California Coast


 

Day 1
Paso Robles


Highlights
• Experience sensorio lights
• PAINT as many colors as possible amongst the lights


Accommodations
Courtyard by Marriott - Paso Robles ($150/night)


Itinerary

1:00PM - 4:30pm
Drive from LA to Paso Robles

4:30pm - 4:45PM
Check in to hotel

4:45pm - 5:15pm
Chill time

5:15PM - 6:30PM
DINNER @ Moe’s PIzza

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Drive to Lights

7:00pm - 9:30pm
Lights at Sensorio
Sketch/draw/paint landscape as day turns to night

10:00pm - 10:30pm
Drive back to hotel


 

Day 2
PCH & Santa Cruz/Monterey


Highlights
• Draw, sketch and paint some of Herbie’s favorite locations along the California Coast


Accommodations
Hyatt Place Santa Cruz ($150/night) or springhill suites Monterey ($199/night)


Itinerary

7:30AM - 8:30Am
Breakfast at Hotel

8:30AM - 9:30Am
Drive from Paso Robles to San Simeon

9:30Am - 11:30AM
paint at SAN SIMEON

11:30Am - 12:15pm
Lunch

12:15PM - 2:30PM
Drive from San Simeon to KASLER POINT (With stop in Big Sur)

2:30pm - 4:30pm
Paint at Kasler Point

4:30pm - 5:00pm
Drive from Kasler Point to Whaler’s Cove and Point Lobos

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Paint at Whaler’s Cove and Point Lobos

7:30pm - 8:30pm
Drive from Point Lobos to Hotel

8:30pm - 9:30pm
Dinner


 

Day 3
San Francisco


Highlights
• Create art from the Golden Gate Bridge
• Be inspired by the Walt Disney Family Museum
• Paint a portrait of Walt Disney at the museum


Accommodations
Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf ($161/night) or Hotel Kabuki ($179/night)


Itinerary

8:00AM - 9:00Am
Breakfast at Hotel

9:00AM - 9:30Am
Drive to Golden Gate Bridge

9:30Am - 11:30AM
walk across Golden Gate Bridge and draw/paint from bridge

11:30Am - 12:00pm
Bus to Walt Disney Family Museum

12:00PM - 2:00PM
Lunch at Walt Disney Family Museum. Presentation by Michelle Lund

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tour museum on own

4:00pm - 6:30pm
Paint a portrait of walt Disney at the museum

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Bus to Tony’s Pizza

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Dinner at Tony’s Pizza

8:30pm - 9:00pm
Take Cable Car to Union Square for ice cream

9:30pm - 10:15pm
ice cream somewhere cool near union square

10:15pm - 10:45pm
Take Cable Car to Hotel


 

Day 4
San Francisco


Highlights
• Sketch on Lombard Street
• San Francisco Art Institute Tour
• Create art in Prison at Alcatraz
• Sketch in ChinaTown


Accommodations
Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf ($161/night) or Hotel Kabuki ($179/night)


Itinerary

8:00AM - 9:00Am
Breakfast at Hotel

9:00AM - 9:15Am
walk to Lombard Street

9:15Am - 10:15AM
walk up/down and sketch something at each curve

10:30Am - 11:30Am
Tour of San Francisco Art Institute

11:30AM - 11:45AM
WALK TO PIER 39

11:45Am - 1:00pm
LUNCH on own

1:00pm - 2:00pm
CHILL AT HOTEL

2:00pm - 2:15pm
MEET IN HOTEL LOBBY

2:15pm - 2:30pm
WALK TO PIER 33

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Take FERRY TO ALCATRAZ

3:00pm - 6:00pm
tour Alcatraz. draw/paint in the prison…what are you feeling? what was going on in the prisoners’ Minds? What does that look like?

6:00pm - 6:30PM
Take FERRY TO pier 33

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Take streetcar F to Chinatown

7:00pm - 10:00pm
dinner, Explore and sketch chinatown

10:00pm - 10:00pm
cable car back to hotel


 

Day 5
San Francisco


Highlights
• Create art in Muir Woods
• Be inspired, Get creative and connect with animators at Pixar Studios
• Tour UC-Berkeley


Accommodations
Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf ($161/night) or Hotel Kabuki ($179/night)


Itinerary

7:00AM - 8:00Am
Breakfast at Hotel

8:00AM - 8:45Am
Bus to Muir Woods

8:45Am - 11:15AM
Explore Muir Woods…write what you feel in the woods, then paint it. paint nature.

11:30Am - 12:15PM
Bus to pixar campus

12:30pM - 2:00PM
Lunch with Pixar animators

2:00Pm - 3:30pm
tour Pixar Campus

3:30pm - 4:30pm
small breakout sessions with pixar people

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Partner with a pixar animator and draw/paint/sketch something interesting on campus

6:00pm - 6:15pm
Bus to CAL Berkeley

6:15pm - 7:00pm
Walking tour of Cal Berkeley

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dinner near Cal Berkeley with Pixar people

9:00pm - 9:30PM
Bus to Hotel


 

Day 6
San Francisco & Los Angeles


Highlights
• Paint the Painted Ladies


Itinerary

8:00AM - 9:00Am
Breakfast at Hotel

9:00AM - 9:15Am
Bus to Alamo Square

9:15Am - 12:00PM
Paint the Painted Ladies

12:00Pm - 12:45PM
Bus to SFO AIrport

12:45PM - 1:15PM
Check in to flight and get through security

1:15Pm - 2:15pm
Lunch at Airport

3:15pm - 4:45pm
Delta Flight 1139 - SFO>LAX
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