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Learn with me! February 19 – 22, 2026. Barcelona

Published on November 5, 2025November 6, 2025 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

Learn Botanical Art with Me!

Botanical Art Workshops 2026

‘So this is Spring…’
Fritillaria meleagris
Watercolour on paper
Mary Dillon ©️2025

‘Spring Is In The Air’

Botanical Art Workshop with Mary Dillon

February 19 – 22, 2026

Art Valles, 152 Carrer Pallars, Barcelona

9 am to 3 pm each day – €480

This 4 – day workshop is for botanical artists who wish to deepen their understanding of botanical illustration with a focus on spring bulbs. The workshop will combine wet and dry watercolour painting techniques, color theory, and detailed observation to capture the delicate beauty and intricate structures of spring flowers. Participants will enhance their skills in realistic rendering and learn new methods for working with botanical subjects.

Mary Dillon returns to Barcelona to offer this exciting workshop.

Whether you are a beginner or experienced, this will be

the perfect opportunity to enhance your skills and increase

your competence using Mary’s simple and effective

approach to drawing and painting spring flowers.

Course Content:

‘Getting to know your plant…’

Examining the structure of the plant more closely.

Light and shade to create form in your drawing.

‘Grow in confidence with painting techniques…’

Tips and tricks to simplify colour mixing and matching.

Learn, practice and apply controlled washes and layers.

Master watercolour techniques for painting flowers and leaves.

‘Finish with a Wow!’

Use dry brush watercolour to create detail, texture and depth.

Elevate your painting to the next level.

9 am to 3 pm each day – €480

Published on April 24, 2025November 5, 2025 by MARY DILLON2 Comments

Summer Blooms in Clos Mirabel

July 18 – 25, 2026

Join me at Atelier Clos Mirabel in 2026 for a week long botanical art workshop in the French Pyrenees ~ South West France. Enjoy wonderful surroundings, delightful accommodation and delicious meals.

About this course:

Escape to the breathtaking Pyrenees for a week of creativity and inspiration! Join me for an immersive botanical art retreat at Clos Mirabel, where you’ll explore the beauty of summer blooms and refine your artistic skills in a serene, stunning setting. Connect with fellow artists, discover new techniques, and let the vibrant surroundings inspire you. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to create, relax, and grow — all while surrounded by the enchanting landscapes of south west France.

Dates: from 18 July 2026 to 25 July 2026
25 hours of tuition per week
Medium: Watercolour
Level: Beginner / Experienced
Language: English
Full Board Accommodation: 1595€ to 2895€ per week based on room choice & single or shared occupancy + tuition fee
Tutor’s Fee: 600 Euros

To reserve your place and accommodation at Clos Mirabel:

https://atelier.clos-mirabel.com/rates-accommodation

Non-painting guests: we are more than happy to welcome non-painting guests, accompanying partners, family or friends. There are plenty of activities to experience around Clos Mirabel, that will make your holiday unforgettable

Botanical Painting Holiday – Programme Outline:

Saturday
4.00 – Check-in time from 4pm onwards.
Guests arrive, settle in and explore Clos Mirabel
6.00 – An introduction to the course by Mary Dillion over welcome drinks
7.00 – 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace

Sunday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Getting to know your subject…. Choosing, Lighting, Observing, Drawing, Composing
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Return to Studio to continue work with individual tuition
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace

Monday
8.30 – 9.15 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
9.30 – Depart Clos Mirabel
10.00 – 12.30 Morning visit to the higher slopes of the Pyrenees to observe alpine plants in their natural habitat, followed by field sketching
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at local Auberge
3.00 – 4.30 Studio: Colour mixing and matching, practicing wet watercolour painting techniques and laying the first washes.
6.00 – An evening talk on prominent local landscape artists by Xavier over aperitif
7.00 – 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Please note this programme may be subject to change depending on the weather.
Please ensure you bring sensible walking shoes, layers, waterproof jacket, water bottle, sunscreen and a hat.

