'FLOWERING' - Art Workshops and Studio Sale in December

‘FLOWERING’

ART WORKSHOPS in December

Walk + Draw

Saturday 20 December 9.00 - 12.00 noon

and

Monday 22 December 9.00-12noon

Botanical Collages in Paper

Sunday 21 December 10.00 am - 1.30 pm

Small, friendly groups. Beginners welcome .

If you’d like to find out more information please go to the WORKSHOP page of of the website.

STUDIO SALE - FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER

10.30am - 6pm

Paintings - framed and unframed , ceramic, paper moths

Mt Coot-tha Botanic Garden, Richard Randall Studio

Hope to see you there.

Les

Drawing by Sarah and drawing by Helene in previous workshop

'WILD GARDEN' - Art Workshops in June

‘WILD GARDEN’

ART WORKSHOPS in June

Botanical Collage in Paper

Saturday 22 June 10.00 am - 1.30 pm

Watercolour and Ink Painting

Sunday 22 June 9.30 - 12.00 noon

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery, The Gap, Brisbane

Small, friendly group. Beginners welcome .

If you’d like to find out more information please go to the WORKSHOP page of of the website.

Hope to see you there.

Les

Paper Hoya by Jen in the ‘Bush Flowers’ workshop. Painting by Lesley Kendall . Beautiful Acacia. Workshop in the nursery. Wendy painting in the ‘‘Plants in ink’ workshop

'whispering moths ' sale of moths - paper,clay,paint

whispering moths

paper moths - Lesley Kendall

JUNE - sale of paper moths in online shop

'Bush Flowers' Workshop

A wonderful weekend of paper art workshops at our local not for profit Paten Park Native Plant Nursery.

The participants created beautiful paper collages inspired by native flowers.

I cant wait to do this workshop again.

Paper Callistemon by Maureen, paper Hoya by Jen and paper Acacia by Kaylene. It was hard to only pick 3. I love them all.

Botanical Collages - 'bush flowers' Art Workshop

Botanical Collage workshops coming up in May at Paten Park Native Plant Nursery. I have had fun making samples of native flowers for the workshop.

BUSH FLOWERS’

10 & 11 May.

For more details go the ‘workshop ‘page of the website.

Botanical collages of native flowers .

'plants and butterflies ' Art workshop

Art workshop at community Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

Saturday 22 March and Sunday 23 March

'in the garden' Exhibition

‘in the garden’ art exhibition

paper boat press gallery

21 February - 15 March 2025

ART WORKSHOP at Paten Park Native nursery

ART WORKSHOP

Paten Park Native Nursery

Spend time at Paten Park Native Nursery painting and learning about Australian native plants.

 Local artist, Lesley Kendall, will guide you through a series of easy exercises with watercolour and ink showing techniques she uses in her own work. You will then get to do your own drawings and paintings with Lesley’s guidance.

Each class is small and limited to 8 people.  Beginners are welcome.

A volunteer from the nursery will talk to us about butterflies and their host native plants.

SATURDAY 22 MARCH, 2025

9.30 am – 12 noon (2 and a ½ hours)

or

1pm – 3.30 (2 and ½ hours)
$85.00 – includes art materials and tea and cake

SUNDAY 23 MARCH

10.00 am - 12.30pm

Paten Park Native Nursery 57 Paten Road, The Gap, Brisbane

If you are interested in a future workshop please go the ‘workshop’ page of this website and sign up to the newsletter or email me from the ‘contact’ page.

Studio filled with flowers

Days in the studio are spent with flowers, fresh from the garden.

Exhibition 'in the garden'

Looking forward to this upcoming exhibition at the lovely paper boat press gallery at end of February. I will be sharing the space with talented local ceramic artist Jennifer Orland.

sunshine, frogs, native plants and gentle folk

A beautiful day of doing art workshops at our community nursery - Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

'PLANTS IN INK' Art Workshop - Plants that attract pollinators, Paten Park Native Nursery

Happy to be returning to Paten Park Nursery for another Winter art workshop.

