| Most leisure artists have been on a workshop or | | | | small part of it. Surely touring around with leisurely |
| too, it's how you grow your skills really isn't it? | | | | stopovers in several different locations can only |
| We are constantly seeking betterment and a | | | | enhance your artistic senses! |
| workshop is a great way to spend a few hours | | | | A painting workshop is the place to hone up on a |
| picking the brains of a professional artist and | | | | particular technique, to indulge your learning needs |
| learning from their experiences. Sometimes an | | | | but a painting holiday is the best way to combine |
| artist will offer a holiday workshop where a few | | | | vacation with hobby. Traveling artists I feel, should |
| intrepid artists can join them at some lovely spot, | | | | get a great look at their chosen holiday country |
| sometimes in their near vicinity but more often | | | | not just one little corner of it, they need to |
| nowadays far from home. Once there the | | | | experience what a country has to offer, in the |
| students enjoy a tutoring session of anything | | | | safety of a group tour where the painting |
| from a few hours to several days based in that | | | | locations have been carefully selected for your |
| one particular area. As I see it a painting | | | | artistic pleasure. A good painting holiday should |
| workshop is a fairly static affair of studio work | | | | offer: |
| with some plein-air work around a base town. | | | | - Distinctly different locations to paint from |
| Now a Painting Holiday on the other hand, as I see | | | | - Tours arranged with a tour guide so you can |
| it is for someone who wants to take a holiday | | | | see the sights in each area |
| abroad with a group of people who enjoy the | | | | - A local artist/tutor who can guide you in the |
| same interest in painting, you want to learn more | | | | know how of painting in their country |
| than you already know but you also want to | | | | A watercolour painting holiday combines great |
| enjoy the sights and sounds of an exotic location. | | | | tutelage plus it lets you experience the feel of the |
| Painting is important to the holiday pleasure but so | | | | country. It should saturate your mind with images |
| too is the desire to actually see the country and | | | | that will inspire your paintings for years to come. |
| its people. It's a crying shame to travel miles | | | | For just such a holiday you could start by looking |
| away to another country and only get to see one | | | | at South African Painting Holidays. |