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Diploma Course
Botanical and Natural History Illustration at Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, with Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurstan. Weekend tasters in the autumn. The course runs from 4 March to 24 November 2011, with 'school' holidays and half term breaks. Twenty-four Thursdays from 10am-4pm. Contact merielthurstan[at]btinternet.com.
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY ASKED FOR DETAILS please contact me again, as my computer has destroyed my list of names and addresses.
Diploma Course
One-year Botanical Illustration course at Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, Dorset, with Sally Pinhey. From 9am-1.30pm on Fridays, commencing September. Also 5-day painting holidays in Normandy Natural Park. Contact sallypinhey[at]tiscali.co.uk.
18 September 2010
A few places are still available for the coloured pencils workshop with Ann Swan at the Foxhole Centre, Dartington Hall, near Totnes. Meet at 9.30am, finish 4pm. Contact Jane Erith at jerith[at]waitrose.com for further details or to book.
2 October 2010
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE FOR THIS WORKSHOP. 'Autumn Leaves' with Julia Trickey at Barrington Village Hall, near Ilminster. Julia is an RHS Gold Medal winner and tutor who is particularly drawn to specimens that are less than perfect. Contact Jane Erith at jerith[at]waitrose.com for further details or to book.
13 November 2010 - Diploma Assessment Day
Members are invited to submit work for the SWSBA Diploma. Details from merielthurstan[at]btinternet.com.
From 4 September 2010
'Botany for the Botanical Artist' with Dr Anne Bebbington PhD, botanist, natural history illustrator and formerly senior ecology tutor with the Field Studies Council, and Mary Brewin MSc PGCE Cert HE Botanical Illustration. Monthly workshops on Saturdays (10am-4pm) from 4 September 2010, to be held at Nature in Art, Twigworth, Gloucestershire. Gain a better understanding of plants to inform your botanical illustration, and develop and refine illustration techniques appropriate to botanical subjects. Contact ajbebbington[at]ukonline.co.uk
29 April 2011 - Workshop with Simon Williams
Join Simon Williams at Digby Hall, Sherborne, for a demonstration and workshop. See his website www.swillustrations.com. Simon is a professional illustrator specialising in botanical and natural history and is listed in the 33rd edition of Who's Who in Art. His work has been published in 'The Art of Botanical Painting', on wildlife Explorer cards and in books. He holds a Silver-Gilt medal from the RHS and Certificates of Botanical Merit from the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA). He is tutor for the SBA distance learning diploma course. To book, or for further details, please contact Anton Bradburn at abradburn0800[at]btinternet.com.
© Meriel Thurstan - Garlic
