Just to wish you all a merry Christmas and hope for a better year to come full of creativity! Merry Xmas messages
Tag: 2020
SBA Xmas
We want to say a big THANK YOU to all our lovely Fellow Members and SBA students who joined us for our first online Christmas Get-Together! It was heartwarming and exciting to see all the messages of support and love from around the world! Thank you also to William McCracken from The Vintage Paper Co. who gave a fabulous talk about paper, and patiently answered all our inquisitive questions! As promised, here is the link to his website where he sells a wonderful selection of papers old and new, and a range of beautiful things that every artist wants! https://vintagepaper.co/collections/vpco-handmade For members who couldn’t be there you can see the whole event which was recorded, in the member’s area of the website. Just go to… Read more
Botanical Xmas
Now you can buy some wonderful festive cards painted by our co President Gael Sellwood and support the amazing Plantlife charity too. The Twin packs include ‘Holly and ribbon’ and ‘Christmas rose, holly & mistletoe’. Each twin pack contains 10 cards with two designs (5 of each design) with the message ‘Merry Christmas’ inside. Click here to visit the shop – https://shop.plantlife.org.uk/…/products/christmas-cards
Botanical Books
SBA Fellow Jackie Isard has been busy writing botanical watercolour books. One for beginners from her new mini series is out now and the other called ‘Watercolour mixing techniques for botanical artists’ will be published next March so one to look out for. Link to Jackies shop
World Class Botanical Art Book
Fellow member Soyoung Sin has a new book out now called World Class Botanical Art Book, which features many well known artists from around the globe. You can see the book in the YouTube flip-through in the link below. ISBN : 9788997732081 Here’s a link to see the book on YouTube
Botanical Exploration
Congratulations to Robert McNeill SBA Fellow, who has his stunning painting Banksia speciosa and two others selected for this forthcoming exhibition in Poland. The extensive exhibition will be an innovative project in Europe, a project that will connect botanical artists from the West and Japan, showing the works of historical masters and contemporary works.