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"Mistakes are not mistakes, they are all part of learning and should be embraced, not discarded.
If we did not make mistakes, how would we learn? Take the good with the bad on
your journey and rest easy that you have learned a great deal! "
Saturday Morning regular group tuition
9 Students Maximum - Please contact me to join. Click on the button for more details.
10 to 1pm - £20, 10am - 3pm - £30
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2022 - Brackenwood Courses, Bristol
Weekend workshops in a small and friendly group. Click on the button for more details.
1 day courses £35
2 day courses £70
VENUE COURSES
Wales Society of Botanical Illustrators (WSBI)
Tredegar House, Pencarn Way, Newport, NP10 8YW
One day course on Flower Dissection and how to draw a Dissected flower with scientific accuracy.
Contact the WSBI society for more information.
Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists (BSBA)
Sun 18th Sept 2022
Stirchley Baths, Bournville Ln, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2JT
One day course, subject to be confirmed.
Contact the BSBA society for more information
ONLINE COURSES
UK and International students are welcome. The slightly higher price for internationals is only due to postage costs.
Online Mixing Watercolour Accurately Course
£105 UK and International
For Beginners to Intermediate.
Colour mixing can be tricky. This course teaches you the skills to 'see' colour and mix watercolour more accurately for Botanical painting. Learn how to accurately mix through carefully designed exercises using a set of 16 very versatile pigments specifically chosen for the course, Winsor & Newton professional watercolours. You will receive extensive course notes in pdf format. Pre-recorded video tutorials to help you are held in a hidden Facebook Student Group which you will be added to after registration. I give helpful, friendly and prompt tuition all the way through the course. You can join at any time, there are no time limits or start dates. A course outline is on the link below.
Note: You will need to buy the listed W&N professional watercolours, 5ml tubes, in addition to the course fee. A materials list is sent on registration.
Please contact me to register jackieisard@googlemail.com
Link to Course outline pdf
Tout récemment sorti, mon cours nommé « Mélanger l'aquarelle avec précision pour la botanique » est maintenant disponible en français! Voir ci-dessous....
Online Paint a Peacock Butterfly Course
£75 UK / £85 International
Love butterflies? This course teaches you how to master the detail and paint your very own beautiful Peacock Butterfly. Pre-recorded video tutorials are held in a hidden Facebook Student Group online and detailed course notes to follow. A hand-painted colour swatch is sent via post to help you make a perfect butterfly painting. You can join at any time, there are no time limits or start dates.
Watercolour painting experience is required.
Please contact me to register jackieisard@googlemail.com
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Online Fine Details & Finishing Techniques
£125 UK & Internationals
Fine Details & Finishing techniques Online course.
Watercolour painting experience is required. Intermediate standard.
This course contains extensive course notes with a lot of useful tips and techniques for you to learn. You will practice these, with full guidance, and on the course you will paint three small subjects chosen by yourself. Colour is key to good botanical painting so the course also concentrates on helping you with this as well as technique. Appraisals are done every step of the way. Pre-recorded video tutorials are held in a hidden Facebook Student Group. Helpful, friendly and prompt tuition all the way through the course. Full appraisal and certificate at the end of the course. You can join at any time, there are no time limits or start dates.
Please contact me to register jackieisard@googlemail.com
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COMING SOON!...ONLINE Advanced Mixing Watercolour Accurately for Botanical Course
£105 UK & Internationals
Experience is required. Intermediate standard.
This course is planned to start in late 2022. It will cover more advanced mixing techniques using primaries, layering for vibrancy and depth, colour enhancement, colour temperature transition - warm and cool, botanical greys and how to create those tricky shadow tones. Pre-recorded video tutorials are held in a hidden Facebook Student Group. You will receive helpful and friendly tuition all through the course. You can join at any time, this is an ongoing course. A full course outline will be available soon. You can join at any time, there are no time limits or start dates. A course outline will be available soon.
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Wet-in-Wet for Botanical Course
£95 UK & Internationals
Watercolour experience required, beginners to intermediate.
This course is planned to start in Spring 2022. It will teach you the skills to use wet-in-wet technique with more confidence. Extensive course notes and pre-recorded video tutorials in a hidden Facebook student Group. Expert guidance and tutoring. Produce your very own painting with my help all the way! Helpful, friendly and prompt tuition all the way through the course. You can join at any time, there are no time limits or start dates. A course outline will be available soon.
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Simple Botany for Botanical Illustration Course
£115 UK & Internationals
Watercolour experience required, beginners to intermediate.
This course is planned to start in late summer 2022. Learn and understand some important botany which is essential for botanical painting. I will also teach you how to dissect a flower and make an accurate dissection drawing. The course also teaches useful botanical terms to understand the structure of a plant. A list of recommended books is also included. All botany is explained in an easy to understand way and includes extensive course notes. Pre-recorded video tutorials will be available to students in a hidden Facebook student Group. Helpful, friendly and prompt tuition all the way through the course. You can join at any time, there are no time limits or start dates. A course outline will be available soon.
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Cours sur les mélange d'aquarelle en ligne, en Français!
£105 Livres soit environ €122.63 en fonction du cours de la bourse.
Cours pour les débutants à intermédiaires
Tout récemment sorti, mon cours nommé « Mélanger l'aquarelle avec précision pour la botanique » est maintenant disponible en français!
Le mélange des couleurs peut être délicat. Ce cours vous apprend les compétences nécessaires pour «voir» les couleurs et mélanger plus précisément l'aquarelle pour la peinture botanique. Le cours comprend des didacticiels vidéo préenregistrés, un groupe d'étudiants Facebook privé et des notes de cours détaillées. Exercices utiles et conviviaux tout au long du cours. Évaluation complète et certificat à la fin du cours. Vous pouvez vous inscrire à tout moment, il n'y a pas de limite de temps ni de date de début.
Veuillez me contacter pour vous inscrire jackieisard@googlemail.com
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