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Top botanical artist Marianna Kneller and Hampshire-based painter Gina Dearden are to lead a drawing workshop at Exbury Gardens this month.

Woodland Wonders and Floral Delights, gathering inspiration from the award-winning Gardens on the banks of the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, is for those artists who would like to bolster their existing skills with new drawing techniques.

The workshop, run in conjunction with ArtSway, the contemporary visual arts venue at Sway, is part of the countrywide Big Draw campaign, designed to get the nation pulling out its pencils and drawing.

“What better place could there be than Exbury for a workshop of this sort,” said Marianna, Exbury's artist in residence.

“ArtSway have come up with this extremely good idea and we are very much looking forward to welcoming New Forest artists to Exbury for a day of drawing.”

The workshop, on Saturday October 16 between 11am-5pm, costs £10. Materials will be provided.

The following day, Sunday 17 October the Gardens will host a open free drop-in drawing session for children, run by artist Kate Groombridge.

Both workshops are a collaboration between ArtSway and Exbury Gardens.

For more information, and to book a place on the adult workshop (places limited to twenty) please telephone Exbury Gardens on 023 8089 1203.