Arrival + welcome
- Check-in and estate orientation
- Settle into your room and studio rhythm
- Shared welcome dinner at Rignana
Revel Painting • Rignana Estate • Tuscany 2026
Mural Painting Retreat in Italy
A refined, immersive art retreat in the Chianti hills, centered on mural painting, daily inspiration, raw pigment exploration, and the beauty of slow creative practice.
About the retreat
A creative week shaped by Tuscany, murals, and material exploration.
This immersive retreat follows the workshop structure from concept to completion: collaborative mural design, plein air sketching, faux finish techniques, stencil work, pigment mixing, and time to develop an individual piece to take home.
Guests move between studio sessions and inspiring local experiences, drawing from the Tuscan countryside, Florence, artisan traditions, and sacred architectural spaces. The tone is elevated, restorative, and deeply hands-on.
Workshop focus
Collaborative mural creation from design through finish.
Custom stenciling, decorative techniques, and painterly surface development.
Plein air sketching as source material for larger mural composition.
Mixing paints from raw pigments for an individual artwork to take home.
All materials included in tuition, with paint, stencil material, and individual canvases provided.
Open to all skill levels, with room for both technique building and personal expression.
Lead artist
Hilary Williams
Hilary brings a muralist’s approach to place, pattern, and layered storytelling, with a retreat designed to be both technically grounded and creatively expansive.
Creative process
From sketch to wall
The week balances observation, composition, technique, and execution, allowing participants to move between collective making and quieter personal studio time.
Guest option
Bring a partner or family member
Non-participating partners or family members may join the trip without the teaching fee, making the retreat easier to position as both travel and creative experience.
The estate
In the heart of Tuscany
Rignana Estate offers an immersive artist retreat setting among vineyards, olive groves, open lawns, a renaissance church, and panoramic Chianti views. The estate itself becomes part of the creative process.
Farm-to-table meals, wine from the property, quiet walking routes, animals, and beautifully restored interiors create a retreat atmosphere that feels intimate, grounded, and transportive.
Retreat flow
A week of making, looking, and living well.
Mural design sessions
- Collaborative concept development
- Background treatments and stencil planning
- First painting sessions on the mural surface
Local inspiration
- Monastery visit and art-historical reference gathering
- Florence day trip for museums, artisans, and pigments
- Sketchbook-driven observation throughout the week
Painting + personal piece
- Continue mural development
- Mix paints from raw pigments
- Create an individual work to bring home
Daily schedule
Retreat timetable
Seven days shaped by studio sessions, local excursions, and the slow rhythms of the estate. 3–9 October 2026.
Cultural excursions
Side trips & local experiences
Four jaunts into the Chianti landscape — a monastery, a medieval abbey kitchen, an estate farm, and a countryside dinner — woven through the retreat week.
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Mon 5 Oct · 10:00am · Included
Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo — Badia a Passignano
A Vallombrosan monastery set among Antinori vineyards, housing Ghirlandaio's Last Supper. We visit for art-historical inspiration — a guided tour with one of the monks is not to be missed.
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Tue 6 Oct · 10:30am
Badia a Coltibuono — Cooking Class
Cook in the kitchen of an 11th-century Benedictine abbey-turned-estate. The half-day class, led by the cooks of Coltibuono, covers handmade pasta, seasonal dishes, and Tuscan classics — tour and lunch included.
€160 per person · payable on site
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Wed 7 Oct · 11:00am
Fattoria Corzano e Paterno — Cheese & Olive Oil Tasting
A family farm producing hand-crafted pecorino from Sardinian sheep and extra-virgin olive oil from 4,000 estate trees. The guided tasting and tour takes place in ancient rooms overlooking the Chianti hills.
€40 per person · payable on site
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Wed 7 Oct · 7:00pm · Included
La Cantinetta di Rignana
An intimate farm-to-table restaurant in a restored medieval oil mill, just down the road from the estate. Dinner of cured meats, aged Chianti cheeses, grilled meats, and homemade desserts.
Estate highlights
A sanctuary for artists
Develop your technique among the Tuscan countryside, the estate church, the infinity pool terrace, and the many quiet corners that invite observation and reflection.
Choose your room
Accommodation options at Rignana Estate
The live retreat page presents four room categories. This section brings those options forward so room choice becomes part of the landing page sales flow rather than a buried detail.
Room option 01
Small bedroom with shared bathroom
Room option 02
Bedroom with shared bathroom
Room option 03
Bedroom with ensuite
Room option 04
Superior bedroom with ensuite
Rates
Accommodation + workshop pricing
Full board accommodation
€1,500–€2,480
Per person for 6 nights based on room choice and occupancy.
Teaching fee
€500
Per participating guest. Partners and family members may join without the teaching fee if they are not taking the workshop.
Booking note
This page is set up to support a stronger Squarespace booking path: room-selection first, then availability request or sign-up. That mirrors the sales logic used on the live retreat page more closely.
What’s included
- 6 nights accommodation
- Daily Italian breakfast
- 4 lunches and 5 dinners
- Daily aperitivo
- Pizza making experience
- Painting materials
- Towels and linens
- Infinity pool and tennis court access
- Wi-Fi, laundry facilities, and VAT tax
Not included
- Transfers
- Wine tours
- Massage treatments on request
- City tax payable on arrival
- One dinner out during the retreat program
Practical details
Travel and arrival
Guests arrange their own travel, with Florence as the most convenient gateway and optional taxi or carpool coordination before arrival.
Dates
3–9 October 2026
Check-in / check-out
Check-in from 16:00 on 3 October. Check-out before 10:00 on 9 October.
Address
Rignana Estate, Rignana 8, Greve in Chianti, Toscana, Italy 50022 Firenze
Airports
Florence is the closest airport. Pisa is an alternate option with onward train, bus, or taxi connections.
Ground travel
Approx. 40–50 minutes from Florence depending on starting point. Taxi or carpool coordination can be arranged before arrival.