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Get ready for a highly energized Bob Burridge painting workshop where spontaneity is used for maximum effect. Burridge’s positive approach towards the act of painting will inspire you to loosen up, have fun again, and paint more! Bob Burridge leads an exciting and lively career with an impressive resume of credits to his name: He is the first artist featured on Starbuck’s Commuter Mugs; the Official Artist for the 2001 Sausalito Art Festival-- his image, “Party of the Arts” was selected as the top festival poster of the year by Sunshine Artist Magazine. As the Official Pearl Vodka Artist, his “Three Cheers America” is featured on the hang tags of every bottle. Burridge has just completed his 4th label for Pearl. Named by the LA Times as one of California’s “Top Ten Emerging Artists”, Bob is a winner of the prestigious Philadelphia Water Color Society Crest Medal, previously won by Georgia O’Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, and Pablo Picasso. Burridge exhibits his work in San Francisco, Sedona, Raleigh, Mendocino, Maui, Australia, and on Cruise Ships.

Bob teaches a variety of painting workshops to professional and emerging painters throughout the United States, Mexico, and France, and now Guatemala. His workshops have historically changed artists' lives forever. About his style of painting, Bob says “Art should be an uplifting experience and celebration of all that’s wonderful about life and its quirkiness!”

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An internationally recognized watercolor painter, Wayne Chambers has studied painting his entire life, exploring different techniques such as life drawing, oil painting, and composition at the New York Student League. He has studied with other famous artists including, Thomas Folegty, Richard Goetz, Hilda Terry, Robert Wade, Frank Webb, Judi Wagner, Barbara Nechis, Christopher Schink and Tony van Hasselt.

In 1999, upon moving to Savannah, Georgia, Wayne became the Official Artist of the famed Mercer House from the book and movie “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, and he also opened his own gallery in the Historic Savannah's “Designer District.” With his work, Wayne has brought a fresh new view to the world of watercolors by painting some of Savannah's most prestigious buildings and landmarks, while never turning away from his still life, floral, birds, and nautical paintings. After being designated Featured Artist for the Southern Living Magazine's 2002 Designer Home, Wayne has been commissioned by some of Savannah's most influential people to paint their homes and gardens.

Wayne is a member of the Jekyll Island Watercolor Society, the American Watercolor Society, and the Georgia Watercolor Society. His paintings reside in prestigious, private and corporate art collections across the world, and his work is currently exhibited in some of the finest art galleries on the East coast of the United States.

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Lisa Coddington's
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Beginning and experienced students alike benefit from her step by step method for drawing and watercolor. Lisa has taught her workshops at numerous locations including, Santa Fe Art Institute, Denver Botanical Gardens, The Adirondack Museum, Cazenovia College, and San Antonio Texas. Her art work has been exhibited at the Portland Oregon Home and Garden Show, galleries in South Carolina, Upstate New York and currently in Madison, Wisconsin. Her whimsical Pearsonalities® from Coddington Cottage® embrace the good memories while raising her three children, and are now licensed for commercial prints and products.

Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, and most especially the Botanical Gardens of renowned Hotel Atitlán, are a perfect setting to inspire and explore botanical art subjects for beginners as well as those who want to improve their art skills.

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Sara Eyestone's
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Today Sara Eyestone welcomes visitors from all over the world to her private gallery on the famous river walk in downtown San Antonio, Texas. She continues to paint for the art lovers who commission her, draw their children and grandchildren, and travel to her workshops and signing parties.

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Lesta Frank's
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“I loved creating art as early as I can remember, and decided to become an artist at the age of five”. A native of Texas, watercolorist Lesta Frank has an expressive style described as “intricately detailed, with a mystical touch.” Her paintings of water gardens, cactus flowers, and Texas cowgirls are well-known throughout the Southwest. Her original paintings are in permanent collections, have been exhibited at museums and in juried exhibitions, and are held by major hotels and private collectors throughout the United States.

Lesta’s prints and cards are licensed by The Arthur A. Kaplan Company, a 50 pillar, and one of the most recognized names and respected entities in the picture publishing industry. Her poster work has been published by the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center and the Botanical Gardens in San Antonio Texas. Lesta earned an M.F.A. from the Rochester Institute of Technology, in New York, and a B.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. As an instructor, she is passionate in “encouraging and inspiring students along their painting journeys.”

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Kaye Franklin's
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Kaye began her art career in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Four years later, in 1979, she began a serious quest for the best art schools and instructors. She studied at the Scottsdale Artist School and with Connecticut artist William Henry Earle. Kaye’s pursuit of excellence has won her the deepest respect of her students, peers, and serious collectors. She has received many national awards and honors that have culminated in her recognition as master pastelist, and her election to signature membership in the Pastel Society of America and Oil Painters of America. She is also a Signature Member of the Au Premier Coup Society.

