Develop your artistic skills and enjoy a week’s break in the unspoiled heart of Spain. Beautiful countryside and rural villages provide an abundance of subjects to paint or sketch. During the week, you will receive a minimum of 22 hours tutoring in a reduced group (max 10 participants) and have 24 hour access to the studio. This friendly, relaxed and creative holiday offers a flexible selection of options scheduled for the week so every student’s needs and interests are met. All materials and equipment are provided. In addition there is a culinary element to this holiday, with deliciuos mediterranean food. This is a chance to celebrate all the tastes and traditions of Extremadura, guided by inspiring local hosts.
 
Location: Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres, Spain
Instructor: Granada Munoz
Cost: 1250€
Sponsor: Las Paulinas CB
Website, email, 0034 667 617 493

Join us as we return to the island of Mallorca for our fifth year at La Serranía. Located in the foothills of the Tramuntana Mountains and just 10 minutes from the coast, we will spend a week together drawing, painting and walking the gardens and beaches of northwest Mallorca. Finding inspiration in the Mediterranean environment we will create artwork that captures our personal response to what we have experienced. Evenings are filled with wine tastings, local delicacies and discussions about the history of the island and the country of Spain.
 
Location: Mallorca, Spain
Instructor: Meredith Nemirov
Cost: $2375.00
Sponsor: Ridgway Gallery Workshops
Website, email, 970-318-8444

Join me for a magical watercolor sketching & plein air painting adventure! We will tour and paint many spectacular scenes in Barcelona, Girona and Costa Brava, Spain. May 11 - May 21, 2020 with Yuki Hall, TWSA, OWS, WPA. This workshop will be filled with many excursions, guided tours so that non-painting companions can also enjoy. Yuki will help you with painting & sketching throughout the trip. Painters of all levels are welcome.
 
Location: Barcelona, Girona, Costa Brava, Spain
Instructor: Yuki Hall
Cost: $3,400
Website, email, 937-679-2464

A watercolor painting vacation with a difference. Begin with three days in the city of Valencia, where history joins the present and meets the future with the architecture of the City of Arts and Sciences. This is the setting for this most exciting painting tour of "Communidad de Valencia". Followed by another five days painting in the Valencian countryside of the Valle D'Albaida and the Orange Blossom coast. Throughout this ten day painting holiday, paint, enjoy and fully experience the bustle of the historic city, coastal marinas, medieval villages, ancient castles, rice fields (where paella was invented) the rural fields, olive and orange groves. You will not want to miss this unique plein aire painting workshop in Spectacular Spain.
 
Location: Valencia, Spain
Instructor: Keiko Tanabe
Cost: From 2945 Euros per person
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034610857136

Travel to Valle de Albaida, Valencia, and explore various methods and techniques used to create atmosphere in a watercolor painting. Study with artist Keiko Tanabe and paint en plein air in historic towns, medieval villages, ancient castles, rice fields, coastal marinas, olive and orange groves. 8 days | Available in English | All levels| Max. 10 people | Watercolors | Landscape, Townscape. UpTrek Art Retreat inclusions: daily painting classes, workshops, and demonstrations with artist Keiko Tanabe; 7 nights of accommodation; all meals with soft and alcoholic drinks (wine and beer); water, coffee, tea, assorted beverages; aperitifs each evening with local specialties; airport transfers; painting on location trips; private transport to painting locations; access to a fully equipped studio.
 
Location: Valencia, Spain
Instructor: Keiko Tanabe
Cost: $1,640
Sponsor: UpTrek
Website, email, +40757302302

Join me, Lena Thynell, for a week of watercolor painting at the beautiful Garden of Lemons, located in Andalusia, south of Granada, Spain. We will be painting from life, “Plein Air”, capturing what surrounds us. It could be the landscape, the beautiful garden, or the quaint little town. I will give demos focusing on light, contrast, composition and simplification. You will have lots of time to paint. All skill levels are welcome. There will be 6 days of painting and exploring this beautiful place. You will be offered a few inspirational excursions during the week. Bring your spouse or a friend.
 
