A three-day workshop designing a floral painting in watercolour, with a gilded background using gold leaf. Gilding techniques will be taught and help given on final designs. Plants from the Botanic Garden will be provided but you are free to bring some of your own choice too. Open to all levels with group and individual guidance. A suggested materials list will be provided a few weeks before the start of the course. Penny will supply the gold leaf and acrylic gold.

Penny initially trained as a teacher and then made a career as a Scribe and Illuminator. Then in 2013 she gained a Diploma in Botanical Art and Illustration. In 2014, she was awarded an RHS Silver Gilt medal for her botanical art. She has works in various collections including RHS Lindley Library, the Hunt Institute, and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.