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Come paint watercolours with
me ​in Lucca, Italy!!


12-19 May 2018

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Amanda Brett Watercolour Artist
Amanda is an award-winning internationally recognised en plein air watercolour artist, with works held in collections in Italy, UK, Ireland, Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia. 

Amanda loves watercolour painting, more than that - it's her life!! She's totally addicted to the chemical reactions produced by the combination of organic watercolour pigments, traditional watercolour papers and water - she loves watching paint dry!! 

Based in her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, Amanda also lives in Lucca for her annual painting residency and workshops in Italy. When in Italy, every morning she heads out into the streets of Lucca in search of new and evocative painting subjects to paint en plein air. Bicycle loaded with painting equipment pared to a minimum, an espresso and cornetto (traditional Italian colazione), then off to the next painting location.

In conjunction with her Auckland watercolour classes and workshops, Amanda also teaches week-long watercolour painting holiday workshops in Lucca for watercolour enthusiasts who want an active holiday and want to get to know a destination intimately.

Amanda says "I create paintings that are atmospheric with interesting shapes - almost California Art style - look up Frank Webb, Rex Brandt and my absolute favourite watercolourist Ted Sherwen. I let colours run into each other creating a unique underpainting and telling my story through a detailed focal area. I want you to be able to see something new every time you look at my paintings."

Amanda enjoys painting street scenes en plein air or studio and still-life. "I always add people and crowds to my street scenes, many artists avoid this but I find it exhilarating (frightening!) to add a minimal shape that will become a person. Watercolour is for the minimalist, less is definitely more! I love creating odd funky shapes - they still say 'I'm a bottle or a teapot' but nothing is straight - a long line has a kink or something to destroy it"

Amanda can be contacted most reliably via email

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​"Thank you very much for a wonderful week in Lucca. You taught me to look much more closely at the environment I'm in and gave me as a beginner the confidence to keep painting. We also loved the social program and interaction with other participants". Wendi
Some Achievements, Honors &  Awards
 
2017 Student Exhibition NZFAI Auckland
Workshop Tutor, Lucca, Italy
April - July, Artist Residency, Lucca, Italy
2016 July, Solo Exhibition, MammaRo, Lucca Italy
July, Workshop Tutor, the Watermill, Italy
2015 April - July, Artist Residency, Lucca, Italy
Solo Exhibition, MammaRo, Lucca Italy
2nd, Royal Easter Show ‘Singer & the Chippendale’
Merit, Royal Easter Show ‘Something Blue’
Finalist, Arts Gold Awards, ‘Singer & the Chippendale’
April - July, Artist Residency, Lucca, Italy
Solo Exhibition, MammaRo, Lucca Italy
Solo Exhibition, Borgo degli Artisti, Bagni di Lucca
First Prize, Art in a Day, ‘The Telephone Box’
Merit, GSAE, ‘Singer & Stripes’
2nd Prize, AWS, ‘Harvest: Cheese & Onions’
1st Prize, GSAE, ‘Sunflowers with Red’
1st Prize, MAC, ‘Drumming Up Business III’
3rd Prize WNZ, ‘Singer & Stripes’

Amanda Brett artist, painting en plein air Ponte a Serraglio
painting en plein air Ponte a Serraglio.
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I had forgotten about these! met a lovely photographer who happen to be out and about with his camera in Lucca, he just kept snapping away and then asked if he could email to me!! how sweet!!
photos courtesy of D Bertuccelli​
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What collectors say about my paintings

"You make the ordinary extra ordinary, remarkable and engaging." Rosemary

"I love the mysterious negatives and all the squiggly digglies!" Anita

"You really capture the luminosity and the essence of how a watercolour should be painted!" Merv

"I love your work it is so fresh and exciting!" Jacky Pearson

"Just wanted to say so so well done on your tui paintings. Absolutely love them. Keep going with those birds they are a perfect watercolour rendition little loose yet correct yum!" Bernadette Parsons

Art For Sale

"My “Tui” turned up safe & sound this morning, thank you very much. I love it & the prompt service is a bonus on top of the gorgeous watercolour." Anne
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Amanda Brett, artist, tui sketches for sale
Amanda Brett, artist, still life paintings for sale
Amanda Brett, artist, landscape paintings for sale

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Amanda Brett - Watercolour Artist

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Quality Guarantee: All my watercolours are painted with only modern professional grade watercolour paints on Museum exhibition grade watercolour papers, they are extremely lightfast and will become a family heirloom and passed down to subsequent generations. If​ properly cared for, watercolour paintings will last as long, if not longer, than oil paintings. I only paint on 100% cotton rag paper, mostly Arches and Fabriano, and frame to conservation standard with acid free materials.
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due to a cancellation i have 3 places left in my Lucca Watercolour Painting holiday workshop, everything is included...

Posted by Amanda Brett Watercolour Artist on Friday, 23 February 2018
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