Beginner sessions –  Would you love to draw lifelike images of your favourite plants and flowers, or any natural subject matter? Take a break from your routine and enter a delightful space where art and nature intertwine. Be inspired by drawing from real life, without slavishly copying static photographic images, and uncover your inner artist. Closely observe and truly capture your subject’s unique shapes, forms, and textures, and bring your art to life on the sketchbook page.

Drawing true to life is a fundamental skill within reach of anyone wishing to learn and is greatly beneficial for those in visual or applied art practice. Join in this immersive experience led by an experienced botanical art instructor, offering friendly, relaxed guidance and uplifting encouragement to see that you can continue to enjoy drawing from nature

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Margaret has designed step-by-step, customized instruction over many years, ensuring each participant can make progress, whether they are beginners or have prior experience in this art form. Practical demonstrations, class notes, and exercise sheets are provided as needed.

Margaret thoroughly enjoys volunteering her time to share her expertise in illustration using pencil, pen, or brush – skills honed during four years of traditional art school education and thirty years of experience as a natural science illustrator and botanical artist. Since 1978, she has developed a passion for teaching in this field, founding and directing two successful schools of botanical art and illustration with stimulating, holistic style curricula – in Australia and the USA.

DETAILS –

Schedule:  Wednesdays, 10 am – 12:30 pm. These are the remaining sessions for 2024

Cost of tuition:  Free

Dates:  Beginner sessions – August 21 & September 18

Venue:  The Link at Ginninderry, 1 McClymont Way, Strathnairn ACT 2615.

Class limit: 12  – booking required

Bookings and enquires:  Please email – margaretsaul@botanicartist.com and type “LINK SESSIONS” into the email subject line. Include your name and telephone number and any questions you may have about these sessions.  Bookings close one week before the scheduled session. If you book but later find you are unable to attend, do please cancel and free up places for others.  Many thanks, Margaret.