2010 Pastel Painting Workshops

Should you wish to consider a more exotic (10 days) vacation style workshop, complete with all meals, lodging, ground transportation and instruction, from Steve, on Korcula Island, Croatia, please contact me or visit www.slikamilina.ca for details and photos of last year’s “Croatia Painting Experience”. You will need to reserve your space soon the deadline August 15th as this is limited to 8 artists (14 people total to allow for spouses, friends).

We begin and end the workshop in beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia, with an expertly led city walking tour of Dubrovnik the last day. The whole remaining days are spent on Korcula Island, painting at jaw dropping sites from old monasteries, gorgeous harbors filled with colorful wooden boats, to vineyards and ancient villages around the island. The homemade food (and handcrafted wine) is simply fantastic at Lovric's Bed and Breakfast, where we all stay while on the island. I am still working from over 1,000 reference photos taken in Croatia during the '09 trip. You can view some of those paintings by visiting Agora Gallery in New York City, where some will be showing at my upcoming exhibit July 23rd - Aug 13th, 2010.

You only need to book RT airfare to Dubrovnik and the airlines are offering some great deals at present. Try this web site (our personal favorite) www.yapta.com to start tracking airfares on multiple carriers. It is highly recommended to plan extra days (either before and/or after) for just traveling around Croatia, Albania, Greece, to the south, Slovenia, Italy to the north and west. You won't regret enjoying any of these beautiful countries, especially without the crowds of summer tourists, but with gorgeous early fall weather designed just for you and your easel! It is still quite warm (most days in the 80's) and the light is nothing short of spectacular around the Adriatic!!

Note: The Croatia Art Experience has become an annual traveling/painting/teaching event for me. Certainly, should you desire to go there to paint, but can't make this year's workshop, contact me and we'll put you on the list for 2011 (October, 1st week).