illustration by Gay Kraeger
drawing on board "Vision"
hiking, break for lunch & painting
our docent teaching about the birds on Anacapa
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!
Conception's bunks are below deck
shared bathroom with two showers (with hot water) and two sinks
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August 25 - 28, 2019
Illustrated Watercolor Journaling excursion to the Channel Islands National Park is 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 "Conception" a 79-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 Conception for a three-day journey on and around these islands August 25 - 28, 2019, teaching our Sketching Trio Channel Islands Adventure Workshop 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.
We recommend a basic level of fitness because you will need to climb a ladder to get to the islands.
Cost: $900 (Save $50 if you register and pay in full by February 15, 2019). If you have a non-sketching companion, the price is $650.
Cost includes three night's stay aboard Conception, 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). Gay, Nina and Suhita will teach classes aboard the boat every morning. We will cover quick sketch, nature journaling, gouache, watercolor, journal layout and other techniques as well as lots of real-life interaction with three instructions journaling next to you and some one-on-one instruction 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.
Not included in the cost: Tip for crew (somewhere around $50 for 3 days) and alcoholic beverages (you're free to bring you own).
Basic Intinerary
Sunday, August 25, 2019
- We recommend visiting our favorite art supply store, “Art Essentials” for any last minute art supplies (which closes at 5pm on Sundays even though their website says it closes at 4pm).
- 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 Conception. 8pm is the earliest anyone can board the boat.
Monday, August 26, 2019
- At 4am (while we all sleep) the Conception 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 Conception after the hike. An evening drawing/painting lesson in the galley. Travel to another island in the evening or the next morning depending on weather.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
- Breakfast on board Conception, excursions onto another island, including more drawing & painting demos.
- Lunch on the Conception. Afternoon lesson on color.
- Dinner on the Conception and sharing.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
- 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 after 30 days in advance of the beginning of the trip will not receive a refund. If we need to cancel the trip for any reason, you will receive a full refund.
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