The artist trails lead in three paths around Schwaan. They deal with the subject of landscape painting and show the places where the works were once created. The starting point for the walk is the art museum. The paths lead out of the city center to the banks of the Warnow, into the Lindenbruch and back to the starting point. The main meeting point for the painters was the Drewes Hotel. The adjacent wine shop and the large dance hall gave the artists plenty of social evenings. In almost all artist colonies there were comparable hostels that enabled the artist to exchange and be together.