 2023
A great artist and a talented teacher - What a fantastic way to spend a morning. Nicola was so patient and helpful explaining drawing our subject and how to paint using watercolours. We were on a quiet canal on a sunny morning away from the tourist chaos. Highly recommend taking his class to be inspired by Venice’s beauty and try something new.
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Talana_w
Feb 13, 2023
Great experience for any skill level! - Superb! Nicola was charming and did very well accommodating different artistic levels and expertise in the same group. He instinctively knew who wanted to be steered (helped) more and who wanted to just do their own thing! It was most enjoyable and I would highly recommend it as a great activity to do whilst in Venice.
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Michelle_g
Jun 26, 2023
Wonderful experience! - This was such a wonderful experience! Our host was so incredibly nice, and we loved our time with him. He chose a beautiful picturesque position for us to set up and gave lots of helpful instruction. The only reason I didn’t give all five stars is that I do think you need a little bit more skill for this class if you expect to have a completed painting at the end. None of us have watercolor experience, but both of my kids love art so we gave it a try. We needed more guidance than time would allow. It really wasn’t much of a downside to us because we had so much fun, but it’s good to know for managing expectations. There were just the four of us, my husband and my two kids, nine and 10. We would all do it again, in a heartbeat, and totally recommend it to anyone interested! Thank you for a wonderful morning in Venice!
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Anthonypepe
Apr 27, 2024
9am is a bit too early for this class - We couldn’t make the class and there were no other time options. Keep in mind when you book this that it is a long drawn out story to enter. Venice and get around. I have young kids and after traveling were in no mood to get up at 6:30am to start the trek into Venice. We lost out on $350.
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