Join Mark Glavina for this unique experience as we visit the best of Mexico’s culture hidden in and around Mexico’s Capital City.  Our adventure begins in CDMX, exploring the heart of art and culture,  from Palacio de Bellas Artes to the Frida Kahlo Gallery. Discover neighbourhoods  gems of this amazing city like Coyoacán, Xochimilco, Roma and the historic City Centre’s  famous Zocalo,  a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From Mexico City we slow our pace to draw and paint in some …

We have 2 spots open for 10 days in Malta ( Rome portion sold out).  Deeply rooted in religious and natural history this tiny archipelago nation is one of the most beautiful Island locations in the Mediterranean.  Your host artist Mark Glavina shares his ancestral home; painting on location and exploring Malta’s natural architecture beauty which dates back to 4000 years BC.  Join us as we paint Malta’s Blue Grotto, narrow medieval streets of Mdina, jaw droopingly beautiful Grand Harbour …

Semana Santa: There are few places in the world that celebrate Easter quite like Guatemala’s colonial city of Antigua.  Join your host Mark Glavina for an amazing artistic and cultural experience in one of our all time favourite locations. During Holy Week, Antigua Guatemala hosts the most beautiful religious celebration in the America, when huge processions wind their way through the town’s streets.  Discover Guatemala’s Mayan culture as we travel to the highlands and visit the small villages around Lake …

Join the Travelling Brush in Portugal’s capital with artist Eudes Correia, an internationally renowned watercolour painter and feature artist of Winsor and Newton paints. Our time in Lisbon will be spent studying with Eudes both in his studio and in the streets of Lisbon, drawing and painting on location while being inspired by this talented artist and incredible city. Our art adventure continues north with your host Mark Glavina to the towns of Óbidos, Coimbra and Aveiro, winding up in …

SOLD OUT Join artist Mark Glavina painting along the meandering Adriatic coast of Croatia May 2018. Our tour begins in the beautiful capital city of Zagreb before making our way to the coastal city of Zadar and then Split; this medieval fortress city with her Diocletian Palace and Roman Ruins will dazzle your senses. We continue our Dalmation coastal odyssey taking a ferry to the Islands of Brač and Hvar before our final destination; the walled city of Dubrovnik. This …

France is as enchanting and intriguing as all the guidebooks boast with its monuments and galleries, the gastronomic pleasures of the iconic Paris bistro, and the incomparable light of Provence and the Mediterranean. Explore one of the most historically important and beautiful locations on the world art map with Travelling Brush artist Mark Glavina and our host artist, Margot Paris.

Paint your way through the ‘pearl of the orient’ on an incredible two week adventure.  Our tour begins in HoChi Mihn City formerly known as Saigon, is located at the heart of the southern part of Vietnam, between the northern edge of the Mekong Delta and the South Eastern region of volcanic red soil.  Over the past three centuries, Saigon, once praised as the “Pearl of the Orient”, was known as an important trade center for Chinese, Japanese and Western merchants. Our …

A weekend of plein-air painting at the beautiful Okanagan wineries of Bottleneck Drive in picturesque Summerland, BC.  The weekend kicks off at Giant Head Winery with a Friday night artist reception and painting demonstration.  Join Mark Glavina and guests as we paint the town on Saturday morning in Summerland, starting with a short class on urban composition and street perspective,  followed by a break in the afternoon for a little R&R.  Events continue in the late afternoon with a visit to …

Enjoy the warm Peruvian sun and explore your creative flair, learning the enchanting art of encaustic. This ancient medium, using molten beeswax, is a perfect partner to Peru’s historic Incan Empire, stunning landscape, arts, and local colour.  We will hand-alter photographs taken on our cultural explorations of Macchu Piccu, local galleries, architectural wonders, and Peruvian gastronomic and fine arts, learning how to pour, carve, and colour sweet-smelling beeswax to create mixed media photographic paintings.  

Visit the Blue Mosque, Topkapı Palace, The Grand Bazaar and the relics of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire: Hagia Sophia, Basilica Underground Cistern and the Hippodrome, which are just some of the highlights of just our first day.  visit Chora Museum, considered to be one of the most beautiful surviving examples of a Byzantine church. Chora is famous for its amazingly vivid and well-preserved mosaics and frescoes, depicting images from the life of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.    Our Adventure continues …