Steven Napper’s third annual workshop in Guatemala will be filled with venues and scenic art opportunities throughout the countryside. All artists, beginners to professional, will gain benefits and experiences to last a lifetime. This art workshop will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow artists and to have some “down time” for solitude or for making new friends. Steve’s workshop will include frequent demonstration of his pastel technique, and analyzing your own work.

This art workshop adventure will take you to scenic and colorful places throughout Guatemala. Encounter a world full of color and inspiration as you visit Maya villages, and colorful markets of the Guatemala highlands. Your “home base” studio will be at the beautiful Hotel Atitlán in a thatched roof ranchito, amidst botanical gardens overlooking Lake Atitlán. Surrounded by towering volcanoes, terraced mountainsides and colorful Maya Indian villages… it is a tranquil setting that lends itself to creative awakening and renewal.

Stay in a 16th Century Monastery in the colonial city of Antigua where you will step back into time over 300 years. Founded in 1543, Antigua was one the third most important Spanish colonies in the Americas, ruling over what are now Southern Mexico and all of Central America. More than 30 Monastic orders called Antigua home and built stunning monasteries, convents, and cathedrals in the town. The local markets, quiet courtyards with ornate gardens and the sights and sounds of colonial Spain permeate the atmosphere.

Travel with gail to the highlands of Guatemala where you will stay in Guatemala's most charming and distinctive hotels. Prepare yourself for “Heaven” as you settle into Hotel Atitlán, nestled on the shore of “the most beautiful lake in the world”, Lake Atitlán. Find yourself in an “artist’s paradise” as you paint in the Gardens of Atitlán. Step back into time over 300 years as you enter the time-locked colonial town of Antigua. The romantic ambiance of its richly textured ruins, draped in vibrant bougainvillea, its peaceful parks, cobblestone streets, churches, and colonial homes with courtyards provide artistic inspiration. Stay in a 16th century Monastery where the sounds of running water in the stone-carved fountains, candlelight throughout the hallways, and fresh flowers everywhere will simply take your breath away.

You will go behind the scenes to explore villages and experience the Maya people, rich in tradition. Revel in the flurry of activity and color galore as you bargain hunt in the most fascinating markets in all the Americas and observe the Maya selling their goods as they have done for hundreds of years.

Traveling throughout the highlands of beautiful Guatemala you will see colorfully dressed descendents of the Maya along the road going to market; women carrying children on their backs while balancing baskets on their heads; men with a load of wood on their backs; children wearing the identical clothes as their parents as each village we pass through is identified by its own characteristic design and color. Wake up in the midst of the botanical gardens and magnificent lake views of the lovely Spanish colonial style Hotel Atitlán on Lake Atitlán, arguably the “most beautiful lake in the world”. It is dominated by three towering volcanoes, Toliman, San Pedro, and Atitlán and its shores are dotted with twelve Maya villages.

Guatemala claims a rich tapestry of ancient Maya cultures and traditions woven in with historical European influences, where extinct volcanoes and ancient earthquakes have created one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The Maya here still live and survive as they have for hundreds of years, where they are happy and at peace with the beauty they are able to weave into there textiles, with the produce they grow and sell at their markets, with a blend of pagan rituals and Christian beliefs. They are a very friendly people. You’ll fall in love with the rich colors, the folk art, and the textiles that are still hand woven and worn by most of the Maya population today.

There will be lots of time to explore villages, bargain hunt in the markets, photograph, relax, and do art on this trip of a lifetime. Carol will spend instruction time for the painters in the group and will inspire the all with her fascination of the culture, the people, and the magic of this beautiful country.

Travel and paint with renowned artist/instructor Jeanne Mackenzie to Guatemala, an “artist’s paradise”. This 10 day, 11 night workshop/tour will create mamories to last a lifetime as we paint on location in two of the most incredible places in all of Central America, Antigua and Lake Atitlán. We will witness Maya traditions, customs, and way of life as well as the Spanish colonial influence on this country.

Step back into time almost five hundred years as you enter the “time trapped” city of Antigua. Draped in vibrant bougainvillea and surrounded by towering volcanoes. Painting in the midst of Spainish colonial architecture, the romantic ambiance of peaceful parks, cobblestone calles, churches, monasteries and convents, and colonial homes with fountains and courtyards brimming with brilliant, colorful flowers is a life changing experience.

Travel through the highland mountains to the famed Lake Atitlán (Aldous Huxley called it the “most beautiful lake in the world”), surrounded by majestic volcanoes and twelve Maya villages. Prepare yourself for the multitude of colors and the shopping, the likes of which you have never seen, in Chichicastenango and its world renowned Maya market. There will be time to explore, shop, relax, in addition to painting on this unique Guatemala experience. You will be enthralled by many other beautiful venues that await you on this magical journey.

This workshop welcomes all levels of students. The demonstrations and instruction are for oils but those well versed in pastel and acrylic are welcome to join us. The painting instruction will benefit the experienced students wanting to enhance their skills as well as the novice oil painters looking for more confidence and a solid background in the basics.

Join this prolific artist and International Workshop Instructor on the trip of a lifetime to beautiful Guatemala. Kaye Franklin will take you the most scenic and colorful venues throughout Guatemala. The hotels, excursions, special events, and cuisine will be luxury, unique, and five star all the way. The painting and instruction will be most incredible.

