Just returned from a busy eight day trip to Wellesley College Botanic Gardens. I spent day one assessing five excellent final portfolios from the certificate programmme with Sarah Roche, the programme director. This is a very comprehensive and well organised Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration ( for more information visit their website http://www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends ) and here are some of the final year pieces. ...
Botanical Art
Trip to Wellesley Botanic Gardens
Drawing at Dedham Hall
Another 'fun packed' week on a coloured pencil drawing holiday at Dedham Hall nestled in the lovely Essex countryside near Flatford Mill and Constable country. A full class of seventeen, so no rest for teacher, a lively, friendly atmosphere and a lot of work produced. Early morning walks, lots of fabulous food (and drink) plus laughter and quizzes!The work produced is of...
Botanical art workshop at Dedham Hall
A botanical art workshop set in an idyllic location in the beautiful Essex village of Dedham. A week of sunshine, excellent food, lots of laughter with a really friendly, hardworking group of students. The group included a few complete beginners, some regular hobbyists and several very accomplished botanical artists. This all conspired to produce some excellent coloured pencil work. For the very fit the day started early with long walks across...
Latest 'Larger than Life' -Day Lilies
The rich colours of these double Day Lilies in the long border grabbed my attention a few weeks ago and this idea was born. I'm adding a couple of petals from a different variety coming in from the top. Progress has been slow because this is so large I need two tables to work on and we have been looking after our lovely granddaughter Lily (a joy) and I have...