Art Safari

Lindsey Bucknor returns to Woodbridge to take you out and about in Suffolk and explore your photography further.  The focus of this workshop is very practical and aims for you to take the best photos, using composition, light and technique to achieve photos worthy of framing later. 

Over this 2-day workshop, we will explore the photogenic Suffolk coast with our cameras, working on techniques for long exposures to capture movement at the tideline.  We will also visit the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary and spend time with the magnificent birds of prey – photographing a selection of owls and hawk’s close-up and on the wing. 

Cost £145 for two days tuition (lunch is not included)

Must be pre-booked on 01394 382235 or info@artsafari.co.uk

The Arctic autumn is a wonderful display of colour as the sunrises and sunsets become longer and longer, with yellows dissolving into oranges, often giving extraordinary mauves and purples in the fjords at low light.  The colours of the landscape are magnificent, and as the first snow arrives in September/ October, russet leaves give way to distant snowy mountains in the background.

As the nights begin to darken and if it is clear, there’s a good chance of seeing the glowing Aurora dance across the skies in luminous green bands – it’s quite simply breath-taking!  So, we hope you’ll be sketching stunning autumnal landscapes by day and the spectacular northern lights by night.  

Our base is a peaceful waterfront farmstead on Kvaløya island surrounded by beautiful north Norwegian wilderness, approximately 50 minutes from Tromso.  We have a light airy studio space at the Farmstead to work on our sketches, which enjoys panoramic views of the sea and mountains.

Artist tutor Karen Pearson will lead sketching walks into the surrounding countryside, take you to visit local art studios showing paintings, glass and ceramics, and take a trip into Tromso to some of her favourite sketching spots including the Arctic-Alpine Botanical Gardens and museums.  Walking and photography opportunities abound.

Tour Cost from £1165 to 1365 pp sharing (non-painting partner £1061)

Single Room Supplement from £365 to £467

(Room choices vary and affect the prices)

Call 01394 382235 to book your place.

Art Safari are delighted to be venturing to Southern Italy for the first time in October  with artist James Willis. We begin our painting days in Matera – the European Capital of Culture for 2019.  We stay for four nights at a boutique hotel in Sasso Barisano, in the historic heart of Matera.  This is a fantastic location for exploring and painting  the elegant architecture of this fascinating city, and visiting the ancient cave dwellings and rock churches carved into the Gravina Gorge.  James will take you to his favourite painting locations. In Puglia we are in the countryside at a stone Masseria (fortified farmhouse) for 5 nights, pale golden dry-stone walls shelter tranquil gardens and an inviting swimming pool.  With James’s guidance and contagious enthusiasm, sketchbooks will fill with views of white-washed hill-top towns, olive groves, vineyards, orchards and Trulli – traditional dry-stone huts with conical beehive roofs.  We visit a charming harbour to paint the ultramarine inshore octopus fishing boats in the Adriatic seaport of Monopoli. Tour cost: from £2507 per person sharing excl. flights (double bed only) Single room supplement: £300  Call 01394 382235 to book your place.

Printing is exciting, totally involving and so very satisfying!  Come and learn all about simple print techniques and be amazed at how you can print a mini-edition of your work on this three-day course with artist Mary-Anne Bartlett at the Art Safari Studio in Woodbridge.

Mary-Anne will guide you through the process of printing with simplicity and style.  Working in woodcut, lino and monotype, you learn how to simplify your image and separate your colours to make both monochrome prints as well as layering different colours.  The design and cutting process is an exciting puzzle which will unfold in clear stages until you are ready to print – and then the magic becomes more and more intense as the print takes form.

Bring strong images from your sketchbook or paintings to work from and to create your own unique multiples.  You might have an image from an Art Safari sketchbook from around the world, a design that you want to develop, or simply a sketch of flowers in your garden that is just waiting to make it into print.

In the evenings we like to go out to nearby restaurants – optional/not included.

Cost £285 inc VAT for your tuition, and includes printing materials for workshop use, tea/coffee/cake

Call 01394 382235 to book your place.

Join artist and explorer Mary-Anne Bartlett on her third Art Safari to Japan.

We travel to Japan during the ‘autumn-leaves-viewing’ months.  Colours range from brilliant yellow, to lime greens, to reds, oranges, pinks and magentas.  Moss gardens and chrysanthemums take on extra brilliance.  In many ways more colourful than the blossom of Spring at this time, Japan is also less crowded.

On this Art Safari adventure we explore beautiful areas of Japan, stopping to paint the temples and sketch the gardens of Kyoto, sweeping landscapes of the snow peaked valleys of the Japanese Alps, and curious snow monkeys bathing in hot springs. 

 The November light is amazing for painting Fuji, as shafts of light cross its volcanic skirts, and also for the rest of the country, it’s crisp, bright and extraordinarily colourful.

Tour cost: from £4784 per person sharing excl. flights

Single room supplement: £662 

Call 01394 382235 to book your place.

This Art Safari is packed full of visual treats and new experiences.  Artist and India traveller Maxine Relton will guide you through a landscape of romantic water palaces, imposing hilltop forts, ornately decorated temples, tribal villages, and flamboyant streets and markets.  She will take you off the beaten track and introduce you to people, artists and organisations that will give you a taste for the real spirit of this inspiring and vibrant country.  Along the way you will learn the exciting art of vivid, rapid sketching and create a sketchbook of wonderful memories.

The majority of our time is spent in small heritage hotels where you’ll experience a more authentic taste of Rajasthan.  These hotels combine modern comforts with old world charm and showcase the beautiful architectural and decorative features of these bygone palatial residences.  Often, you’ll be hosted by maharajas and maharanis!

Tour cost: from £3395 per person sharing (excl. flights)

Single room supplement: £1138

Internal flights from/to Mumbai £300 (not included)

Call 01394 382235 to book your place.