paintbotanical
Elaine Searle passionately shares knowledge
Award-winning UK botanical artist
offers excellent online or in-person tuition
20+
years teaching
12+
years online teaching
1000+
students taught
NEWSFLASH
Transylvania Workshop
8-14 Sept 2026
ONLY 1 PLACE REMAINS
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Tranquil Copșa Mare -
Small group size -
Light filled studio -
Fungi in the beech woods -
Watercolour, ink or graphite
An opportunity has arisen for me to return to Transylvania school of botanic art & illustration this Autumn.
From the Saxon village of Copșa Mare, in the Greater Târnava Valley in central Romania we shall explore the woods and orchards to forage wild berries, fruits, mushrooms, leaves, nuts and other treasures.
In the studio we will identify our finds and create studies into a concertina sketchbook of HP paper. I will show examples and demonstrate across all three mediums.
NEW Zoomschool
Fruitful Harvest
Sept 30, Oct 7,14,21,28
4-6pm UK time
£400
A 5 session deep-dive into how to draw and paint realistic fruits in watercolour.
Italy Study Break 2027
Join our 16th year Only a couple of places remain!
Residential break in the idyllic setting of Hotel il Collaccio, Preci, Umbria.
4-11 June Botanical Textures
2 of 12 places remain
12-19 June Italy on a Plate
2 of 12 places remain
