Botanical Illustration: Botanical Drawing for Beginners and Improvers – two day course at Mannings Heath

Each day starts at 10am and finishes at 3.30pm. Refreshments provided and a light lunch included.

Suitable for beginners and improvers

Learning to draw botanically is a fundamental skill for producing all botanical illustrations. This two day course will introduce beginners to some common methodologies for accurate, detailed drawing, and help improvers to build on their skills – including some useful and clever tricks you may not have considered previously. Areas of study will include observational technique, accurate graphite line and tonal work, foreshortening, and depicting botanical characteristics. This course is ideal for those who may be considering enrolling onto longer botanical art courses.

Date: Thursday 10th / Friday 11th September 2026
Duration: 2 days
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Class size: 6 students

Students are welcome to continue working in the studio until 4pm on Day 1

Waiting lists for Mannings Heath courses

If you are interested in attending a course but it is fully booked, please inform Leigh Ann so that your name can be added to the waiting list. If there is sufficient demand a second date may be added.