Be inspired in the Spanish colonial town of Antigua where you’ll wake up in a 16th century Monastery to the sounds of macaws and running water in the fountains and colorful bougainvillea everywhere. With its romantic surroundings, this town is considered one of the most beautiful in all of Central America. The venues here are endless. We’ll paint in ruins left by the 30 Monastic orders that called Antigua home and built stunning monasteries, convents, and cathedrals in the town. The local markets, quiet courtyards with ornate gardens and the sights and sounds of colonial Spain permeate the atmosphere.

Travel through the magical highlands of Guatemala and paint on sight with Kaye, overlooking Lake Atitlán (Aldous Huxley, famed English author called it “the most beautiful; lake in the world”) with its three towering volcanoes and twelve Maya villages. Painters at all levels are invited to join in on this experience of a lifetime; the Maya markets, the villages, and the people will steal your heart forever. You will never want to leave.

Join the legendary Tony van Hasselt on his “All Saint’s Day” Guatemalan Escapaint. It was in Guatemala, under his Painting Holidays banner, that he organized many workshops in the 70’s and 80’s taught by painting greats such as of John Pike, Robert E. Wood, Tom Hill, and Milford Zornes.

Now, Tony van Hasselt returns to beautiful Guatemala to do his own Watercolor Workshop as he teaches and paints his way through the cobblestone calles and ruins of the colonial city of Antigua. Named by Travel and Leisure magazine as one of its Top 10 Getaways; “it seems airlifted from 16th Century Spain to a misty, tropical setting up above the world”. Founded by the Spanish Conquistadores in 1543, the cobblestone streets of this Central American colonial treasure are rich with the architecture and ambiance of ruined churches, ancient monasteries, convents, and colonial homes with hidden courtyards. Draped with bright bougainvillea and breathtaking views of emerald volcanoes in the background, Antigua seems time-trapped in the most romantic and breathtaking setting. Here you will stay at the Casa Santo Domingo, built from the ruins of a 16th century Monastery. The sounds of running water in the stone-carved fountains, candlelight throughout the hallways and fresh flowers everywhere will simply take your breath away.

Travel through the highlands of Guatemala and experience the Maya culture as you visit villages during the All Saint’s Day Fiestas; the colorful kite flying competitions in the village of Sumpango, the family reunions in the beautifully decorated cemetery of Pastores, and the Maya markets of Chichicastenango and Comalapa. Encounter what Aldous Huxley called “the most beautiful lake in the world”, Lake Atitlán. Three towering volcanoes majestically stand watch over the lake and its twelve Maya villages in this artist’s paradise.

Come paint and sketch with Tony van Hasselt in Antigua, Lake Atitlán, its villages, and in Chichicastenango. Their textures and colors will weave their way into your art, and the people and culture will weave their way into your heart.

Stay in a 16th Century Monastery in the colonial city of Antigua where you will step back into time over 300 years. Founded in 1543, Antigua was one the third most important Spanish colonies in the Americas, ruling over what are now Southern Mexico and all of Central America. More than 30 Monastic orders called Antigua home and built stunning monasteries, convents, and cathedrals in the town. The local markets, quiet courtyards with ornate gardens and the sights and sounds of colonial Spain permeate the atmosphere.

There will be lots of time for visiting Maya markets and villages such as Chichicastenango and Comalapa, with opportunities for buying handicrafts and textiles known the world over for their beauty and quality. In Guatemala, beauty pursues the traveler, and you will find fascinating subject matter everywhere. Come participate in a creative feast for the heart and soul.

Discover the actual painting "high" of Van Gogh, Manet, Monet, and others on this Plein Aire Experience with Bob Burridge. See for yourself why painting outdoors was (and still is) so popular. This on-location painting workshop is for all levels of painters who want to learn the time-honored joy of paint sketching outdoors and finishing up in the studio. Bob’s painting workshop emphasizes loose and creative experimentation, and nurtures individual success and personal enrichment with a big emphasis on daily painting projects at your own pace. It is stress-free, but be warned; you could end up with too much enthusiasm for painting. Bob’s energetic and positive approach will inspire you to have fun again. This workshop is a must for artists who want the confidence and permission to paint the way they have always wanted to paint.

Travel with Bob throughout the highlands of beautiful Guatemala where you will see colorfully dressed descendents of the Maya along the road going to market; women carrying children on their backs while balancing baskets on their heads; men with a load of wood on their backs; children wearing the identical clothes as their parents as each village we pass through is identified by its own characteristic design and color. Lake Atitlán, arguably the “most beautiful lake in the world”, is dominated by three towering volcanoes, Toliman, San Pedro, and Atitlán. Its shores are dotted with twelve Maya villages. Your workshop “studio” will be the Ranchito, a thatched roof studio/spa on the water’s edge in the midst of the botanical gardens of the lovely Spanish colonial style Hotel Atitlán.

You will stay in the world renowned Spanish Colonial town of Antigua, Guatemala. From its colonial architecture to its beautiful surroundings, this town is considered one of the most beautiful in Central America. It is like stepping back into time over 300 years. Founded in 1543, Antigua was one the third most important Spanish colonies in the Americas, ruling over what are now Southern Mexico and all of Central America. More than 30 Monastic orders called Antigua home and built stunning monasteries, convents, and cathedrals in the town. The local markets, quiet courtyards with ornate gardens and the sights and sounds of colonial Spain permeate the atmosphere. No other town has the appeal and the charm of Antigua. Arriving at Hotel Casa Santo Domingo, prepare to lose your breath and your heart to the most romantic, most transporting, most unexpected, most Antiguan of the hotels in the "old capital". It is a colonial monument intact, a sixteenth-century monastery re-invigorated as a premier luxury hotel.