Artiste Botanique
Hi everyone, New season, new venue! To start the spring in style, I am teaching a Camellia painting day at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. Exbury is a lovely place to spend a day, surrounded by the Camellia collection. The date is Friday 31st March 2023, the place is the lovely room adjacent to… Continue reading Camellia Botanical Painting workshop at Exbury Gardens
Hi everyone, I wish you all a happy, healthy and creative 2023! My third video tutorial for Fabriano is out... This time we are painting three Ginkgo leaves. I have really enjoyed working with the team at Fabriano. They are really nice to work with and they also taught me a couple of technical things… Continue reading Ginkgo leaves video tutorial
Hi everyone, Have you ever tried painting a pattern on a petal? It can be tricky... If painted too wet, it spreads too much and the pattern disappears, melting into a blotchy mess of colours (which actually sounds rather nice...). If painted too dry, it stands out too much and looks like it's painted on… Continue reading Painting pattern on a petal
Hi everyone, Hampshire Open Studios is in full swing! I know so many of you are an ocean (or two) away so I filmed a virtual tour for you... The public opening is now over but I am still receiving visitors by appointment until the end of the event. If you wish to pop in… Continue reading Open Studio 2022 – Virtual tour
Hi everyone, I have made a second video tutorial for Fabriano, this time painting a pear. I thought perhaps you didn't all find it on the Fabriano YouTube channel, so here is a video showing the project and containing a link to the full tutorial. https://youtu.be/SPIsiL7_q2s Happy Painting!
Sandrine Maugy 