Tuesday
8.30 – 9.30 Breakfast
10.00 – 1.00 Studio: Mixing greens, painting petals, painting leaves, painting shadows
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Studio: Layering washes for impact
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace

Wednesday – Free day (Lunch is not provided)
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
Free day to explore the locality. We suggest wine tasting in local vineyard, explore Pau or beyond.
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace

Thursday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast
10.00 – 1.00 Studio: Learn and practice dry brush techniques. Building form and create texture in your painting.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Studio
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace

Friday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Studio: The Wow Factor! Finishing with finer details using dry brush techniques. Troubleshooting your painting. Bringing it all together.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Studio
6.00 – Evening exhibition in the art studio of Atelier Clos Mirabel with aperitif
7.00 – 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace

Saturday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet Breakfast and departure (Check-out time 11am)

I look forward to seeing you there!

Mary 🌸

Published on July 11, 2024August 12, 2025 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

Botanical Watercolour Painting

Completed

Summer Flowers of the Pyrenees

July 5 – 12, 2025

Join me in 2025

Botanical Art Retreat

Clos Mirabel, France

I‘ve just completed a magical week of teaching and painting in wonderful Clos Mirabel. Everything about our week was special. From the warm welcome we received on our arrival through to our comfortable and well appointed accommodation, our delicious and generous meals, to the spacious studio which was our home for the week, we couldn’t have wished for more….except to return!

The great news is, that I will be returning from July 5 – 12, 2025.

I’ll be teaching again in Clos Mirabel in the foothills of the majestic Pyrenees. I’d love you to join me for this very special experience!

Give yourself the gift of bringing your painting to a new level of competence and skill.

Give yourself the gift of space to retreat for you.

Give yourself the gift of relaxation and fun, in good company, with wholesome tasty meals, in a comfortably luxurious setting.

Wake to views of morning mists drifting over the vineyards rolling down into the valley……

Let your eyes wander to the vista of the mountains sweeping up from the valley……

……………Breathe.

I know we’re going to be spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing subjects to paint at this glorious time of year.

It’ll be an immersive learning opportunity, a retreat for you and a lovely restful holiday in a beautiful place with breathtaking views over the snow capped Pyrenees.

‘Love In a Mist‘ Nigella damascene ©️Mary Dillon

The studio at Clos Mirabel is spacious, filled with light, and a wonderful base for us as we spend our days learning, practicing and applying new painting skills as we paint. With beautiful peonies, irises, and tulips, as our subjects, our focus will be on bringing life and movement to our painting. We’ll take our inspiration from the hills and valleys surrounding the Manor House and from the gardens themselves. With many years experience as an arts educator and a practicing artist, I look forward to generously sharing with you my knowledge and experience.

Contact Clos Mirabel for information about remaining available accommodation.

+33.6.79.59.04.91

July 5 – 12. 2025

Dates: July 5 – 12, 2025
25 hours of tuition per week
Level: Intermediate/ Experienced
Language: English

Clos Mirabel is easily accessible from Pau, Lourdes or Biarritz airports.

New work

Published on November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 by MARY DILLON7 Comments

‘The human being is the most adaptable animal’.

This was one of my Dad’s favourite sayings, usually quoted as he stood washing dishes looking out the kitchen window at the birds, the hedgerows and the fields here on the outskirts of Kilkenny in the south east of Ireland. He had a fascination for nature, people and all of life so who knows what thoughts he mused over as he reached for his synopsis of Darwinian theory.

Had he lived, Dad would have been ninety this past week. I’ve wondered over the past few months what he would have made of the huge challenges we have been faced with. I think, like so many, he would have been wise, resilient, resourceful, self reliant but empathetic and very conscious of others. He would have adapted. We’ve all had to adapt, to change our plans, our ways of working and being – with the hope of better things to come.

Wintering Out- Acanthus mollis

As a botanical artist, I am fascinated by the notion of temporal change in the plant world. Every moment in the life cycle of a plant is just that, a moment in time, even when it seems that all life has left the plant, change continues to occur. The dynamism of growth, from the first sprouting of a seed to the last moment of change in colour and form of the dying plant, utterly captivates me.

While walking in Birr Castle Demesne last winter, I was captivated by the shiny gloriously coloured seedpods of the acanthus as it faded back into the herbaceous border. Moving from warm yellows to greens and into inky deep blues, I was drawn in both by the colours but also by the complex twisty spiked forms. From the first moment this acanthus caught my eye, I thought of the Seamus Heaney anthology ‘Wintering Out’. How apt that his words ‘if we can winter this one out we can summer anywhere’ have encouraged us during these challenging days.

