Botanical Painting Course

About the Class

Join artist, Poppy-Lee Jennings, for a day of botanical art. Learn the basics of botanical illustration and how to most effectively use pencil 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 watercolour studies.

The class is perfect for beginners, novices, watercolourists, hobbyists, and anyone with a curiosity for painting flowers. You'll have your own botanical painting to take away with you at the end of the evening, as well as new skills to put into practice in your own time. A list of materials will also be provided after the workshop for anyone who wants it.

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.

Booking Policy

Tickets can be refunded up to 7 days before the event. Eventbrite's booking fee is non-refundable, unless the class needs to be cancelled for any reason, at which point you will receive a full refund.

Info: In the first part of the workshop, we'll be getting to know the ins and outs of accurate botanical painting. From understanding how to use the materials to the nitty gritty details of studying flowers, we'll go through it all in the first segment of the class.

Info: Bring your own sandwich or pop out to one of the lovely local spots on Otley Road for a quick lunch. Work while you eat or take a quick break as we move between sections of the class.

Info: We'll be utilising all the skills we've practiced in the first half of the class to create our own botanical paintings. We'll be learning how to layer colour, use water, create texture, and make petals look authentic.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Beam Works, 5 Otley Road, Headingley, United Kingdom

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