BEATRIX POTTER: A Winter Tale in Watercolour

🧵Beatrix Potter: A Winter Story in Watercolour

RECORDING ONLY - Available to watch once booked until the 11th Jan 2026

Taught by Frances Stanfield 🐁

Tutor Frances Stanfield will guide you through Beatrix Potter’s working methods and the visual language that gives her illustrations their clarity and narrative force. We will draw directly from Potter’s studies for The Tailor of Gloucester and explore how she used observation, line, and tonal accents to construct character and atmosphere. Alongside focused drawing exercises, you will look at how Potter worked from nature, how she combined anatomical accuracy with expressive simplification, and how she developed her compositions for print.

The Tailor of Gloucester was Potter’s own favourite book. It was inspired by the true story of a tailor who left a coat unfinished and returned to find the work completed overnight.

“My Dear Freda,

Because you are fond of fairy-tales, and have been ill, I have made you a story all for yourself—a new one that nobody has read before...

Christmas, 1901" - Beatrix Potter

Frances will take you through Beatrix Potter’s art process and how her playful drawings come alive on the page. We will draw from Potter's illustrations and try many other fun drawing exercises which will bring you closer than ever to the magical tale of The Tailor of Gloucester.

🧵 You will need🪡

• A Pencil
• Paper
• Rubber/Eraser
• Frances will also show you how to bring your drawings alive with watercolours so if you can have some watercolours ready, preferably a box (pan) of watercolours
• A brush
• A black fine liner pen or ink pen and ink - permanent water based ink is best for what we will be doing)
• Some thick paper such as watercolour paper
• A small water pot
• Some kitchen roll or toilet paper

If you don’t have watercolours, don’t worry, a pencil will do! You can also use colouring pencils or any other colour material instead.

This class is suitable for ALL LEVELS - Our classes are primarily for Adults but Children will also enjoy this class! We suggest any children under 8 years old are joined by an adult for extra guidance .

This class is suitable for all levels!

Everyone is welcome to join this Pay-What-You-Can class

Tickets:

We suggest an amount of £20. However, we understand that may not be possible for everybody. Please be honest and pay what you can afford so that we may continue to offer our sessions on this basis whilst also giving our tutors a sustainable wage.

There is also a ticket option to "Pay It Forward" to support us and our students! We offer classes for free to those who can't afford the minimum amount (If this is you please email us to join for free). This continues to ensure our classes are available to everyone!

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In the Class:

You can't be seen or heard in our classes, your audio and video are automatically turned off and there's no way these can be turned on. You can talk to us and others in the class in the chat box!

We love to see your drawings or anything else our classes inspire! You can share them with us by tagging us on instagram (@londondrawinggroup) or emailing us if you don't have socials.

About the Tutor:

Frances @frances.stanfield is an artist and a founding member of London Drawing Group. Frances' art practice is rooted in drawing and moves between printmaking and painting. She studied Illustration at Falmouth College University and met Luisa and Lucy, the other co-founders of LDG, during a scholarship place at The Royal Drawing School Central.

Frances' teaching practice is all about using traditional drawing techniques and experimentation alongside an open and friendly approach with the hope that she will help you to draw and make art with confidence (whilst having a lot of of fun!)

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We're really looking forward to you joining us.

Love,

LDG

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