CAROLE ANDREWS SBA Fellow– Surrey
Regular 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. Web site: www.carole-andrews.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
PENNY BROWN SBA Fellow – Dorset
Courses in graphite pencil drawing and cut paper collage. One day themed workshops and longer course available at various venues around the South West.
Dorset Centre for the Creative Arts
Venue ; Dorset Centre for the Creative Arts, Middle Farm Way, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3AR
Further Details and Contact for booking; www.dorsetcreativeartclasses.co.uk
Kingcombe Centre
Venue: The Kingcombe Centre, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0EQ
Further Details and Contact for booking; www.kingcombe.org/courses.
Sculpture by the Lakes
Venue: Sculpture by the Lakes, Pallington Lakes, Dorchester, DT2
Further Details and Contact for booking; www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk
More details on Penny’s website; www.pennybrownillustrations.com
SUSAN CHRISTOPHER-COULSON SBA Fellow
Courses for all abilities including beginners using coloured pencils.
Fieldbreaks current courses offered at Hassop Hall, Derbyshire, Goodnestone Park, Kent & RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey
Booking & info contact: Sue Field 01433 621420 www.fieldbreaks.co.uk
Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria several courses throughout the year, lengths vary from a weekend, several days to a full week
Booking & info contact: 01768 776276 www.highamhall.com
Plas Tan y Bwlch, Snowdonia weekend courses
Booking & info contact: 01766 772600 www.plastanybwlch.com
Workshops also available to private botanical art societies /groups.
Please visit www.floraleyes.co.uk for any other public venues news
MARY DILLON SBA Fellow – Barcelona, USA and Transylvania
Botanical art Workshops 2020, For beginners, improvers and experienced painters.
Visit marydillonbotanicalart.com for the latest info on workshops
SHEVAUN DOHERTY SBA Fellow DipSBA(Dist) ISBA ASBA- Dublin – Online Tuition
Shevaun is the vellum tutor on the SBA’s diploma and she holds various workshops in Ireland and abroad.
Shevaun now has an online course called Botanical Elements , which is designed for anyone interested in learning the art of botanical drawing and painting from the comfort of their own home, working entirely at their own pace.
GAYNOR DICKESON SBA Fellow DipSBA(Dist) ASBA – West Sussex and Online Tuition
Botanical Art, one and two-day workshops in water colour or coloured pencil. All abilities welcome to her studio in Bosham, West Sussex.
Contact for more details: Telephone 01243 573 405
Gaynor now has an online botanical art course – Subscribe here
ROS FRANKLIN GM, FLS, SBA Fellow, FEPFS – Hampshire and elsewhere around the UK
Ros has been teaching since 2008, and loves sharing her passion for botanical painting. She teaches in her beautiful studio at her home in Hampshire, and at the Eden Project, RHS Rosemoor, and other groups and societies around the UK, including Fieldbreaks in Derbyshire.
Check out all of her 2020 classes and workshops via her website.
Website: www.rosfranklin.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
JARNIE GODWIN BSc(Hons) SBA Fellow – Hampshire – Online Tuition
Botanical so Beautiful: Sign up and subscribe to exclusive watercolour tutorials for all levels of ability. Includes Jarnie’s Sketchbook in Practise exercises, and practical Tool Box videos.
Website: www.sketchbooksquirrel.com
Email: [email protected]
AMBER HALSALL SBA Fellow – Kent, Sussex
Amber teaches both watercolour and coloured pencils for beginners and improvers, in Tonbridge & the surrounding area, and at West Dean College.
Please see Ambers website for more info
HELEN HANSON BA SBA Fellow – Kent, Sussex
Ink and coloured pencil landscape courses:
Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake,
Booking and contact: 01768 776276 www.highamhall.com
2 day workshops in her Deal studio by arrangement. Tuition for small groups
(maximum 6, minimum 3).
Local weekly groups for Botanical Coloured Pencil and “Nature into Art” in Deal, Kent.
Beginners welcome. See website for details.
www.helenhanson.co.uk
CHRISTINA HART-DAVIES FSBA – Hants and Wiltshire
The Grove Building, Mere, Wiltshire-
Contact Christina for details.
