Art and Craft Holiday 2024
Summary of the Tour
On this most unique of art and craft holidays, you will have time to fully immerse yourself in magical and extraordinary India. We walk the amazing coloured backstreets, getting to know each place and pausing for chai. Learn about the unique traditions, history, rituals and ceremonies from our friendly local guides, Mahaveer, Keshav and Narendra.
Work with artist Debra Luker who will share her passion for the country that has captured her heart.
Make a sketchbook to reflect your own inspiring journey. Explore the textures and capture the essence of India through mixed media and collage, fill your pages with colour, notes, marks, drawings, paintings, cuttings, Sanskrit, Hindi papers and fabrics we find in the bazaars.
Sketch in palaces, temples, villages, and coloured streets and our travelling studio set up.
Work with local artists, and specialists in their craft.
Meet the Craftspeople, Jewellers, Metalworkers, Wood Carvers, Stone Carvers and Leather Bookmakers and see them at work.
Learn to Dabu print, indigo dye and block print from craftsmen in traditional villages.
If you love handmade, you will love India. This is the tour for you!
Art and Craft Holiday: Summary
- Traditional heritage hotels and delicious food
- Friendly, safe, fully guided and comfortable
- Creative art workshops, using authentic local sourced materials from the bazaars
- Drawing art inspiration from majestic Maharajahs Palaces, forts, temples and ruins – seeing through the eyes of an artist
- Exploring artisan markets, and villages with smiles
- Hands on craft workshops with master artisans – dabu mud and block printing
- A complete immersive experience to delight all and every one of your senses
- As little time travelling as possible for maximum time for experience
- Varied destinations villages, old towns and the sophisticated city of Jaipur
- Local guides for knowledge
- As many artistic artists and crafts we are able to see as possible
Monk’s Washing Day at the temple. Bundi |
Smiling Flower girl at Chittorgarh Bazaar |
A gentle holy cow roaming the streets of Chittorgarh |
Wedding henna preparations in Jaipur |
Take time.
Explore. Wonder. Create.
Contemplate and unleash your inner creative!
Travel from the romantic city of Udaipur to the great city of Jaipur, stopping in the beautiful small towns and villages of Bijolia and Bundi. Each has its own magic and creative charm.
A little of everything we love. Capturing the spirit of incredible India in creative journal pages.
Spark your creativity and delight your senses.
Indigo washing and dyeing of the fabric. Bagru |
Beautiful doorways and colour combinations. Chittorgarh |
Taking chai with lovely Komal in her striking blue home. A mustard farmer |
Proud drivers from TukTuk to trucks. Bright decor, pom poms, tassels and hand painted all over. |
You will need a rich colour palette |
Village children gathering to look at our sketches |
Joining the parade at the Bundi Festival. |
Getting creative while we make fresh flower mandalas |
Our guides. Our friends.
No visitor leaves India without the stories of the wonderful Indians they have met along the way.
Our guides make the very best introduction to these experiences. They are extremely welcoming and proud, and we work closely together to create a trip full of varied cultural experiences and exchanges.
Our guides are specialists to each area of Rajasthan and are happy to answer all the questions you have about India and her way of life.
“In India, everything is possible my friend”. Warm and true words that you will often hear.
Catering for your needs
Unique and varied tastes. Mouth-watering Rajasthani dishes. Widely vegetarian but meat options widely available. Most dietary requirements can be catered for.
RELAX
India is a thousand experiences in a day.
And at the end of that day, we come back to heritage hotels, cool from the sun, and chosen for their unique character and history. A place to relax, read a book or finish your sketching. And just be.
Rest your dreamy head, full of ideas, inspiration and colour.
