I am so excited to tell you about this new course I've developed around the topics of florals and botanical forms.

Florals have been present in art, design and decoration since the dawn of civilisation.  They've been used on stylised depictions of lotuses in Egyptian friezes, on Greek and Roman mosaics and in paintings and decorations in Eastern cultures to name but a few.

They've been part of humanity for millennia and are timeless, reinvented over time to suit each era, genre, whim and fancy. They will never goes out of fashion.

Flowers are a recurring theme in my own art and I have developed Floral Fusion to explore a variety of styles, techniques and processes in watercolour and in combination with other media.

In my practice as a fine artist and designer, I value what I learnt from my original training in textile design, fine art printmaking and jewellery. The design principles, adaption and stylisation of plant forms are part of my signature style and I would love to share processes and techniques with you to help you develop or define your own authentic style.

In Floral Fusion there is a focus on developing and refining individual approaches with an emphasis on the Creative Leap Method™ where handwriting and letters are used to develop a vocabulary of shapes, textures and forms to be used in different floral and botanical projects.

The course has three modules, each one with a different emphasis and inspiration that comes from a variety of sources ranging from ancient folk art and embroidery, to the Arts and Craft movement and zany mid-century abstraction with lots of room for expanding on ideas and developing of individual styles and approaches.

I am not a purist - I love experimenting with a wide range of techniques and processes combining materials. This three week long course comes with permission to play and explore traditional media in new ways in order to expand your own ways of thinking and creating.

Floral Fusion consists of three, week-long modules plus a bonus section at the start where the materials and processes are explained in depth. Within each module, you'll find four projects presented in easy-to-digest portions, one per day, building up to a larger assignment at the weekend. So that's fifteen projects in total, each designed to kickstart ideas and to promote original and imaginative thinking. 

A multitude of watercolour and gouache techniques will be explored in Floral Fusion, in combination with acrylic inks and other media, all tailored to the specific module's theme. The course has a structured approach is designed to not only build your skills, but also to guide you in strengthening your own creative voice with a closer connection to your imagination..

Expand your creativity and develop a stronger sense of colour, pattern and form with this alternative drawing and painting course.

During Floral Fusion I’ll show you how to create stylised and imaginary florals and forms by developing doodles, drawings and designs into more complex creations. There's a focus on paint techniques and colour combinations. Floral Fusion is an ideal course to explore watercolour and mixed media and to expand knowledge useful for all art practices.

Who is this course for?

Anyone with a love of colour and an interest in exploring water-based mixed media techniques. The course is suitable for all kinds of artists and creatives with different levels of experience. Drawing is important to explore your own way of creating forms, no need to draw pretty though.

What the course doesn't cover

• Super realistic floral and botanical studies. This course is about imagination and mixed media techniques with florals as muse. 

• Digital art. To get the best out of this course you need to work with the materials as shared in the materials list. Surface patterns and designs created digitally are not explored in this course.