Our Artist Teachers
We partner with accomplished teaching artists whose work spans sketchbook, painting, and mixed media. They're not just talented artists. They're generous, experienced instructors who meet every guest exactly where they are.
Many of our artist-teachers bring their own loyal followings, guests who've learned from them online, in workshops, or through their books and social channels.
What to Expect from Your Artist-Teacher
Each program is shaped by the artist-teacher leading it - their own style and the medium they teach. They travel beside you, teaching and drawing daily inspiration from the same shared experiences. Your artist-teacher will send a detailed supply list well before departure.
Meet the
Artists
Jill Badonsky
Author, illustrator, and creativity coach, Jill pairs playful sketching with gentle writing prompts. Her workshops are as much about rediscovering joy as they are about technique.
Taria Dawson
Taria came to sketching later in life and never looked back — her sketchbook became a steady travel companion during a solo trip through Central America, and urban sketching has taken her around the world ever since. She teaches with the patient, adventurous spirit of someone who knows a blank page is just the start of a good story.
Tiffany Goff-Smith
A mixed-media artist teacher who finds joy in the everyday — markets, doorways, the second cup of coffee. Her classes are warm, unhurried, and refreshingly free of pressure.
Tammy Gilley
Tammy brings a designer's sense of color and composition to the her mixed media sessions. Her vintage journal sessions are encouraging and structured, perfect for building real confidence on the page.
Karen Stamper
Karen's collages are full of light, movement, and the kind of confident mark-making that comes from decades of practice. She creates a relaxed, generous studio atmosphere wherever she teaches.
Mary Beth Shaw
Mary Beth is an experimental mixed-media artist who loves the happy accident. Expect bold marks, unexpected materials, and the freedom to make something that's entirely your own.
Koosje Koene
Netherlands-based artist, Koosje Koene, is one of the world's most beloved urban sketchers. Her approachable style and genuine enthusiasm make even the most intimidated beginner feel at home on the page.
Kristin Reese-Williams
Kristin layers paint, paper, and thread into pages that feel like keepsakes. Her stitched mixed-media approach turns a travel journal into something you'll keep on the shelf for years.
Lloyd Dangle
An illustrator with a reporter's eye, Lloyd teaches urban sketching as a way of really seeing a place — quick lines, honest color, and the conviction that a loose page beats a perfect one.
Ohn Mar Win
Ohn Mar Win is a celebrated UK-based watercolorist known for her loose, luminous style. She paints people, places, and the particular light of wherever she happens to be standing.
Cecile Yadro
Cecile is a French artist and teacher who's kept travel sketchbooks for forty years, now sharing her mix of drawing, gouache, and collage with thousands of students online and at in-person retreats and workshops.
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