Painting in Bali Part 1
October 29th I loaded into a plane from LAX to Hong Kong for my painting trip, then from Hong Kong to Denpasar Indonesia landing at 1:00 a.m. in the morning totaling 24 hours of travel. Then took a taxi on a two way lane to Ubud in the middle of a warm humid night, which by the way was my first time seeing cars drive on the opposite side. Honestly… it took my whole trip to get used to this. We arrived in Ubud at the most luxurious museum hotel with the front check-in desk outside, talk about really cool. Unfortunately I never travel light because I have to carry a full art studio in tote. Now feeling really bad for the guys who had to carry all four heavy stuit cases across the grounds of beautiful landscape stairs, and more stairs…and even more stairs (did I mention the wheel broke on one of my suitcase). I later on found out the ground gardens at the hotel are designed as outdoor art with stairs, statues, water and plants with balance between man and environment. Wow, I was looking at paradise at night. The next morning I peeked out of my window and was stunned by how beautiful Bali was, plus hot and humid.
Painting in Bali – Mission
My mission for this trip was for three reasons, one to study art in another culture, two host the art studio for the 2019 Family Adventure Summit with over 400 attendees from around the world, and third get some vacation days in for myself. All three missions accomplished. The cool bonus was learning how friendly and wonderful balinese people are. I was immersed in art for sure, I was actually staying at a hotel with artful garden landscapes and a museum.
Spramani Elaun Batik Design
Batik Painting in Bali
The first few days I had to wait for the hotel to construct my outdoor studio for the summit. I found a Batik museum and class while exploring the streets of Ubud. I was so excited I found a traditional Batik class taught by a local artist. I will have to say this class was one of the highlights of my trip. Seeing and experiencing different painting methods and tools is one of my travel passions. I’m always on the hunt to bring back methods to my young and adult art students. I get inspiration by learning different ways of painting. For the past two years I’ve been teaching Turkish marbling which I picked up from my trip to Istanbul, and plan to do the same with my new learned batik skills from bali.
While teaching on this trip I did have the opportunity to share my new leaned skills by teaching my young students at the summit how to Batik. Tomorrow I plan to share more pictures about my trip… stay tuned for part 2.
If you missed this information yesterday, I’m hosting an online painting workshop this month, check details out below, plus the limited time discount:
Online October workshop:
Painting Key Lessons 101 Online
| Painting Key Lessons 101 Best for primary and elementary grade teachers, parents and art instructors October Online Art Training CPD hours 1.5 Two Dates to choose from: October Tuesday 29th PST (West Coast) 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. PST 1. 5 hours or, October Thursday 30th ET (East Coast ) 6:30 – 7:30 Painting with kids in Bali How do you teach painting without painting skills? How can painting lessons integrate with your core curriculum? Where do you start, what types of paints are best to buy, how should painting lessons be managed, and how do you get your students painting independently quickly? In this training I’ll answer all these questions, give you guidelines, tips, a shopping list, and share video key lessons demonstrations every student should know. Attending live will give you a chance to get your questions answered. A recording of the main training will be available to all paid customers regardless if you attend live, usually available 24 hours after training. 1.5 PD hours are available to only live attendees. Two dates with different time zones to choose from. Have questions? Need to enroll more than one teacher? Email: SpramaniElaun@gmail.com Enrollment Now Open! Painting Key Lessons 101 Regular Rate $197.00 Enroll in the next 7 days for special discount offer for only $97.00 Enroll today for only $97.00 |