Botanical illustration - Pen and Ink and Watercolour Wash - NEW VENUE
Tutor: Jackie Isard SBA Fellow CBM RHS GoldCourse Code: 0426-02
Summary
Pen and ink is so therapeutic and fairly fast compared to pure watercolour painting. It is an effective way of drawing using dots and lines to create form. Adding a watercolour wash to the finished drawing adds to the beauty of the subject drawn.
Description
Drawing with pen and ink is so therapeutic and fairly fast compared to pure watercolour painting or graphite. Using Uni-pin fine liners, we will make drawings of plants or nature subjects, learning how to apply texture using dots or lines to create form. Watercolour will be applied as washes of toned colour afterwards to create a beautiful painting.
You will be able to make a series of studies on a page or concentrate on one special subject. Bring along some interesting natural history subjects; dried leaves, seed heads, fungi, wood/bark, wood with lichen, pinecones, acorns, walnuts, seaside treasures, bones/skulls etc. You will receive my helpful tuition throughout the workshop.
Please bring with you
I will supply a materials list via email
Please bring the following with you
- Magnani 1404 Portofino sheet or Saunders Waterford High White 140lb paper - 9inch x 11inch or larger
- Uni-pin Fine Liner pen size 0.03 and/or 0.05 – black and/or sepia
- Trace or cartridge for drawing
- H Pencil, soft eraser (not a putty rubber!) and sharpener
- Quality full-bodied pointed tip brushes
- A Cotman 666 one stroke 1/8inch - mixing brush
- Two water jars
- A white plate or flat palette
- A little kitchen roll
- Your usual watercolour paints - not opaques!
The following items can be purchased from your tutor
These will be listed on the materials list too!
Magnani 1404 Portofino sheet 9inch x 11inch - £1 a sheet
Billy Showell Fine Liner £5
A Cotman 666 one stroke 1/8inch - mixing brush - £6
W&N pigments – a squidge in a half pan - £1
H pencil - £1.50
Faber Castell, kneadable eraser - £3
Uni Pin fine liner black 0.05 - £2.50
Staedtler eraser - £1.50
Mono Zero eraser pen round - £5
Level
Beginner/Intermediate
Course Location
CIM Business Centre Cookham
Moor Hall, Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 9QH
Tutor
Jackie Isard SBA Fellow CBM RHS Gold
BOTANICAL & NATURE ARTIST • TUITION • AUTHOR
Jackie Isard, from Bristol UK, is a Fellow member of the Society of Botanical Artists and an RHS Gold medal winner. She is a self-taught artist and loves to paint botanical as well as nature subjects. Jackie loves to teach and prides herself on giving a lot of help and advice. Her work is very detailed and botanically accurate. Jackie has paintings held in the RHS Lindley Library, The Shirley Sherwood Collection and The Hunt Institute. Jackie became an SBA DLDC tutor in 2024. She teaches at venues around the UK and Southwest.
email address: jackieisard@googlemail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/jackie.isard
Instagram: @jackieisard
Web: https://www.jibotanicals.co.uk/
Saturday to Sunday
Timetable
| Saturday | |
| 9.15am | Students arrive |
| 9.30am-1pm | Teaching session |
| 1-2pm | Lunch for all |
| 2-5pm | Teaching session |
| 6.45 for 7pm | Dinner for residents |
| Sunday | |
| 7.30-9.30am | Breakfast for residents |
| 9.30am-1pm | Teaching session |
| 1-2pm | Lunch for all |
| 2-4pm | Last teaching session |
Jackie Isard was really lovely and patient. Excellent tutor! Learnt so much during these two days! Thank you.
Jackie Isard was really lovely and patient. Excellent tutor! Learnt so much! Thank you.
My first course at Missenden Abbey, and I am hugely impressed! Everything was of high quality; the tuition, studio space, accommodation, delicious food and pleasant public spaces, all in a beautiful setting. Thank you!