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Good night from our Wilgabah painting retreat ✨️

Recent posts

MAGNOLIA LESSON - Online Painting Tutorial In Watercolour
08/09/2026
Tuscany, Italy, Painting Workshop / Retreat 2027 OPPORTUNITY!!!
15/08/2026
ROSE ROBIN LESSON - Online Painting Tutorial In Watercolour
07/08/2026

Contact

Email: theearthenartist@gmail.com

Website: www.heidiwillis.com.au

Recent Portfolio

Splendid Fairywren – Painting in Watercolour

Little Kingfisher and Waterlilies – Painting in Watercolour

European Robin and Roses Painting – Miniature In Watercolour Commission

Canada Jay Painting – Miniature In Watercolour Commission

Raptor And Cornflowers – Miniature In Watercolour Commission

Raptor And Poppies – Miniature In Watercolour commission

Recent Instagrams

Putting the final touches on my magnolia flower he

Putting the final touches on my magnolia flower heart, we shift techniques to explore much finer detailing in this #paintingtutorial ✨️ Its a wonderful practice and feature in this subject bringing strength and punctuation to its story. If youd like to learn more, this #onlinepainting lesson is now live... see you there!

Comment MAGNOLIA for the course 🔗 or check my bio for more

#flowerpaintinglesson #watercolourlesson #watercolorlesson

A final insight into our last #paintingworkshop fo

A final insight into our last #paintingworkshop for you, we look at the last stages of our Regent Honeyeater and Waratah studies coming together, with all the lessons and learning along the way, to completion. My students rose to the challenge for a beautiful week together out at @artshackwilgabah 🙏 It looks like were already booked out for next year, but stay tuned for more opportunities to come soon. I do have a last minute place for Tasmania's #paintinretreat if you can make that... let me know! Thank you to all my students once again 💕

Honeyeater reference is thanks to @rogermacks_photography ✨️

#watercolourworkshop #paintingholiday #artclass

This month's #onlinepaintingtutorial is now live a

This month's #onlinepaintingtutorial is now live and ready for you to explore. Learning more about #realisticwatercolour our focus is on the MAGNOLIA flower in this #paintinglesson covering branch to bloom, and a lovely tuft of simple lichen to accompany it. Its a beautiful subject, a fun lesson, exploring the magic of #watercolourpainting online together... enjoy!

Comment MAGNOLIA for the #paintingcourse 🔗 ✨️

From bird to flower to plant, weve covered a lot o

From bird to flower to plant, weve covered a lot of ground in our special request #paintingworkshop with @artshackwilgabah with some truly wonderful growth and results! Today i start settling in with my second #paintinglesson and group, ready to deep dive into subject, medium and self once more. Sending our 👋🏻 from Wallabadah to you all!

#watercolourworkshop #watercolourclass #nswpaintingworkshops

Weve moved on to our waratah painting to complimen

Weve moved on to our waratah painting to compliment the Regent Honeyeaters, learning new balances and #watercolourpainting techniques with it. Every subject brings its learning opportunities and were exploring it all, along with the great outdoors that surround us. Blessed.

#artist #birdpaintingworkshop #botanicalpainting #watercolourworkshop

Our Regent Honeyeaters are done and were moving on

Our Regent Honeyeaters are done and were moving on to the botanical accompaniment now for a whole new challenge and learning lesson, out here on our painting farmstay... such a wonderful time as always 🥰 #birdpainting #botanicalpainting #watercolourpainting #painting - its a deep dive, and were all about it!

Thanks again to our photographer @rogermacks.bird.photos for our bird reference, @artshackwilgabah for having us and my students as always 💕

#watercolourworkshop

Our special 'by request' Regent Honeyeater #painti

Our special 'by request' Regent Honeyeater #paintingretreat is underway out here in Gods country NSW where the beauty and challenge of this subject are very real and embraced ✨️ Were having a wonderful time here soaking up this place, space, fabulous company and plenty of learning that this week brings us. Its just good for the soul, all of it! Slow mornings, good coffee, puppy love, misty meadows, blossom trees and bird song... Our Honeyeater paintings are taking shape with plenty of time left to unfold and enjoy yet.

Thanks to @rogermacks.bird.photos for allowing us to work from his image, to @artshackwilgabah for hosting us and to my students, wonderful as always 🥰 #paintingworkshop #paintingholiday #birdpaintingworkshop #watercolourworkshop

Putting the final touches on my gum leaves, plucki

Putting the final touches on my gum leaves, plucking out the wonderful textures and blemishes in its surface to complete my Adelaide #paintingworkshop study. This was a fabulous exercise in colour use and technique, rendering these 3 versions of leaf stories. Now we kick off the next study here on our #paintingretreat with @artshackwilgabah - what will it be?! Ill be back with more on that soon 🥰

Red-capped Robin and eucalyptus is in #watercolour and is sold 🙏

#birdartist #birdillustration

Putting the final touches on my gum leaves, plucki

Putting the final touches on my gum leaves, plucking out the wonderful textures and blemishes in its surface to complete my Adelaide painting workshop study. This was a fabulous exercise in colour use and technique, rendering these 3 versions of leaf stories. Now we kick off the next study here on our #paintingretreat with @artshackwilgabah - what will it be?! Ill be back with more on that soon 🥰

