Botanical Online Tuition

Simon offers personalised online tutoring sessions in botanical painting. Designed for intermediate and experienced artists who wish to develop their work from the comfort of their own studio.

These sessions are structured around your current artwork. You simply email high-quality images of your painting in progress prior to the start of the day and during the day, allowing Simon to provide tailored advice on how to refine and advance your work to its next stage.

What the Sessions Cover
During your one-to-one tuition, Simon provides detailed guidance on:
As these sessions are aimed at artists with prior experience, they do not include live practical demonstrations of paint application.

Digital Visual Feedback
To support visual learning, Simon uses Photoshop to work directly onto digital images of your artwork. He will redraw elements, adjust colour, refine tonal values, or suggest compositional changes where needed. This method offers a distinct advantage: you receive clear, visual suggestions that can be saved and printed for reference — a highly effective digital enhancement to traditional tutoring.

Availability, Times and Price.
Sessions are generally available on Mondays. However, Simon is happy to offer flexibility and will do his best to arrange appointments at times that suit your schedule.
Sessions are given for a fixed time of 9:30 - 3:30 at £60. There is a scheduled lunch break between 12:30 - 1:30 where you will not receive email critique. For more information on any of the above or to book an online tutorial session, please contact Simon directly.
Email: simon@swillustrations.com

Testimonials
Divya Ramasami.
"I was relatively new to botanical illustration and Simon had been systematic in guiding me from the ground up. I live in Singapore and he structured the classes in such a way that learning was very efficient, in spite of the time difference. His step-by-step feedback was clear and nuanced, addressing all the input I'll need to progress to the next step. He was very encouraging throughout the sessions and I was very pleased with what I was able to produce in such a short time. My understanding of color mixing and drawing finer details has significantly improved since the sessions. As a bonus, when I observe plants these days,   I stop to appreciate the finer details and that's so meditative and relaxing. I look forward to learning more from Simon."

Chris Rimmington.
"I find Simon's courses are always appropriate for my ability. His reaction to one's work is positive, giving the encouragement to persevere. He does not overload with too much instruction or information at any one time, leaving a sufficient period to implement his suggestions, with a successful outcome."

Sheila Corner.
"Simon's online tutorials are an excellent way of enabling continued progress in botanical or wildlife painting. Through Photoshop Simon is able to pinpoint areas for correction or improvement, suggest suitable colours and light and dark techniques, giving easy to follow structured advice.
During lockdown this has been a brilliant method of keeping painting, focused, purposeful and rewarding."

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