Mindy has traveled to Costa Rica every year for the past 25 years. In 1999, Mindy and photographer Nancy Richmond began leading art and photography tours to Costa Rica. They teach artists how to take research photographs to compliment their field sketches and create accurate color swatches in their sketchbooks. Photographers work on creating compositions that are pictorial essays of the rainforest. Workshop participants visit biological research stations, get a behind-the-scenes look at a sloth sanctuary and learn about on-going conservation efforts in Costa Rica.
The next painting and photography tour is February 1-10, 2012. A quick summary is posted below. This information has also been posted in the Classes Near You sections for Costa Rica and Florida.
Studio 16 Art & Photography Tour to Costa Rica
www.studio16online.com
- Day 1: Arrive in San Jose. Check-in to Hotel Bougainvillea.
- Day 2: Introductory exercises in the garden at the hotel. An afternoon visit to Zoo Ave to sketch and photograph birds.
- Day 3: Visit to La Paz Waterfall Gardens
- Day 4: Travel to the Sarapiqui region, visit Sibu Organic Chocolates, arrive at Selva Verde Lodge.
- Day 5: Go on a bird walk, travel along the Sarapiqui River, draw, paint, and visit the Tirimbina Biological Reserve to learn about bats!
- Day 6: Walk through the rainforest at La Selva Biological Station and learn how to collect reference material through drawing, painting and photography.
- Day 7: Visit the Costa Flores Botanical Garden, draw, paint and learn about “plant portraiture.”
- Day 8: Visit the Aviarios Del Caribe Sloth Rescue Center.
- Day 9: Enjoy quiet moments at Selva Verde Lodge before returning to Hotel Bougainvillea in San Jose.
- Day 10: Airport transfer, return home
Complete details and color photographs can be viewed here.
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