Yesterday was the final in my series of Watercolour Pencil sketching classes at Dromkeen homestead just outside of Melbourne. We had a visually decadent and delicious High Tea sketching class.

The students arrived at 2pm, entering from the chilly 5 degrees outside to be greeted by the warmth of the lit fireplace and a table beautifully set for a feast.

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We spent the first 40 minutes getting to explore and learn about watercolour pencils, waterbrushes and watercolour sketchbooks. Then the coffees, teas, hot chocolates, sandwiches and savories arrived – and the Sketching began!!! There were decisions to be made on what to eat and what to sketch,

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At 3.00pm the sweets arrived. A decadent choice to eat and sketch, (and some colourful fruits too). Below are some of the many wonderful sketches from the day. People chose different foods to draw and objects to sketch. The beautiful teacups with their delicate designs also featured in many sketches. I regularly reminded people to eat and drink as it is so easy to get carried away with sketching and forget to eat .

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It was a wonderful way to spent a winters’ afternoon, Good company, delicious treats and drawing. What more could you ask for?!

Many thanks to Bernadette and Denise for organising the day and cooking up some amazingly delicious food. Dromkeen is a world famous historic homestead, featuring original Australian book illustration. Their tearoom serves delicious home made food and quality coffee and tea. They provide educational programs for visiting schools, gallery tours for other groups and also provide facilities for business functions, weddings, birthday parties & other special occasions.

I do not have any watercolour pencil sketching classes in the calendar at the moment, but am planning for Spring and Summer ! To find out when new classes are announced, sign up for my newsletter on this website. In the meantime some of my watercolour pencil drawings are available for purchase printed as greeting cards on my ETSY online store.