About this Event
Join artist, Poppy-Lee Jennings, for a month of botanical art. Learn the basics of botanical illustration and how to most effectively use pencil, ink, and watercolour paint to create beautiful studies of flowers.
Poppy-Lee will lead you through different techniques and painting styles within the field of botanical illustration. On the day, we'll be using locally sourced in-season flowers, and exploring them in detail for life-like pencil, ink, and watercolour studies.
The class is perfect for beginners, novices, watercolourists, hobbyists, and anyone with a curiosity for painting flowers. Each week will focus on different key skills for developing botanical illustrations, inspired by a long history of artists, as well as the importance for finding your own unique style.
This course runs for four weeks from Thursday 4th - Thursday 25th June 2026. All four sessions are included in the ticket price.
Thursday 4th June, 18:00-20:00
Thursday 11th June, 18:00-20:00
Thursday 18th June, 18:00-20:00
Thursday 25th June, 18:00-20:00
About the Artist
Poppy-Lee Jennings is an artist & illustrator based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She has exhibited at shows across the UK, was Longlisted for the 2026 Jackson's Art Prize, Shortlisted for the 2025 HSFK Portrait Award with National Portrait Gallery, and her council-funded botanical project 'Fleeting Seasons' was exhibited in 2024, celebrating the botanicals, fungi, and wildlife across the city of Leeds.
You can find more of Poppy-Lee's work here: poppyleejennings.com/illustration
You can follow her on Instagram here: @poppyleejennings
About the Venue
Beam Works is a not-for-profit organisation and art shop based in Headingley, Leeds. Championing local and handmade crafts, they run a high-quality art printing & scanning service for artists, while selling in-house printed artwork for creatives in Leeds and across the UK.
This is a small venue so there are only 8 tickets available for this class. Get them soon if you want to come!
Free tea & coffee will be available. Dairy milk & oat milk will also be provided.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Beam Works, 5 Otley Road, Headingley, United Kingdom
GBP 65.71
