Workshop: Drawing From Nature
Explore the gardens with a pencil in hand and discover how drawing nature can help you slow down, look carefully, and learn more about plants. Suitable for all levels from very beginner to experienced artist, participants will work with professional artist Xanthe to learn new techniques using pencils and watercolours and will come away with a series of beautiful cards and artworks.
This workshop will cover:
Drawing games and techniques to build your confidence
Exploring the gardens and drawing from observation
Introduction to watercolour painting
Making hand-made cards and artworks
Materials will be provided but participants are welcome to bring their own.
Meet Xanthe
Xanthe Burdett is an award-winning artist and workshop facilitator whose work layers figures and organic forms. She has had work exhibited with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Academy of Art (Summer Exhibition), Mall Galleries, Blue Shop Cottage, Green and Stone, Chelsea Arts Society and was a finalist in the Beyond Future Art Prize 2022 (a prize for artists concerned with the natural world and environment)
Price: £85
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