Nerines bowdenii

Initially, I intended to make a botanical illustration of Nerines bowdenii. However, life and other commitments prevented me from following my original intention. I kept the flowers in my studio and after about two months I realised that they had continued to change into the most mesmerising colours and forms. I was completely blown away by their beauty as they became more and more frail and delicate in the process of dying.

Bountiful- Punica granatum ‘Nana’

Bountiful- Punica granatum ‘Nana’ is twice life size. It captures some pomegranates with one dangling precariously from a tree. I found them growing in El Poble Nou, Barcelona, where I was teaching botanical art during autumn 2019. I just couldn’t take my eyes from the jewel like seeds glistening in the fruits. Having completed numerous sketches in situ and taken lots of colour notes and photographs to record details, I began to work on the painting back in my studio at home in Ireland.

It’s been a work in progress over the past few months when life has changed for us all. It brought me to the warmth and colour of the streets in Barcelona and to other pomegranate trees, particularly those I’ve seen in Skiathos in Greece where I first fell in love with pomegranates. It’s brought me to the warmth of the people I’ve met in those places. It’s been a place of solace and focus, a beckoning force taking me to a place apart when there was nowhere else. It’s been a place of joy and solace as I worked in my studio listening to stories on the radio of sickness and death – of resilience, togetherness and hope.

Wintering Out – Acanthus mollis, is currently showing in ‘Through the Artist’s Eye – Birr Castle Demesne’. www.birrcastle.com

Nerines bowdenii and Punica granatum ‘Nana’ will both be shown in ‘Exploring Botany – Botanical Art from Europe and Japan, Past and Present’, The Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Krakow, Poland. The exhibition will open when current restrictions have been lifted in Poland. www.manggha.pl

Reproductions

Published on August 8, 2020October 25, 2020 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

Archival quality prints of all of Mary’s botanical paintings are available in signed and numbered limited editions.

They are printed by Exhibit A – Ireland’s only fine art printer member of the UK Fine Art Print Trade Guild. Exceptional standards of lightfastness and ph balance are guaranteed. Each print is produced using archival quality pigment inks on museum quality fine art Hahnemuhle paper.

Editions:

A4 – 100

A3 – 100

A2 – 25

A1 – 25

Prices are from €120 including packaging in a postal roll and postage with tracking.

Please contact Mary with enquiries regarding prints, framed or unframed and shipping:

marydillonbotanicalart@gmail.com

Spring in Barcelona – Postponed -New dates- November 5 – 8, 2020.

Published on January 20, 2020January 23, 2021 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

Spring is just around the corner…..
Barcelona will be blooming with almond blossoms, irises and tulips.

Join me there for a botanical art workshop in March.
‘Get away from it all to paint……..’

Enhance your painting skills and master new skills. Our focus will be on colour and how to use a limited colour palette of transparent paints to capture the beauty of spring blooms.

Understanding the nuances of warm and cool colours will help us to reveal the essence of spring flowers, petal by petal.

Please contact me or Laura Alonso to secure your place:

lauraalonso27@gmail.com

marydillonbotanicalart@gmail.com

With Nuria Valles and Laura Alonso at Studio Art Valles, Barcelona

Espai Joliu- where plants and coffee meet. Across from Studio Art Valles

Easy and Slow……. Botanical Painting Workshops 2020

Published on December 5, 2019April 6, 2020 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

Barcelona, March 2020 – Posponed – New Dates: November 5 – 8, 2020

Join me at our light filled studio in the design quarter of colourful Barcelona to enhance your skills and to experience the reflective process of botanical art.

Bring movement vitality and depth to your botanical art as we focus on creating dynamic composition and explore the nuances of layering colour.

Suitable for all levels.

Beginners: ~~March 18 – 22, 2020~~

Improvers and experienced artists: ~~March 19 – 22, 2020~~

Enquires: please contact Laura Alonso

lauraalonso27@gmail.com

http://www.arte-botanico.com

Nuria , Laura agus Mise in Studio Art Valles

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Transylvania, June 28 th to July 4 th, 2020 –

Postponed – New Dates: June 27 – July 3, 2021

The de Candole family hold master classes at home in Copşa Mare. I will be giving a master class there focusing on the wild flowers of summer meadows, in Summer 2020.

