Art & Sail
A working week with an artist aboard - brush one week, lens the next.
Reserve A PlaceAsk A Question- An artist or photographer aboard for the full week
- Anchorages chosen for light rather than shelter
- One subject a day, and the middle of the day free to work
- Alongside for first light and blue hour
- Beginners welcome, and usually in the majority
- Sold by the cabin, open to men and women
The light on this coast is the reason painters keep coming back to it, and the reason nobody gets it right from the shore.
Art & Sail is a working week with an artist aboard. Anchorages are chosen for light rather than shelter, we move early and stop early, and the middle of every day belongs to whatever you are making. One subject a day: a harbour at first light, a stone town at four in the afternoon, the water itself when there is nothing else to look at.
Nobody is graded and nobody exhibits. Beginners are welcome and usually outnumber everyone else.
Two Departures
- Brush
- Watercolour and sketch, led by a working painter. Materials are light, quick to dry and forgiving on a moving boat — which is why watercolour and the sea have kept company for three hundred years.
- Lens
- Photography, led by a working photographer. Blue hour and first light, one tuition session a day, and editing over dinner. Bring whatever camera you own, including the phone.
Same boat, same route, same light — different weeks, so the group shares a medium and nobody is waiting on anyone.
How The Days Are Built
Sailing is real but deliberately short: an early passage, an anchor by mid-morning, and the day open. We are alongside or anchored for the two hours either side of sunrise and sunset, because that is when the coast is worth the trouble. Evenings are a long table and whatever everyone made.
How The Days Run
- Day One
- Split. Boarding, the first short passage, and the harbour at dusk.
- Day Two
- Early anchor. A stone town in the afternoon light.
- Day Three
- Open water, then a working village and its fishing boats.
- Day Four
- First light from the deck. The day free.
- Day Five
- An island interior - olive terraces and dry stone.
- Day Six
- The group chooses the last subject.
- Day Seven
- Return to Split, and everything laid out on the saloon table.
What The Price Covers
- Seven nights aboard in a private cabin
- All meals aboard and dinners ashore
- Artist or photographer aboard for the full week
- Skipper and crew
- Harbour and berth fees
Afterwards
Your work, and an invitation to the following season before the dates are published.
Take Your Place
Places are held for 48 hours from enquiry. Tell us who is coming and we will confirm the cabin.
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