Ten Gables Cottage

Ten Gables Cottage
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Cotswolds, England



Hi everyone, I have been looking through a beautiful book by Lesley Holmes, A Cotswold Sketchbook, and thinking about how very much I would like to go there to paint, sketch and take photographs. I have looked up many towns there on the internet and the scenery is so quaint and charming! Have any of you been there? I would love to hear about it, if you have! Do any artists out there know of a painting holiday there. Maybe one would do better just going on her own with a friend or fellow artist instead of an organized painting holiday. Let me hear from you if you have been there!







5 comments:

  1. Egretta; Yes I have been there! It's only about an hour's drive from where I live. It's very picturesque (in the Summer time especially), but some of the villages (such as Broadway and Bourton-on-the-water are very "touristy" and not really authentic any more.
    If you come over on a painting holiday, we must meet!

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  2. It does look beautiful! I hope some fellow bloggers out there will have some tips.

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  3. Mark, where would be the most authentic and beautiful and quaint scenery and do you have any tips, know any great B and Bs, etc. Email me if so. Thanks!

    Kelli, see if you can come across that book, perhaps at the library. It is really lovely.

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  4. It is quite beautiful, and I can see why the book would charm, such lovely illustrations. Bourton on the Water might be touristy (that would be me, the tourist))))...but I adored it.

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  5. Gardeningbren, I looked up images from Bourton on the Water and thought the scenery was gorgeous!

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