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10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day & those of you who have met me will know I am passionate about the mental health benefits that creating art can bring.
Professor Daisy Fancourt - author of Art Cure believes the arts are “the forgotten fifth pillar of health” alongside sleep, diet, exercise & nature & says “if the arts were a pill we would take it every single day”.
I believe this is so true (& I’m delighted it’s now scientifically proven). I’m so passionate about the health benefits of art that I’ve been running Pen Drawing for Well-being workshops (alongside my Botanical Pen & Watercolour workshops) for over three years. I’ve run these art wellness workshops for NHS Social Prescribing Scheme Healthwatch Staffordshire SFWI
I am now also a trained NHS Social Prescriber.
So pick up a pen, make some marks, have some fun & give your mind a break!
If you fancy giving one of my art workshops a go or would like to arrange a Pen Drawing for Well-being workshop for your group or organisation please get in touch or head to my art workshops page (link in Bio).
Pics are of some of the fabulous pen drawings created at my Pen Drawing for Well-being workshops earlier this year.

Professor Daisy Fancourt
NHS England

08/10/2026

Thank you Wildhive Callow Hall | Hotel in the Peak District in the Peak District for hosting a wonderful botanical pen & watercolour workshop event. Fabulous floral art was created in the beautiful surrounds followed by a delicious lunch in the glass dining room.
Well done to all the lovely participants who took part & who did so well - even those who were absolutely beginners. Please scroll to see the beautiful floral art created.
I’ll be back at Wildhive Callow Hall on Sunday 6th December for a Christmas botanical pen & watercolour workshop - starting at 10am at followed by a seasonal lunch. We’ll be inspired by seasonal berries, holly, foliage & flowers to create artworks which can be used for Christmas card designs (if you wish).
Hope to see you there - as always with my relaxed & friendly art workshops - it’s for all abilities & all materials are included 🎨🖊️🌺
To book please head to the Wildhive Callow Hall website, please call the Events team at the hotel on 01335 300900 or go to my art workshops web page (link in Bio).

06/10/2026

Exciting to be taking part in the world’s largest drawing festival The Big Draw this Thursday 8th October in the beautiful gallery space Hopton Hall Gallery Ashbourne, Derbyshire 10.30 am - 1.30 pm.
Just a couple of spaces left, so hope you can join in my Botanical Pen & Watercolour workshop which fits with this year’s festival theme of ‘Make a Mark’.
To book please head to my website Art Workshops page or the link in Bio.
As always this relaxed & friendly art workshop is for all abilities & all materials are provided. We will be drawing from seasonal flowers & foliage including dahlias grown on a farm just a few miles away 🌸
Pics are from my last pen & watercolour workshop in this gallery space.
Hope to see you there 🖊️🎨🌺

Flowers From the Farm

02/10/2026

Cost: £47.50 / To book contact @katedawesstudio directly.

When: 8th October 10:30 - 13:30

Where: First Floor Hopton Hall Gallery

Workshop description: Learn different pen drawing techniques and ‘dry’ watercolour painting to create your own botanical art.

This relaxed pen and watercolour workshop is suitable for all abilities.

Kate will be showing different pen drawing techniques and how to overlay with 'dry' watercolour to enhance your artwork.

You will create an A4 botanical artwork using flowers and foliage as inspiration.

Suitable for all abilities from beginners to the more experienced artist. All materials supplied. Maximum of 12 people on the workshop.

About Kate: Kate Dawes is a Derbyshire based artist using pen and ink to create intricate images of blooms, botanicals and floral designs.

20/09/2026

Back Melbourne Festival today sharing a room with these lovely people - please scroll to see beautiful work by Lucy Ormsby Handmade Pottery Fiona MacDonald Holt Ellie Cliftlands Zoe Marsh Suzy Ager
We’re in the Studio at the Assembly Rooms Melbourne til 5 pm so please stop by & say hello.
Great coffee & cake at venue too - I can vouch for the raspberry blondie 🍰 😀

19/09/2026

First day Melbourne Festival & lovely bustle of visitors coming through. Here at the Studio in the Assembly Rooms until 5pm - surrounded by talented artists, potters & crafters.
Fabulous pop up cafe on site too with great selection of cake 🍰
Back again tomorrow until 5pm too so please pop by & say hi.

18/09/2026

Phew - just finished setting up for Melbourne Festival Derbyshire - opens tomorrow from 10 am & then finishes on Sunday at 5 pm so pop down & say hi. I’m in the Studio at the Assembly Rooms.
Fabulous festival, great art & plenty of lovely spaces to explore.

15/09/2026

Thank you David Austin Roses for hosting another glorious botanical pen & watercolour last week.
Such a stunning garden & garden room to spend the day creating beautiful botanical art in. Please scroll to see the rose gardens & the wide array of lovely floral art created.
I’ll be back at David Austin Roses, Albrighton for numerous dates in 2027 so please sign up to my newsletter to be the first to hear (link in Bio)
I am also running a day long floral pen & watercolour workshop this Autumn at a new venue - the fabulous Tatton Park Cheshire on Thursday 22 October. We will head into the gardens there for some pen sketching practice too. Please go to my art workshops webpage to book on (link in Bio) & I hope to see you there 🌸🍁🌺
As always my art workshops are for all artistic abilities & all materials are provided.

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08/09/2026

Thank you David Austin Roses for a very special day at my botanical pen & watercolour workshop last Friday. Wonderful gardens to inspire us & to sit amid whilst trying out pen drawing techniques. Then we spent time in the beautiful timbered Garden Room creating individual floral artworks inspired by David Austin roses.
I’m back there this Friday to run another art workshop & I can’t wait! It is sold out but I’m delighted to be booked back in for dates in 2027 so please head to my website & sign up for my newsletter so you’ll be the first to hear of next years workshop dates.
Also take a look at some of the wonderful botanical pen & watercolour workshops I’m running this autumn & winter (link in Bio).

Address

Mappleton Rd
Ashbourne
DE6 2AA

Website

https://www.katedawesstudio.com/

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