'PLANTS IN INK'

We will be drawing Australian native plants that attract pollinators to the garden using inks and natural materials. A  Volunteer from the nursery will give a short talk introducing us to the plants.

17 August

Saturday morning 9.30am - 12 noon (sold out)

Saturday Afternoon 1.00p.m. - 3.30p.m.(2 spaces left)

$85 - includes art materials and morning tea

Paten Park Native Nursery , 57 Paten Road, The Gap, Brisbane

Drawing by Carol in previous art workshop at Paten Park Nursery

Paten Park Native Nursery is a not-for-profit community nursery located in the Gap, Brisbane. It stocks over 50 000 native plants. It is a tranquil, natural hide-away where informed volunteers can provide technical advice about South East Queensland native vegetation. website: ppnn.org.au

'WINTER NASTURTIUMS' Art Workshop in July

Back again in July - ‘Nasturtiums from the winter garden’ watercolour and ink Workshop. These will be held at the delightful paper boat press gallery and shop.

It’s no secret I love painting nasturtiums. Ive been counting the days for the flowers to open. I’m looking forward to painting these beautiful flowers with you.

For more information please go to the ‘workshop’ link of this website or press on the booking link below.

If you have any queries please email me.

Workshop bookings - please press the link below which will take you to paper boat press workshop page.

PLANTS IN INK Art Workshop - Paten Park Native Nursery

Spend a Saturday morning or afternoon at Paten Park Native Nursery drawing and painting Australian native plants using inks and natural materials.
I will take you through a series of easy exercises showing techniques I use in my own artwork. You will then get to do your own paintings and drawings with my guidance.

The class is small and limited to 8 people. Beginners are welcome.

A volunteer from the nursery will talk about the native plants that we will be using from the nursery for inspiration.

Saturday 1st JUNE, 2024

9.30 am – 12 noon (2 and a ½ hours) (sold out)

1.00 pm - 3.30pm ( 2 and 1/2 hours) (sold out)

Paten Park Native Nursery 57 Paten Road, The Gap

$85.00 – includes art materials and tea and cake

BOOKINGS:  Please go to go to the ‘shop’ page of this website or press on the booking link below

Art Workshops with Les

Below are a few images from last years’ art workshops I ran at the delightful paper boat press gallery and studio.

If you’d like to join in a workshop please go the blog post before this or to the ‘workshop’ page of this website. There are new workshops coming up in April.

Art workshop 'autumn leaves'

‘Autumn Leaves’

I will be running more watercolour and ink art workshops at paper boat press gallery and studio in April.

For more information about the workshops press the art workshop with Lesley button below or go to the ‘workshop’ page of this website.

Lets get leafy!

Happy Holidays

Wishing everyone a happy holiday.

May 2024 bring with it peace, joy and connection for everyone.

Thank you for your support of my art practice this year. It is deeply appreciated.

Hope our paths cross next year.

Love

Les

PORCELAIN MOTHS for sale in the online shop

New hand built porcelain moths pinned on small blocks of Australian woods are available in the online shop.

Please press the button below to go to the online shop

'Nasturtium from Julie's Garden' Art Workshop - Paper Boat Press Gallery and Studio in September

The’ Nasturtiums from Julie’s Garden’ art workshops at Paperboatpress studio and gallery in September were a great success.

Lots of beautiful paintings were created as participants learnt new skills, sipped on nasturtium leaf tea and shared their own memories of this special flower.

For details or bookings for the next ‘Spring Garden’ art workshop please press the button below

Spring Garden - Art Workshops in November at Paper Boat Press Gallery and Studio

Spring Garden

Paper Boat Press Gallery and Studio

I will be back at the Paper Boat Press Studio and gallery next month to run a few art workshops . The theme is Spring Garden.

Saturday 18 November and 19 November

It is a beautiful space and we’ll be surrounded by flowers, paint and good company.

Kylie and her team have created a lovely space in Brisbane.

For workshop details and bookings please press on the button below.