There is nothing more exciting than learning how to show the glossiness of bright summer berries.  Cherries are particularly beautiful but there are many others to choose from, such as blueberries, redcurrants, blackcurrant, raspberries… the list goes on.  This course will cover drawing, composition and colouring with good quality-coloured pencils.  The result will be a piece of work that is dripping with juiciness! This course is suitable for beginners and those wanting to develop their drawing technique. A suggested materials list will be provided a few weeks before the start of the course.

Janie Pirie is one of the UK’s leading coloured pencil artists and studied fine art at Northampton & Colchester Schools of Art. After graduating in Fine Art she illustrated children’s books, women’s magazines and commissioned portraits, before moving her interest to drawing and illustrating plants. This work has earned her two RHS Gold Medals together with Certificates of Botanical Merit from the Society of Botanical Artists, of which she is a member.