Hydra, Greece

8 Day Retreat with a 6 Day Art Program

An Autumn Sketchbook

For many artists a stay on Hydra, the enchanting, some say magical, Aegean island, was a significant part of how their art was created. 

On Hydra, writers, painters, songsters, musicians and dreamers of all types, found a place that inspired them. From its shores, looking out to the Aegean or inward to their artistic dreams, poetry, novels, avant-garde texts, masterpieces in paint and word, emerged. Be there, with us, and find your own threads of inspiration. 

This workshop celebrates the wonderful opportunity that sketchbooking provides: the chance to discover, explore, and develop without pressure or outcomes. This is not about producing finished artworks—it’s about starting conversations, taking visual notes, and becoming a vessel for inspiration.​

Using stitch, collage, line, and watercolour, we’ll create a meaningful and expressive visual journal of our time in Hydra.  

" I’ll share everything I’ve learned over the past 30 years—how to travel light while still carrying a compact creative 'Studio" with you wherever you go."