The elements in her artwork consist of light, color, and focal point. She likes working with both pastels and oils. Pastels show immediate results and they stay brilliant, oils allow you to create new colors from existing pigments.

Kaye’s work can be seen at the Victorian Gallery in Dallas, Texas and Zantman Gallery in Ketchum, Idaho, the famous Hensley Gallery in Taos, New Mexico, as well as on her web-site at www.kayefranklin.com.

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William Hewson's
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William Hewson offers his students thrilling color work and leads them away from the analytical into abstraction, to see shapes. “When we are able to free ourselves of preconceived images we can truly see the beauty of the world.” He begins with contour drawing as a map for painting, followed by a direct painting approach that avoids washes and creates direct, dramatic color passages. “I do a lot of my mixing on the paper and let the accidental quality of watercolor take over. It’s a great practice in surrendering control”.

William has been painting and teaching for fifteen years in the Pacific Northwest, nationally, and internationally. He has studied in Paris and Stockholm, as well as The University of Houston. His diversity of work includes portraiture, still life, and landscape. He’d love to travel with you to Guatemala for a painterly immersion into color.

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Brenda Kingery's
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Brenda Kingery is a veteran of art sojourns the world over. She has studied art and taken art to the people of Uganda, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, throughout Asia, including Japan, and Okinawa. A voting member of the Chickasaw Nation, a Mother, a wife to her best friend Tom, a Batchelor of Fine Arts degree and a Masters in Art History and Painting from the University of Oklahoma, she is forever on the move, soaking up even more culture.

Kingery has taught drawing, painting, and cultural history at the University of Maryland in Okinawa, Japan, Texas Tech University, San Antonio Community College, and the Center for Creativity and Spirituality in Kerrville, Texas. She has been named Artist of the Year by the San Antonio Art League, and has been invited to exhibit her work in Santa Fe, Oklahoma, Japan, Indiana, Arizona, Chicago, San Antonio, and Arizona. Her goal is to create paintings “full of life's breath”. “Every culture gathers to sing and dance – I try to capture the times when we abandon ourselves and enjoy simple things”. The Dadian Gallery in Washington D.C. just featured a major exhibit of Kingery's work entitled Visions and Voices, Paintings by Brenda Kingery and Embroidered Textiles from Honduras, Mexico and Uganda. She says of her work exhibited there, “the third world women are a new reality for me. In their silence, I have wanted to bring their voices to resound with dignity, and they in turn have given me hope, and a glimpse of Christ among us”. Kingery's work is currently shown at the Parchman Stremmel Galleries in San Antonio, Texas, and Adair Margo Galleries in El Paso.

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Carol Koutnik's
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Carol Koutnik, award winning artist, author, instructor, and traveler, is respected and admired by her peers; her work is savored by students and patrons alike. Capable of producing 60 paintings for one show, she is prolific yet intentional in her pursuit of “living life with the hope of sharing my visual adventures with others.” Travel and experiencing other cultures, “constantly alters my visual sense, and influences my thought patterns.” An extended period in Saudia Arabia served as a “life-changing period. I learned of living without material goods, in silence, and became increasingly reliant on the spiritual aspect of being - my faith. I came to understand, know, and reevaluate my feelings about freedom - from ambivalence to passion.” Carol’s art conveys not only what she sees but what she feels.

Carol regularly receives awards from international, national, state, and local competitions. She works in watercolor with a keen interest in plein air (outdoor/on location) painting. In 2001, Carol illustrated and wrote her book “Al Baha Sketch Book,” a chronicle of visions and experiences in Saudi Arabia. She shows and works at the Rockport Center for the Arts and The Gallery of Rockport, and teaches classes in drawing and plein air painting. Carol has studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois State University, the Art Institute of San Antonio, and the Blackhawk Mountain School of Art in Colorado.

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Jan Ledbetter's
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A renowned watermedia artist, Jan Ledbetter is acknowledged for her exceptional teaching approach emboldening you to develop your own style and reinforcing basic principles of composition and design.

Jan Ledbetter’s award-winning mixed-media paintings are pictorial tapestries layering observations and imagination, design elements, abstract motifs and personal symbols. She explores the relationships of value, shape, texture and color leading us on a creative journey through each painting. Balancing painting and teaching, her work reflects the joy and passion she brings to every aspect of her life.

