BLOOMS FRANCE
PAINT BLOOMS IN FRANCE
With Jacqueline Coates, learning the NO FAIL Blooms Painting Method. Learn to paint stunning peonies, roses, hydrangeas and more from scratch!
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
BLOOMS FRANCE Thursday MAY 7 - Sunday MAY 17, 2026
10 nights and 9.5days
OPTIONAL ADD ONS; Arrive to Paris beforehand to enjoy;
Optional Add on MAY 6th, 2026 to meet in Paris morning of Wednesday May 6 th for an 8.30am departure for a full day in Giverny, Monet’s House & Garden visit & American Impressionist Museum.
Jacqueline will give her time and organise, (clients to cover their hotel and expenses in Paris & for Giverny day trip), lunch and stroll through Giverny for inspiring bonus time, with the convenience of our own private drivers , before our tour starts Thursday May 7th , 2026!
If you’d like to enjoy the bonus time please arrive in Paris by Tuesday May 5th, 2026. Jacqueline has a hotel recommendation for the Opera, Paris arrondissement area making it easy to meet up.
There is also free time available on the morning of May 7th to explore inspiring Parisian florists & a Paris art supply store before we leave by train for French Art School! More details provided to participants following registration.
Paint your own stunning floral masterpieces- in a fully equipped painting studio in FRANCE!
With 9.5 days scheduled for Blooms France, including some touring, enjoy a small group art immersion. Enjoy the cavalcade of beautiful spring florals in the heart of country France, about 3.5 hours from Paris.
Learn paint handling, colour mixing and the colour blends to create the spring pastels and vibrant floral hues with my no Fail system of painting anyone can learn for stunning results.
It’s an inspiring workshop full of truly gorgeous florals! Enjoy two local tours including local country produce market. Indulge yourself with French cuisine with many meals prepared by our French chef.
Aperitifs and wine at evening meals supplied at French Art School.
Live like a local, take country walks between fields and hedgerows, relax by the fireplace with an art book. Stay in authentic local stone villas with your own room and shared bathrooms.
Full assistance to pack your artwork so its light and easy to carry home with you as checked in luggage & packing materials and carry straps provided.
Learn the proven and popular Jacqueline Coates Blooms Painting Method and gain painting outcomes you are proud of! Even if you have never painted before!
Enjoy your own room and a small group of max 7 students staying in a peaceful hamlet in traditional French stone shuttered villas 3 hours south of Paris, near where Monet painted his Confluence of the Creuse River series
Enjoy beautiful meals prepared by our own French chef.
NO PREVIOUS PAINTING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
$9,867 (Australian dollars) per person
(approx. USD equivalent 6,427.49)
(approx. Euro equivalent 5,549.21)
Thursday MAY 7 - Sunday MAY 17, 2026.
Enjoy 10 nights and 9.5days
Includes
• optional BONUS time with Jacqueline in Paris & Giverny
• BONUS Online Blooms France lessons pack valued at $2900
• Blooms France Apron
• Blooms France Brush set
• Floriography photographic session
• 100 Blooms France photo references
START AND FINISH IN PARIS, ALL TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FRENCH ART SCHOOL INCLUDED
A Note About Dietary Needs
At French art school, most lunches and dinners are supplied. Whilst we are able to cater for dairy free, vegetarian and gluten-free which must be notified at the time of booking, we are unable to meet the needs of celiacs, FOD-MAP, and those with severe allergic reactions to nuts or to those where certain foods may cause a reaction that makes the person ill or necessitate a medic. If you have a strong preference for no mushrooms, bacon or ham, capsicum or beans we can most likely assist you. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Learn the NO FAIL Jacqueline Coates Blooms Painting Method and create beautiful Blooms painting outcomes you will be proud of!
Lyn R from Queensland, Australia had dabbled in art prior to our meeting in France for BLOOMS FRANCE and enjoyed the structure and the impactful results from what she learned from her art immersion so much she then went on to do Blooms France OILS.
She also sold was able to sell her paintings from doing the Blooms Training with me.
As well as the seasonal tulips we will enjoy peonies, roses, lilies, hydrangeas, figs, pears and other stunning blooms. I also have a stunning array of premium done-for-you photographic reference to paint from, created by me, Jacqueline Coates for the most luscious of painting outcomes. NO NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRAW! I supply drawing templates.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
Open yourself to beauty and art, and learning how to paint your own stunning masterpieces using my Blooms Painting Method- to create gorgeous results in one of the most beautiful parts of France, whilst living like a French person in a charming peaceful hamlet.
Spring is a very floral time to enjoy this region in France. Dive into divine creativity and the enjoyment art brings.
