September 2024 (5 days and 4 nights)
From 25 (Wednesday) until 29 (Sunday) September 2024
In this experimental Mixed Media workshop, you´ll learn to play with the concepts of Colour, Space, and Shapes while immersing yourself in the rural Portuguese landscape of Alentejo. By the end of the 3 day workshop, you’ll have a solid grasp of how to create strong compositions, which will be built upon to create clear sketches with a sense of mood and light. By using different materials to our advantage, we can capture complex scenes efficiently and playfully.
Jenny Adam is a product designer turned Illustrator and Educator based in Hamburg, Germany. While studying in Barcelona, she discovered Urban Sketchers and has enjoyed drawing life and on location ever since. Nowadays she focuses on creating bold and lively illustrations with a dynamic sense of colour.
Know more about Jenny Adam’s work @Insta
Eleanor Doughty is a Seattle-based illustrator who specializes in using emotive color and intuitive linework to capture the unique charm & character of locations. In her practice, she works in formats as large as multi-story murals to pocket-sized sketchbooks. She earned a BFA in Communication Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia in 2013.
September 2024 (5 days and 4 nights) From 25 (Wednesday) until 29 (Sunday) September 2024
Shared Room:
1.800€ PP (+vat 23%, only 6 rooms available) = 2.214€
Single Room:
2.000€ PP (+vat 23%) = total 2.460€
Paid 2 times:
Reservations:
1st Payment:
1107€ (shared room)
1230€ (single room)
2º payment until 15 June 2024:
2nd Payment:
1107€ (shared room)
1230€ (single room)
3 full day Art Classes with Jenny Adam and Eleanor Doughty
Visit to Tile Museum- Estremoz
3 Dinners local restaurants
3 Lunches
1 Yoga Lesson
4 Nights Accommodation (with breakfast included)
Wine tasting Event
Transport from Lisbon Airport to the Hotel (2 hours) and transport in the area.
NOTE: A pottery lesson is available upon request.
• It is advisable to book the plane after the final confirmation that the retreat will happen, until we have 10 participants.
• If we cannot gather the minimum participants of 10, the event will be cancel and the payments refund to the participants, less 50€ for cancelation costs.
WEDNESDAY, 25 September
The bus will pick the participants at Lisbon airport around 16 pm. It is advisable to arrive at Lisbon airport before 16 pm.
We will arrive at the hotel Vila Planície, Monsaraz, around 8 pm, where we will be served a light dinner.
THURSDAY, 26 September
After breakfast at the hotel, you will walk 15 minutes to “Sofia In Monsaraz” with our teachers. After the welcoming session, we will introduce ourselves before starting the first class where we will do some warm up exercices, nature and basic colour studies.
Around 12.30 we’ll gather around the lunch table in the garden, where the food can be cooked in the outdoor oven.
After the second workshop in the nature it’s time to unwind with a yoga lesson followed by a chat around the firepit or an outdoor film.
Dinner is not included.
FRIDAY, 27 September
After breakfast at the hotel, you will walk 15 minutes to “Sofia In Monsaraz” with our teachers.
The third workshop will be dedicated to work on analogous mixed media color sketching and color harmonies.
After lunch in the garden, served with local produce and vegetables, we will have the 4 th workshop that will last until 5.30pm.
Then is time for a wine tasting followed by dinner at a local restaurant in the castle.
SATURDAY, 28 September
The day starts at 9 am with a trip (by Bus) to Estremoz, where we will be visiting the antiques market (also farmers market) and the Tile Museum with our sketchbooks and cameras.
This will be a joint workshop day. We will apply mixed media lessons to sketching in a place with lots of activity. Maybe the market?
Lunch will be a picnic on the way back to the hotel, where we will share our inspirations and drawings from the trip to the tile museum and identify what we like about them, choosing areas we’d like to continue developing.
The final dinner is at a local restaurant, where we can share the best experiences of this trip.
SUNDAY, 29 September
After breakfast at 9 am you return to Lisbon, and estimated arrival time is 12.30h. On the way to Lisbon the bus stop in a local pottery shop, for 45 minutes.
You’ll depart from these 5 full days in Monsaraz with a new appreciation for your art materials and new techniques to use in your sketchbooks, experiences in great Portuguese hospitality and dining, as well as lots of filled sketchbook pages to share with family and friends back home.
Everything is organised to detail so that nothing will prevent you from enjoying all the peace and quiet of the Alentejo.
All the rooms have air conditioning, full and private bathroom, shared or private balcony and outdoor access.
This accommodation is a 15-minute walk from the workshop venue (SIM) and passes by the Bulhoa menhir (National Monument) and the Alentejo plain, ideal for reflection before starting work.
September 2024 (5 days and 4 nights) From 25 (Wednesday) until 29 (Sunday) September 2024
Shared Room:
1.800€ PP (+vat 23%, only 6 rooms available) = 2.214€
Single Room:
2.000€ PP (+vat 23%) = total 2.460€
Paid 2 times:
Reservations:
1st Payment:
1107€ (shared room)
1230€ (single room)
2º payment until 15 June 2024:
2nd Payment:
1107€ (shared room)
1230€
– Deposit due to Secure your place in the event: 1107€/ 1230€
– It is advisable to book the plane after the final confirmation that the retreat will happen.
If you would like to make a direct booking: info@sofiainmonsaraz.site
Internacional roundtrip airfare, alcoholic drinks, boat trip, activities not included in the itinery, hotel incidentals including room service, materials list, expenses during free time, laundry service and hotel bar, food and beverages not included in the itinerary. COVID-19 test, if applicable.
We require all participantes to have a personal travel insurance that at minimum covers medical emergencies and cancellations. We do not provide travel insurance for the retreat and each participant is required to have their own individual travel insurance. The place, where the retreat happens, has an Insurance that covers accidents. Will not be responsible for refunding any lost trip funds if you have to miss your scheduled trip.
We cannot guarantee to accommodate vegan, gluten free or dairy/egg free, and some allergies. We are unable to accommodate participants with severe food allergies or food intolerances. Please contact us in advance of registering if you have any dietary questions.
It will start when arriving at the hotel, Wednesday and finish when you leave the hotel, by Sunday. We are not responsible for any non-retreat activity that a participant decides to purchase outside of the retreat and such activity will not form part of the participant’s contract with us. The bus transport is insurance secure.
This retreat includes one walking tour, where the ground may be uneven and you may be on your feet for several of hours at a time and should be comfortable walking 1km.
The supllies list will be sent with the Booking Form.
You may cancel before the end of January 2024 and receive a full refund minus 50€ fee.
Your payments will be split in two, with an initial deposit to secure your place on the retreat.
After you have completed your registration you will be sent an Invoice to complete your deposit payment. Payment can be made by Banktransfer or PayPal in euros. Additional costs may apply where special accommodations are made available to participants.
In this event we will accept until 15 people. The event does not include spouses, partners or friends if they are not taking the workshop.
If we cannot gather the minimum participants of 10 the event will be cancel and the payments refund to the participants, less 50€ for cancelation costs.
Other questions about this retreat please contact: info@sofiainmonsaraz.site
For more info or questions please consult here our Terms & Conditions.
Rua do Chafariz, nº 6 Aldeia do Outeiro
7200-179 Reguengos de Monsaraz
(+351) 266 557 091
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