I shall be having my first Open Studio and Garden on 12-13 July from 11am - 5.30pm. If you would like to visit we would love to see you so send me an email and I will post you an invitation.
The workshops at the new studio are booking up well and the first few have been very successful and luckily the weather has been kind so we have been able to lunch in the garden.
Good news - the new ‘Fat Pads’ with Fabriano Classico 5 paper are of much better quality than last year’s batch. The paper is more robust and doesn’t give way when building up many layers.
Look out for me at Art In Action, Waterperry near Wheatley, Oxfordshire. Thursday 17th July - Sunday 20th July. I shall be demonstrating with Nature in Art. www.artinaction.org.uk
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It’s a long time since I last posted, not because I haven’t any news but more because I have had too much. I recently had a very enjoyable trip to the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens to run a one-day workshop for the Botanical Illustration course there. They were all very keen to learn about coloured pencils and all did excellent leaves. I was only sorry it was such a short time.
This week you will find me at the Chelsea Flower Show on stand EA95 on Eastern Avenue. I will be showing some of the new ‘Mediterranean’ range from Jersey Pottery which I am very excited about and my new prints for this year. The prints should be on the site any minute and I will post illustrations of the ‘Mediterranean’ range when I return. If you are visiting the show to come and say hello.
The weekend of 31st May/1st June you will find me as artist in residence at The National Botanic Garden of Wales for their open weekend.
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February 12, 2008 by annswan
I shall be demonstrating at the Society of Botanical Artists Exhibition at Westminster Hall on Wednesday 23rd April from 11am-4pm. Hope to see you then.
The new Meditteranean range of tableware from Jersey Pottery was launched at the Spring Trade Fair so hopefully I will have it available on the website soon.
Also available soon will be some new workshop dates for the new studio. The windows are going in on Friday so, fingers crossed, it will be ready for the first workshop in March and we can finally say good bye to the builders after 6 months!!!
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January 28, 2008 by annswan
Back from a great week in Spain. The sun shone everyday and everyone did wonderful work inspired by the peaceful surroundings,good food, wine and excellent company.
Next January is now fully booked and the dates for October 2009 have changed to 26th September to the 3rd October. There are still 2 spaces for October 2008 if anyone would like to join us.
Progress on the new studio is getting on a pace and it looks as if we will be up and running by end of February. The two-day workshop at the end of February has been cancelled though to avoid any last minute disappointment.
Back to the drawing board now to finish 2 large pictures for the Southern Bulb Company - the Texas Star tulip and the Spider Lily plus the layout of the new book ‘Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencil’.
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January 18, 2008 by annswan
Just off to teach in the wonderful surroundings of the Finca el Cerillo in the foothills of Andalucia. I have managed to sort out the dates for next years holidays so if anyone wants to book early to avoid disappointment the dates for 2009 are 31st Janaury to 7th February and 3rd - 10th October. Prices haven’t been agreed yet but they will be similar to this years.
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January 9, 2008 by annswan
This is exciting, my first blog!! I am just in the process of sending out a mailing to students of forthcoming workshop dates at the new studio in Rowde, Wiltshire. The builders have promised repeatedly and faithfully that it will be finished by end of January so I am issuing dates from the end of February to be on the safe side. If for any reason you don’t receive the new dates and would like to have them they will be on the website within the next few days or you can contact me directly.
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December 6, 2007 by annswan
Workshops news is filed under the ‘workshops’ category. New one-day workshop dates should be available next week.
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December 6, 2007 by annswan
Welcome to my brand new blog! I will keep you all posted on new artwork, prints, current projects, workshops and exhibitions.
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