Travel Experiences

ROBERT REGIS DVORAK
CREATIVE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

HALF MOON BAY

July 29-31, 2008
Registration open!
Deadline to register July 22, 2008

I invite you to join me for a fabulous watercolor/drawing workshop on the California Coast at Half Moon Bay. This spectacular costal landscape will be the subject of our watercolor explorations. The $199 fee includes 15 hours of class instruction. Before each painting session Robert will demonstrate. After each painting session there will be a review of everyone's work. Transportation to Half Moon Bay is not included. Space available until "wait-list only" is posted on the web site. Registration must be received by July 22, 2008.

This workshop is geared to people who can do easy walking. We will be painting outdoors so be sure to bring a hat and a jacket and some kind of stool or portable chair. The coastal temperatures can vary a lot during the summer months. We will paint and draw the coastal landscape. Be prepared for a full and rich creative experience.

I will assist you one-on-one and as a group. I will call upon my many years of experience painting and drawing to support you in your creative efforts. I will be doing a demonstration at each site we choose. I will always be open to answer your questions and provide coaching.

We will move to simplify your painting skill to create clean, fresh, colorful, spontaneous paintings. I will inspire you to think, consider, and examine your personal vision and expression. I will encourage you to paint from your heart.

Fee is $199 per person. Transportation to Half Moon Bay and lunch and dinners are not included.

There is no need to call to check if there is room for you. Send $199 per participant as possible if you want to be included. If you need more information regarding any other details, please contact Robert Dvorak at (650) 359-1288 in the San Francisco Bay Area, or e-mail Robert at: info@youcreate.com.

Note: If the workshop is fully registered, quite often a space will open up because of a last minute cancellation a few days before the beginning date. If the workshop is full be sure and waitlist if you want to come.

Greece Trip Cancellation Policy:
Days prior to workshop          Cancellation fee
9 days or more                          $20
8 days or less                            no refunds
If the trip is full with a waiting list, and a cancellation occurs, a wait-listed person can take the place of a cancellation. In such a case there will be a full refund minus a $20 administration fee.

To register for this experience make check or money order to:
R. R. Dvorák
and send to:
CREATIVEpowerSEMINARS, PO Box 370371, Montara, CA 94037
For more information call:
1-650-359-1288
or email: info@youcreate.com

This was painted a short walk from your condominium.

WATERCOLOR HAWAII
January 3-10, 2009
Registration open!
(5 two person rooms left)

From January 3-10, 2009, you can enjoy one week (seven days and nights) of watercolor (and drawing) instruction on the beautiful island of Molokai. Includes: seven nights double occupancy at the beautiful Kaluakoi Condominiums and golf course located next to the ocean on the west end of Molokai. Each condominium is equipped with cooking and serving utensils, a microwave oven, stove top, refrigerator, coffee maker, toaster, TV, private bath and a lanai. You will view the Hawaiian sunset on the ocean each evening from this location. There is also a swimming pool, an 18 hole golf course, tennis court and and barbecue areas. The workshop includes all watercolor (or oil painting if you prefer) and drawing instruction and demonstrations, private and group instruction, some materials, and all land transportation on Molokai. Fee does not include meals, airfare from and to the mainland, or airfare from and to the other Hawaiian islands. Register NOW! Space available until a "wait-list-only" notice is posted on the web site or in a future newsletter.

NOW is the time to register by sending $1299 for one person, double occupancy if received before October 1, 2008, and $1500 after October 1. A single supplement or a non-participating partner is only $500. Group size is limited by the number of condominiums reserved. There is no need to call to check if there is room for you. When the enrollment is full a "waiting list only" notice will be posted at the beginning of this announcement. Call 1-650-359-1288 in the San Francisco Bay Area, or e-mail: hawaii@youcreate.com. if you need more information before sending in your registration check for the full amount. This will be the 20th time Robert has offered this Hawaii workshop. It is loads of fun and you will gain confidence and skill with drawing and watercolor that will amaze you. Traveling to Molokai is going back in time. Molokai is old Hawaii, the way the other islands looked 75 years ago. You will find Molokai friendly and peaceful, a perfect place to relax and paint and draw without distraction. Molokai has the highest cliffs in the Pacific, pastures, rain forest, waterfalls, beaches, palm trees and some excellent restaurants. To register, send your check to the address below. And book your flights early for the best price.

Note: If the workshop is fully registered, quite often a room will open up because of a last minute cancellation a few days before the beginning date. If the workshop if full, be sure and waitlist if you want to come.

Hawaii Trip Cancellation Policy:
Penalties and refunds:
Days prior to the trip                                  Cancellation fee
60 days or more                                           $100
30 days or more                                           $300
30 days or less or nonappearance       100% of total fee
Travel insurance is highly recommended!
If the trip is full with a waiting list, and a cancellation occurs, a wait-listed person can take the place of a cancellation. In such a case there will be a full refund minus a $40 administration fee. There will be no refunds for any reason after December 1, 2008.   It is highly recommended that you take out travel insurance.

To register for this experience make check or money order to:
R. R. Dvorák
and send to:
CREATIVEpowerSEMINARS, PO Box 370371, Montara, CA 94037
For more information call:
650.359.1288 or 916.391.5051
or email: hawaii@youcreate.com

YOSEMITE 2009
May 22-May 24
Registration open!
(8-2 person rooms left)

From Friday, May 22-Sunday May 25, 2009 you can sharpen your landscape drawing and painting skills while you visit powerful waterfalls, overflowing streams, fresh green meadows, and the spectacular geologic formations in Yosemite Valley. Robert will do four watercolor demonstrations. You will get individual coaching and participate in three class reviews of student works. You will be able to observe and try a variety of drawing and watercolor techniques. This will be the 29th year Robert has conducted a Yosemite Workshop. He has also been invited to be the Artist in Residence at the Art Activity Center in Yosemite for many years. The fee includes 16 hours of instructional class time, two nights double-occupancy rooms with private bath and heat at Curry Village in Yosemite Valley. Registration fee is $399 per person if received before December 1, 2008 and $499 after that date. Cost for a non-participating partner is $150. Transportation to and from Yosemite and meals are not included. Group size is limited by the number of cabins reserved. There is no need to call to check if there is room for you. When the enrollment is full a "waiting list only" notice will be posted at the beginning of this announcement. For more information, call: 650.359.1288 in the San Francisco Bay Area, or e-mail: yosemite@youcreate.com. To register, send your check for the full amount to the address below.

