Teaching & Courses
Sally has a fund of training, experience and respect for her educational activities. Her distance learning courses on Introduction to Botanical Illustration and Watercolour Techniques are now available. Her book The Botanical Illustrators’ Handbook is a readable and comprehensive guide for botanical illustrators.
She was Art Tutor at Kingston Maurward College, Dorset between 1999 and 2021, and a former tutor at the Eden Project, Cornwall and The Springhead Trust, Shaftesbury, Hillier Gardens, Romsey, King Henry's Walk Gardens Islington, Green and Away, Bransford, Worcester.
She was an invited demonstrator from 2002 to 2005 at Art in Action.
Sally has been a tutor for the Botanical Illustration for the Horticultural correspondence College since 2011.
Sally does workshops for organizations at special request.
2026 Courses
17th and 18th October 2026- Natural History Watercolour Workshop
at the Dorset Wildlife Trust Centre at Chesil, Weymouth, DT4 9XE
This two day workshop involves collection, composition and drawing material followed by pen and ink and watercolour techniques.
Course is being led by Sally Pinhey and Margaret Tebbs
Required kit available on Eventbrite alongside further booking information.
Cafe available for lunch or bring a pack-lunch if preferred.
23rd and 24th January 2027 - How to Draw, Learn to see as an artist sees
This two day “How to draw“ course covers on the first day,
- Seeing edges and spaces. Line drawing,
- Mass, using shadow to show shape, and Negative spaces, seeing and drawing reverse shapes How to Draw,
The second day we cover
- How to measure correctly
- Perspective and foreshortening, using 4 simple rules to show 3 dimensional objects in 2 dimensions.
- Composition
- Introduction to watercolour, washes and some handling techniques.
Painting materials are supplied but bring your own A3 sketch pads and 2B pencils.
Your tutor is Sally Pinhey.