Location: Valle de Lecrín, Spain
Instructor: Lena Thynell
Website

Come join Brian Murphy for a week long painting adventure in the magnificent Costa Brava, Spain. Learn to loosen up your technique and create Light Filled paintings while also learning how to paint with a Limited Palette. Brian has led numerous painting trips to France, Italy and Ireland and this workshop will continue the tradition of painting and experiencing the natural beauty and culture of this beautiful part of the world. Spend each day discovering the wonderful light the Costa Brava landscape and seascapes provide while learning how to capture that light on your canvas. There will be daily critiques and discussions and Brian will spend part of each day “one on one” with you as you paint the magnificent views.
 
Location: Calella de Palafrugel, Spain
Instructor: Brian Murphy, bmurphy.net
Cost: $3,390
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-483-5713

The best thing about our itinerary for travel sketching in Spain is the sheer breadth of subjects to choose from — that, and the near-magical light and colour of this unique part of the world. In our week together I’ll teach you techniques for capturing the close-up and colourful in villages and towns, as well as the distant and scenic on the magical coast of Costa Brava. We’ll sketch the sea, majestic cliffs, boats, a botanical garden, a castle, a medieval village, etc…In true travel sketching tradition, we’ll pack light — carrying a small bag for art materials and a folding stool (that will be provided). This workshop is designed to give you confidence sketching wherever you are.
 
Location: Calella de Palafrugel, Spain
Instructor: Shari Blaukopf, shariblaukopf.com
Cost: $3,390
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-483-5713

Travel to sunny Andalucia, Spain and learn to paint using watercolors in the lovely whitewashed town of Torrox. Spend your days painting in gorgeous settings, improve your technique while you relax on the beach, paint in Malága and in the beautiful lost village of El Acebuchal. 8 days • Available in English • All levels • Max. 10 people • Watercolors • Landscape, Townscape. UpTrek Art Retreat inclusions: 7 nights of Moorish-style accommodation, 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners, drinks (water, wine), expert tuition, trips for painting on location, airport transfers at pre-arranged times.
 
Location: Torrox, Andalucia, Spain
Instructor: Klaus Hinkel
Cost: $1,200
Sponsor: UpTrek
Website, email, +40741519995

The best thing about our itinerary for travel sketching in Spain is the sheer breadth of subjects to choose from — that, and the near-magical light and colour of this unique part of the world. In our week together I’ll teach you techniques for capturing the close-up and colourful in villages and towns, as well as the distant and scenic on the magical coast of Costa Brava. We’ll sketch the sea, majestic cliffs, boats, a botanical garden, a castle, a medieval village, etc…In true travel sketching tradition, we’ll pack light — carrying a small bag for art materials and a folding stool (that will be provided). This workshop is designed to give you confidence sketching wherever you are.
 
Location: Calella de Palafrugel, Spain
Instructor: Shari Blaukopf, shariblaukopf.com
Cost: $3,390
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-483-5713

Join me, Pablo Garcia Avila at Dalvaro Art retreat, Valencia, Spain for this exciting watercolor course. I´m going to show you how to capture the magic of watercolor painting and composition. So, get ready for this fascinating and completely new perspective on watercolors, color, and paint application. Full accommodation, complimentary airport transfers, all meals, 5 days tuition, 6 night stay in private, en-suite, air-conditioned room. Secure your place with a €175 deposit.
 
Location: Benigánim, Spain
Instructor: Pablo Garcia Avila
Cost: From €1445
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034 610857136

I will be pleased to see you here at my art retreat in Valencia, Spain, for this abstract painting course in oils and acrylic. You may choose to paint in either one or enjoy learning the techniques I use in each one. I thoroughly enjoy painting in these two media and I am sure that you will have a week to remember. We will mix and apply paint to express our moods and feelings while creating artwork to be proud of. Please join me and have a great time. Full accommodation, complimentary airport transfers, all meals, 5 days tuition, 6 night stay in private, en-suite, air-conditioned room. A €175 deposit will secure your place.
 
