Illustrating a Hellebore

During this workshop Janie will show you how to colour a Hellebore from a photograph. Although this won’t teach you how to draw, you will learn how to use coloured pencils and get the very best out of them, enabling you to create more of your own art using this wonderful, but very forgiving medium. Janie will demonstrate how to tackle the detailed centres of these beautiful flowers, as well as how to colour their intricate petals and markings.

PLEASE NOTE: A simpler illustration than the one shown will be used for the course

The price includes a kit of coloured pencils, sheets of art paper, and rubbers.  The pack will be sent out in advance of the course and contains everything you will need to complete your drawing, including simple instructions for how to do a preliminary drawing to prepare for the course. Please note we cannot post kits overseas.

Suitable for beginners or for those wanting to brush up on their techniques

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.