From the Canal du Midi to the banks of the River Orb, 17 charming towns and villages nestle at the heart of the vineyards.

They welcome you to Saint-Chinian, Minervois and Languedoc appellation vineyards that lie just a few kilometres from sandy Mediterranean beaches, between Béziers and Narbonne, and Montpellier and Carcassonne.

Each of these quintessentially French villages have a unique charm and personality - and they are just waiting to be sketched!

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Event Series Croquis Café

Croquis Café – Quarante

Quarante Quarante, France

Croquis Café workshops offer you the chance to sketch in a friendly café (or outside if the weather is fine).  For a fun 2 hours and in a small like-minded group, you will learn new skills and develop your creative confidence with both drawing and watercolour techniques.

Get Tickets 30,00€ – 95,00€
Event Series Croquis Café

Croquis Café – Saint-Chinian

Saint Chinian Saint Chinian

Croquis Café workshops offer you the chance to sketch in a friendly café (or outside if the weather is fine).  For a fun 2 hours and in a small like-minded group, you will learn new skills and develop your creative confidence with both drawing and watercolour techniques.

Get Tickets 30,00€
Event Series Croquis Café

Croquis Café – Puisserguier

Puisserguier Puisserguier, France

Croquis Café workshops offer you the chance to sketch in a friendly café (or outside if the weather is fine).  For a fun 2 hours and in a small like-minded group, you will learn new skills and develop your creative confidence with both drawing and watercolour techniques.

Get Tickets 30,00€ – 95,00€
Event Series Croquis Café

Croquis Café -Capestang

Capestang Capestang, France

Croquis Café workshops offer you the chance to sketch in a friendly café (or outside if the weather is fine).  For a fun 2 hours and in a small like-minded group, you will learn new skills and develop your creative confidence with both drawing and watercolour techniques.

Get Tickets 30,00€ – 95,00€

La Vie en Rose, Assignan

Assignan Assignan, France

A fun workshop in Assignan, also known as 'Village Castigno' - a wine-making village painted in the colours of wine! 

Get Tickets 60,00€

French Village Sketchbook – August 2025

Quarante Quarante, France

Join me to sketch life in France as it happens in and around this charming wine-making village where I live.   This is the time of the grape harvest - the days are warm and the vineyards are buzzing with activity as local winemakers seize the moment to pick the grapes.   Soak up the atmosphere and fill your sketchbook with images of local views, people, food, old cobbled streets, buildings and markets.  I'll share ink and watercolour techniques for both beginners and more experienced travel sketchers - loads of fun with line and colour!

Get Tickets 75,00€ – 199,00€