Art School Nepal

About

10 Days of Fun

We will be visiting Kathmandu and Pokhara, in West Central Nepal. Art School Nepal is a sketching tour with two very experienced Art Teachers and Practitioners.

Culture

We will be visiting iconic locations rather than trekking, making work in sketchbooks, at some amazing locations. We aim to put as much into the Nepalese economy as we can and creating artistic exchanges with Nepalese practitioners.

Kate Hardy

Kate is a painter (BA St Martins) and printmaker (MA, MFA University of Michigan School of Art) She has a PGCE (University of London Institute of education) in post 16 teaching. Kate currently teaches painting and drawing face to face and online at City Lit and Chisenhale Studios. She has huge experience in inspiring learners of all levels.

Role

Kate will be giving input into how you might tackle drawing at the various locations and giving critical appraisals of your work during the holiday.

Jan Turner

After studying at Art School for 7 years, Jan worked in the theatre in London’s West End for twelve years to support his painting. He then turned to lecturing and teaching art for the next 30 years, to all age groups and abilities. Jan has been visiting Nepal for over 40 years and first came here to paint in Pokhara.

Role

Jan will be holding workshops in watercolours and landscape painting. Jan knows some incredible locations to paint.

Location

We will start and finish in Kathmandu with an extended stay in Pokhara. We will be covering a wide variety of sketching, drawing and painting challenges on location.

Sketchbooks

Whether being scrutinised in the hectic city of Kathmandu or the outdoor locations in and around Pokhara, working in sketchbooks not only makes you more mobile but also enables you to work in a discreet and personal way.

Jan and Kate will be working with you and giving their knowledge of techniques and methodology to bring the best out of your work.

Whether you are a beginner or a hardened professional, this trip will advance your work in ways you will not expect.

Package

The package on offer includes transport within Nepal, accommodation, meals and tuition.

It does not include visas or trekking permits (which we will not be undertaking). Alcohol and food outside of organised meals is not included.

Each participant is expected to bring with them their own brushes, pencils and paints (including water colours) and sketchbooks. We will be giving advice on what to bring.

There are places to buy Nepalese paper and sketchbooks but we strongly advise people to bring a preferred sketchbook with them.

Typically, each day will include two locations, one after breakfast and one after lunch. Evening meals will be provided. Sometimes a packed lunch or picnic will be provided if we are out on location.

This course is run as a holiday and is informal. It has been costed to cover the expenses of the holiday, not as a profit making exercise.

As the holiday starts when the plane lands in Kathmandu, it will be necessary to co-ordinate everyone’s flights so we are all in sync. We do not provide flights but we can arrange with a travel company that everyone is on the same flight to help with logistics.

Itinerary

• October 22 — Arrive Kathmandu — Visit Durbar Square
• October 23 — am: The Monkey Temple; pm: Pashupatinath
• October 24 — Bus to Pokhara
• October 25 — am: The other side of the lake; pm: People watching
• October 26 — Peace Pagoda — sketches and painting all day
• October 27 — Sarangkot — sketches and painting all day
• October 28 — Gardens and Tea Houses
• October 29 — am: Out in the street with a pencil; pm: colouring in our sketches
• October 30 — Bus to Kathmandu
• October 31 — Kathmandu Markets
• November 1 — Fly Home

Cost

The cost of the package described is £595.

To reserve your place you must pay a deposit of £100, which will be fully refundable up until 50 days before departure.

After that time it will be only 50% refundable. The balance must be paid in full 28 days prior to departure, at which time the whole deposit becomes non-refundable.

There is a limit of 15 people on the course, determined on a first come - first served basis.

We will hold a waiting list in the event of cancellation. A deposit of £100 must be paid to be on the waiting list.

This will be fully refunded if your application is unsuccessful.

If we are oversubscribed to the point of being able to run a second group, we will do so. This will be a follow-on group so as to keep the client/artist ratio the same.

All flight bookings are subject to the terms and conditions of the airline and the travel agent and we will not accept any liability for them. Obviously we will endeavour to tailor our courses around any problems around international travel issues.

It is strongly advised for all participants to take out travel insurance.

Contact

• Phone +44 7742931618
• E‑mail jan@janturner.org
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