Join printmaking and drawing specialist Sam Marshall as she returns to South West France for a week of experimentation with linocut and drypoint, creating beautiful artworks inspired by your surroundings. The emphasis is on exploration, play, and developing your own visual language. We begin with simple, accessible sketchbook exercises, helping you loosen up, observe more closely, and enjoy the process of drawing without pressure. As the week unfolds, these drawings become the foundation for your prints, moving through experimental drypoint into more considered linocut work. You’ll be introduced to a range of materials and approaches, with plenty of time to experiment, make mistakes, and discover what excites you. With individual guidance, you can work at your own pace.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Sam Marshall
Cost: 2195€ to 3295€ for accommodation + 500€ tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Abstract art transforms complex visual ideas into minimalist compositions by stripping away detail to focus purely on: Line, form, color, and texture. Monotype painting (using wax color sticks on a heated plate) is a fast, dynamic, and highly rewarding process. The method is easy and highly engaging for artists of all skill levels. Day-1 Structure: Covers equipment setup, monotype safety, color stick application, masking techniques, and paper selection. Day-2 Structure: Dives into minimalist expression, translating natural forms or imagined spaces into line, form, color & texture, mood-driven surfaces with ample painting time and personalized feedback.
 
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Instructor: Jorge Luis Bernal
Cost: $545.00 Tax & materials included
Sponsor: Jorge Luis Bernal Studio & Workshops
Website, email, 301-821-3999

Join printmaker Megan Hunter for an intimate, hands-on etching retreat in the beautiful Umbrian countryside. Suitable for beginners, returning printmakers and artists wishing to extend their practice, you’ll develop an original design, transfer it to copper, explore line etching and mark-making, etch, ink and print your own edition on an etching press. With personalised guidance and plenty of studio time, you’ll build practical skills while creating an edition of original prints to take home. Stay in a beautifully restored historic villa overlooking the Umbrian hills, with chef-prepared meals, wine and olive-oil tastings, and excursions to medieval hill towns. All materials, tuition, accommodation, meals, wine and activities included. A small-group creative retreat combining printmaking, Italian culture and slow travel.
 
Location: Panicale, Italy
Instructor: Megan Hunter
Cost: €1200- €3000
Sponsor: Ink & paper Italy
Website, email, +39 3339401890

"Abstract Art: A Sense of Place" Encaustic Monotype Workshop by instructor Jorge Luis Bernal is a 2-day studio intensive that explores emotional and conceptual connections to physical environments through heated wax printmaking. This educational class focuses away from traditional replication to give artists the tools to distill complex ideas of "home" and "nation" into layered, expressive abstractions. Day 1: Foundations & Techniques. Day 2: Expression & Application: Dive into conceptual expression using photos or imagined spaces for inspiration. Painting goes beyond merely recording a physical location. Enjoy ample painting time and personalized feedback through direct Q&A sessions with Jorge throughout the workshop.
 
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Instructor: Jorge Luis Bernal
Cost: $545.00 Tax & materials included
Sponsor: Jorge Luis Bernal Studio & Workshops
Website, email, 301-821-3999

Join Emily Robertson for a week of Lino Cut Design and Printing at Atelier Clos Mirabel. Emily will demonstrate the full lino printmaking process; from drawing designs and carving to colour mixing and printing by hand. Throughout the week you will be encouraged to have fun and experiment. Emily will be available to answer questions, troubleshoot and guide and encourage you in your own creative journey. This course is suitable for any level of experience. You will not only leave with a set of your own prints, but you will also have been taught techniques that can easily be used back home, as well as ways to improve the quality and consistency of your prints. All materials included.
 
Location: Pau, France
Instructor: Emily Robertson
Cost: 2195€ to 3295€ for accommodation + 500€ tuition fee
Sponsor: Atelier Clos Mirabel
Website, email, +33.6.79.59.04.91

Join printmaker Megan Hunter for a six-night botanical printmaking retreat in a historic Umbrian villa, exploring plant forms, colour, texture and composition through botanical monoprinting. Working directly from local flora and the surrounding landscape, you’ll experiment with layered imagery and create original botanical prints, part artwork, part visual field journal and record of time in Italy. Alongside hands-on studio sessions, you’ll join botanical walks and herbal workshops with a medicinal herbalist, exploring traditional plant lore and uses. Enjoy excursions to Etruscan hilltop and lakeside villages, wine and olive-oil tastings, and chef-prepared meals. Suitable for beginners and experienced artists alike. A small-group creative retreat combining botanical printmaking, plant lore, Italian culture and slow travel.
 
Location: Panicale, Italy
Instructor: Megan Hunter
Cost: €1200- €3100
Sponsor: Ink & Paper Italy
Website, email, +39 3339401890