Launching Summer 2026
The Botanical Academy
From your first brushstroke
to the painting you've always dreamed of.
Paint with Me
Grab your brushes and join me every two weeks for a free live painting session, streamed straight from the studio. Watch, ask questions, and paint along in real time. No experience needed, just curiosity.
See upcoming sessions →Join the studio
Behind this door is a community of fellow painters: conversations about pigments, light and shade, and the small botanical details we all obsess over. Every recording of the free sessions waits here, and the library keeps growing with my guides and insights. This is also where the atelier opens for applications: small classes, a dozen places at a time, painting alongside me.
Become part of the community →My Signature Palette
Not sure which pigments to start with? This free guide gives you my personal selection of sixteen lightfast watercolours: real hand-painted swatches, mixing notes, and the exact brands I trust.
Download free: join the Studio Letter →
Live Painting Courses
Learn alongside me in small groups. I paint, explain every decision, and answer your questions as they come. It's like having a private tutor, but with the energy of painting together.
Twelve places per class. The next application window is announced in the studio first.
See the atelier →Video Courses
For when you want to learn at your own rhythm. Carefully produced lessons with close-up camera angles, so you can see every brushstroke — and narration that explains the why, not just the how.
Your own private studio class, available whenever inspiration strikes.
Join the waitlist →
I'm Daria — a botanical watercolourist with twenty years of teaching experience and a deep love for pigments, plants, and the quiet discipline of painting. My orchid painting received a Certificate of Merit at the World Orchid Conference 2026. I'd love to share what I've learned with you.
Studio Letter
My Signature Palette