Starting in on the vegetables, Douglas raised a brow.  "Traveling is easy, next time I make a tour for a showing of my work, yu shoold gae with me.  I cannae guarantee I will be the best company, as I often find someplace to paint and work for hours at a time.  Though yu woold be able tae explore on yur own.  I am expecting tae dae another trip tae New York next year, and later that year another trip tae Germany."  He offered without any hesitation as he took a bite of the roasted potato. 

"I 'ave tae attend some social events when I gae tae these trips, and they can be a bore."  He thought of some in the past that were also full of parents of single daughters that would love to catch an earl.  "Some I avoid, but some I can nae."

"Yu should nae give up on it," he commented with a look at Tristan.  "If it is a dream, hold on tae it."

"As tae the research, the supervisor be like when I was an apprentice?  A master in the topic kind of thing?"  He asked.  "If sae, where would yu find one of those?"  He knew some academicals in London that were always looking for someone to sponsor as he did from time to time.  He tended to look for schools of the arts to sponsor, or particular individuals that had shown quite a talent.  He would not know how to help Tristan in this kind of focus, but he might could help him find someone that could.