ABOUT THIS COURSE

Botanical artist Yanny Petters has been working in watercolours for at least 25 years & is a member of The Watercolour Society of Ireland and the Irish Society of Botanical Artists and the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club.

Yanny's watercolour classes are designed to help you progress your skills while experimenting with a variety of watercolour techniques. Sessions include demonstrations by Yanny guiding you through setting up a project through different watercolour methods while exploring mark making, looking at old master techniques as well as giving participants tips and information to develop their own style.

The courses cover drawing, painting, and sketching from life. Each block has a theme, all are inspired by nature. Themes will include still life, floral and botanical illustration and working from photographs. Participants will get lots of individual attention and encouragement in executing a chosen project and Yanny can give critique for the development of participants previous works from their portfolio. A basic knowledge of watercolour is helpful in this course.

For a little insight into Yanny’s class check out our INSTAGRAM LIVE conversation

Materials needed

A3 cartridge paper,

A3 tracing paper,

A3 hot pressed 300gr watercolour paper,

A3 cold pressed 300gr watercolour paper,

masking tape,

(sharp) 2H and 3B pencil

Water soluble colour pencils, set of 12 or more Caran D’Ache(Museum Aquarelle) or Derwent Inktense

Two round pointed watercolour brushes, large (about 10mm thick) and medium (about 5mm thick)

Flat brush, 2 sizes

One large mop, a make-up brush will do.

Palette, can be a white ceramic plate or tile

Cotman Artists watercolour: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizerin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Violet.

Kitchen towel

Water vessel/jam jar x 2

Meet Yanny

Yanny Petters has been painting exquisitely detailed portraits of wild plants since the 1990s. Fascinated by colour, form and detail, her love and interest in botanical art stemmed from her work as a sign-writer where plant themes were common in decorative design. Yanny has explored many mediums including oils and painting on glass, a technique she specialises in. She has a deep knowledge of watercolours which she has been sharing through workshops for many years and here at the Schoolhouse for Art since it's foundation.

Yanny has had many successful exhibitions since 1995. She exhibited with renowned landscape painter Michael Gemmell in ‘The Living Bog’ which featured her Paintings on Glass of Irish Bog Plants, at the Davis Gallery, Dublin in 2003. She was honoured to be included in ‘1000 Years of Botanical Art’ at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, in 2005 as part of the Dr. Shirley Sherwood collection. Since that she has had paintings exhibited in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London, as part of ‘The Art of Plant Evolution’ (2009) the 'Botanical Art in the 21st Century' (2014) and in Modern Masterpieces of Botanical Art (2019).

Her work was recently acquired by The National Gallery of Ireland and The National Museum of Ireland. A number of her works are in the Dr. Shirley Sherwood Collection, the most prestigious collection of botanical art in the world.

Other collections include:

Office of Public Works State Collection, Wicklow Mountains National Park, Co. Wicklow, Connemara National Park, HSE Community Nursing Unit at Clonskeagh, The Watercolour Society and many private collections.

Watercolour Painting | Yanny Petters

Fridays 10am - 1pm

€240

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Materials needed

Meet Yanny