JACKIE ISARD BOTANICALS
BOTANICAL & NATURE ARTIST
TUTOR • AUTHOR
“Hold nature in your hand and take a look at the intricate beauty within. Treasure our wildflowers and pollinators. It's so easy to just walk by.....” Jackie Isard
WELCOME!
BOTANICAL & NATURE ARTIST • TUITION • AUTHOR
Jackie is from Bristol UK and is a Fellow member of the Society of Botanical Artists and RHS Gold medal winner. She is a self-taught artist with a great passion for painting flowering plants, meadow wildflowers and pollinators. Painting the beauty of decaying plants is also one of her fortes. Her work is very detailed and botanically accurate. The majority of her work is watercolour on paper but more recently has started to use vellum. In 2021 she wrote her first book on the subject of colour mixing. She is a very attentive tutor who loves to inspire and encourage!
LATEST NEWS
RHS GOLD medal award April 8th 2022! I was delighted to receive a Gold medal award for my exhibition work at the RHS Botanical & Photography Show that is showing at the Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea from the 9th - 29th of April. Do pop up and see the exhibition there are some incredible entries this year. For further info and to book tickets https://www.saatchigallery.com/exhibition/rhs2022. Admission: Free for Saatchi Gallery Members & RHS Members.
I'm exhibiting at RHS this year! Jackie will be exhibiting together with other artists at the Royal Horticultural Society Botanical and Photography Show. The show will take place at the Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea from the 9th to the 29th of April. Jackie is a first time exhibitor this year and the title of her exhibit is ‘Wet Meadow Wildflowers ~ their pollinators and as food plants’. For an overview of her work journey please download this document.
You can book tickets on the link below.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-london-shows/rhs-botanical-art-and-photography-show
In November 2020, Jackie started writing a new mini book series for beginner botanical artists. She is presently working on more books to add to this series and they will be sold as a set. Look out for them in 2022/2023!
In 2020, Jackie has written a book 'Watercolour Mixing Techniques for the Botanical Artist' which was published by The Crowood Press in March 2021. It is available at all major bookshops, Amazon and as a kindle version worldwide.
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"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them" John Ruskin