Botanical illustration
17 October 2026
This relaxed studio session, aimed at beginners and hobbyists, will include mark-making demonstrations and techniques inspired by nature, flowers and trees in the Quentin Blake Centre gardens. Participants will use pen and ink and watercolour washes to create botanical illustrations.
Grace Holliday is a London-based mark-maker, creative educator and illustrator who has collaborated with organisations such as Anthropologie, The RA and the Chelsea Physic Garden, as well as delivered projects connected to the Chelsea Flower show through her role as Artist in Residence at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

