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• Master Class with Beverly Allen - NSW

  • Start
    17 Nov 2020
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    9:30 AM (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    20 Nov 2020
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    4:00 PM (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Maiden Theatre, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney

  Working with one plant subject, this class will build your watercolour skills by the demonstration of techniques from initial washes to dry brush detail and finishing, and through individual instruction. The emphasis will be on close observation, accurate drawing on paper, the many subtleties of colour and use of light to create a three dimensional painting. Suitable for intermediate to advanced students, or those with drawing skills and experience in other media. 
  

  Includes lunches on the Foundation & Friends terrace.
  
  About your tutor: Beverly Allen
  Beverly worked as a graphic designer and illustrator before moving to botanical art in 1997. She has shown annually at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney ‘Botanica’ Exhibition since 1999, and exhibits internationally. Her work is held in private collections including the Shirley Sherwood Collection and the Isaac and Alisa Sutton Collection, as well as at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation USA, the Royal Botanic Gardens Herbarium Library at Kew Gardens, the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library, the Highgrove Florilegium for the Prince of Wales’ Charitable Trust and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Sydney.
  
  Beverly was awarded a Gold Medal at the Royal Horticultural Society’s exhibition in 2007 and in 2010 was awarded the inaugural Gold Medal for Botanical Art by the New York Botanic Gardens.
  
  She co-founded and is president of the Florilegium Society at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
   For more information, or to register contact Foundation and Friends Office on 02 92318182

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• Advanced Botanical Art Workshop with Jenny Phillips - TAS

  • Start
    1 Feb 2021
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    (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    5 Feb 2021
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    (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Kingborough Community Hub, Goshawk Way, Kingston TAS

  This workshop is for artists comfortable with drawing plants, and experienced in watercolour, who wish to extend their skills in botanical art. 

  The focus will be on flowers and their structural parts. 

  Cost $300 includes morning and afternoon tea.

  For more information email annick@windclimber.id.au 

  mobile 0409441610

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