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What I Offer

Each retreat combines daily sketch-walks, demonstrations, and guided exercises with plenty of time for individual exploration.
We work with watercolor and mixed media to capture the unique rhythm of each place — its architecture, nature, and people — and to find stories within the landscape.

Workshops can be structured as 3- to 7-day programs, including:

1. Introduction to technique — playful watercolor exercises and simple ways to create expressive, atmospheric sketches.
   
   

2. Finding focus — learning how to choose what to sketch, simplify complex scenes, and balance freedom with structure.
   
   

3. Integrating people and place — discovering how to combine figures and architecture harmoniously, and how to capture movement, energy, and daily life.
   Additional topics include exploring textures (old walls, trees, reflections), sketching in cafés or markets, and building sketch-stories that convey atmosphere and emotion.

Workshop Themes

Each retreat has its own rhythm and atmosphere, and I love shaping the workshop themes to suit the location. Some of the topics I often develop with organizers include:

• • Old City, New City — exploring the dialogue between past and present: ancient walls and modern cranes, quiet corners and busy streets, stability and movement.

• • Nature in the City — integrating trees, water, and greenery into urban scenes; discovering how natural forms soften the strong geometry of the city.

• • People of the City — simple, dynamic techniques for sketching movement, everyday life, and the small stories happening around us.

• • Sketching in Cafés — capturing intimate indoor atmospheres, relaxed moments, gestures, and interactions while feeling comfortable working in a public space.

• • Nightlife Sketching — using light and shadow, limited palettes, and fast line work to convey the pace and energy of evening scenes.

• Nature with a Human Touch — ideal for rural or garden settings: incorporating traces of human presence — paths, architecture, objects, or figures — while preserving the spontaneity and freshness of watercolor.