Modern Botanicals in Watercolour

Sue Bedford

Sue Bedford is an artist and art teacher. Originally from Surrey, she moved to the Essex/Suffolk boarders many years ago. It is here where she is inspired by the natural world and many of her works are closely observed form her surroundings.

She studied Surface Pattern Design in Somerset and later a degree in Design Studies from the University of East Anglia.

Sue started her career in art as a Textile Designer. She worked for many years in the fashion and the furnishing industry, creating surface patterns for fabrics. Her designs have been featured in many well-known stores for example Top Shop and M and S. After leaving college she worked for Portmeiron’s fashion company “Cara”. Her designs were worn by characters on 2 well known soap operas.

Many of these early influences have continued to inform her work and her strong sense of colour is evident in her work today.

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Residential accommodation at Flatford Mill is provided within our historic Grade I listed buildings. Rooms are clean, comfortable and functional, but are intentionally simple and should be considered field centre accommodation rather than hotel-standard accommodation. Many guests value the character and heritage of the site, although facilities reflect the age and nature of the buildings.

Whilst most rooms are either en-suite or have a dedicated bathroom, there are some rooms in The Mill that share showers and toilets at the end of the hall. If this is unsuitable for you please make the office staff aware upon booking or as soon as possible.

Please be aware that you are visiting a Field Centre that caters in the main for school parties; the accommodation is basic and dormitory style, but warm and comfortable.

Check-in is between 1600-1800, if you are arriving after 1800 please advise us, so we can ensure you are advised of access codes, room key location, and room location.

You will meet the tutor at dinner, and you will have your first session after dinner.

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  Expert Tuition
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  Free Wi-Fi
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  Full Board Accommodation
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  Hot and Cold Drinks
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  Picnic Lunch

Full board accommodation and picnic lunch is available for resident bookings only.

Refreshments are included for all, but non-resident bookings are advised to bring a packed lunch with you.

What to bring

• Pencils and Pens
• 2B or 3B Graphite pencil
• A Sketchbook; hard backed, casebound sketchbook either landscape or portrait format between A5 & A4 size, (210 x 150mm to 300 x 210mm)  8” x 6” to 12” x 8”approx.) containing good quality cartridge paper, durable enough for light watercolour washes. See Seawhite of Brighton Popular Portrait or Landscape Black cloth casebound sketchbook 250 x 190mm can be bought at Hobbycraft or online at www.artsaver.co.uk
  Watercolour paper – 140lb /300gsm Bockingford, Langton, Saunders Waterford, Arches, Fabriano etc in a block or pad approx. 12 x 8”, 300 x 210mm
• Watercolour paints, artists’ quality preferable as tubes squeezed out onto a palette or as a set of pans.
• Watercolour brushes – round Sizes 6, 8 & 12 and a Rigger no 2
• Optional: White oil pastel, Masking fluid and a white candle.
• A kneadable rubber, a pencil sharpener, kitchen roll, water-soluble coloured pencils