Red-capped Robin and eucalyptus is in #watercolour and is sold 🙏

#birdartist #botanicalillustration #botanicalpainting

And now, my Red-capped Robin comes to completion t

And now, my Red-capped Robin comes to completion too... our focal subject from my recent Adelaide #paintingworkshop ✨️ How lovely it has been to return to the purity of painting alone for the past couple of days, going nuts over nuts! 💕

This original is sold 🙏

#birdartist #birdpainting #watercolourbird #birdillustration

Yesterday i took the day to finish off my recent #

Yesterday i took the day to finish off my recent #paintingworkshop studies which felt so satisfying and peaceful, just to paint! I have so many 90% complete paintings from classes here now, so it was great to bring a couple to completion. Here, im putting the last touches of dark and refinement to my #wrenpainting in #watercolour to bring this super sweet study to life. 'Wren and Lilly Pilly' is now sold 🙏 Enjoy!

#birdartist #birdpainting

My Grey Fantail and Mangosteens study make a wonde

My Grey Fantail and Mangosteens study make a wonderful pairing in this #birdpaintingtutorial ✨️ It gives my students a full experience of progress, technique and practice in this lesson, perfectly combination #botanicalpainting #birdillustration and #watercolourpainting together over 2 in depth #paintinglessons

Comment MANGOSTEEN or FANTAIL for the course 🔗 or check my bio to see more of whats on offer. Enjoy 🌞

Its hard to beat a Kingfisher as a painting subjec

Its hard to beat a Kingfisher as a painting subject! Here im adding my final strength and refinement to the head feathers, a symphony of blue 💙

#birdpainting #birdpaintingtutorial #watercolourbird #birdartist #birdillustrator

Taking another look at my ROSE ROBIN painting in #

Taking another look at my ROSE ROBIN painting in #watercolour were taking the pink belly through to completion in time lapse. This beautiful #birdpainting is the focus of this month's #onlinepainting tutorial and wed love to have you with us! If youd like to learn more, check the 🔗 in my bio or comment ROSEROBIN below, and ill see you there ✨️

#paintingtutorial #onlinepaintingclass

Just a quick extra share with you for today around

Just a quick extra share with you for today around #paintingworkshop opportunities for 2027... with my events booked out until the end of next year, I know many of you have been keen for this release. I have two new #paintinglessons now open for bookings with @artablestudios 💕 They are already about half full so grab you spot for the GOLD COAST and MELBOURNE events sooner than later and I shall see you there ✨️

Check the link in my bio or comment CREATE to see whats on offer 🙏

#watercolourteacher #watercolourlessons #watercolourworkshop

A beautiful slow and steady pace, another love aff

A beautiful slow and steady pace, another love affair story emerges 🧡

#birdartist #birdpainting #watercolour #realisticpainting #birdillustration

PAINTING RETREAT OPPORTUNITY ✨️ Great news everyon

PAINTING RETREAT OPPORTUNITY ✨️ Great news everyone, were returning to TUSCANY, ITALY again in 2027, back by popular demand, and youre invited 🥰 Our #paintingworkshop is 8 days 9 nights of painting, relaxing, exploring and reconnecting to self and this magical place, and i cant wait to share it with you. If you did miss out this year, nows your chance to join us. Last spots remaining... i hope to see you there!

Check my bio or comment ITALY below for the #paintingretreat details ❤️💚

#paintingcourse #travelpainting #paintingholidayitaly

Todays ROSEROBIN update takes you through the enti

Todays ROSEROBIN update takes you through the entire watercolour painting from the drawing to completion, and it introduces the magnolia branch he rests on too... which is next month's coupled #paintingtutorial for you! Both are gorgeous subjects, thorough #paintingcourses and you can explore them as solo #watercolourpaintinglessons or together for a broader learning experience.

Comment ROSEROBIN for the #onlinetutorial 🔗 and join us! ✨️

🙏 @haysomandrew for our bird reference used in this #onlinebirdpainting tutorial

And now for one of my favourite parts, capturing t

And now for one of my favourite parts, capturing the incredible pink of our ROSE ROBIN belly feathers 🩷 Stroke by stroke, we create and refine this area to completion, our #birdpainting really taking shape nicely now. 🙏 @haysomandrew for the gorgeous reference image used in this #paintinglesson ✨️

If youd like to paint it with me you can! Its available as a full #paintingtutorial so why not give it a go.

Comment ROSEROBIN for the course 🔗 and start this #onlinepaintingclass today.

#birdpaintinglesson

The next area of progress for my Rose Robin is a d

The next area of progress for my Rose Robin is a delicate touch and steady hand to create the wing detail. Its wonderful practice and fun to see it emerge 🥰 🙏 @haysomandrew for the original reference for this #paintinglesson

If youd like to give this #birdpainting a try for yourself, check my bio, or comment ROSEROBIN below for the #paintingtutorial 🔗

#onlinepainting
#onlinepaintingtutorial

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