Christina no longer tutors week-long residential courses on botanical painting at The Kingcombe Centre. However, there may be a long weekend (Friday teatime to Sunday teatime) in 2020.
9 – 11 October 2020 Autumn Plants in Watercolour
Contact the Centre for details or ring (01300) 320684.
In addition, Christina leads workshops for private groups and societies interested in botanical painting. Contact Christina for details if you would like her to visit your group.
SUSAN HILLIER FSBA – Somerset and Cornwall
Occasional workshops and short courses at Field breaks venues, and at Dillington House.
Tel: 01726 73696, susanhillier@tiscali.co.uk
JACKIE ISARD SBA Fellow- Online tuition
In all courses there will be video tutorials, a Secret Facebook Student Group, helpful and friendly tuition with a full appraisal and certificate at the end of each course. Join at any time, they are ongoing courses.
ONLINE Mixing Watercolour Accurately Course for Botanical – £105 UK £115 Internationals
For Beginners to Intermediate.
Colour mixing can be tricky. This course teaches you the skills to ‘see’ colour and mix watercolour more accurately.
Link to Course outline pdf
Please contact me to register [email protected]
ONLINE Fine Details & Finishing Techniques Course – £125 UK & Internationals
Watercolour painting experience is required. Intermediate standard.
Link to Course outline pdf
This course contains extensive course notes with lots of useful tips and techniques for you to learn. You will practice these, with full guidance, and at the end of the course paint your own small chosen subject. Colour is key to good botanical painting so the course also concentrates on helping you with this.
Please contact me to register [email protected]
COMING SOON!…
ONLINE Advanced Mixing Watercolour Accurately for Botanical Course £125 UK £135 Internationals
Experience is required. Intermediate standard.
This course is planned to start in Spring 2021. It will cover more advanced mixing techniques using primaries, layering for vibrance and depth, colour enhancement, colour temperature transition – warm to cool, botanical greys and how to create those tricky shadows. A full course outline will be available soon.
ANNA MASON SBA Fellow- Online tuition
Anna runs a successful Online School with video tutorials.
SANDRINE MAUGY SBA Fellow- Sussex
Short courses for all abilities in botanical painting held at West Dean College. For more info go to Sandrines website.
ROBERT MCNEILL SBA Fellow ASBA & FIONA STRICKLAND PGSE – Scotland,
Both qualified teachers they offer a wealth of experience, practice and passion to their masterclasses and workshops in Botanical Art.
For info see Roberts website
ANGELINE DE MEESTER SBA Fellow – Kent, Surrey
Angeline holds various botanical watercolour workshops, for more info please see Angelines website
SOPHIE NEWNHAM SBA Fellow- London
Sophie holds regular workshops around West London and also private tuition in drawing and painting.
For more info please visit Sophies Website
KATE NUTTALL SBA Fellow- Northamptonshire
Residential or non-residential botanical watercolour painting courses at Knuston Hall, Northamptonshire in a very friendly and relaxing environment. Beginners as well as more experienced students welcome, as plenty of one-to-one guidance will be given.
Also at www.ten2gallery.co.uk
For more info on all the workshops visit Kate’s website.
JANIE PIRIE SBA Fellow – Suffolk, Cumbria
Janie is a tutor on the SBA diploma course and she holds various coloured pencil workshops around the UK,
including Higham Hall , Flatford Mill and at Cambridge University Botanical Gardens
For more info check out Janie’s website.
REINHILD RAISTRICK SBA Fellow– East Anglia
One and three-day courses, suitable for all levels at Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Tel No:- 01223 336265
Weekend Courses at Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Tel No :- 01284787372 email : [email protected]
CHRISTOPHER RYLAND BA, ATC, SBA Fellow – Suffolk
A variety of courses in flower painting, drawing, watercolour painting, line and wash, pastels and landscape painting are available throughout the year. They occupy a morning or an afternoon for six weeks and some one-day courses are also available. Suitable for all levels.
