Members Courses
Botanical Illustration and/or Botanical Painting Courses Run by Members of The Society of Botanical Artists.
CAROLE ANDREWS SBA – SurreyRegular specialist flower painting courses in watercolour for all abilities at her home in Epsom Downs, Surrey and some one-day workshops available. Tel: 01737 371026 |
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SANDRA WALL ARMITAGE NDD, SBA – BedfordshireOne to two-day botanical painting workshops in watercolour, suitable for all levels of ability at Chalton, Bedfordshire. Tel: 01525 874473 or email: |
VALERIE BAINES FLS, FSBA – SussexShort courses on painting flowers and fruits at Juniper Hall Field Centre. Contact: Juniper Hall Field Centre, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6DA Tel: 0845 458 3507 |
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SUSAN CHRISTOPHER-COULSON SBAWeekend courses discovering the possibility of coloured pencils using flowers, fruits and vegetables at: Alston Hall near Preston, Lancs, Tel: 01772 784661; RHS Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate, Tel: 01423 724680; and Plas Tan Y Bwlch, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Tel: 01766 590324 |
HELGA CROUCH FLS, FSBA – EssexRegular botanical illustration classes in watercolour on paper and vellum on Wednesdays in March-April and September-October at her studio. Suitable for beginners and intermediate with special interest in wild flora and fruits. Contact: The Mill House, Little Sampford, Nr Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2QT or Tel: 01799 586238 |
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AUDREY HARDCASTLE SBA – WiltshireOne or two-day workshops for all levels of ability at The Sir Harold Hillier Garden and Arboretum, Romsey, Hampshire. Tel: 01794 368787 |
YVONNE GLENISTER HAMMOND SBA – BedfordshireBotanical painting courses and workshops for beginners and advanced students at Knuston Hall, Northamptonshire. Tel: 01933 312104 and Missenden Abbey, Evreham, Buckinghamshire (weekend courses). Tel: 0845 045 4040 or email: |
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SUSAN HILLIER FSBA – Somerset and CornwallShort courses at Dillington House, Somerset, contact: Dillington House. Tel: 01460 258613. Ten-week course on Fridays at Porth Navas, Cornwall, contact: Claire Holmes on Tel: 01326 340336. Ten week botanical painting course on Thursdays at Tresillian, Cornwall, contact: Pat Bearman on Tel: 01872 530340. Other occasional workshops and short courses, Tel: 01726 73696 |
MAUREEN JORDAN SBA – SuffolkTwo – day Pastel Workshops. Flowers and Gardens in her studio and garden in Ipswich, Suffolk. Small groups of beginners and intermediate artists in May, June and July. Tel: 01473 278122 or email: |
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JENNY JOWETT FSBA, PSFP – Berkshire, Hampshire, Suffolk and PortugalTwo and four-day workshops covering all levels of ability, held at her home. Also ten days in Portugal in September painting landscape and plants. Contact: Tel/Fax: 0118 970 0278. Week-long courses in August (advanced) and September (improver) at Flatford Mill Field Centre. Contact: Flatford Mill Centre, East Bergholt, Colchester, CO7 6UL or |
Jacky Jousson SBA RHS - FranceBotanical Painting and Illustration Training Courses at both beginner and intermediate levels using pencil and watercolour on paper and vellum (including an introduction to the choice, preparation and use of this splendid support: each participant will be offered a piece of 6" x 8" Kelmscott vellum from Willam Cowley, probably the finest in the world). The courses will extend over five days, from 2 - 5 June 2008 and will take place in the magnificent setting of an 17th century Manor beautifully restored in Perigord, South-West France. Instruction will be at the house, in its garden and in the surrounding countryside where there are many wild orchids which will be used as subject-material. Accommodation will be in chambres d'hotes close to the Manor. |
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PAULA JOYCE FSBA – SussexHome Studio at Brede, East Sussex: March to November – weekend courses in beautiful location, small classes, all abilities. Also at Earnley Concourse, near Chichester and other venues. Contact: email: |
