This year, you can choose from two outdoor workshops in beautiful locations, with dates throughout the summer months.
‘A Garden Sketch Book’
Day-long outdoor workshops at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, North Yorkshire
£75 per person including your first tea/coffee and home made cake of the day (Max eight people per workshop)
All dates are Tuesdays (when the gardens are closed to the public), 10am–4pm
Fill your sketch book under Kate’s guidance, observe and gather useful information, and use your materials to capture the colour and movement of the plants through the summer season from May–September.
Bring your own materials, or buy a sketch kit from me for an additional £30.
Bookings are via Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens.
Image © Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens
Sketching and Botany Days:
‘Wildflowers and Rolling Hills’ (6th July 2024)
‘Fungi and Woodland’ (early autumn, date TBC)
Outdoor workshops at Birkdale Farm, Terrington, North Yorkshire
Enjoy a day of guided botanical observations and sketching on a beautiful farm in the rolling Howardian Hills with Kate Pettitt (artist) and Frances Standen (conservationist, farmer and protected landscape management specialist). Frances will tell you about the abundance of wildflowers and fungi on the site, while Kate will guide your sketch book observations and techniques to collect useful visual information while out in the landscape.
Home made charcoal and fresh home grown produce will be available to buy, and in the autumn you can also pick your own sunflowers!
11am–4pm
£120 per person including tea/coffee and home made cake at lunchtime (Max six people per workshop)
Bring your own materials. A selection of materials can be purchased from Kate on the day, should you need them.
You can book your place on the Wildflowers and Rolling Hills day here:
Book your Sketching and Botany Day
Contact Kate to add your name to the waiting list for the Fungi and Woodland day here (date will be released soon):
Contact Kate
Image © Birkdale Farm, Terrington
Image © Birkdale Farm, Terrington
One-to-one / small group bespoke sessions
Do you want to gain confidence and experiment, with some more bespoke guidance in my studio in Holtby, or working outside?
You might want to come on your own or come with a friend/small group of friends.
- Explore your own style and ideas in a relaxed studio environment or outdoors.
- Experiment with mediums – play, explore and develop.
- Connect/re-connect with your own creativity and skills.
- Overcome nervousness about making mistakes – there are no such things!
- Development your observational skills, sketching, working from studies etc.
Please contact me to discuss your own requirements.
Prices start at £40/person for a two-hour bespoke session. Please contact me to discuss your requirements and I will provide a quote.
Terms and conditions
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