ART WORKSHOPS

2026

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NATIONAL TREE DAY

DRAWING PLANTS FOUND ALONG THE LOCAL CREEK

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

WATERCOLOUR AND INK WORKSHOP

’LOVELY NASTURTIUMS’

Topology Creative Hub, The Gap

Feedback from art workshop: “You are so generous with your talent and skills, and such a brilliant teacher, giving everyone just the right amount of space and time they needed to go home with something precious they had made….” Maureen (thank you Maureen)

Images from previous workshop : Sarah and native Buttercup, Marg’s sprig , Mary’s native Hibiscus

PAPER BOTANICAL CUT-OUTS

’WILDFLOWERS’

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

DRAWING WILDFLOWERS

Using ink and tools from Nature

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

’AUTUMN FLOWERS’

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

DRAWING FLOWERS WORKSHOP

’AUTUMN FLOWERS’

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

PAPER BOTANICAL CUT-OUTS

2025 ART WORKSHOPS

I’ve left a few of the workshops from last year on this page so you can scroll through to look at images of artworks done in previous workshops.

Drawing by Helen and Helena in previous workshop

WALK + DRAW IN THE SUMMER GARDEN

A quiet morning walking and drawing flowers in the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. 

Grevillea by Les. From a previous workshop - middle flower by Jen, Grevillea on right by Judith.

’FLOWERING’

Mt-Cootha Botanic Garden, Richard Randall Studio
PAPER BOTANICAL CUT-OUTS

Ink drawing from previous workshop, journal and botanical drawing Lesley Kendall

‘SPRING WALK IN THE GARDEN’

Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens
A quiet morning walking and drawing in the botanic garden

Feedback from last workshop: “A genteel workshop in such a lovely spot. Thank you so much, I will enjoy using my newly acquired skills…” Ann

( thank you Ann )

Wattle painting by Lesley Kendall & Wendy in the ‘Plants in ink’ workshop

’WILD GARDEN’

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

PAINTING WITH WATERCOLOUR AND INK

Grevillea by Evie, Callistemon by Maureen, Grevillea by Emma - Paper collages made in the ‘Bush Flower ‘ workshop in May

’WILD GARDEN’

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

BOTANICAL COLLAGE with paper, watercolour and ink

paper flowers on either side of Violet made by participants in the workshop.

Paper Callistemon created by Maureen and Paper Hoya by Jen

‘BUSH FLOWERS’

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

BOTANICAL COLLAGE Painting with paper

Examples of botanical collage using paper - Lesley Kendall and purple fruit created by Nyah in the workshop

‘PLANTS and BUTTERFLIES’

Paten Park Native Plant Nursery

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