MICHAEL LAKIN SBA – DerbyshireMonthly one-day and weekend workshops in watercolour, coloured pencil and pencil on painting and drawing through the seasons at White Hollows Studio, the Calke Estate, South Derbyshire. Accommodation can be arranged. Tel: 01332 862757 for brochure. |
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ANNIE MORRIS BSc, SBA – Bristol and WalesCourses for all abilities held over two days at home in North Somerset. Other courses tutored including a week-long course for the Field Studies Council at Orielton in Pembrokeshire. Contact Tel: 01275 373917, email: |
VALERIE OXLEY CertEd, FHEA, SBAResidential courses at a number of venues during 2008 including West Dean College, West Sussex; The Kingcombe Centre, Dorset; Losehill Hall, Derbyshire and Higham Hall, Cumbria. New beginner's course at Farncombe Estate Centre, Worcestershire. Botanical and fungi illustration in pencil, watercolour, pen and ink and coloured pencil. |
JANE LEYCESTER PAIGE FSBA – NorthantsRegular classes on Mondays from September to March. A regular class in flower painting on Fridays from September to March. Three-day short course 'Wildflowers in June' during Summer. Occasional other courses. Contact: The Old Brewery Studios, The Manor House, Kings Cliff, Peterborough PE8 6XB, Tel: 01780 470247, email: |
MARION PERKINS SBA – NorfolkResidential botanical illustration courses at Brancaster Millennium Activity Centre, Norfolk (National Trust) |
REINHILD RAISTRICK SBA – CambridgeTwo-day courses, suitable for all levels at Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Tel: 01223 336265 email: |
KAY REES-DAVIES SBA – North WalesDay courses in watercolour for beginners to advanced students on the first Thursday throughout the year at Parkway Community Centre, Rhos-on-sea, North Wales. Day classes during the summer at Ness Botanic Gardens on the Wirral. Occasional weekend courses at the Field Study Centre, Preston Mountford near Shrewsbury. Contact: 01248 680341. |
CHRISTOPHER RYLAND BA, ATC, SBA – SuffolkCourses in flower painting, drawing and watercolour painting, suitable for all levels, held at his Suffolk studio: 35 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2EU, Tel: 01787 881224 |
SIRIOL SHERLOCK BA(Hons), SBA – HampshireCourses for all abilities at The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey in Hampshire starting February 2007. Contact: The Garden on Tel: 01794 369317/369318 |
BILLY SHOWELL SBA – variousCourses at various venues including Greystoke Cycle Café in Cumbria, Denman College in Oxfordshire and the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Also demonstrations to art clubs. Billy will also consider tutoring painting classes for a minimum of six people in artist’s own venues. Tel: 0776 264 8687 or email |
ELIZABETH SMAIL FLS, FSBA – KentBotanical and flower painting courses at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve (Kent Wildlife Trust). Contact: 01732 770504 |
JULIE SMALL SBA – Lancashire and DerbyshireResidential courses in Botanical Illustration (mainly pencil). |
PENNY STENNING SBA – Kent and SE LondonCourses for all levels of ability. Weekly lessons in term time and occasional Saturday workshops, contact: Bromley Adult Education College. Tel: 020 8460 0020 |
MARGARET STEVENS PSBA – WalesCourse director of SBA Distance Learning Course. |
ANN SWAN SBA – MiddlesexOne and two-day workshops at her studio in Wiltshire on botanical drawing with coloured pencils, all abilities welcome. Two-day courses at RHS Gardens, Wisley. Two one-week residential courses at Dedham Hall, Colchester on plant portraits in coloured pencil. Three-day workshop at Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Gloucester. One-week holiday course in Andalucia from October 11th - 18th 2008. Contact Tel: 01380 724788 or email: |
JANET WHITTLE SWA, SBA, SFP – LincolnshireWorkshops for beginners and improvers on the first Wednesday each month at Barrowby Reading Room, Barrowby, Grantham, Lincs NG32 1BB. Tel: 01476 571577 or email: |
SIMON WILLIAMS SBA – Dorset, Cheshire and GloucesterCourses in botanical illustration in gouache with drawing techniques and colour theory: |