Location: Benigánim, Spain
Instructor: Loli Alvaro
Cost: From €1295
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034610857136

Join Manolo at Dalvaro Art Retreat in Valencia for this highly recommended 5 day watercolor workshop. In an absolute wonderland of inspiration and relaxation Manolo will hold nothing back on this art workshop. Whatever your level of experience you are bound to thoroughly enjoy and benefit from Manolo's easy going style of teaching. Full accommodation, complimentary airport transfers, all meals, 5 days tuition and 6 night stay in a private, en-suite, air-conditioned room.
 
Location: Benigánim, Spain
Instructor: Manolo Jiménez Sanchés
Cost: From 1547 Euros per person
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034 610857136

Travel to Spain, sketch and paint under a widely exhibited professional painter's guidance, get inspired by the natural wonders of Sierra de Montánchez and unleash your creative potential on a guided painting retreat in a tranquil part of Extremadura. Inclusions: accommodation in a charming finca, 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, and 7 dinners served with local wine, landscape painting workshops with painter Noëlle Griffiths (30 hours tuition), use of studio equipment, art materials, airport transfers from Madrid and/or Seville, all transportation in Sierra de Montánchez, guided tour of Trujillo.
 
Location: Sierra de Montánchez, Extremadura, Spain
Instructor: Noëlle Griffiths
Cost: $950
Sponsor: UpTrek
Website, email, +40741519995

Full accommodation, complimentary transfers, all meals, 5 days tuition, 6 nights stay in private, en-suite, air conditioned room. Join Les at Dalvaro Art Retreat in Valencia for this highly recommended 5 day pastel workshop. Les will show you how to become less preoccupied with extracting every detail and to become more abstract with your work. Think more about composition, light and the balance of shapes while eliminating some of the detail without losing focus on the subject. Join us on this journey which you will certainly find to be continuously creating evolving and inspiring as you develop new skills.
 
Location: Benigánim, Spain
Instructor: Les Darlow
Cost: From 1547 Euros per person
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034 610857136

Travel to sunny Andalucia, Spain and learn to paint using watercolors in the lovely whitewashed town of Torrox. Spend your days painting in gorgeous settings, improve your technique while you relax on the beach, paint in Malága and in the beautiful lost village of El Acebuchal. 8 days • Available in English • All levels • Max. 10 people • Watercolors • Landscape, Townscape. UpTrek Art Retreat inclusions: 7 nights of Moorish-style accommodation, 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners, drinks (water, wine), expert tuition, trips for painting on location, airport transfers at pre-arranged times.
 
Location: Torrox, Andalucia, Spain
Instructor: Klaus Hinkel
Cost: $1,200
Sponsor: UpTrek
Website, email, +40741519995

If you have never been to Spain, but you kind of like their music, this is an ArtisTTable art retreat you will not want to miss. Located at the phenomenal art villa Las Orquideas near Valencia. We will be treated to incredible views, vistas and lush gardens to paint. The property also includes an art studio we will have access too. We will take painting excursions from Las Orquideas to many beautiful spots the region as to offer. Your hosts will be the artists and ArtisTTable founders, Royce Deans and Tali Farchi. The fee includes your accommodations, and ground transportation. Plus an ArtisTTable goodie bag with a sketchbook, all of your meals, unless you decide to eat out.
 
Location: Valencia, Spain
Instructor: Royce Deans and Tali Farchi
Cost: $2100 (Register before 01 February 2020 - $1950)
Sponsor: ArtisTTable
Website, email, 1 231-883-1681

Travel to Spain and engage in sketching and painting lessons over lush corners of the Valencian countryside. Receive expert tuition, various painting demonstrations on location, workshops, complete with accommodation, home-cooked meals, daily en plein air painting trips, and private airport transfers. 8 days | Available in English, Dutch, Hebrew | All levels | Max. 8 people | Watercolors, Acrylics, Gouache | Landscape, Townscape. UpTrek Art Retreat inclusions: 7 nights of accommodation; all meals with drinks ; water supplies; coffee, tea, assorted beverages throughout the day; painting and drawing classes, workshops and demonstrations; painting on location trips; private, air-conditioned transport to painting locations; access to a fully equipped studio; art supplies welcome kit; transfers from/to Valencia Airport or Alicante–Elche Airport.
 
