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Learn to Paint in Watercolour

with Billy Showell
Billy Showell

Whether you’re completely new to watercolour or want to develop your botanical painting skills, choose the course that’s right for you and learn at your own pace.

Choose Your Course

Choose the course that's right for you

Explore two beautiful ways to learn, both designed to help you build skills, grow confidence and enjoy painting in watercolour.

Begin with Billy
Begin with Billy

Begin with Billy

Drawing & Watercolour for Beginners

A friendly, step-by-step course for complete beginners. Learn drawing, colour, watercolour basics and build your confidence through simple exercises and projects, building towards complete studies.

  • Designed for complete beginners
  • Drawing and watercolour basics
  • Simple exercises and projects
  • New tutorials added every two weeks
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Botanical Art School
Botanical Art School

Botanical Art School

Botanical Watercolour Tuition

Develop your botanical painting skills with Billy's detailed step-by-step tutorials, techniques and projects covering flowers, foliage, fruit and natural history.

  • Step-by-step tutorials
  • Techniques and detailed projects
  • Flowers, plants and natural history
  • New tutorials added every two weeks
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Which course is right for you?

Designed and taught by award-winning botanical artist Billy Showell, both courses offer step-by-step learning, but they are designed for different stages of your watercolour journey.

Choose Begin with Billy if you…

  • Are completely new to drawing or watercolour
  • Want to build confidence from the very beginning
  • Prefer simple, carefully guided, step-by-step lessons
  • Want to develop strong drawing and painting foundations
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Choose Botanical Art School if you…

  • Already have some painting experience
  • Want to develop your botanical watercolour skills
  • Enjoy detailed flowers, foliage and natural subjects
  • Want access to a large library of step-by-step tutorials
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Why choose? Enjoy both courses with one membership!

Enjoy the best of both with a Bundle Membership, giving you full access to both Begin with Billy and Billy's Botanical Art School.

Membership gives you more

Learn in a way that fits around you, with clear tuition, inspiring projects and access whenever you want to paint.

Step-by-step tuition

Clear, carefully guided lessons from Billy to help you build skills and confidence.

Learn at your own pace

Watch tutorials whenever it suits you and revisit lessons as often as you like.

Fresh inspiration regularly

Enjoy new tutorials and projects added every two weeks.

Friendly community support

Share your work, ask questions and enjoy encouragement from fellow members.

A glimpse of what you’ll create

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