This five day course may be used as a refresher for those who have already completed our two week botanical illustration course as well as for beginners or more experienced artists who would like to learn the basic techniques of botanical illustration both drawing and watercolour. The course will be based in the classroom, Gardens and a Glasshouse giving the opportunity to draw trees, shrubs or flowers in their natural habitat as well as more detailed studies.

Annie Farrer has worked for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in a freelance capacity since 1974. She began with work on various floras in pen and ink and later also took on colour illustration for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine as well as other Kew projects such as ‘Grasses of Bolivia’ and a monograph on the genus Biarum. She combines this with carrying out private commissions, teaching and lecturing.