Open yourself to beauty and art, and learning how to paint your own stunning masterpieces using my Blooms Painting Method- to create gorgeous results in one of the most beautiful parts of France, whilst living like a French person in a charming peaceful hamlet.
Spring is a very floral time to enjoy this region in France. Dive into divine creativity and the enjoyment art brings.
Jo B from New New Jersey, USA was mostly self taught with her art. At Blooms France, she learned how to blend her paint, which brushes to use where, all about tone, colour mixing, and how to finesse your painting as well as not getting slowed down by the details which completely changes what she was able to achieve.She produced four stunning paintings in just 5 days of painting at Blooms France. For this workshop we will start with a few warm ups like these then you have the option to go to some larger paintings .Exciting!
As well as the seasonal tulips we will enjoy peonies, roses, and other stunning blooms. I also have a stunning array of premium done for you photographic reference to paint from, created by me, Jacqueline Coates for the most luscious of painting outcomes. See bonuses!
Learn Blooms Oils and learn Blooms Acrylic painting
Over the 9 days we have together which includes 2 days of touring and relaxation, I will be showing you how to use oil paints effectively with your Blooms painting Method.
Oils are easy to blend and use, and the colours are rich and rewarding.
We will complete several paintings in oils with odourless turps.And we will finish with at least one acrylic painting sequence. Acrylics are great to work with too plus it dries quickly.
Left; This painting was one of four paintings created by Denise L from Canada. Denise had painted in a more abstract fashion previously and enjoyed learning to create outcomes with control, depth and volume.
Beautiful Blooms paintings on the right by Margaret F of Canada
RECEIVE A THOROUGH GROUNDING IN PAINTING AS THE FOUNDATION TO YOUR PAINTING SUCCESS
GET YOUR PAINT BRUSH LICENCE
Best of all, you’ll be taught everything you will need to know about handling acrylics from blending to fixing mistakes, seeing more, colour mixing and capturing more in your painting, using my famous Blooms Painting Method starting with my BLOOMS PAINT BRUSH LICENCE.
Before you even get to the canvas you’ll know how to handle the paints!
My teaching has helped thousands of newbies and artists to master & enjoy painting.
As it’s an art immersion we will be painting and learning and producing paintings.
Blooms paintings collection by one of my lovely Aussie students at Blooms France. Fab job!
Paint alongside me in the Ballroom Studio at L’Hirondelle, my characterful charming French villa, once an auberge or Inn, loved by students of my French Art School since 2016. It is homely in feel and comfortable.
The Weekend Australian had a live- in experience with us for an entire product experience and reviewed it accordingly in THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN FEB 3-4, 2018, in a double page full colour spread feature. The writer Christine McCabe regularly reviews hotels and accommodations and experiences in conjunction with the editor. Here is what they wrote about the French Art School accommodation experience;
EXCERPT FROM THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN ARTICLE
“… It’s almost dark when we arrive at Jac’s little house L’Hirondelle (The Swallow). Candles are lit, jazz plays quietly … Jac’ s lovely French neighbour Anne has filled every room with flowers and is on hand to pop the bubbles. We love her already.
The house is charming, cleverly restored using more dash than cash, with paintings on every wall and artists unerring eye for flea market finds.
Downstairs there’s a rustic kitchen and large atelier (once the ballroom in this former auberge, or inn) where we will have our painting lessons, and upstairs are five large bedrooms.
Some members of the group are staying down the hill in Jac’s other house, La Tonnellerie ( the Copperage) , with its magical barn and wild orchard. My bedroom has an ancient sloping floor of wide boards, large armoire and very comfy bed dressed with best linen. We are sharing bathrooms but these are large and feminine ….As we are modern day Monets there is WIFI.
The houses are quirky and characterful and there are lots of paintings about.
The painting studio starts off empty awaiting our efforts and within days starts to fill with our gorgeous Blooms paintings.
Participants have their own rooms and join me to paint each day. We enjoy long table dining together. Wine and aperitifs are supplied in the evenings.
Our local French chef prepares most of our meals.
Enjoy 8 days of painting plus a day of touring with our own driver. This is an art immersion with time to go more deeply into your painting experience. How much painting you do is up to you. Do as little or as much as you like. Guided projects are offered and there is also time to choose your own Blooms projects from your own photos taken during our sessions. Enjoy walks in a beautiful rural landscape and rest time too .
LEARN COLOUR MIXING
Each painting is accompanied by a colour recipe and colour blending combinations to unlock your colours. Canvases are portable mid-size canvases which are packed safely with handy straps to make travelling with them comfortable.
We pack the paintings together so you can safely and comfortably take them home or post them after the tour if you don’t want to travel with them. Let us know beforehand if you plan to post after the tour ( we don’t have time to post during the tour but we can prepare with you) as we will choose canvas sizes that work best for this option so you are set to go.