Classes are limited to just 5 students. We will spend a week working on live material we find in the hills. Periods of intensive study are balanced with plenty of fresh air, exercise & local food.

During your stay, you may study the Transylvania Florilegium, with over 100 illustrations of local plants drawn by 35 artists, each accompanied by John Akeroyd’s text giving scientific details.

Places are limited to just five students in each class. To be sure of yours, please book in good time!

Enquiries: James de Candole.

james.decandole@outlook.com

www.podart.space

Workshop Update – Autumn 2019 University College Cork. September 6 – 8, 2019

Published on August 23, 2019 by MARY DILLON2 Comments

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New Courses for 2019

Published on April 30, 2019October 13, 2019 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

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Rhapsody in Blue Roses, Continuum. ©️Mary Dillon

Barcelona

October 31 – November 3, 2019

Cork

September 13 – 15, 2019

I am pleased to share with you some updates on workshops I will be giving later in 2019 and in 2020.

Barcelona

October 31 – November 3, 2019

I am delighted to be returning to Barcelona in late October to offer a workshop in botanical art. While I will be covering the basic techniques needed for beginners in botanical art, this time I will also be preparing a specific ‘first day’ of the course for those with a little more experience and those who have attended previous workshops.

Barcelona poster

Contact:

Please contact Laura Alonso for further information:

lauraalonso27@gmail.com

http://www.arte-botanico.com

Cork

Having just finished a wonderful three day workshop for beginners in botanical art techniques in Waterford, facilitated by Classical Art Atelier, we are now planning another workshop to be based in Cork from September 6 – 8, 2019. This will be a great opportunity for those who would like to learn the essential techniques required to make a botanical painting.

Contact:

Please contact Adrian Cooke of Classical Art Atelier for further information.

info@classicalartatelier.com

http://www.classicalartatelier.com

+353 (0)87 6609644 C8B9B76E-270E-4A11-A07F-5E77DD51DCC7

Upcoming workshops 2018 / 2019

Published on November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 by MARY DILLON2 Comments

Easy and slow…..!
Learning the art of botanical painting
with Mary Dillon

I am happy to give you details of some upcoming workshops I will be giving. I look forward to sharing with you my love for plants, painting and botanical art.

Spain – February 21 – 24, 2019

October 31 – November 3, 2019

Austria – May 17, 2019

Ireland – November 19 – 23, 2018

Spain

Barcelona

Course 1: February 21 -24, 2019
Course 2: October 31 – November 3, 2019

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS:

Barcelona

February 21- 24, 2019

October 31 – November 3, 2019

Studio: Art Valles, Carrer Pallars, Barcelona. Time: 9 am to 3.30 pm each day
Cost: €280

Taking our inspiration from the changing seasons we will practise observational drawing to focus on light, form and composition before moving on to learning the basics of wet and dry watercolour techniques. By exploring a vibrant but simple colour palette we will use transparent layers of colour to bring vitality to our painting.

A small group will allow for demonstrations and individual tuition. This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience.

Enquiries to Laura Alonso: lauraalonso27 @gmail.com

http://www.arte-botanicao.com

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Austria

Vienna .

Vienna School of Botanical Illustration

Botanical Garden of The University of Vienna

Get Together 2019, May 12 to 19

Watercolour for Botanical Illustration with Mary Dillon

Friday, May 17, 2019

Time: 10.00 am to 18.00 pm

Cost: €100

Enquiries regarding workshop and Get Together 2019 registration:

office@botanische-illustration.at

http://www.botanische-illustration.at

To facilitate broader group collaboration, the Vienna School of Botanical Illustration are organising GET TOGETHER 2019 where artists can meet, exchange ideas and work together in practical workshops. Specialist visits to museums and archive collections along with a field trip to the Donau – Auden National Park will also be included. Portfolio showcases will be given by botanical illustrators and the workshop instructors. These will last one to two hours in the mornings and will be followed by a discussion.

All components of the programme are independent so that attendees can decide on their own level of involvement.

