illustrated map by Christina Lopp
drawing on board "Vision"
hiking, break for lunch & painting
our docent teaching about the birds on Anacapa
drawing in Lobos Canyon on Santa Rosa Island
learning "sighting" on a hike in Lobos Canyon, Santa Rosa Island
our zodiac boat, the main transportation to the islands
more drawing onboard Vision
beautiful calm waters around Santa Cruz Island
lots of room to draw on board!
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Next trip: May 19 - 21, 2008
NOTE: This retreat is sold out; we are taking waiting list names only
Join us for our fourth annual 2008 Illustrated Watercolor Journaling excursion to the Channel Islands National Park off the coast of Santa Barbara, California for three days and nights of drawing, painting, hiking, kyaking, snorkeling and cruising on and around the rugged islands.
We will be motoring aboard Truth Aquatic's boat "Vision" a 88-foot long dive boat to visit California's Channel Islands. This boat is an alternative to the floating hotel-like atmosphere of cruise ships, this type of cruising offers a more intimate communion with the ocean and its creatures. We will be staying on board in simple bunks below deck with open berthing, with pillows, blankets, privacy curtains and reading lights provided.
We are chartering the boat Vision for a three-day journey on and around these islands May 19 - 21, 2008, teaching our Illustrated Watercolor Journaling class and getting lots of practice drawing the beautiful nature all around us. We will have a naturalist and docent on board to escort us onto parts of the island that very few people ever see with plenty of time to sketch and paint images of our journey.
The Channel Islands are truly an experience in untouched natural beauty; incorporating hundreds of miles of unspoiled island coastlines and species of wildlife found nowhere else on earth. Each individual island has its own charm, lore, wildlife and geography. It is a perfect place to sketch and paint, with all the unique flora and fauna to capture in your journal with your unique vision of your journey.
Cost: $549 (Save $50 if you register and pay in full by December 31, 2007; $499)
Cost includes three night's stay aboard Vision, three wonderful meals a day on Monday, Tuesday and two on Wednesday before we arrive back in Santa Barbara around 5pm (plus great snacks, desserts, and coffee, tea and drinks throughout the trip). Cost also includes several short classes in quick sketch, blind contour, watercolor techniques, journal layout and other drawing techniques as well as lots of one-on-one instruction with instructors if requested. Paper, pens and watercolors will be available for use from our class set. You might want to bring a journal, pens and watercolors of your own. We will have some supplies for sale on board as well.
Not included in the cost: Tip for crew (somewhere around $50 for 3 days) and dinner on Sunday night in Santa Barbara.
Basic Intinerary
Sunday, May 18, 2008
- We recommend visiting our favorite art supply store, “Art Essentials” for any last minute art supplies (which closes at 5pm on Sundays)
- We can recommend a restaurant if you'd like to meet other class members before joining us on the boat.
- 8:00pm: Join us at the Santa Barbara Harbor to board the Vision. 8pm is the earliest anyone can board the boat.
Monday, May 19, 2008
- At 4am (while we all sleep) the Vision will leave the Harbor and head out to our first island.
- At 8am we will arrive, have breakfast, pack our lunch for our first hike and have our first drawing lesson either on board, or on the shore of whichever island we arrive at. We will hike and do quick sketches along the way of the flora and fauna.
- Dinner will be back on board Vision after the hike. An evening drawing/painting lesson in the galley. Travel to another either in the evening or the next morning depending on weather.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- Breakfast on board Vision, excursions onto another island, including more drawing & painting demos.
- Lunch on the Vision. Afternoon lesson on color.
- Dinner on the Vision and sharing.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
- Travel to another island
- Excursions onto the island for hiking, kayaking in the bay, etc.
- Another lesson on topics not yet discussed, demos and sharing.
- Leave islands around 2:30pm, arrive back in Santa Barbara Harbor around 5pm.
"Jack and I had such a wonderful time on our trip with you to the Channel Islands. We were pleasantly surprised to see so many whales, dolphins, and seals which our great boat crew drew to our attention. The food onboard was as fabulous as you promised. It was great to have Inga to provide us with education on all the plants and other wild life on land. I will never forget the hike into Lobo Canyon and all its beauty.
As usual, you made us all feel comfortable with any attempt to capture our experience with pen and water color, and added to our knowledge and confidence. You even got my husband to attempt to give drawing and painting a try! He had not picked up pen or paint to draw since grade school."
-- Gail and Jack McKay, students on the 2005 trip
Special trip cancellations: Because of the nature of special trips, such as the chartered boat to the Channel Island trip, cancellations must be made 60 days in advance. If a cancellation is made more than 60 days in advance, you will receive a full refund minus a $25 processing fee. Any cancellation made less than 60 days in advance of the beginning of the trip will receive a 50% refund. Any cancellation made less than 30 days in advance of the beginning of the trip will receive 25% refund. Any cancellation made after 30 days in advance of the beginning of the trip will not receive a refund.
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