Watercolor Sketching in Croatia
With Leslie Fehling
Azure blue water, majestic mountains, and charming seaside villages all await you on this sketching trip to Croatia, a country of stunning beauty and rich cultural history.
May 15-24, 2023 NOW FULL
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Island of Korcula, Croatia
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Tour Cost: 3150 euros. (Shared room option – section 5) + single supplement fee
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Non-painting partners: €2950
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Single Supplement Fee: €550 (please read our General Conditions, Section 5)
Full payment due: March 15, 2023
Deposit to reserve your spot: €300 (non-refundable unless tour is cancelled by Slikamilina)
Meet your tour companion Undine Mader
For ten long, relaxing days, we’ll visit pristine natural areas, beautiful sandy beaches, and medieval towns, recording it all on the pages of your own illustrated travel journal.
When you travel as an artist, rather than just a tourist, it changes what you see and how you experience a place. You’ll begin to notice details, marvel at light and shadows, and see possibilities for compositions everywhere.
About the tour
From the time we are picked up in Cavtat for the transfer to the Island of Korčula, all details will be taken care of, leaving us free to focus on painting and relaxing. It’s the best way to travel!
Instead of snapping a photo and quickly moving on, you’ll take the time to soak up your surroundings as you sketch what resonates with you. And when you return home, you’ll open up that sketchbook, and the memories will come flooding in.
On May 15th we’ll head up coast to the Island of Korcula, where our base will be in the town of Korčula. Our hotel is a mere 50 yards from the sea and many of the rooms have balconies and sea views (book early for the best selection!)
From the time we are picked up in Cavtat for the transfer to the Island of Korčula, all details will be taken care of, leaving us free to focus on painting and relaxing. It’s the best way to travel!
During our eight days on Korcula, we’ll explore different parts of the island, painting on location each morning. Afternoons will be spent in a variety of ways: sketching, watching a painting demo on location, going on a walking tour of a village, visiting a monastery, watching a jewelry-making demonstration, and enjoying wine-tasting at a local winery.
When we return to our lodging later in the afternoon, there will be time to relax before the evening meal. These will be full days, but not frantically busy ones. We won’t be rushing from one place to the next, trying to squeeze in everything in the guidebook. We will have one free day in the middle of the tour for you to do any touristy things you might like to do. This tour offers a slower pace of travel, with plenty of plein air sketching time, making this a trip where you actually will have time to create that travel journal you’ve been dreaming of for years.
During our time together, my teaching will focus on illustrated watercolor journaling and how to create a colorful, varied, and personal record of your experiences on the trip. You’ll learn how to design dynamic pages with unique layouts, borders, and hand-lettering styles, and I’ll offer daily demonstrations of techniques for painting the subject matter you’ll encounter each day.
Best of all, everyone will receive a beautiful full-color spiral-bound handbook containing all of the information covered in the workshop. It’s filled with great ideas for designing awesome journal pages, and it includes a section of helpful step-by-step painting instructions showing you how to paint the textures, colors, and beauty of Croatia.
From the time we are picked up in Cavtat for the transfer to the Island of Korčula, all details will be taken care of, leaving us free to focus on painting and relaxing. It’s the best way to travel!
On the last day of the tour (May 24th), we’ll be transferred back to Cavtat (arriving around 4pm) before flying home the next day.
With my enthusiastic support, encouragement, and assistance, even if you’re a beginning watercolorist, you’ll surprise yourself with what you can do!
So, if you’d like to improve your painting skills, learn more about keeping a travel sketchbook, and have more fun than you can imagine exploring the unspoiled island of Korcula, I hope you’ll join me for this “Watercolor Sketching in Croatia” workshop.