Art retreats invite a different kind of presence—one where you slow down, pay attention, and let the world around you guide your hands. Whether close or far, they offer fertile ground for creativity to grow.
In Spain, we’ll make with our hands and hearts, walk new paths, gather for slow meals, and allow the textures of the land and culture to shape what we create.
You’ll leave with pieces that hold more than pigment and wax—you’ll take home a sense of rootedness, renewal, and a deeper trust in your creative rhythm.

Escape to Catalonia for a unique encaustic retreat!
Dive into the ancient technique of encaustic. Experiment with texture, mixed media, and different kinds of locally sourced art supplies, while experiencing the Catalan culture and gastronomy.

5 Day Encaustic WORKSHOP IN SALA TRAMUNTANA

Layering & Mark Making
The first class of the retreat will cover encaustic fundamentals of fusing layers and intuitive mark-making using a variety of tools and R&F Handmade Paints supplies.

Accretion
Learn a number of different dry brushing techniques that can be done to achieve stunning surface textures with encaustic. Students will dive into different types of scraping techniques to enhance the natural properties of encaustic.

Dynamic Composition
Explore ideas of composition using the Sala Tramuntana surroundings, and enhance your encaustic with water-based mixed media underpainting techniques.

Mini Monotypes
Using encaustic paint on paper from a local paper maker, you will lose yourself in creating luminous colors that dance across your heated surface and pull beautiful one-of-a-kind prints. Learn how to add different mark making tools to embellish your monotypes and how to mount them on panels.

Cloth & Wax
Combine cloth and encaustic paint, using locally sourced fabrics to create unique collages. Learn how to layer textiles, wax, and pigments to craft textured, mixed-media artworks that blur the line between textile and painting.

Foraged Leaf Stencils
Press and layer local botanical leaves with encaustic techniques to craft textured, nature-inspired prints full of depth and detail.

Encaustic Photography
Learn how to preserve and transform your photographs of Catalonia, using the ancient art of encaustic. By layering wax and oil paints, you'll add texture and depth to your images, blending reality with imagination to create truly unique works of art. The class will cover paper selection, mounting techniques, painting methods, glazing, scraping, image transfers, and adding texture and color to the encaustic process.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

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• 6 nights in a hotel room with private bath at Casa Anamaria Hotel with rural surroundings.

• Breakfast + lunch + dinner for each day.

• All encaustic workshops + 2 open studios.

• All art supplies.

• Bus transportation from and to the airport.

• Excursions and bus transportation to Banyoles, Girona, and Costa Brava.

Included Excursions

SCHEDULE

SUNDAY 12
Around noon - Arrival at Barcelona and shuttle bus to Hotel
2:00 pm - Check-in (Lunch option)
4:00 pm - Welcome and Orientation
Around 7:00 pm - Dinner

MONDAY 13
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - 1:00 pm - ENCAUSTIC LESSONS (snack break at 11:00 am)
1:00 pm - Lunch, Free time
3:00 - 6:00 pm - ENCAUSTIC LESSONS
6:00 - 8:00 pm - OPEN STUDIO
8:00 pm - Dinner

TUESDAY 14
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - 1:00 pm - ENCAUSTIC LESSONS (snack break at 11:00 am)
1:00 pm - Lunch, Free time
3:00 pm - Bus to Banyoles
8:00 pm - Dinner in Banyoles
Around 9:30 pm - Bus to Hotel

WEDNESDAY 15
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - 1:00 pm - ENCAUSTIC LESSONS (snack break at 11:00 am)
1:00 pm - Lunch, Free time
3:00 - 6:00 pm - ENCAUSTIC LESSONS
6:00 - 8:00 pm - OPEN STUDIO
8:00 pm - Dinner

THURSDAY 16
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - 1:00 pm - ENCAUSTIC LESSONS (snack break at 11:00 am)
1:00 pm - Lunch, Free time
3:00 pm - Bus to Costa Brava
8:00 pm - Dinner in Costa Brava
Around 9:30 pm - Bus to Hotel

FRIDAY 17
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - 1:00 pm - ENCAUSTIC LESSONS (snack break at 11:00 am)
1:00 pm - Lunch, Free time
3:00 pm - Bus to Girona
8:00 pm - Dinner in Girona and Wrap-up Party
Around 10:30 pm - Bus to Hotel

SATURDAY 18
Final breakfast, Check-out and shuttle bus to Barcelona Airport

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