Drawing and Sketching Classes at CaravanTurkey Gokpinar Cultural Center
Drawing Classes every day during summer from 9am to 4pm
Your one-day course includes:
Pick up from hotels in Bodrum area
On location drawing classes instructed by Esmee Ertekin
Sketchbook and basic drawing materials
Unlimited tea and coffee
Traditional lunch
Glass of wine accompanying lunch
Course fee: USD 85 per person
About Your Teacher
Esmee Ertekin is a fashion and textile designer who splits her time between London and Bodrum.
She studied at the prestigious St Martin's School of Art in London and has more than 20 years of design experience working in fashion houses in London, Milan, Paris and New York.
She currently runs a London-based textile business selling designs to brands worldwide and works as a fashion and design tutor.
Half-Turkish, half-British, she has been visiting Bodrum since she was child.
About The Course
Esmee instructs an informal style, drawing and sketching on location.
Classes are relaxed, the aim is to create personal memories of your stay in the idyllic hill top setting of Gökpınar.
Sketchbooks and basic drawing materials will be provided but all participants are free to use the medium of their choice.
The class is suitable for all. No previous art experience is neccessary, just a willingness to be creative and enjoy your stay with other art and culture lovers in Gökpınar.
The morning class will be two hours in duration and include four locations. Then a delicious traditional lunch will prepared and served to you using the freshest home grown seasonal ingredients. After lunch participants can choose two locations of their own or follow the instruction of Esmee.
Non participants who want to accompany their sketching friends can enjoy the local scenery, have a walk around the village, relax in the traditional stone house or sit and enjoy tea in the garden.
Classes are instructed in English but French, Italian and Turkish speakers are also catered for.