Jan, a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS), the Southern Watercolor Society (SW) and the Virginia Watercolor Society (VWS), earned her MFA from Syracuse University. Recent juried exhibitions and awards include: NWS Exhibition and Travel Show 2007; NWS Exhibition, award, Travel Show, and painting used for exhibition invitation 2006; and SW Exhibitions 2008, 2007 and 2006 with awards each year. A One-Woman Show of her paintings will be held at This Century Art Gallery in Williamsburg, VA, summer 2008. Her paintings are held in private collections around the world and have been reproduced on posters for charitable events and art festivals. They were featured in American Artist Watercolor Magazine, “The Joy of Paint and Paper,” winter 2007, and will appear in Mary Todd Beam’s The Creative Edge.

Susan Lewis lives in Rockport, Texas. She called to ask if she could put a group together that was “non-artist group”. We do several groups each year that are not art workshops but do not put them up on our web-site. We are making an exception in this case. Why? Because it is time that everybody knows that we just do a really great “travel experience”. Not only do our artists think they have been to heaven, but our non-artist travelers are absolutely “blown away” by the trips they have had. Anita and I (John) have been doing these trips for over three years now and given our experience and connection to Guatemala, and our commitment to making our trips “over the top”, we are happy to begin publicly offering this magical travel experience to non-artists also (families, groups of friends, travel clubs, bridge players, birders, garden clubs, etc.)

Accompanying Susan's group.....Anita Rogers lived in Guatemala for 25 years, speaks Spanish, and was a collector of Maya weavings and Spanish Colonial antiques. She has been around the travel industry most of her life, as her family owns the beautiful Hotel Atitlán on Lake Atitlán in the Guatemala highlands. John Korte has traveled to Guatemala for the past 20 years. They understand local customs and business practices. They stay in the hotels, eat in the restaurants, and ride the transportation, personally experiencing every aspect of their workshop/tours. They know the “hidden treasures' as well as the little bits of information only the locals know. Their experience, relationships, and knowledge of the country allow them to provide a worry-free, life enriching travel adventure.

When asked why she wanted to put a group together to go to Guatemala, Susan said: “I have always wanted to go to Guatemala.....my now 89 year old mother taught school in Guatemala City for several years when she was in her 20's and she has always talked about it (I have some textiles from her time there). I have traveled with all of the girls signed up so far, mostly on shopping trips to the interior of Mexico (San Miguel, Guadalajara, Puebla, etc)....no I am not bilingual, but at least 3 in this group are. My friends love adventure and cultural experiences (we are very excited about All Saints Day) and most of them all know each other. I am glad you will be with us”! There are only a few spaces left. Come join Susan and her “girls” if you “just want to go”!

Sharing her love of art and giving back to others the knowledge that has been shared with her, students find Jeanne an energetic, compassionate, and supportive instructor mixing solid basic fundamentals with energetic creativity. Her workshops are lively, fun, and most assuredly informative. The constant lesson is learning to ‘see’.

A Colorado resident and a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Jeanne’s artwork has earned Merit Awards and shown at juried shows throughout the United States including the Oil Painters of America Show and Arts for the Parks-Top 100. Her paintings are featured in several fine art galleries in California, Colorado, and Arizona. She was been featured in Southwest Art Magazine’s Best of the West, International Artist Magazine-Master Artists and Delta Sky West Magazine. The Houston Museum of Natural History has chosen one of Jeanne’s pieces for a touring exhibition. She has been invited to instruct at the Denver Art Museum teaching color theory, composition, and painting.

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gail Mcdaniel's
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“Her sensitivity creates art, her empathy creates artists.” Internationally acclaimed artist/instructor gail Mcdaniel says her students are her best advertising; “an intuitive painter of shadow and light, gail does things you may have never seen before! She encourages you to use these techniques YOUR way to expand YOUR style.” gail has taught emerging and professional watercolorists from around the world. She was invited by the Art in Provence program to conduct a workshop in Dieulefit, France and recently completed teaching stints/tours in England, Spain, Canada, and at historic Ghost Ranch, a landmark made famous by the late Georgia O'Keeffe. She has even painted in Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France.

"I love teaching artists at all levels," says Mcdaniel, a traditional watercolorist who is best known for her vibrant use of colors when depicting images from nature and real life. "I demonstrate the techniques, shortcuts, and concepts that I have developed or learned by doing, reading, or studying with others. I show my students everything I know, holding nothing back. My goal is to inspire them without making them feel overwhelmed."

