Come and join us in Summer Lake for a 5 day workshop. During these 5 days, we will record the beauty and the serenity of the Oregon high desert. In the Spring, over 250 species of birds visit the wildlife refuge, right across from the lodge! You can count on breathtaking landscapes, history, and wildlife to record in your sketchbook!

WHEN: April 28 - May 3 (departure day)

ACCOMMODATION: Summer Lake Lodge

COST: $780 includes: 5 day workshop, double-occupancy room (single rooms or cabins available with a supplement); daily breakfasts, dinners and packed lunches. Entry fees to Fort Rock museum and the summer Lake Hot Springs will be at your expense.

EXCURSIONS: Fort Rock, Summer Lake Hot Springs, Winter Rim, a sketch-walk on the Paiute Medicine Man Path. All excursions will be done with your own transportation. Carpooling is always an option.

To hold your place, send me a registration form, along with a $300 non-refundable deposit. The balance of $480 will be due February 28, and will only be refunded for medical reasons.

Being the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies, Astoria, with its architecture and its history, has a lot to offer to see and sketch! Lewis and Clark arrived in the region in 1805, quickly followed by thousands of pioneers. Now it is your turn to experience and explore Astoria, taking visual notes in your sketchbook as the explorers did centuries earlier.

WHEN: August 17 - 22 (departure day)

ACCOMMODATION: The Benjamin Young Bed & Breakfast

COST: $880 includes: 5 day workshop, double-occupancy room, 5 breakfasts and 5 dinners. $400 for participants not needing food or accommodation. Entry fees to museums will be at your expense.

EXCURSIONS: Fort Stevens State Park, the Astoria Column, the Columbia River Maritime Museum. We will explore the city waterfront and sketch some beautiful Victorian homes. We will do a sketchwalk along the Columbia River and ride the 1913 trolley that runs across town and beside the Riverwalk. All excursions will be done with your own transportation. Carpooling is always an option.

To hold your place, send me a registration form along with a $300 non-refundable deposit. The balance of $580 will be due June 17, and will only be refunded for medical reasons.

The Bandon workshop will take place at the Langlois Mountain Retreat. Cost and other details will be determined in the next couple of weeks.

The 2008 workshop has been cancelled.