Held at his Suffolk studio: 35 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2EU, Tel: 01787 881224 or email: [email protected]
ELAINE SEARLE BA(Hons) FLS SBA Fellow – Mallorca, Italy and Norfolk
Elaine provides online tuition and also holds workshops and masterclasses for all abilities, including a 10 week course in Norfolk and courses in Mallorca and Italy.
Please visit www.paintbotanical.com for more information.
GAEL SELLWOOD PSBA, FEATC, CertHE Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peak District, Shropshire
A qualified teacher, Gael runs a regular weekly class every Monday or Tuesday for all levels of ability, held in the fully equipped studio at her home in Hertfordshire.
Contact telephone number 01763 289 235, www.gaelsellwood.co.uk.
Also regular 2 and 3 day workshops held in the studio on various topics.
Gael also holds workshops at Field breaks venues
BILLY SHOWELL PSBA – online/various places
Botanical and Beyond: subscribe to Billy’s online watercolour tutorials for all levels of ability.
Web site: www.billyshowell.com
Courses held at the Artists Studio and Wisley RHS. Classes held around the country (see website) Demonstrations and workshops for 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 [email protected]
Classes at Wisley RHS gardens in Surrey,
Please book through the RHS’s website Wisley Courses 2019/2020
SOYOUNG SIN SBA Fellow – South Korea
KBAC Website
ANN SWAN SBA Fellow – Wiltshire
Inspirational and supportive teaching and studio workshops from one of the leading coloured pencil botanical artists in the UK.
For more info please go to: www.annswan.co.uk
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Anne also holds workshops at Field breaks venues
JULIA TRICKEY SBA Fellow – Bath
Weekly classes in the Bath area and occasional two day workshops. Also runs workshops for botanical art groups around the country on a range of subjects, as requested. Online versions of the popular Painting Leaves and Painting Wet-in-Wet tutorials are available to purchase at juliatrickeyart.teachable.com along with a number of other tutorials – both short free videos, longer tutorials to purchase and instructional leaflets to download.
Sculpture by the Lakes
Venue: Sculpture by the Lakes, Pallington Lakes, Dorchester, DT2
Further Details and Contact for booking: www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk
For more information see www.juliatrickey.co.uk or email [email protected]
SUE VIZE SBA Fellow – Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Cumbria
Artist and author of ‘Botanical Drawing using Graphite and Coloured Pencils’ published by Crowood Press
Website: www.suevize.com
Tel: 07977 689092
Email: [email protected]
Botanical Drawing workshops in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire. All levels of ability are welcome. Experience is not always necessary, just a desire to work in detail and a love of plants. Full tuition given in the use of coloured pencil or graphite pencil with one-to-one guidance throughout.
Venues:
Long Eaton Art Room, Long Eaton, Derbyshire – One day workshops and weekly classes
The Art Room, Barlow, Derbyshire – One day workshops
WI Hall, Lowdham, Nottingham – One day workshops
Bookings through [email protected]
www.suevize.com
Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire – One day workshops
Bookings through Patchings 0115 9653479 www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
Nightingale Centre, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire – Residential breaks
Bookings through Field Breaks [email protected]breaks.co.uk www.fieldbreaks.co.uk
RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Yorkshire – 2 day non-residential
Bookings through RHS Tel: 020 3176 5830 rhs.org.uk/harlowcarr
Artison, Masham, Yorkshire – One day workshops
Bookings through Artison [email protected] www.artison.co.uk
CLAIRE K WARD SBA Fellow DipSBA(Dist) – Wales, Ceredigion, Powys, Pembrokeshire
Claire will be running acreddited courses in natural history and botanical illustration around Wales with Aberystwyth School of Lifelong Learning, for all abilities. The courses will now be taught online via the Universities distance learning platform, due to Covid 19.
For more details contact Claire –
Email – [email protected]
Website: claireward.net
SIMON WILLIAMS SBA Fellow – Venues throughout the UK
Simon is the course director of SBA Distance Learning Course.
Courses in botanical and natural history illustration in gouache or watercolour, for all abilities, around the UK, including Plas Tan y Bwlch in Snowdonia and at Nature in Art.
For more details on Simon’s courses visit
Website: www.swillustrations.com
Tel: 07931 623173