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Check this tour, it's a wonderful Italian experience, one I have done several times before. This time we are going to urban sketch, and use some watercolors, markers, and pens.  It's for beginners, people who want to start drawing, or watercolors. Come join us, click the link above to see what the tour entails......so much fun!
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These quaint places are slowly disappearing from the landscape of Hawaii. We're documenting the vanishing feel of a vintage Hawaii, and making the giclees available to all who would like a remembrance of old Hawaii in their homes.

My husband loves photography, I'm an artist.....match made in heaven.

We take drives around our island looking for a feeling. We first moved to Hawaii way back when you could rent a beach ohana for $250,  yep it was a long time ago. It was a time when you left your keys in the car, doors were never locked, neighbors always walked right in the front door, and Sundays, guitars, and bar-b-q was just the thing that happened. 

The giclees are printed from original works that were created in watercolor, and pen & ink, and come matted and signed. 

We hope you love our collection of "Haleiwa Homegrown" prints in the shop at.....http://www.theorganicgallery.com/shop

​Mahalo...Deb & Greg Haugen

 
When I first went to Bali, Indonesia I had no idea what to expect. Something exotic, hot, amazing landscapes? What I came away with, is so much more.
Landing in Denpasar it hits you smack dab in the face,  you understand now you're in for an adventure.....one you'll never forget. 

I sat and watched the travelers arriving, all of their long journeys showed on their faces. Glad to be on the ground finally, and still with an air of excitement. I met Kandy our guide there, and his daughter and as we went careening thru the night I knew I was going to love it here when he said, "Welcome Home to Bali". Laughing, the music blasted, the windows down blowing nights sweet breezes as we talked. We ended up chanting a Hindi mantra we all knew, his daughter loved singing kirtan too!. I knew right off we would be fast friends.

A Craftours experience always includes a fantastic hotel room, and I was not disappointed, arriving to rose pedals in my dream of a bathtub after traveling for over 22 hrs. I was in the town of Ubud, in the uplands of Bali, Indonesia, is known as a center for traditional crafts and dance. The surrounding Ubud District’s rainforest and terraced rice paddies, dotted with Hindu temples and shrines, are among Bali’s most famous landscapes. .Ubud is one of those places where a holiday of a few days can easily turn into a stay of weeks, months or even years. The size of the town's expat community attests to this, and so do the many novels and films that have been set here, creative responses to the seductive nature of this most cultured of all Balinese towns. This is a place where traditional Balinese culture imbues every waking moment, where colourful offerings adorn the streets and where the hypnotic strains of gamelan (Gamelan is the traditional ensemble music of the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments) are an ever-present soundtrack to everyday life. It's also somewhere that is relentlessly on trend – a showcase of sustainable design, mindfulness, culinary inventiveness and the very best that global tourism has to offer. Come here for relaxation, for rejuvenation and to have what may well be the most magical holiday of your life. I could actually live here, the vibrancy of life is intoxicating.

Here's a few pages from my sketchbook, Ubud and all of Bali really draws me in. I LOVE it so much. XXX Deb