An Amateur Artist Retreat

Paint Paris.Badly, on purpose.

Five days making art in the prettiest city on earth. No instruction, no skill required, no one grading you. Just show up and make something.

Thu Oct 1 → Tue Oct 6, 2026 5 nights 10–20 people
Small group. Sells out fast. Get on the list first.
What this actually is

A long weekend of making things, together.

A small group spends five days sketching in the parks, painting by the Seine, and chasing color around Paris, with group dinners, walking tours, and a couple of nights out. Nobody's teaching. You just make stuff. The point is the doing, not the masterpiece.

Seven ways to make art

Five days. Seven art forms.

No skill needed for any of them. Just show up and try. Here's everything you'll get your hands on:

Oil painting Acrylic painting Paint & sip Figure drawing Urban sketching Color hunting Performance art
What's in the trip

Everything but the flight.

5 nights, central Paris

Handpicked hotel, shared room, walkable to everything.

All the art stuff

Canvas, easels, paint, brushes, aprons. We buy it, you keep what you make.

Seine river cruise

The city from the water, at golden hour.

Daily hotel breakfast

Every morning after you arrive (day one, you're flying in, so the welcome dinner is your first meal with us). Lunches are on your own.

Dinners and a picnic

A welcome dinner, a farewell dinner, and an evening picnic on the Champ de Mars. The other nights are yours to explore.

2 walking tours

Le Marais & Montmartre, with guides.

Two painting sessions

An oil figure-painting class (ballerina + tower) and an acrylic paint & sip under the sparkling tower. All materials included.

Color hunt + sketch throwdown

Two low-key group activities. No winners, just fun.

A fine-arts museum visit

A group morning at the Petit Palais: Courbet, Monet, Cézanne, in a stunning Beaux-Arts setting.

A cabaret show

Performance art, Paris-style, plus a night out. All included.

Not included: flights. You book your own, and hold off until you've been matched into a group for the trip. We'll confirm your group before you book travel.
The five days

Thursday to Tuesday.

Thu
OCT 1
Arrive

Land & settle in

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Fly in on your own schedule, check in, shake off the jet lag on a loose evening stroll. Then a welcome dinner in the Marais to meet everyone.

Fri
OCT 2
Performance art · Cabaret

Le Marais walking tour · Seine cruise · cabaret

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A walking tour through Le Marais and its hidden courtyards. Free afternoon. A golden-hour Seine cruise under the Eiffel Tower, then a classic Paris cabaret show: performance art the way the city does it best, included.

Sat
OCT 3
Oil · Acrylic · Figure drawing · Paint & sip

Free morning · figure painting · paint & sip under the tower

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Your morning is yours after breakfast: sleep in, wander, or go explore the Louvre on your own. In the afternoon, an oil figure-painting session at Trocadéro: a ballerina poses with the tower behind her while you paint. Then after dark we set up on the Champ de Mars for a paint & sip: acrylic, wine in hand, painting the Eiffel Tower as it sparkles.

Sun
OCT 4
Color hunting · Photography

Petit Palais & Montmartre color hunt

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A group morning at the Petit Palais, the City of Paris fine-arts museum: Courbet, Monet, Cézanne, in a gorgeous, uncrowded Beaux-Arts palace. Then up to Montmartre: break into teams, each chasing a different color through the streets with your cameras (no winners, just a fun way to really see the place), then a walking tour of the old artists' quarter. In the evening, a group picnic on the Champ de Mars: wine, bread, and a blanket while the Eiffel Tower sparkles. Included.

Mon
OCT 5
Urban sketching

Sketch throwdown & farewell

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Sketch the Tuileries with the Louvre behind us, then the throwdown: everyone lays their sketchbooks out and we share the lot. A farewell dinner to close it out.

Tue
OCT 6
Depart

Fly home

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Optional sketch-and-coffee for the early risers, then out on your own flights.

This trip lives inside Co-Signed.

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Good questions

The honest answers.

Do I need to be good at art?+
No, and that's the whole point. There's no instruction and nobody's judging. If you can hold a brush you're qualified. The trip is built for people who want to make things for fun, not improve a craft.
How do I get a spot?+
Co-Signed runs on a vetted network. You join the app, connect through a local event, and that unlocks travel, so the people you travel with aren't complete strangers off the internet. Join the early-access list above and we'll tell you the moment this trip opens.
Why are flights not included?+
So you can use your own miles, fly from wherever, and arrive early or stay late. We'll give you target arrival and departure times. One ask: don't buy flights until you've been matched into a group for the trip. We run separate groups on the same dates, so we'll confirm your group before you book travel.
What if I need to cancel?+
You've got 30 days from when you pay to change your mind: a full refund, deposit included, no questions asked (this worry-free window applies up until the trip's final booking cutoff). After those 30 days, your trip cost is non-refundable as cash, but it doesn't just disappear: the full amount you've paid, minus a flat $300 cancellation fee, becomes Co-Signed trip credit good for 24 months toward another trip. One important note if you choose the payment plan: it's financed through Klarna, so if you cancel after the 30-day window you'll continue your Klarna payments as scheduled, and every dollar of it still rolls into that trip credit (minus the $300), so you're never paying for nothing. Full terms are in the app before you ever pay.
Anything I need to know about entering France?+
You'll need a valid passport, and the EU's ETIAS travel authorization may be in effect for 2026, a quick, cheap online form. Check the official requirements before you book flights; we'll remind you by email too.
Who else will be on the trip?+
A small group drawn from the Co-Signed network: a mix of people you've connected with and people they've connected with, a few degrees of separation out (think the six-degrees idea). We group people by fit, so you land with a crowd that suits this particular trip.