Nature Drawing with Botanical Inks 

with Joolie Gibbs  

 

Date: Saturday 13 September 2025 

Time: 9:00am – 11:00am 

Location: Murilla Room, Dogwood Crossing, Miles 

Cost: Free Event – limited capacity, bookings essential

Age: 16 plus 

 

Inspired by Joolie’s 4m artwork in the Wildflowering by Design exhibition, this workshop will take participants through some of the foundations and basics to enjoy drawing, using botanicals as the subject. Includes working with botanical inks. Wildflowers have taken on a particular interest for her, and she hope they will for you too after acquiring some useful tips.  

   

Suitable for beginner level and up. 

Paper, drawing materials and ink provided.  

 

Tea and coffee will be provided during the workshop.  

   

Joolie Gibbs  

www.jooliegibbs.com.au  

Joolie was born in Maryborough though raised in Hervey Bay, and has been drawing most of her life. Now living in Gympie, her work is influenced by her natural surroundings both locally and in the locations she visits. After working for almost 40 years in creative industries and completing a Master of Art in Visual Art (MAVA), her practice became more environmentally-focused as she found meaning and new direction in her artwork through connections with the Mary River and the trees and wildflowers of the region. In her large and small 2D drawings, Joolie uses her own botanical inks mostly made from trees on her property. She also enjoys printmaking and papermaking from natural fibres. Joolie became involved in the ‘Wild/flower Women’ exhibitions through the Gympie show in 2020 and has work now touring through the ‘Wildflowering by Design’ exhibition.   

 

Joolie Gibbs | Impermanence (hakea benthamii), (detail) 2020 | ink on paper | 1100mm x 4000mm 

Photo By: Leeroy Todd Film and Photography