We’re delighted to have been invited back to Painshill Park this summer for a soothing Wildflower Watercolour Painting Workshop inspired by the gardens at this stunning park in Cobham. Your ticket includes entry to Painshill Park & you are free to roam the park after the workshop.

Go with the flow they say – and what better way to do so than to learn how to loosen up your drawing technique and slow down your approach to watercolour painting with a super gentle botanical drawing and painting workshop?

We’'ll work with fine-liners, brush pens and artist quality watercolours to create beautiful blooming studies with a vibrant seasonal palette!

Sunday 15th December 2019 | 14:00 to 15:30

Painshill is delighted to welcome back Surrey Art School Founder, Ellie Green, for a fun festive watercolour workshop that will help you slow down and appreciate the changes in the natural world around you.

In this 90 minute workshop you’ll discover how to simplify botanical forms and sketch out a drawn wreath, before dropping a wintery palette of colours onto the surface of thick watercolour paper. We’ll then use stunning gold and silver paints to add a little sparkle to your finished design.

Zen drawing is all about using mindfulness to tune in to your surroundings and slowing down just enough to notice the change in light, texture or shapes that a landscape has to offer. In this super calming drawing workshop you’ll be encouraged to use mindful techniques to broaden your drawing vocabulary, exploring mark-making methods that will help you decode and depict your surroundings with ease.

Go with the flow they say – and what better way to do so than to learn how to loosen up your drawing technique and slow down your approach to watercolour painting with a super gentle botanical drawing and painting workshop? We’ll kick off the session learning how to draw fragrant herbs from the Painshill kitchen garden – using fine liners and brush pens. This will be followed by a gentle introduction to working with artist quality watercolours – creating glazes from these high pigment paints and playing with wet on wet watercolours to create blooming studies of beautiful seasonal flowers.