McDaniel’s breathtaking paintings are on exhibition in Middle Tennessee. In October 2006, she unveiled a new collection of watercolor paintings at the newly opened Elm Tree Gallery in Franklin. The luminous, reflective light of gail’s transparent watercolors has elevated her to the status of an award-winning artist and instructor. She has won awards in fourteen juried exhibitions and is featured in permanent displays and private collections. Through world travel and training, gail has become internationally recognized and is in constant demand for commission work.

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Steven Napper's
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Steven Napper is known as a colorist in both landscape and portraiture, his masterful control of pastels has gained him international recognition. With his art being featured in numerous art publications and recognition on both CBS and PBS, his work is highly sought after. Signature membership in the prestigious Pastel Society of America since 1981, Portrait Society of America and most recently the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters has only enhanced the recognition of his artistic skills.

Over 30 years teaching in both public and private educational programs across this country has given Steven a wealth of experience to draw from. He has gained recognition for his workshops, and is noted for his patience in working with all levels of students, from the beginner to the professional. Strong emphasis is placed on having FUN, knowledge will be gained in pastel techniques, composition and point of interest.

"Steven Napper Fine Art" is gallery, home and studio for this artist, located in the Texas Hill Country and alongside the Guadalupe River in the small town of Ingram Texas.

Terry Gay Puckett is a native Texan and award-winning artist actively involved in the San Antonio art community. Terry Gay has led numerous workshops to Mexico and Guatemala as well as throughout her home state of Texas. She specializes in drawing, painting, mixed media, enameling, and collage. Among her interests are folk art, study of the Spanish language, and art and architecture of Pre-Columbian civilizations.

Terry Gay shares her sketching and painting techniques as well as tips for journaling and sketching “on the move” while conducting her travel workshops. Terry Gay is also an accredited instructor for T'ai Chi Chih and likes to encourage her students to join her in this “moving meditation” to circulate and balance ones cosmic energy.

Recognized as an important emerging artist, Gladys teaches oil painting workshops through out the year at the Coppini Academy of Fine Arts where she is a highly sought after, talented instructor. During the summer months and Holidays she travels to her native land, of Mexico and Europe where she works on paintings, teaches workshops, and searches for new ideas. She enjoys and encourages Plein-Aire painting and you will seldom see her without a field easel and umbrella, demonstrating her talent in various media.

Gladys credits her growth as an artist to the years of study and guidance under Daniel F Gerhartz. She has also studied under instructors such as Morgan Weistling, CW Mundy, George Strickland, Frank Lalumia, Daniel Greene, Scott Burdick, Kevin Macpherson, Ron Rencher, Sherrie McGraw, Ken Backhaus, Laura Robb, Janice Yow Hindes, William Hocker, Harold Phoenix, Helen Van Wyk, John Budicin, C.J Beck, Profr. Gustavo Trujillo Martin del Campo and classes/ lectures by Richard Schmid.

Gladys has received numerous awards for her masterful work, including OPA's “Artist Magazine Award for Excellence in Painting”, the “Julian Onderdonk Memorial Purchase Award” from the San Antonio Art League, ,"Jury's Top 50" from the Salon International Museum of Contemporary Masters-Greenhouse Gallery, and the “Grumbacher Award”. Roldan de Moras has been named “Artist of the Year” at The Coppini Academy of Fine Arts.

Marki exported many weavings and textiles she purchased directly from the Maya for her retail store in Rockport, Texas after her first trip to Guatemala. The décor of her home is predominately influenced by the vibrant colors seen throughout the country and the folk art and weavings she has collected. She now resides in Corpus Christi, Texas where she is employed by a non-profit organization working with at risk families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Pam’s paintings have been accepted into art competitions and have won awards in the United States as well as Internationally. She is a Signature Member of the Texas Watercolor Society. In 2004 Pam’s work received national recognition as one of her paintings was selected for North Light Books publication “Splash 8” - Watercolor Discoveries. Most recently her work was selected again for their upcoming 2008 publication “Splash 10” - Passionate Strokes.

Pam has taught art for the past fifteen years in her Corpus Christi, Texas home studio, and also conducts area workshops. She says she loves every minute of sharing all she knows about art with her students. “Memories of the Carolina coast, living on the Texas coast with all its beauty, experiencing the intriguing shapes and shadows of the Texas hill country, have all inspired me to put down what I remember on paper. I’m “at home” creating, and enjoy experimenting with bright colors and strong contrasts. Painting has enriched my life and completes who I am.”

Betsy Dillard Stroud, a born Virginian, resides in Scottsdale, AZ. The Eastern upbringing and the spirit of the West and Southwest infuse her work. She states, "As a painter, color is my language, my brush is my voice, and my finished painting is my testimony." Betsy was educated at Stuart Hall Episcopal Girls School in Staunton, VA. She received her B.A. from Radford College and her M.A. in history from the University of Virginia where she was the first woman in the graduate arts program. She had just completed the course work for her doctorate and her orals in art history when she wrote her first book, Coming Higher-Going Hence.

