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May 22-29 in 2025.
This is a fully-escorted tour with your experienced tour manager and guide Kate Stedman
Kate an historian, art lover and avid sketcher and she will take you to her favourite spots and regale you with fun facts and historic gems each day as well. Sketchers of all abilities and levels are welcome.
WATERCOLOUR PAINT or MARKER PENS?
Albert sketches in a variety of colourful marker pens which makes his sketches quick to do with a dramatic effect.
On this tour, sketchers can choose to sketch with him in WATERCOLOUR PAINT if they prefer, or try MARKER PENS too and see if they like the medium as another tool.
(The bonus with markers is they are swift, dramatic and do not require expensive watercolour paper.
You can use 160 gsm paper.)
ABOUT ALBERT KIEFER
See his work on his website at: https://www.housesketcher.nl/home_english.html
instagram at @housesketcher and on youtube
Domestika https://www.domestika.org/en/housesketcher
Albert has a degree from the Academy of Arts in Maastricht in teaching art.
He now works in the computer-based picture-making industry.
In 2016 he started producing a sketch every day because of his love of depicting architecture. His sketches are done with coloured pens on paper but his style can also be used with other media such as watercolour and ink.
He now has more than 75,000 students on his highly successful course on Domestika, he has over 287,000 followers on Instagram and mid-2024, he will release his how-to book on House Sketching.
This is a fabulous opportunity to meet Albert, sketch with him and see first hand how he works his magic.
The Alsace region of France is close to the German border, close to Switzerland and known for its hearty cuisine and its picture-postcard medieval villages.
Its capital Strasbourg has stunning architecture, vibrant culture and peaceful parks.
Much of Strasbourg is classified World Heritage. A Treasure Trove of history.
We stay in the tree-lined avenues of Neustadt near the historic centre with its maze of medieval alleyways in a 4 star hotel with air-conditioned rooms and ensuite bathrooms.
OUR TOUR BEGINS on MAY 22 in our hotel in Strasbourg.
TRAIN: you can organise a TGV train from Paris down to Strasbourg which can take as little as 2 hours.
The tour ends on MAY 29 after breakfast in our hotel where you are free to make your own travel arrangements back to Paris or elsewhere
We will spend 7 nights (May 22-29 in 2025) in Strasbourg sketching daily with Albert, exploring the city sketching The Egyptian House, the cathedral, the Lycee, the covered bridges, Petite France, half-wooden houses and other quirky architecture.
Daily excursions on foot or by tram to peaceful sketch spots.
Included is a day trip to the chocolate box town of Colmar to sketch.
PROVENCE TOUR
Join our sketching tour which follows on in Provence France June 2 -9
We price all our tours in EUROS to accommodate exchange rate fluctuations but you will be paying for your tour in AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS as we are an Australian tour company.
PRICE INCLUDES
-All 4 star accommodation with ensuite bathrooms whilst on tour
-Daily breakfasts
-4 dinners
-6 lunches
-All entries
-All transport on tour
-Your Tour Manager
-6 demos & workshops with ALBERT KIEFER
TOUR COST: based on TWO people sharing a room
3,400 EUROS per person
( go to www.xe.com to see an approximate tour cost based on TODAY’s exchange rate in your currency)
TOUR COST SOLO TRAVELLER in own room:
3,950 EUROS per person
( go to www.xe.com to see an approximate tour cost based on TODAY’s exchange rate in your currency)
Non-sketcher cost (must be sharing a room with a sketcher) is 3,150 euros
DEPOSIT AMOUNT of $1,000 AUD per person to secure your reservation.
Final tour payment is due 120 days before travel.
We will invoice you at the time this is due for the correct amount to pay in AUD according to the market rate on that day.
- Travel outside tour dates (ie before May 22 and after May 29 in 2025)
- All other meals not mentioned in the itinerary
- International flights
- Travel insurance which is mandatory on all our tours
3 -4 star quality in the centre of Neustadt next to the Old City island. All ensuite bathrooms and air conditioned rooms.
There is a TGV fast train Paris to Strasbourg train station
No. This is NOT a confirmed tour departure until minimum numbers have booked and deposited. We will let you know well in advance when this occurs and then we will confirm the departure. Do not book travel until you are assured this tour is a confirmed departure. Please ask if you are unsure.
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