CALIFORNIA COAST
7 NIGHTS • 8 DAYS
PASO ROBLES
Carmel
Monterey
SANTA CRUZ
San Francisco
HIGHLIGHTS
• CREATE ART AT some of Herbie’s favorite locations along the California Coast
• Be illuminated by the Sensorio Lights
• Explore Carmel-by-the-sea
• Plein air painting workshop at Herb Ryman’s Former Property
• Connect with Nature at Point Lobos
• Create art from the Golden Gate Bridge
• Be inspired by the Walt Disney Family Museum
• Create art at Angel Island
• MEDITATE in THE Muir Woods
• PRIVATE BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS
• connect with animators at Pixar Studios
• Paint the Painted Ladies
• PRIVATE BUS NORTH/AIRPLANE BACK HOME
DAY 1
PASO ROBLES
Highlights
• Experience sensorio lights
• PAINT as many colors as possible amongst the lights
Accommodations
Hyatt Place - Paso Robles
$?/night (New hotel but probably around same price range)
or
Hampton Inn - Paso Robles
$390/night
Itinerary
1:00PM - 4:00pm
PRIVATE BUS from LA to Paso Robles (215 miles/4 hours)
4:00pm - 5:00PM
hotel Check-In and Chill Time
5:00pm - 5:15pm
Bus to Sensorio
5:30PM - 6:30PM
DINNER @ Sensorio
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Lights at Sensorio
Sketch/draw/paint landscape as day turns to night
10:00pm - 10:15pm
Drive back to hotel
Day 2
CARMEL/GRANITE COVE
Highlights
• visit an art gallery, artist’s studio and fairytale cottages in Carmel
• Welcome Dinner at Herb Ryman’s Former Property
Accommodations
Hyatt Monterey
$290/night (better cancelation policy, easier bus parking)
or
Holiday Inn Express: Monterey-Cannery Row
$330/night (located in town)
Itinerary
8:30AM - 9:30Am
Breakfast at Hotel
9:30AM - 11:30Am
Drive from Paso Robles to Carmel (120 Miles/2 hours)
11:30Am - 12:30PM
Lunch somewhere cool in Carmel
12:30PM - 3:30PM
Explore Carmel. visit a local art gallery and artist’s studio. (MARC WILL GO CHECK-IN TO HOTEL ROOMS)
3:30pm - 4:00pm
DRIVE TO GRANITE COVE
4:00pm - 7:00pm
FREE TIME TO CREATE OR JUST SOAK IT ALL IN
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WELCOME DINNER AT SUNSET AND STORIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY
9:00pm - 9:30pm
Drive from GRANITE COVE to Hotel
Day 3
GRANITE COVE
Highlights
• Be inspired by Herb Ryman’s former property
• Plein air painting workshop with Ryman arts faculty and/or guest artist
• Draw, sketch and paint some of Herbie’s favorite locations
Accommodations
Hyatt Monterey
$290/night (better cancelation policy, easier bus parking)
or
Holiday Inn Express: Monterey-Cannery Row
$330/night (located in town)
Itinerary
9:00AM - 9:15Am
Drive to Granite Cove
9:30Am - 10:30AM
Breakfast at Granite Cove with more Herbie stories
10:30Am - 1:30pm
Plein air painting workshop
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Picnic Lunch
2:30pm - 6:15pm
Plein air painting workshop Continues
6:15pm - 6:30pm
Drive to Sunset Lounge for sunset dinner
6:45pm - 8:00pm
Dinner at Sunset Lounge
8:00pm - 8:15pm
Drive to hotel
DAY 4
POINT LOBOS
Highlights
• Sunrise yoga and meditation
• hike and explore Point Lobos coastal reserve and marine life with a naturalist
• Create art at Point Lobos
Accommodations
Hyatt Monterey
$290/night (better cancelation policy, easier bus parking)
or
Holiday Inn Express: Monterey-Cannery Row
$330/night (located in town)
Itinerary
5:45AM - 6:00Am
Drive to Granite Cove
6:00AM - 6:45Am
Sunrise yoga and Meditation
7:00Am - 7:45AM
Breakfast
7:45Am - 8:00Am
Drive to Point Lobos Coastal Reserve
8:00AM - 10:00AM
marine life and state park tour given by naturalist
10:00Am - 12:00pm
create art
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Continue creating art
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Drive to Monterey Art Museum
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Private tour of Monterey Art Museum
5:30pm - 6:30PM
Explore museum on own
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Dinner at Schooners
8:30pm - 8:45pm
Bus back to hotel
DAY 5
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 Centric Fisherman’s Wharf
$284/Night
Itinerary
8:00AM - 8:30Am
Breakfast at Hotel. Check out of hotel.
8:30AM - 11:00Am
Drive to Golden Gate Bridge
11:00Am - 1:00PM
walk across Golden Gate Bridge and draw/paint from bridge
1:00Pm - 1:15pm
Bus to Walt Disney Family Museum
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Lunch at Walt Disney Family Museum. Presentation by Michelle Lund.
3:00pm - 7:00pm
Tour museum on own. Paint a portrait of walt Disney at the museum. (MARC WILL GO CHECK-IN TO HOTEL ROOMS)
7:00pm - 7:15pm
Bus to Tony’s Pizza
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Dinner at Tony’s Pizza
9:00pm - 9:30pm
Walk to hotel
9:30pm - 10:15pm
ice cream somewhere cool near union square
10:15pm - 10:45pm
Take Cable Car to Hotel
DAY 6
SAN FRANCISCO
Highlights
• Sketch on Lombard Street
• San Francisco Art Institute Tour
• Create art at Angel Island
• Explore ChinaTown
Accommodations
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf
$284/Night
Itinerary
8:00AM - 8:30Am
Breakfast at Hotel
8:30AM - 8:50Am
walk to Pier 33
9:20pm - 9:50pm
Take FERRY TO Angel Island
10:00Am - 10:45AM
walk to U.S. Immigration Museum
11:00Am - 12:00Pm
Tour of U.S. Immigration Museum
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Lunch at café
12:30Pm - 2:30pm
Tour DETENTION BARRACKS and create art. what are you feeling? what was going on in the immigrants’ Minds? What does that look like?
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Shuttle to Pier
3:00pm -3:30pm
Take FERRY TO Pier 33
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Walk to hotel
4:00pm - 5:00PM
Chill in room
5:00PM - 5:15Pm
walk to Lombard Street
5:15pm - 6:45pm
Sketch something different at each curve
6:45pm-7:00PM
Take Cable Car to Chinatown
7:00pm - 10:00pm
dinner, Explore and sketch chinatown
10:00pm - 10:30pm
cable car back to hotel
DAY 7
SAN FRANCISCO
Highlights
• MEDITATE AND Create art in Muir Woods
• Be inspired, Get creative and connect with animators at Pixar Studios
• Tour UC-Berkeley
Accommodations
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf
$284/Night
Itinerary
7:00AM - 8:00Am
Breakfast at Hotel
8:00AM - 8:45Am
Bus to Muir Woods
8:45Am - 11:15AM
Explore and meditate in 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 8
SFO > LAX