Stroud is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society, former president of the Southwestern Watercolor Society, and Life Member and Royal Scorpion of the Arizona Watercolor Association. She is a member of The 22 "x30" Watercolor Critique Group in Scottsdale.

One of the most prolific writers, painters, and jurors in the country, Betsy Dillard Stroud is the winner of 22 awards, has had 22 one-woman exhibitions of her work, and has exhibited in over 140 invitational, joint, and competitive national and regional shows. A highly respected workshop teacher and juror since 1987, she teaches painting workshops nationally and locally at the Scottsdale Artists' School and the Shemer Art Center in Phoenix. Also a professional writer, Betsy has written several books including Painting from the Inside Out. She served as Associate Editor of North America for International Artist Magazine (1998-2001) and is a frequent contributor to many art magazines including International Artist Magazine, American Artist magazine, Southwest Art magazine, Watercolor, and Watercolor Magic. She is a CTM member of the Park Central Toastmasters, Phoenix, AZ.

Voted one of the top 100 landscape painters in the United States By the editors of "Artist's Magazine", Ann Templeton’s style and enthusiasm are rapidly winning her awards all over the country. An Internationally recognized artist and a major force in the field of oil painting, she has been published in American Artist Magazine, the Texas Artists' Magazine, "Focus - Santa Fe", and has produced the Art Instructional Videos: "Color Theory", "All about the Landscape”, and "Design and Competition".

Known for her brilliant oil and pastel landscapes, Ann looks for good designs in nature. An oil/pastel-conceptual impressionist, she describes her paintings as "symbolic expressions". Her talent, experience, and personal commitment to excellence is evidenced by her invitations to many juried competitions and shows including the Allied Artists of America, Knickerbocker USA, Carlsbad Museum in New Mexico, the New Mexico State Capitol "Governors Gallery Exhibition", Southwest Impressions, Knickerbocker New York, the Northwest Pastel Society, and many others around the country.

During her 34 years of painting, Ann has been honored with memberships in such prestigious organizations as the Pastel Society of America, Knickerbocker Society, Oil Painters of America, Allied Artists of America, and Women in the Arts, among others.

Tony van Hasselt’s ability to graphically explain problems and solutions as they arise during a demonstration, combined with his energetic and enthusiastic teaching style, have made him a highly popular and sought after instructor, appreciated for his empathy with student struggles. He "has been there", has gone through the same frustrations and tries not to forget those normal stages in one's artistic development.

As an elected member of the American Watercolor Society, van Hasselt's paintings have graced the covers of the Artist's Magazine and Watercolor Magic. He has been featured in Southwest Art, American Artist, Australian Artist, and other publications. Tony first wrote “A Studio Visit”, followed by “Outdoor Watercolor Workshop”. He is the co-author of “Painting with the White of Your Paper” as well as “The Watercolor Fix-It Book”, featuring his renowned visual reminder system “The Building Blocks of Painting”, which is taught on all his workshops. He has made several popular instructional videos and his work is included in nine other art instruction books.

Designer, teacher, watercolor artist, rancher and inventor, Gayle Weisfield could easily be described as the “Renaissance Woman” of the Columbia River Gorge.

• She has designed houses, restaurants, theaters, menus, and graphics.
• Gayle teaches her watercolor techniques at workshops in Hawaii, San Miguel, Mexico, Cannon Beach, Oregon, the California coast, The Dalles Art Center in Oregon, and soon will instruct in beautiful Guatemala, Central America.
• She is a realistic landscape artist who captures the feel of the northwest landscape with a fresh, direct, bold wet in wet technique. Strong design and negative value patterns are her trademark.
• Born in Ogden Utah, Gayle moved with her family to Lyle, Washington in the 60’s. Growing up on a ranch overlooking Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge, she developed a deep love for country life, and the beautiful scenery of the area. She now lives on and is resurrecting the family ranch.
• Inventor of the BogaBoard™ Watercolor Paper Stretcher, a revolutionary way to prepare paper for watercolor. Gayle wanted a stretcher board that was easy to use, would save time, and would eliminate the aggravation associated with most other techniques. She wanted it to be a pleasure, not a chore, to stretch paper. So, she had to create it herself.

A student of life, Gayle attended the University of Washington and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She spent the next year touring Europe on a motor scooter. There, she continued to paint while having an opportunity to study the art and architecture of the great masters.