Location: Benigánim, Valencia, Spain
Instructor: Tali Farchi and Royce Deans
Cost: $1,870
Sponsor: UpTrek
Website, email, +40757302302

Travel to Spain, learn to sketch and paint urban landscapes from a widely exhibited professional painter, and get inspired by the exquisite white washed Moorish architecture of Vejer de la Frontera. UpTrek Art Retreat inclusions: 7 nights of accommodation, 7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 7 dinners served with local wine, 30 hours of tuition: urban painting and sketching courses and workshops, use of easels, art boards, sketching stools, water containers, water sprays, basic palettes, aprons, charcoal, A2 paper, sketchbook, poster paint, and ink (for workshops only), tours of Vejer de la Frontera and Cádiz, airport transfers from Seville airport, all transportation in the region.
 
Location: Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
Instructor: Noëlle Griffiths
Cost: $1210
Sponsor: UpTrek
Website, email, +40757302302

Join us and Michal in Valencia for this highly regarded watercolor workshop. He will show you how to capture landscapes differently. Get ready for an exciting, completely new perspective on color, movement and paint application, on location and in the studio, directly with watercolors. You will learn a variety of techniques and different forms of working. With small student numbers the teaching will be personal so no matter what your level, although not suitable for absolute beginners, Michal will quietly and patiently guide everyone through the course each day, including one to one tuition as necessary. Full accommodation, complimentary airport transfers, all meals, tuition and stay in your own private, en-suite, air-conditioned room.
 
Location: Benigánim, Spain
Instructor: Michal Jasiewicz
Cost: From 1547 Euros per person
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034 610857136

Travel to Spain, sketch and paint under a widely exhibited professional painter's guidance, get inspired by the natural wonders of Sierra de Montánchez and unleash your creative potential on a guided painting retreat in a tranquil part of Extremadura. Inclusions: accommodation in a charming finca, 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, and 7 dinners served with local wine, landscape painting workshops with painter Noëlle Griffiths (30 hours tuition), use of studio equipment, art materials, airport transfers from Madrid and/or Seville, all transportation in Sierra de Montánchez, guided tour of Trujillo.
 
Location: Sierra de Montánchez, Extremadura, Spain
Instructor: Noëlle Griffiths
Cost: $950
Sponsor: UpTrek
Website, email, +40741519995

Join me at Dalvaro Art Retreat in Valencia for a genuinely memorable workshop. I get most pleasure when painting plein aire, there is a personal interaction and sense of - I am here, let's do it - this can only happen when you concentrate on the scene and feel your surroundings. With the spectacular scenery in this area we cannot go wrong. We will intersperse studio and location painting with an easy going schedule of demonstrations and exercises, one on one instruction and group tuition designed to build on your ability and increase confidence. your watercolor painting will go to the next level.
 
Location: Benigánim, Spain
Instructor: Konstantin Sterkov
Cost: From 1547 Euros per person
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034 610857136

Come to Valencia with me, David Bellamy, for this exciting watercolor workshop with Dalvaro Art Retreat. My method includes a lot of spontaneity in choosing painting subjects. Therefore the first part of this course will be spent outside on location gathering subjects. I will guide you in choosing a theme, your subject and proceeding with your painting. The subjects will be varied so that there will be something to excite the artist within. Included in this course will be accommodation in private en-suite, air-conditioned rooms, all meals, airport transfers and tuition.
 
Location: Benigánim, Spain
Instructor: David Bellamy
Cost: From 1547 Euros per person
Sponsor: Dalvaro Art Vacations
Website, email, 0034 610857136

This is an opportunity to enjoy a 5-day plein-air intensive urban watercolor workshop in the heart of Barcelona. Professional artist Paul Raymonde and his wife Angela run this unusual city based painting course in one of Europe’s most beautiful metropolis'. The week's curriculum is carefully structured to cover all aspects of technique. Starting with simple value studies it rapidly progresses to full colour paintings. Classes are held in the mornings leaving visitors time to explore the sights and culture of Barcelona. All abilities are welcome.
 
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Instructor: Paul Raymonde
Cost: from €400 EUR
Sponsor: La Terraza Atico
Website, email, +24611360131