Join us to share an exciting Travel Sketching Tour in Romania

What is Travel Sketching all about?

It is about taking time to appreciate a place- when you sit to sketch, of course you have a chance to build up your skills but more exciting than that is taking time to see the world around you go about its day. This leads you to a deeper understanding and appreciation of new locations. Win/win.

Very excited to share our new adventure with you.

Join Susan Yeates to explore and sketch Romania.

It is such a beautiful place, our last group loved the friendliness and were completely surprised with how it was even more lovely than they imagined.

There are beautiful Medieval Castles, to explore and perhaps add to your Travel Sketch Journal

New Romanian Architecture [think Art Nouveau meets Ottoman influences with a Romanian twist- you will love them],

Flower filled fields – run wild, relish the beauty.

Saxon influence and buildings with Eyes in Sibiu. Those eyes are watching you- catch them in your sketch book.

World Heritage Sighisoara- a medieval town perched up the sides of a mountain

We stay in the grounds of Peles Castle, the forest is enchanting and ours to draw.

Romanian Orthodox Churches have amazing rich murals on all their walls and ceilings- addictive

Shared meals, time to sit and discuss your work and enthusiasm with a like minded group of fellow travellers.

Take a traditional Egg Painting Workshop, visit Traditional Coppersmiths Victor and his son Victor.

World Heritage village of Viscri with it Medieval Fortified Saxon Church and renown farm-to-plate restaurant Viscri 32 for lunch

We are packing in a visual feast- what is better than to stop, sit, look and sketch. It will give you time to let the beauty of our world sink in.

Check out Susan’s work – multi talented artist, author and educator and all around enthusiastic travel sketcher.

Travel Sketching in Romania with Susan Yeates Tour runs from 23 April to 2 May, 2025

Check our calendar for details.

Like all our trips- it is fully hosted- we pick you up at the airport, look after all the details of the trip and drop you back to the airport in time for your flight home. In between we have everything organized to allow you to soak up the ambience and we factor in time for you to sketch and explore. We create a full experience along with a relaxed pace to take time to enjoy it all.

Learn about the World Heritage Romanian Blouse from Anca, she will also be your muse, to sketch.

I've been on tour with Creative Arts Safaris to India and Vietnam. Both trips were wonderful, exciting experiences. I was introduced to amazing places, people and food. Meeting the makers and learning how cloth and paper "have always been made, Madam" were memorable visits. I thoroughly recommend tours with Creative Arts Safaris.

Dawn Thompson

2024-08-13

I'm not a tour person but the Rajasthan tour I did with Fiona in 2013 was just magic. The pace was just right allowing time to stitch things we had seen but I was also doing natural dye samples along the way on a 10m scroll of silk. Days in the Fort drawing and talking to the local people were very precious. The colours and fabrics of Rajasthan shine in a light similar to Australia, so I felt captivated. Indigo, natural dyes, chemical dyes, carpet weaving, beading, kantha stitch are now parts of my textile lexicon. Thank you, Fiona.

Alison Huskins

2024-07-22

I have been travelling on Creative Arts Safari tours for many years. The detail and execution of these tours has always been exceptional and the tour destinations are carefully researched. I will continue to explore new destinations with this highly competent organisation.

Leonie Norton

2024-07-17

Travel with Fiona and Praveen if you travel with the heart open to the unexpected sacred spaces of the world, or to experience the warm-hearted welcome of people who live their lives with quiet grace in environments different from those at home; if you yearn to know how a place has been affected by its history, by political forces, or even by the weather; or if you love the hustle and bustle of ancient marketplaces and the thrill of a good bargain. Maybe you want to meet women who have found empowerment through traditional art, craft, and skill, or to delve into the poetic soul of a place. And, of course, you want to have good conversation over a glass of wine and good food from the region. If you travel because you want to be changed, or because you want to be reminded of the thread of good that connects the world, even in times of chaos, travel with Fiona and Praveen. You will not regret it.

P.D. Crumbaker

Glorious Ghana was a fabulous adventure with Fiona. We explored the textiles and beautiful crafts of a very welcoming country. Thank you so much Fiona

Donna Elswick

2024-07-16