We pack the paintings together so you can safely and comfortably take them home or post them after the tour if you don’t want to travel with them.
Now let’s take a look at the wonderful bonuses that come with the BLOOMS FRANCE art immersion.
ENJOY MY 6 BLOOMS FRANCE VIP BONUSES!
VIP BONUS 1 Tour In Paris with Jac & enjoy bonus painting inspiration!
Get yourself to Paris a day or so before the tour in a handy suggested hotel or one of your own choosing and we can meet up to explore Paris together.
I’ll show you my inspirational Paris. There is no charge for my time. This time exists prior to your tour commencing.
I’ll take you to my favourite florist, along the Seine, to my art shop, an art museum, or wherever else we decide as a group to visit as there is always something new on offer in PARIS! This allows time to catch up on jet lag too if you have flown in from another country. Value for my specialised guided time $380. I’m giving you my time for free!
BONUS 2
Set of French Art School painting reference of 100 stunning photos worth $497
BONUS 3
These are my brand new French Art School aprons designed especially by me, which are only available to students of French Art School.
You can’t get hold of one unless you are a student of French Art School from 2022 onwards. Limited edition! They are in pale aqua, in a comfortable canvas cotton, have deep pockets in the front, cross over back with straps, a ring to hold your painting rag, and beautiful embroidery for French Art School with a pink peony. They look and feel great on everyone. One size fits all! Value $89 – yours as a bonus!
START AND FINISH IN PARIS, ALL TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FRENCH ART SCHOOL INCLUDED
BONUS 4
Your own set of studio brushes yours to keep
$100 worth of my favourite brushes to use for all stages of the painting suitable for the painting we are doing in the Studio. Take them home to continue your painting journey!
VIP BONUS 5
1 year ACCESS TO BLOOMS FRANCE ONLINE PAINTING PACK WITH VIDEO TRAINING SHOWING ALL THE PAINTING STEPS & FABULOUS COMPOSITIONS! DO THESE FROM HOME AFTER THE TOUR!
5 more stunning Blooms paintings to do, with a peony lesson in oils & l4 more lessons in acrylics, including colour recipes and stunning photo references, and video demonstrations. Refresh your training with BLOOMS FRANCE when you get home!
It’s my pleasure to ensure you feel confident to continue painting from home AFTER our art immersion. This pack is valued at $2,997. Yours to enjoy for 12 months and create more paintings with guidance.
VIP BONUS 6
Floriography sessions- grow your own original BLOOMS photo library!
I’ll ensure beautiful blooms for photo opportunities, from local sources and from Paris florists. I’ll show you how to capture & originate your own photos that make great paintings. Value $330
TOTAL VALUE BLOOMS FRANCE VIP BONUSES $4389... YOURS AT NO COST AS A BLOOMS FRANCE VIP!
Join me for Blooms France in 2026
$9,867 per person
MAY 7 - MAY 17, 2026
Option to meet in Paris for a full day out at Giverny MAY 6, and then a morning in Paris MAY 7!)
START AND FINISH IN PARIS, ALL TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FRENCH ART SCHOOL INCLUDED
FAQ’s
What spending money will I need?
It’s nice to have some funds available for any shopping you’d like to do in Paris, and to cover costs of the Giverny day and your hotel in Paris for the bonus time and meals in Paris. The tour starts from the Gare D’Austerlitz when we take the train to French Art School on May 7 and most of your meals are covered when we are in house as are aperitifs and wine in the evenings. There are lots of shopping temptations in Paris from shoes and clothing to art items and books.
In the French countryside, we will visit a fab Brocante or two, and you may want a memento to take home such as vintage French linen or a porcelain jug. Last time I bought a stunning pair of metal pheasants for about $80 that are now on the mantelpiece. Allow $30-$100 if that sounds like you! We also visit the food market and a garden that has an excellent shop for gifts.
All your entries are paid. Where we visit is dependent on opportunities and weather at the time which I will run by the group. Usually we will visit the markets of La Charte, a monastery garden, and an Abbey. On this day lunch is own cost at a local restaurant or café or near the market.
Where is the workshop held?
The workshop is held at French Art School, La Foret du Temple in the Creuse region of the Limousin. It’s about 3 hours from Paris by the time you take the train for two hours, and a further 50 minute drive with our chauffeur who will collect us from the train station at Chateauroux to take us to the very pretty La Foret du Temple.
What's the area like?
It’s a peaceful rural area of undulating hills and forested areas of oak, hazelnuts and chestnuts.
There are lots of charming walks to take locally and you will have time to relax as well. The fields are bordered by hedge rows. There are the creamy Charolais cows and the honey tan coloured Limousin cattle.
