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Recent posts

  • Tuscany, Italy, Painting Workshop / Retreat 2027 OPPORTUNITY!!!
    15/08/2026
  • ROSE ROBIN LESSON - Online Painting Tutorial In Watercolour
    07/08/2026
  • LEMON STUDY LESSON - Online Painting Tutorial In Watercolour
    12/07/2026

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Email: theearthenartist@gmail.com
Website: www.heidiwillis.com.au

Recent Portfolio

Splendid Fairywren – Painting in WatercolourLittle Kingfisher and Waterlilies – Painting in WatercolourEuropean Robin and Roses Painting – Miniature In Watercolour CommissionCanada Jay Painting – Miniature In Watercolour CommissionRaptor And Cornflowers – Miniature In Watercolour CommissionRaptor And Poppies – Miniature In Watercolour commission

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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
The head of my Rose Robin comes to completion 💗 Av The head of my Rose Robin comes to completion 💗 Available as a complete #paintinglesson online, comment ROSEROBIN for the #onlinetutorial 🔗 of check out bio for mor, and start learning today ✨️ #onlinepainting #onlinepaintingclass #watercolouronline
Today our latest #onlinebirdpainting lesson is liv Today our latest #onlinebirdpainting lesson is live and ready for you to enjoy. This gorgeous #birdpainting in watercolour brings you plenty of learning opportunity in a really manageable way, exploring subject and realistic #watercolourpainting in this #paintinglesson together. Thanks to @haysomandrew for the original reference image for this #paintingcourse 🙏 I hope youll join us and keep learning about this wonderful craft ✨️ ROSEROBIN course 🔗 https://www.patreon.com/Heidi_Willis/posts/rose-robin-in-151126713?
Today our latest #onlinebirdpainting lesson is liv Today our latest #onlinebirdpainting lesson is live and ready for you to enjoy, just as our weekend arrives... This gorgeous #birdpainting in watercolour brings you plenty of learning opportunity in a really manageable way, exploring subject and realistic #watercolourpainting in this #paintinglesson together. Thanks to @haysomandrew for the original reference image for this #paintingcourse 🙏 I hope youll join us and keep learning about this wonderful craft ✨️ Comment ROSEROBIN for the direct 🔗 or check my bio for more. Happy painting everyone! 🩷
From roughing in to refinement, I created this #wa From roughing in to refinement, I created this #watercolourpainting for my students in Adelaide over the weekend to demonstrate my process, principles and techniques used to create my realistic style of #birdillustration ✨️ It was a beautiful subject combination to learn from and my students put it all into practice so well. I didn't quite get mine completed, but this reel looks at the emergence of my Red-capped Robin (image @haysomandrew) and eucalyptus coming to life. If youd life to learn with me, check the link in my bio for everything you need... #onlinepainting tutorials, #paintingworkshops and more 🙏 #watercolourartist
Closing our Adelaide #paintingworkshop with a fest Closing our Adelaide #paintingworkshop with a festival of colour, and a final deep dive into #watercolourpainting techniques, we refined added a eucalyptus element to our #birdpainting studies. What a beautiful place, subject and group, it has been my absolute pleasure 🙏 Im home again now, planning a return already. Happy painting everyone, ill see you next year 🥰 Thanks to @artablestudios for hosting this #paintingcourse and to @haysomandrew once again for the gorgeous Red-capped Robin reference used in our #artclass 🙏
Our Red-capped Robin has been a wonderful painting Our Red-capped Robin has been a wonderful painting exercise here in my Adelaide #paintingworkshop learning all about #watercolourpainting and #birdillustration in the first half of the course ✨️ It has been so lovely being back in town and working with you all... and how far youve come in such a short time together too. We have our final day today as we make the shift to #botanicalpainting as our next focus. Thanks to @artablestudios for having us and to @haysomandrew for allowing us to work from his beautiful bird image 🙏 Yes, we will be announcing some new #paintinglesson opportunities for 2027 soon so stay tuned for that and ill see you next time! 💕
This mornings Red-capped Robin update, us coming t This mornings Red-capped Robin update, us coming to you from beautiful Adelaide as we enjoy our final #paintingworkshop day together ❤️ Thank you @haysomandrew for the delightful bird reference weve been inspired by 🙏 Yes, new workshop dates are coming for 2027 i promise... stay tuned for more on that soon ✨️ #watercolourworkshop #paintingcourse #birdpainting #watercolourbird
Kicking off my Adelaide painting workshop, were le Kicking off my Adelaide painting workshop, were learning about watercolour bird painting for the first half of this lovely event. Sending our hellos to you all 🥰👋🏻 #birdpainting #watercolourlesson #watercolourclass #birdartist #birdillustration
Our lovely Sydney #paintingworkshop has come to a Our lovely Sydney #paintingworkshop has come to a close, completing our wren and lilly pilly studies in #watercolour right on time... a classic Sydney subject 💕 Too engrossed in the process, I didnt quite catch the final brush strokes of each work, but they all looked so wonderful... really, just awesome efforts all round! So much learned, it was a wonderful group and event. Thank you everyone, students, my assistant, @artablestudios and @haysomandrew for the beautiful wren image 🙏⭐️ Im off to Adelaide tomorrow! See you soon 😊 #watercolourlesson #paintinglesson #artclass
Our wrens are complete, teaching us such a wealth Our wrens are complete, teaching us such a wealth of information in their challenge, and my students have done so well in the deep end, as i always know they will! Today i saw paces slowing down, hands steadying and huge improvements as a result. We closed the day stepping out of the #birdpainting into the #botanicalpainting stage, continuing to learn about this beautiful craft and #watercolourpainting medium. A pleasure as always, we continue our #watercolourlesson tomorrow, despite the raspberry and pistachio brownies running out 💕 What a lovely group, thank you. Special thanks to @haysomandrew for our gorgeous wren image and @artablestudios for hosting my #paintingworkshop ✨️🙏
Kicking off the first of our three day 'Small Bird Kicking off the first of our three day 'Small Bird and Botanical' painting workshop in Sydney, learning all about realistic watercolour painting in this lovely face to face event... How wonderful it is to see so many of you here 🥰 A lot has been covered today and were learning plenty and coming far 😀 #birdpainting #sydneyartclass #watercolourworkshop #artclasssydney #watercolourclass
Is there anything more divine than a wren... gosh Is there anything more divine than a wren... gosh its hard to think of anything at all! This supersweet Superb Wren is one of my favourite #birdpainting subjects, and you can paint along with me now in the full, in depth #paintingtutorial thats live over on Patreon. Yes, you can do it! Come and join us, youll see 🥰 Comment SUPERB for the #paintinglesson 🔗 and get started ✨️ #watercolourtutorial #watercolortutorial
Once you see the beauty in nature's complexity, it Once you see the beauty in nature's complexity, its all you want to express 🥰 #watercolorpainting #watercolourpainting #birdartist #birdpainting #realisticbirdpainting
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