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During this five-week course, you will use the flowers available from late Spring to the start of Summer: an optimistic, vibrant time of year with plenty of choice and many challenging flowers to study. A chance to familiarise oneself with the voluptuousness of tulips or the intensity of roses.

By layering colours in closely observed sequences, you will learn to make an accurate representation of Nature in all its variety to produce delightful paintings.

The tutor is very patient and supportive and will demonstrate the drawing and painting of various aspects which are relevant to the subject, as well as showing the work of a range of Botanical painters, both contemporary and historical.

Learning to produce a closely observed and accurate drawing of an object in front of you is a very useful skill, which can be extended further into wider artistic practise. An increased knowledge of the range of watercolours with their individual qualities and amazing luminosity is another skill that is a feature of this course.

The group is friendly and relaxed and open to people of varying abilities. Ther are plenty of opportunities to participate in the meditative act of ‘looking’, ‘drawing’, ‘analysing’ and finally ‘painting’ – a challenging but ultimately satisfying sequence of actions.