THE EDINBURGH DRAWING SCHOOL
High quality art instruction tutored by professional artists for Children, Teens & Adults
Portraits of Edinburgh in Line & Bloom
with artist & tutor Oleksandra Novatska, Thursdays 3 - 5pm
Available spots
Service Description
Materials List sent upon request Thursday 15th January to Thursday 12th March, no class Thursday 19th February. The Portrait of Edinburgh in Line & Bloom: Architecture and Floral Motifs. In this unique course, Oleksandra guides students to explore Edinburgh’s character drawing architectural details alongside flowers and foliage.. Participants will learn to observe and draw the city’s architectural details: facades, ornaments, wrought iron, and stone intertwined with floral and botanical motifs. Using pencil, ink, and watercolour, they will experiment with structure and fluidity, precision and expression. Focus: Architectural drawing • Floral motifs • Composition • Pencil, ink & watercolour • The interplay of structure and nature Oleksandra Novatska is a professional artist, curator, and educator with a deep passion for contemporary botanical art. With over seventeen years of formal art education - spanning art school, college, and the Academy - she has built a strong foundation in both traditional and modern approaches to drawing and painting. Oleksandra has led numerous botanical art workshops, both in person and online, guiding students to develop their skills in drawing, composition, and watercolour technique. Alongside her teaching, she creates contemporary floral paintings and botanical illustrations for private commissions and exhibitions in the UK and abroad. Her teaching style is clear, supportive, and inspiring, helping students of all levels gain confidence while discovering the beauty of observation, precision, and artistic expression.
Upcoming Sessions
Cancellation Policy
We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance If a tutor cannot teach a class due to illness, the scheduled class will be covered by another tutor or the class will be postponed and rescheduled for the following week at the same time on the same day of the week. Make up classes are scheduled during the half term week, or in the week following the end of term. The Edinburgh Drawing School runs 8 week terms of scheduled classes, 9 weeks if including the half term and then 10 weeks to include a week at the end of term for any necessary make up classes. Thus, the business always completes it's contractual obligations of 8 scheduled classes to booked students. If a student cannot attend a make up class, no refund is due.
Contact Details
13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK
+ 0131 556 0971
info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk