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07/08/2026

Relaxed & friendly Botanical Pen & Watercolour workshop at beautiful Wildhive Callow Hall | Hotel in the Peak District in the Peak District on Sunday 27th September - starting at 10 am & followed by a delicious seasonal lunch in the glass Garden Room.
For all abilities & all materials supplied - come & stay or just visit the hotel for the day & enjoy the stunning surrounds whilst creating beautiful botanical art inspired by the hotel’s botanical art collection, gardens & locally sourced flowers & foliage.
Scroll to see pics of Wildhive & floral artworks created at my last botanical pen & watercolour workshop held at Wildhive Callow Hall - many were beginners & all were delighted with their creative results.
To book: call Wildhive on 01335 300900, email the hotel at [email protected] or head to my website Art Workshops page (link in Bio).

17/07/2026

Happy faces at my Botanical Pen & Watercolour workshop at stunning Rode Hall & Gardens, Cheshire yesterday. A very beautiful morning in the gardens & hall with lovely participants & fabulous results - scroll to see surrounds & artwork created 🌸🖊️🎨
Hoping to be back Rode Hall & Gardens in the Autumn for another botanical pen & watercolour art workshop using the gardens & the flowers grown on the estate as inspiration - so please look out for this - to find out more details please sign up to my newsletter (link in Bio).
As always, my floral artwork workshops are for all abilities & all materials provided.

11/07/2026

Thank you to No28 Belper & all the participants for a fun & very creative botanical mixed media workshop.
Watercolour, pen & collage were all interpreted in unique & clever ways to create beautiful individual floral artwork - scroll to see the end results.
I’ll be back in the autumn at Belper, Derbyshire - please keep an eye on my Art Workshops webpage for more details or please sign up to my newsletter (link in Bio) to keep up to date with my botanical art workshops & events across various locations.
As always my art workshops are relaxed & for all abilities & all materials are provided.

04/07/2026

Heading to the beautiful rose filled garden at Hopton Hall this Thursday 9th July 10.30-12.30 for a 2 hour ‘Walk & Draw’ botanical pen drawing workshop. I hope you can join me at this floral art session where we will be in the garden trying out different pen drawing techniques as part of Hopton Hall, Derbyshire Month of Art.
We will be using my very light weight boards (please scroll to see pic of board in action) - easy to use as you wander around.
Looks like the sun will be shining on us so it will be a lovely morning in a beautiful place - for more info & to book please head to my Art Workshops web page (link in Bio).

Photos courtesy of Hopton Hall Hopton Hall

Hopton Hall Gallery

03/07/2026

Thank you National Trust Calke Abbey for inviting me to run a wonderful second Botanical Pen & Watercolour workshop in the grand main house. It was a lot of fun & a real privilege to be trusted with the first two workshops to have ever been run at the house.
In a beautiful private room overlooking the estate the lovely participants created stunning individual floral artwork inspired by National Trust Calke Abbey herbarium collection & flowers from the local area - scroll to see the artwork, herbarium inspiration & house.
Plans are underway for more of my botanical art workshops at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire so please sign up to my newsletter (link in Bio) to know more details or please keep an eye on my website Art Workshops page 🌸🖊️🎨

National Trust

30/06/2026

Mixed media art workshop at beautiful Dorothy Clive Garden, Shropshire.
Everyone got creative with pen, watercolour & collage to create their own unique botanical artwork.
Thanks to gorgeous Dorothy Clive Garden & all the lovely participants for a fun relaxed floral art workshop.

If you’d like to head to another beautiful garden I’ll be at Hopton Hall Gardens Derbyshire running a 2 hour ‘Walk & Draw’ workshop on Thursday 9th July 20.30 - 12.30 - please head to my Art Workshops webpage for more details & to book.

29/06/2026

Thank you National Trust Calke Abbey for inviting me to run their first workshop in the main hall - what a treat! A lot of fun in a very beautiful setting - in a private previously unseen room overlooking the stunning parkland.
Well done to all the lovely participants who took part - beautiful botanical artwork created inspired by National Trust Calke Abbey herbarium (scroll to see the herbarium inspiration, the floral artworks & the setting).
I’ll be back at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire this Thursday 2 July 10 am - 1 pm for another botanical pen & watercolour workshop - a few spaces remain so please head to my Art Workshops web page for the link - or go to the National Trust Calke Abbey’s website to book 🌸🎨🖊️

National Trust

17/06/2026

Thank you to RHS Bridgewater for inviting me to run floral pen & watercolour workshops - what an honour to be in such beautiful surroundings.
Well done to all the participants, many who had never tried pen & watercolour before or even touched art materials since school! Fabulous results - please scroll to see the results from the afternoon workshop.
I look forward to returning to RHS Bridgewater

In the meantime I’ve botanical pen & watercolour workshops happening so please head to my Art Workshops page for more info - the page does keep getting updated with new workshops. Or please sign up for my newsletter to find out when I’ll be back at RHS Bridgewater.

The RHS

12/06/2026

A fabulous first art workshop in the light filled Hopton Hall Gallery Ashbourne - scroll to see the beautiful botanical pen & watercolour artwork created in the gorgeous art filled gallery space.
I’ll be back at Hopton Hall Gallery in the autumn as part of The Big Draw & I can’t wait. I’m also running at Walk & Draw session in the gardens of Hopton Hall on Thursday 9th July 10.30 - 12.30
There are a few spaces left at few of my other summer botanical art workshops including Bakewell Town Hall this Tuesday 16th June 10 am - 1 pm and Dorothy Clive Garden garden on Tuesday 23rd June 10 am - 1 pm. For more info & to book please head to my website Art Workshops page (link in Bio).
As always all artistic abilities are welcome & all materials are provided so hope to see you at one of my friendly, relaxed art workshops 🌸🖊️🎨

18/05/2026

LAST 2 SPACES available tomorrow (Tues 19 May) at beautiful garden, Shropshire for a Botanical Pen & Watercolour workshop 🌺 🖊️ 🎨
We plan to head out into the gardens (scroll to see the lovely grounds) for some pen sketching.
This welcoming floral art workshop is for all abilities & all materials are supplied - to book please just head to my website art workshops page (link in Bio).

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Mappleton Rd
Ashbourne
DE6 2AA

Website

https://www.katedawesstudio.com/

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