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Ireland

Clonmel

November 19 – 23, 2018

About the workshops:

Venue: Tipperary County Museum

For Bookings please contact:

Julia Walsh: museum@tipperarycoco.ie

Easy and Slow……..! The art of botanical painting.

Published on March 8, 2018May 3, 2018 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

Easy and slow…..!

Learning the art of botanical painting.

Botanical art challenges us to capture in a painting the essence of a plant, it’s beauty, frailty, strength and intimacy and to do so in a truthful way.

Throughout 2018 I have some exciting workshops coming up that I’d like to share with you. In July there will be two workshops, one close to home in Ireland and following that I will be giving a workshop in Barcelona, Spain.

If you’d like to join me for one of these workshops please make contact for further information.

July 2 – 6, 2018 Laois Art House, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland

Enquiries: Muireann Ni Chonaill – artsoff@laoiscoco.ie +353 57 86 41740

July 9 – 13, 2018 Barcelona, Spain

Enquiries: Laura Alonso – lauraalonso27@gmail.com +34 666 994 367

Further details: www.arte-botanico.com

Enquiries: Laura Alonso – lauraalonso27 @gmail.com

Mary Dillon – marydillonbotanicalart@gmail.com

Flowers in Watercolour – Light, Form and Colour; Barcelona workshops – September 4 – 8, 12 -15, 2017.

Published on May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by MARY DILLON2 Comments

I am very excited to be giving Botanical Art Workshops in Barcelona, over the first two weeks of September, 2017.

The workshops will take place in APIC, the Association of Professional Illustrators of Catalunya. While most of our work will take place in their well lit, air conditioned studios, we will also take opportunities to visit local markets and Botanic Gardens in Barcelona for some observational drawing and sketching.

Sweet Pea, MD

Back in the studio we will capture the sensuality of flowers using wet and dry watercolour techniques. Looking at light and form we will focus on making an engaging composition.

Exploring a vibrant but simple colour palette we will use transparent layers of colour to bring vitality to our painting.

This will be a wonderful opportunity to enhance your skills while at the same time being able to enjoy spending some time in beautiful Barcelona with all the magic of the Mediterranean on your doorstep. We would love to see you in sunny Spain!

For further information including cost and a list of recommended materials,please contact workshop facilitator, Laura Alonso or myself.

Email: lauraalonso27@gmail.com

Email: dillonmary@eircom.net

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2016 Botanical Art Workshops

Published on March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 by MARY DILLONLeave a comment

Botanical Art – Painting the flowers and bulbs of Spring

with experienced artist and tutor, Mary Dillon

Tulipa ‘Black Parrot’ WIP,Mary Dillon

Friday April 22^nd and Saturday April 23^rd 2016

Located in Kilkenny city

close to the ring road around the city – with easy road and rail access

(1hr 12mins by car from the Red Cow, Dublin)

Paint in an easy relaxed atmosphere.

Whatever your level of experience, learn techniques to enhance your painting.

Numbers limited to allow for one to one tuition

Subjects will be included

Morning and afternoon refreshments included

Please bring your own materials for watercolour painting

Euro 120

For more information: phone – 087 2224260 / email – dillonmary@eircom.net

Tulipa rococco Mary Dillon

Tulip MD

I have been involved in Art Education for many years, both with students in post primary school and in the area of providing continuing professional development for teachers.In 2011 I decided to focus specifically on my interest in Botanical Art and pursued the diploma in botanical art and illustration with the Society of Botanical Artists, graduating in May, 2014 with a diploma with distinction.

In March 2014, I became the founding Chairperson of the Irish Society of Botanical Artists. I coordinated the team responsible for the inaugural ISBA exhibition project, Aibítir, involving over seventy five participating artists.

In 2015, I was invited to become an associate member of the SBA.

I find teaching botanical art particularly rewarding as it gives me an opportunity to share my skills and to encourage others to see the world of plants in a new and exciting way.

Learning the beautiful art of painting plants!

Published on March 14, 2015March 15, 2015 by MARY DILLON6 Comments

What is it about flowers and plants that stirs us, that makes us stop in our tracks to take a second look? Is it colour, form, or the complexity or simplicity of their structure? For many of us, seeing a flower will evoke a memory, bringing us to another time or place.

