Painting Mallorca in Watercolor

A Sketchbook Journaling Workshop with Karen Ramsay

Come join us and capture Mallorca in watercolor! As we fill our art travel journals with sketching and watercolors, Karen will give us tips and tricks for improving this special skill. Sketching on location, while traveling, is an art form that you can take with you on every future trip. The daily sketches that you create will become a treasured visual diary of your travel.

Karen Ramsay

From an early age, Karen Ramsay has had a love for drawing and painting. She is a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver and has been featured in the Big Sky Journal as an "Artist of the West”. Other accolades include: Paint The Poudre: People's Choice Award, Wild About Colorado: Best of Show and the Colorado Watercolor Society: Member Show Award.

Our lodging: Es Petit

Es Petit Hotel is a small hotel with a perfect location in the center of Valldemossa. Coffee shops, restaurants, boutiques, and art galleries are located right outside the hotel. The deck with magnificent views overlooking the valley will be our gathering point in the afternoons as we return from our daily painting excursions.

About the area

The island of Mallorca has always attracted painters, writers, poets, musicians and other artists. Some artists who have chosen to make Mallorca their home include Frederic Chopin, Joan Miro, and the writer Robert Graves!

The island offers everything from large city living in the capital Palma to quaint village life in small towns like Deia, Fornalutx and Valldemossa.

ART!

Please find some of Karen's paintings and sketches below.

FACTS ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP:

Workshop: "Painting Mallorca in Watercolor", A Sketchbook Journaling workshop in Mallorca, Spain

Dates: 9/28 - 10/5, 2024

Instructor: Karen Ramsay

Medium: Sketchbook Journaling, watercolor

Lodging: Es Petit, Valldemossa, Mallorca

Closest airport: Palma, Mallorca

Price: $ 3,890 after Early Bird Discount

The price includes:

7 night lodging in shared double room

7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners

Wine with dinner

6 days art instruction

All excursions, museum entrances and other programs during the week.

All local transportation including round trip airport transfer to and from Palma.

Folding chairs to use in Mallorca.

Single supplement: $ 550

Not included:

Airline tickets

Transportation to and from your departure airport

Any pre-tour hotel costs

Travel insurance

Meals not listed above

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND THE AREA:

During this week in Mallorca, we will explore the island, its many scenic areas - from the gorgeous views over the Mediterranean Sea to the small quaint towns in the Tramuntana mountain range:

Fornalutx, one of the prettiest villages of Spain, with its cobbled streets and terracotta roofs, surrounded by well-tended orange and lemon groves. The artist town of Deia, home to celebrities such as Michael Douglas, perched in a ravine at the foot of the Teix mountain, with views out to the Mediterranean below and with an interesting museum dedicated to the writer Robert Graves. Valldemossa, once a home for Frederic Chopin and George Sands, with art galleries, a 400 year old olive estate, outdoor cafes and restaurants. Soller, a charming town with an impressive cathedral, dating from the 1200s and a botanical garden with many endangered local plant species. Palma, once a laid-back capital, now a cosmopolitan city, with a bustling city center and a preserved old town.

For questions or to sign up: please contact us at alpinecreativetours@gmail.com.

Early Bird discount of $200 extended until 2/29/24.