Botanical Art Courses

These courses are designed for artists who already have experience with painting botanical subjects and are now looking to fine tune their skills. With this in mind then, what you will gain is the opportunity to critically assess your strengths and weaknesses, to think more about planning your painting than merely looking for the next flower to draw, and to experiment with new ways of seeing and portraying plants.

My intention is to have a lively and entertaining atmosphere, where the exchange of information acts as both an opportunity to improve technically and a catalyst for you to develop your own ideas.
 

I have designed three short courses that I feel are relevant and propose to travel to different parts of the country, where there are enough people interested, to hold a course at a suitable venue in the area. Each course includes a class exercise, an illustrated talk, and the opportunity of putting the new information into practice in your own painting.

For groups of between 10 to 15 people, the cost will be £35 per person per day.

I can also run each course as a masterclass for six people only, at a cost of £65 per person per day. With fewer people there is more opportunity for individual tuition, along with discussion of more complex ideas and techniques at a higher level.

Mastering light on leaves.

A two-day course on painting realistic leaves, demonstrating the best lighting conditions for your leaves, what to observe, and how best to translate that into paint on paper.

Illusion and reality: creating a three-dimensional painting.

Some artists manage to make their paintings look more real than others. This three or four-day course looks at how to analyse why this occurs and how to incorporate this information into your own art.

Moving your art to the next level.

Sometimes we reach a point when we feel we are not progressing and the paintings we are producing are not what we intended but don't quite know why. This four-day, intensive course shows you how to objectively assess your art, followed by ideas to inspire you and the techniques to put it into practice.

If you belong to a group of painters interested in one of the courses, or as an individual, please e-mail teaching@martinjallen.com and we can discuss something suitable.