Creative holidays made with love
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We organise everything because it allows you to focus on your learning experience.
All our drawing holidays are for small groups, giving you one to one support with your drawing and painting while having a relaxing and creatively rewarding holiday. We take you to draw in places that will inspire and challenge you. In the evenings we have structured, informal tutorials where we talk about drawing, idea development and related issues. You will get individual support with all aspects of your drawing practice, sketching, painting and, if relevant, your design and concept development. Our aim is to promote individual and sensitive responses to new experience. |
And if you are a beginner that's no problem. We tailor the drawing tasks to suit your level of confidence and ability, in order to help you grow.
We have expert knowledge of our locations and so we can reward you with the best activities and authentic experiences each destination has to offer. Art holidays are a sensational way to meet like-minded people, and work equally well for solo travellers and groups of friends. We have some exciting new ideas for next year including drawing in Chernobyl and a trip we're calling the Northern Loop which will take us by train from Lithuania to Estonia via, Russia and Finland. Please let us know if you're interested! Meanwhile see below for our forthcoming unique drawing destinations. Or for information about our new projects and news, join our exclusive mailing list here. |
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Chernobyl and Kiev 🇺🇦 5 nights £590
4th - 9th May 2020 Drawing in Chernobyl sounds like a scary and nightmarish idea, but if you're anything like us, the beauty and poetry of derelict spaces is haunting and magical. And yes, it's perfectly safe to visit! ❤️ 💚 💚 💚💚 💚 💚 💚 7 places left Click here for more information |
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Northern Loop 🇱🇹🇷🇺🇫🇮🇪🇪 12 nights £995
15th - 27th May 2020 A 12 night trip by train and ferry from Lithuania to Tallinn in Estonia, via Russia and Finland. A fabulous creative adventure! This trip is not for the faint-hearted. Hard core travelling and hard core drawing for this one! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 💚 💚 💚 💚 4 places left Click here for more information |
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Galicia - Life-drawing 🇪🇸 4 nights £465
8th - 12th June This is a drawing holiday with a focus on life-drawing in the beautiful old town of Pontevedra in Northern Spain. During our visit we will have 10 hours of structured sessions at the University of Vigo with a model, and tutorials in the evenings after class. ❤️ ❤️ 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 6 places left Click here for more information |
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Krakow 🇵🇱 4 nights £335
21st - 25th June 2020 Krakow in southern Poland, is a beautiful drawing location with a fascinating and tragic history. The old town is picture perfect and the Jewish quarter is still haunted by it's tragic past. Stunning museums, friendly people and great bars and restaurants make this one of our favourite cities in Europe. ❤️ ❤️ 💚 💚 💚💚 💚 💚 6 places left Click here for more information |
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Spain for teachers 🇪🇸 7 nights £595
20th - 27th August 2020 This one is in the school holidays so is ideal for teachers! We can focus on personal development but also working with ways to develop stronger teaching strategies to encourage students to be more confident with their drawing and design learning. 💚 💚 💚 💚 4 places available Click here for more information |
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Spain 🇪🇸 7 nights £495
Sept 16th - 23rd 2020 Imagine sitting outside a quiet cafe with a glass of wine, drawing in the sunshine.. that's what this trip is all about! Quiet and peaceful, the pace is slow. I can guarantee that the weather will be perfect. Be creative in the sunshine! 💚 💚 💚 💚 4 places available Click here for more information |
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Bali 🇮🇩 18 nights £1,545
mid October 2020 Bali is a tropical paradise and a perfect destination for a drawing holiday. It has a deeply spiritual culture, with friendly and welcoming people. An exotic location that is visually stunning. The pace of this trip is slow and meditative with the opportunity to do workshops in jewellery, Balinese cooking, Batik, or for the more adventurous a scuba diving course to earn your PADI certificate. 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 8 places available Click here for more information |
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Angkor Wat - Cambodia 🇹🇭 🇰🇭 16 nights £1,690
Information and dates coming soon The stuff that dreams are made of! This World Heritage Site is second to none and is the largest religious site in the world. We'll start in Bangkok and go overland visiting Thailand on the way. This will be a fabulous drawing adventure. 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 8 places available Click here to register your interest |
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Secret Destination 5 nights £395
Information and dates coming soon 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 8 places available Click here to register your interest |
Why should you come on a drawing escape?
to be inspired
to learn how to draw from observation
because you want to have a holiday that's useful
because you feel stuck in a rut
because you're unsure about your creative direction
because you want to learn about colour
because you want to travel with an expert
because all of our trips are carbon neutral
because you want to be more creative
to foster your creative soul
to see the world with fresh eyes!
to invest in broadening your experience
to be challanged with new approaches to drawing and recording experience
to develop new strategies for the application of drawing in a design context
to develop personal ways of recording responses to new environments
to meet like-minded people with similar aspirations and problems
to build your self-confidence
to explore new materials in new environments
to learn new teaching methods
to experience the spiritual and meditative nature of drawing
to explore narrative and meaning in image making
to break old habits and form new ones
to learn how to see
to relax
to be
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