Botanical Illustrations – First Fruits

Last Thursday a water-colour painting course was held in the beautiful setting of the Community Room, within Scampston Conservatory. Our tutor, Bridget Gillespie, brought with her a varied selection of autumn fruits and berries. She started the course by showing the class how to position your study correctly. 

Bridget then demonstrated how to start a composition of an apple branch followed by instruction on how to do a water-colour painting of a leaf. 

The class were then encouraged to start their own project and a variety of paintings were completed over the two day course. We were offered tea, coffee and biscuits during the course and everyone chose to enjoy a delicious lunch in the Restaurant. 

The course was informal and relaxing. We all went home feeling proud of our work, and that we had really learnt something. 

Barbara Compton, Scampston Conservatory Volunteer