Ian Fennely’s Urban Sketching workshops are about looking carefully at a subject and taking time to notice things. They are broken down into 5 steps, and each step uses different materials.

This is the inaugural Urban Sketching Summer Retreat.  The week will provide a full immersion workshop experience, on the finest Island campus-known for its extraordinary light and color, with unlimited sketching locations.

Learn to use the Prismatic Palette and how to effectively use greens in your paintings!

Spend five days in a retreat setting learning to paint en plein air with Aaron Schuerr at our Tucson Ranch campus, which is located adjacent to Saguaro National Park in the foothills of the Rincon mountains. The resort setting provides a plethora of plein air locations just steps from the art studio. 

Explore urban sketching with the internationally renowned Urban Sketching Instructor, Ian Fennelly in historic Santa Fe New Mexico.

Join Canadian artist and travel sketcher Shari Blaukopf for a five-day location sketching workshop. With watercolor and sketchbooks, students will capture and record the fascinating culture and history of Santa Fe.