Locally there are wild deer, hedgehogs, falcons, owls, squirrels, and more and the local buildings are made from stone and oak, most with typical French shutters, barns and adjoining fields. There are lots of wildflowers and wild growing produce.
What is the accommodation like?
There are typical French villas typical to the area made from stone, granite, and oak and built around the 1860’s -1890’s. Over the years L’Hirondelle was an auberge, then a home to two families before becoming French Art School. There is a large room we call the Ball Room studio where we paint which was once for dancing and music! There is the original bakers oven in the adjoining barn where the bread for the village was once made. It still works but takes two days to heat up!
La Tonnellerie is also a two story stone villa with shutters and has a large lawn area opening to an apple orchard. The properties have been renovated. Both properties are nearby each other so a short walk. Both are filled with art, have comfy beds and fireplaces.
Students will have their own private room and access to shared bathrooms.
I have renovated them to suit the needs of my students who like character AND comfort! The staff stay at Les Pivoines, an old farmhouse that I am renovating that has lots of barns and outhouses, which is also a few minutes walk or Jac sometimes also stays at La Tonnellerie too.
Are art supplies included?
Yes your art supplies are included. As well as packaging materials. If you want to post your paintings home, you will need to go to the post office after the tour as we haven’t got the time to do that during the tour.
Will I get time off?
Knowing my students they like to paint as much as possible. Knowing my students I know they also need rest time! So, I have built in some rest time, walks in the charming hamlet, lounge time and enjoy our meal times, plus a relaxing day tour. The work we do is very freed up and not intensely detailed so it’s productive and fun. We take the time to enjoy good meals. I encourage free time for walks or lazing with a good art book from my art library.
Many students come along alone meeting other students and making great friends. There is lots of time for chatting and getting to know each other. I often have students from the USA, CANADA, SPAIN, GERMANY AND THE UK as well as AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND.
How can I keep in contact with home?
You can call landlines in Australia for free from the L’Hirondelle phone. Both villas have free fibre optic wifi as of June 2024.
How do I travel with my paintings?
We will be packing the paintings together in an early evening session before our last dinner together. All packaging supplies supplied to ensure your paintings get home safely. We do this together and turn the place into a packing centre!
Sue from Canada demonstrates the packed packings with straps!
How do I get back to Paris?
The chauffeur will collect everyone at the same time in the minibus and take us to Chateauroux to meet our approx.9.18 am train to Paris arriving approx. 11.31 am ( subject to confirmation in case of time table changes closer to the time) . You will arrive to Gare D’Austerlitz.
From Paris, you can make your own way to where you are going next. If you would like some ideas just ask. I can recommend my fave Paris hotel that all my students have loved. There’s lots to do and see in Paris and I have a list of recommendations for Blooms France students you are welcome to.
To get to the airport Charles de Gaulle it’s about 50 minutes by taxi from the train station but it can take half an hour or more to get a taxi if there is a Q.
NEW DATES AVAILABLE!
$9,867 (Australian dollars) per person
BLOOMS FRANCE MAY 7 - MAY 17, 2026
(Option to meet in Paris for May 6 full day out in Giverny bonus time
In which case arrive to Paris by May 5)
START AND FINISH IN PARIS, ALL TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FRENCH ART SCHOOL INCLUDED
10 nights and 9.5 full art immersion and tour days, with transits either side and arrival welcome evening.
Your return transfer to Paris is in the morning of Sunday May 17, 2026 to usually to leave train station at 8.15am (sometimes there is work on the line or other variations so this will be confirmed once the tickets are booked together) to arrive approx 10.30 am at Gare d’Austerlitz train station to make your own next travel plans at the end of the tour. Please allow more time than you need if making a connection to fly out of Paris i.e. fly out in the evening or consider staying a night in Paris before flying out.
What about Covid safety on the tour?
NO NEED TO MISS OUT ON ANY LEARNING
Should you need a rest during your art immersion at Blooms France, or be ill and not be able to participate, don;t worry because you will have access to the Blooms France Online Program. No need to miss out on training.
DEPOSIT
Deposit is only refundable up to 48 hours after receipt of the tour terms and conditions.
Full payment is required 90 days prior to the tour start date. You can cancel up to 90 days before the start of the tour but the deposit will be forfeited.
No cancellation within 90 days of tour start date.
Any questions please email jacquelinecoates1@gmail.com
NEW DATES AVAILABLE!
$9,867 per person
BLOOMS FRANCE
Thursday MAY 7 – Sunday MAY 17
START AND FINISH IN PARIS, ALL TRANSFERS TO AND FROM FRENCH ART SCHOOL INCLUDED
Don’t miss out!
A bientot!