Each of us will have our own personal response to this question. That’s the wonder of what makes us just as, if not more diverse and intriguing as these beautiful objects of interest that capture our imagination. If you are like me and you also love to paint then you too will be compelled to learn the art of painting plants!

Fuchsia magellica, Deora De, Mary Dillon

Life throws us lemons every once in a while and happily for me some time ago, just when I most needed a focus, I embarked on a course in botanical art and illustration. For me the SBA distance learning diploma course was a huge challenge, stretching me in ways beyond my expectations. In time, painting botanical art proved to have powers of healing both in body and spirit!

Learning the skills required to paint botanical art was invaluable. Albeit from a distance, I reaped the benefit of constructive criticism and unwavering encouragement from experienced tutors, like Margaret Stevens, Founding Director of the SBA course, among others. Simon Williams became the new course Director in the latter months of my studies, ably forging the way forward for the course.

Having spent many years as an Arts Educator both with students in post primary school and in providing continuing professional development for teachers, I firmly believe in the value of face to face tuition. While the SBA diploma course fulfilled so many of my needs, I felt I needed to learn directly from others too.

I’m grateful to inspiring artists and teachers, Susan Sex, Fiona Strickland and Robert McNeil for their generosity of spirit marking them out as true teachers. Just as we learn to love from those who love us, I feel we learn to teach from those who teach us. Margaret, Simon, Susan, Fiona and Robert all belong to a wide group of artists and teachers, whose wish is not just to keep their artistic talents to themselves, but who want to share their experience with others, simply because they love painting and plants!

Botanical Painting Days

In recent times, I’ve enjoyed the privilege of guiding people as they explore this beautiful art form.
Whether you’re a beginner or experienced and keen to learn some new exciting approaches to painting plants in a systematic and enjoyably relaxing way, these days are for you.

Come along and join me!

Where: Kilkenny City

When: Saturdays, March 28th, April 18th and June 6th. 10am – 3pm

If you’d like to join me for a day painting flowers and plants,

Contact : +353872224260 / dillonmary@eircom.net

Painting Tulipa 'Rococo' MD — Painting Tulipa ‘Rococo’ MD

‘ Voyage of discovery……!’

Published on January 9, 2015January 12, 2015 by MARY DILLON2 Comments

I was recently introduced to this beauty and commissioned to paint it in all its glory. Tricyrtis formosana or Toad lily is full of interesting features. From its deep magenta unopened buds through to its curiously spotted flowers, its seed head and its magenta marked leaves.

Here are some photos of the work in progress…….

Finally….. Ready for its new home!

Mary Dillon +353 87 2224260 dillonmary@eircom.net.

Learn Botanical Art with Me!

Botanical Art Workshops 2026

‘Spring Is In The Air’

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Botanical Watercolour Painting

Summer Flowers of the Pyrenees

July 5 – 12, 2025

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Wintering Out- Acanthus mollis

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Bountiful- Punica granatum ‘Nana’

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Barcelona

Cork

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Easy and slow…..! Learning the art of botanical painting with Mary Dillon

Spain – February 21 – 24, 2019

October 31 – November 3, 2019

Austria – May 17, 2019

Ireland – November 19 – 23, 2018

Spain

Barcelona

Course 1: February 21 -24, 2019 Course 2: October 31 – November 3, 2019

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS:

Barcelona

February 21- 24, 2019

October 31 – November 3, 2019

Austria

Vienna .

Get Together 2019, May 12 to 19

Watercolour for Botanical Illustration with Mary Dillon

Friday, May 17, 2019

Ireland

Clonmel

November 19 – 23, 2018

About the workshops:

Venue: Tipperary County Museum

For Bookings please contact:

Julia Walsh: museum@tipperarycoco.ie

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Learning the art of botanical painting.

July 2 – 6, 2018 Laois Art House, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland

July 9 – 13, 2018 Barcelona, Spain

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Botanical Art – Painting the flowers and bulbs of Spring

with experienced artist and tutor, Mary Dillon

Friday April 22nd and Saturday April 23rd 2016

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Easy and slow…..!
Learning the art of botanical painting
with Mary Dillon

Course 1: February 21 -24, 2019
Course 2: October 31 – November 3, 2019

Friday April 22^nd and Saturday April 23^rd 2016