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It is well known that plants and creative work are both beneficial for the mind. Combine the two by attending a botanical drawing and painting class at Knuston Hall in Northamptonshire. Weekend courses run from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon and are for beginners and improvers.
Each student paints his or her own choice of flower or other plant material and works at his or her own pace with individual tuition.
There is a course arranged for 1st to 3rd February 2019 and another for 28th to 30th June 2019.
Anyone who lives locally can attend as a day pupil. Those attending as residents have single or twin rooms with ensuite facilities. Food is excellent and staff are friendly and helpful.
If you have a partner or friend who would also like to come to Knuston but who does not want to learn botanical painting, there are other courses running that weekend. For example, Nick Hammond will be running a weekend about Van Gogh and the films made about his life.
Contact Knuston Hall, Irchester, Wellinborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7EU
(Tel: 01604 362200, email: enquiries@knustonhall.org.uk) for more details, prices, etc.
If you cannot get to a course there is a distance learning course run by the Society of Botanical Artists for which Yvonne is one of the tutors. Details from the Society at www.soc-botanical-artists.org
The Society of Botanical Artists will be holding their annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries (near Admiralty Arch just off Trafalgar Square), central London from 4th to 9th June 2019.
The Illustrated College Herbal by Jane Knowles, Henry Oakeley and Gillian Barlow 2018 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Handbook of Plant Forms for Botanical Artists by Ernest E. Clark and Margaret Stevens (Batsford).
A Passion for Plants: Contemporary Botanical Masterworks by Dr Shirley Sherwood (Cassell 2001 £40 (hardback) £20 (paperback).
Yvonne is one of the artists featured in this book.
Flower Paintings from The Apothecaries' Garden
- Contemporary Botanical Illustrations from the Chelsea Physic
Garden edited by Andrew Brown published by Antique Collectors'
Club (2005) at £25. Yvonne is featured in the book which
shows paintings in the archives of the Chelsea Physic Garden.
Botanical Illustration from Chelsea Physic Garden by Andrew Brown, Antique Collectors' Club 2015.
The Great Fen – Artists for Nature in England
by Chris Gerrard (Langford Press £35) features work
by wildlife and botanical artists for the Artists
for Nature Foundation to explain and illustrate the
Great Fen restoration project currently being undertaken by
The Wildlife Trusts.
The Art of Botanical Painting by Margaret Stevens (Harper Collins £20).
Published in association with the Society of Botanical Artists
at £20. This book will be for all those interested in
botanical painting and draws on the experience of many members
of the Society. It is the key text book for students who enrol
for the new SBA correspondence course in botanical painting
- see above. www.soc-botanical-artists.org.
The Handbook of Plant Forms for Botanical Artists by Margaret Stevens (Batsford 2013). Two of Yvonne's Gold Medal paintings of tulips were chosen for the front and back covers of this book.
Read Yvonne's article titled "Art On The Amazon" regarding her trip in March 2014 to the Amazon aboard the Swan Hellenic cruise ship Minerva.
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