Personal details
Els van der Giessen
Akeleistraat 6c
3202GC Spijkenisse
the Netherlands
Phone: +31 181 617424
E-mail: pwelsvandergiessen@gmail.com
Working expirience
- Doctor’s Assistant
- Costumière
Education
Followed several courses in Botanical drawing and watercolour, including
- Hortus Atelier, Leiden taught by Anita Walsmit Sachs,
- Museum de Zwarte Tulp, Lisse, courses taught by Helen Allen, Beverly Allen,
- Scotland, Linlithgow taught by Fiona en Robert McNeall Strickland.
Membership
- Dutch Society of Botanical Artists
Techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Method
As a child I could already enjoy the very beginning and the growth and inflorescence of flowers and plants. Later in my own garden, vegetables were added. Painting flowers and plants gave me relaxation and fun. By following workshops I learned to display this botanically correct. I hope to draw and paint the beauty of flowers and plants on paper for a long time to come and to share this passion.