Note: If the workshop is fully registered, quite often a room will open up because of a last minute cancellation a few days before the beginning date. If the workshop is full be sure and waitlist if you want to come.

Yosemite Trip Cancellation Policy:
Penalties and refunds:
Cancellation before February 21, 2009 full refund minus a $20 administration fee.
                                                                       Cancellation fee
90 days to 60 days                                      $175
59-or less days or nonappearance           100% of total charge
If the trip is full with a waiting list, and a cancellation occurs, a wait-listed person can take the place of a cancellation. In such a case there will be a full refund minus a $40 administration fee. If non attendance occurs because of a serious health issue, a partial credit for a future workshop may be possible.

The poem that I recited at the end of the 2007 workshop is below. RRD

Go to Yosemite watercolor exhibition.

"Robert gives helpful specific tips as well as a general orientation to the philosophy of plein air watercolor painting."
Sophie Torrance (Yosemite Art Center Class)

Being an Artist of Life

We stand before a grand canvas: our life.
We prepare the colors of our thoughts--rich or poor, false or true.
We must be ready to feel the warm and cold hues of our emotions--our fear and joy, our love and sadness.

In our hands we hold the finest of brushes: time, the instrument which allows us to express our world of experience in each and every spontaneous stroke.
We visualize this grand canvas as we want it to be, and commit to painting our image with integrity.
Each shading and shape, each color and hue; each smudge, drip, slip, tone, shadow, and value will be determined by us.
We are responsible for each stroke of our brush.

And although others may misunderstand or criticize, if we stand for who we are and what we do, most will respect us and admire our courage.

And when this grand canvas, our life, is finished, may the world in some small or large way be a better place.
May those who have touched our canvas with their eyes and hearts, grow to know the joy and wonder of being an artist of life.
We paint each day,
And we create every now!

by Robert Regis Dvorák

Sketch book watercolor
GREECE 2008
May 28-June 11
Report from Greece

Here are some highlights from my Greek painting trip. Except for Olympic Airlines staff who gave us some problems, everything went well. We had a great dinner in Athens at Psara's The Old Tavern Restaurant in the old section of Athens, Plaka, our first night in Athens. The next day some of us visited the Acropolis and some of us traveled to Pireaus and got on a ferry for Aegena, an island south of Athens. In Aegena we toured the island in a passenger van, had lunch at the beach, drew and painted most of the afternoon and returned to Pireaus by ferry and our hotel in Athens after a great first full day in Greece. While in Mykonos many of us went by boat to the uninhabited island of Delos, one of the most important ancient sites in Greece. While I was in Mykonos I was asked to show my 1968 film, A Day on Mykonos, to the Mayor of Mykonos and friends. They were all very grateful for a look back in time at the way Mykonos used to be. They said they wanted to make me an honorary citizen of Mykonos. From Mykonos, we traveled to Santorini by ferry boat stopping in Paros for a couple of hours to change boats. Santorini and the small town of Ioa were as spectacular as ever. I saw my good friend, the Greek painter, Christoforos Asimis. You can see his work in the inspirational Art Gallery Phenomenon, on the cliff’s edge in Thira. My group’s favorite island was Folegandros, a small island southwest of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. We stayed at the Fata Morgana Apartments and many said that it was there favorite accommodation. Folegandros at this time of year is fairly quiet--not as many motor scooters and cars zooming around the countryside--and the cliff side scenery is spectacular. Finally we traveled by ferry to Milos on Speedrunner II, a large hydrofoil that travels over the water at about 35 knots. In Milos we were also inspired by the spectacular view from the terrace in front of the main church in Plaka, Milos. When I go back to Greece on my own, I will be sure to visit this place again. Of course the food was delicious and my group of 15 produced many wonderful drawings and paintings. RRD

This was painted a short walk from your condominium.

WATERCOLOR HAWAII
January 3-10, 2009
Registration open!
(5 two person rooms left)

ALASKA

To Be Announced

A Drawing and Watercolor Workshop on an Alaskan Cruise
If you are interested in such a workshop please contact Mr. Dvorak.

Develop new watercolor painting and drawing skill on the Voyage of the Glaciers, a Diamond Princess cruise. Vancouver, BC to Whittier Alaska with ports of call in Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway, plus glacier-viewing in Glacier Bay National Park and College Fjord. You may fly early to Vancouver or stay over and see Denali Park in Alaska. Outside cabin cruise workshop price is from $1500 and includes the cruise, all your meals, and other extras on the cruise. Call Mr. Dvorak at (650) 359-1288 in the San Francisco Bay Area, or e-mail: info@youcreate.com if you are interested.

Alaska Cancellation Policy for R. R. Dvorak portion:
Days prior to trip                        Cancellation fee
6 months or more                        your $385 will be refunded
6 months or less                          no refunds

To register for any of these experiences send check or money order to:
R. R. Dvorák
CREATIVEpowerSEMINARS, PO Box 370371, Montara, CA 94037
For more information call:
1-650-359-1288
or email: travel@youcreate.com

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