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Plein-Air Homestays

Smaller, slower painting stays with local hosts in the Kangra Valley, with the landscape right outside the door.

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The idea

Plein-air at a gentler pace

Not every painter wants a crowd or a schedule. A homestay is plein-air on your own terms: a few painters, a local host's home, and days shaped by the light rather than an itinerary.

01

Stay with a local host

Stay in a local home in the valley and see the Himalaya the way the people who live here do.

02

Paint from the doorstep

Set up your easel steps from where you sleep, and go back to the same view as the light changes.

03

Small and unhurried

Small groups and unhurried days, shaped by the painting rather than a timetable.

Our homestays

Where to stay and paint

More homestaysNew plein-air homestays in the valley will be added here.

Come and paint with us

Tell us when you would like to stay, and we will get back to you with availability.

Artist

Artist enquiry

Sent to the Himalayan Plein-Air curatorial desk.