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• Monthly Nature Journaling Sessions with Tanya Scharaschkin

  • Start
    29 Nov 2024
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  • End
    30 May 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Collinsvale Reserve, 10 Hall Rd, Collinsvale, TAS 7012

  Join Friends of Collinsvale each month for a Nature Journaling session.

  Your guide will be local botanist and artist Dr Tanya Scharaschkin. Tanya will introduce you to nature journaling and will guide you along the way. You don't need to have any drawing skills. This is an opportunity to spend some quiet time observing and documenting nature.

  What to bring: Bring something to write on (e.g., a notebook, journal or artist sketch pad) and something to write with (e.g., pen, pencil, marker, coloured pencils). A clipboard can be handy. You might want to bring a picnic blanket or camp chair to sit on. Feel free to bring a snack and a drink with you (there are no shops in Collinsvale). Toilets are located at the Hall.

  Safety: Please dress appropriately for the weather (it could be wet and windy, or hot and sunny). Fingerless gloves could be useful if cold. Bring a hat, sunscreen and insect repellent. The walking track and ground around the Landcare container is uneven. Please wear good walking shoes.

  Directions: Meet at the "Landcare Container" opposite the Dog Park. Drive up Hall Road, and continue to drive past the Collinsvale Memorial Hall, the Fire Station and the Machinery Club. The "Landcare Container" will be on your right, up a small slope. We will start at 10 and finish at 11:30am.

  Contact: friendsofcollinsvale@landcaretas.org.au

  Website: https://www.landcaretas.org.au/10841

  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567717490028

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• BAWW Workshop - Tanya Hoolihan - Botanical Illustration for Beginners

  • Start
    24 Apr 2025
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    9:30 AM
  • End
    25 Apr 2025
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    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Celia Rosser Studio, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra ACT
  • Spaces left
    2

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  As part of the Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 activities BASA is holding botanical art workshops in the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra ACT.

  Tanya Hoolihan will be doing a 2 day Botanical Illustration for Beginners workshop in the Celia Rosser Studio at the Australian National Botanic Gardens on 24-25 April 2025 from 9:30 am to 4:00pm each day.

  This workshop is designed to introduce students to the basics of Botanical Art. The workshop will include basic botany to assist in understanding your subject, methods used to depict the plants specific characteristics, and the techniques used in watercolour to achieve fine detail in your work.

  Click here for more details

  Materials provided will include:

  Graphite pencils, drawing paper, erasers,

  Basic brush set (Taklon) which students can take home

  W & N paint to use throughout the workshop,

  Palette to take home with any extra paint needed to complete the work

  Arches watercolour paper A4 for experiments and final work

  Workshops are open to both members and non-members of BASA.

  About Tanya

  Tanya Hoolihan holds a PhD in Natural History Illustration from the University of Newcastle where she received the Facility and Excellency Award for her Research. For several years Tanya was a lecturer in Botanical Illustration at Newcastle University where she gained valuable insight into teaching the subject. She has exhibited in various group and private exhibitions throughout regional Australia including several exhibitions held by the Botanic Art Society of Australia and has conducted workshops for various galleries and institutes. Her work is found in national and international collections, several books and publications as well as the Florilegium collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Tanya now works as a free-lance illustrator and teachers and has collaborated with clients such as the Newcastle City Council, Central Coast Council and CSIRO on various natural history projects.

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• BAWW Workshop - Janet Matthews - E. macrocarpa in coloured pencil

  • Start
    3 May 2025
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    4 May 2025
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    3:30 PM
  • Location
    Dickson Studio, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra ACT
  • Spaces left
    0

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  As part of the Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 activities BASA is holding botanical art workshops in the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra ACT.

  Janet Matthews will be doing a 2 day coloured pencil workshop on Eucalyptus macrocarpa in the Dickson Studio at the Australian National Botanic Gardens on 3-4 May 2025 from 10:00am to 3:30pm each day.

  
  

  The macrocarpa is a beautiful plant, yet it is quirky with its many flawed leaves and often covered in spiderwebs. A delightful subject, perfect for colour pencil which is wonderful for creating details.

  Janet will step everyone through her colour pencil techniques, then she will show everyone how to draw a Eucalyptus macrocarpa. This plant has large pink red flowers and large blue grey leaves with lots of imperfections. We will also include a spider web.

  Janet’s workshop are suitable for beginners as well as advanced skill levels. Experience with colour pencil is not necessary.

  Janet teaches in a step by step demonstration process, then individual tuition.

  Click here to download the materials list. Students to supply their materials.

  Janet will supply reference photos to work from.

  Workshops are open to both members and non-members of BASA.

  About Janet

  “My art is my passion, especially pencil, colour pencil and graphite. I love to draw our botanical and wildlife subjects with intensity, personality and precise detail. I want to engage and inspire viewers with the beauty and uniqueness of our natural world.”

  Janet is a multi-award winning artist exhibiting regularly in Australia and overseas.

  She has artwork in the collection of the New York State Museum, USA and the Roberson Museum and Science Centre, New York, USA. She won a Top Award at the Focus on Nature exhibition at the New York State Museum in 2014.

  In 2023 Janet’s artwork featured on Gardening Australia show.

  Janet’s work has represented Australia in the World Wide Botanical exhibitions.

  Janet has completed commissions for Australia Post for stamp images released in 2006 and 2009 and 2021.

  In 2021 Janet’s drawing won the Wildlife Art Museum of Australia Excellence award.

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