Crème de la Crème Painting Holidays
Looking to broaden your horizons and do something different this year?
How about painting in Venice with top artist Ken Howard? Or going wild on a painting safari in the Masai Mara with Hazel Soan from Watercolour Challenge? These are just two of the unique travel opportunities that we’re offering over the next 12 months. Whether you’re a keen painter or just fancy trying something new, we have an exciting and diverse range of special holidays for artists planned in 2015.
Our painting holidays travel to incredible destinations in Europe and across the world. We work closely with our trip hosts to source the best possible painting locations, from the breathtaking Swiss Alps to the colourful streets of India during the Holi Festival.
There are plenty of incredible trips to choose from, so, if you haven’t yet decided where to go on holiday in 2015, then why not have a look at our exclusive 2015 painting holidays?
Exclusive opportunities to paint abroad with top artists
We have been organising trips exclusively for The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines for almost 30 years. Each is carefully researched, unpackaged in that there is one departure date and caringly managed by an accompanying travel escort. If you have travelled with us before then you’ll know that you are made to feel part of a very special family and all the arrangements are conductive to a highly productive painting holiday. If it’s the first time you’ll be travelling with us then you’ll have a very special holiday beyond anything you have ever experienced.
What makes our painting holidays so unique is that they’re hosted by the UK’s top professional artists and tutors. Nowhere else can you paint abroad with Ken Howard RA, Peter Brown NEAC, Pamela Kay NEAC, Hazel Soan and David Bellamy in 2015.
Below is the list of this year’s collection and the current availability. Everything is included except lunches and our holidays are fully ATOL protected.
View more details on our exclusive painting holidays.
For the full trip itineraries and registration forms:
Telephone: 01825 714310
Email: art@spencerscott.co.uk
Paint in India with Ken Howard RA
28th February – 16th March 2015
Capture ‘Holi’ – the Festival of Colours, street scenes and palaces in the white-marbled lakeside city of Udaipur and the sacred sandstone city of Varanasi on the River Ganges.
Price: £6,395 / US$10,250
2 places available
Paint the medieval architecture in Assisi with Hazel Soan
25th April – 4th May 2015
Assisi has a wealth of medieval and Renaissance architecture within its walled centre that makes it an excellent base for a painting holiday.
Price: £2,495 / US$4,000
Fully booked
Paint in Arles with Peter Brown NEAC
2 – 11 May 2015
An exclusive opportunity to work alongside Peter Brown aka ‘Pete The Street’; a highly respected figurative painter, in Arles – a town with a rich diversity of painting material so favoured by Van Gogh and Gauguin.
Price: £2,395 / US$3,800
3 places available
Paint the gardens & chateaux in Northern France with Pamela Kay NEAC
10th – 16th June 2015
Normandy has distinctive architecture and some of France’s best kept secret gardens as well as Monet’s at Giverny and the banks of the Seine River, which are a painter’s delight. Private coach from the UK – No flights.
Price: £2,895 / US$4,650
2 places available
Paint The Alps and Zermatt with David Bellamy & Jenny Keal
4th – 11th July 2015
The pretty mountain village of Zermatt is glorious in the summer and a network of cable cars and mountain railways enable you to get really close to the Matterhorn and other mountain peaks. Two tutors will accompany you on this trip.
Price: £2,795 / US$4500
1 place available
Paint in Venice with Ken Howard RA
29 August – 5 September 2015 & 5 – 12 September 2015
Work alongside one of the best figurative painters of his generation in the location he is most famous for. The light and architecture of Venice never fails to inspire Ken. Let it provide inspiration for you too, on this incredible painting holiday.
Price: £2,995/ US$4,795
5 places available (on both trips)
Wildlife Painting Safari in the Masai Mara with Hazel Soan
26th September – 7th October 2015
You will fall in love with Africa in the Masai Mara – the landscape is beautiful, the skies are dramatic and the plains are teaming with wildlife. Staying at a luxury tented camp with a waterhole perfect for painting wildlife.
Price: £7,495 / US$12,000
2 places available
Advance notice – 2016
Paint in Collioure, South of France with Lachlan Goudie
14 – 22 May 2016
A young talented artist hosting a forthcoming painting TV series. The small picturesque town of Collioure on the Mediterranean coast has something to inspire all painters.
Price: To be advised
10 – 14 students