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Holiday Sketching with Leonie Norton
http://www.holidaysketching.com.au
Australian botanical artist, Leonie Norton, teaches workshops in Australia and leads international tours. Leonie is the author of Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia From the 1830s to the 1960s. Her botanical art website can be viewed at www.botanicalart.com.au. Her travel service website can be viewed at Holiday Sketching with Leonie Norton.
- South India Tour – January 22 – 30, 2011. Sketch Indian villages, floating markets, and take a botanical drawing workshop among rice, spice, and tea plantations. View all tour details here.
- New Zealand South Island Tour – April 9 – 17, 2011. Experience autumn in the South Island Lakes District. Visit Aoraki-Mount Cook National Park. See the dramatic landscape of New Zealand.
View all tour details here. - Kimberley Western Australia Tour – June 26 – July 4, 2011. Pristine beaches, Purnululu National Park and sunset at Chamberlain Gorge.
View all tour details here. - Bali Tour – August 1 – 8, 2011. Day trips to the monkey forest, Batur volcano, and Batur Lake. Visit Balinese villages and learn to make traditional Indonesian food. View all tour details here.
- Fiji Tour – August 27 – September 3, 2010. Sketch Fijian villages, geothermal hot springs, and the tropical rainforest. Learn to make books and journals for your sketches. View all tour details here.
- Winterless Northland New Zealand Tour
September 24 – October 4, 2011.
ArtPlantae Today 
Leonie Norton is an artist with superb talent. Her botanical illustrations are wonderful and her teaching methods are great. She starts by teaching students how to paint a leaf and then, as John Ruskin said, “if you can paint a leaf you can paint the world.”