30 June - 20 July 2025

F L O R A LĀ  F U S I O N

Unleash Your Creative Vision Through Colour & Bloom

Join us for EstƩ's next scheduled course where she delves into the exciting world of florals. Back by popular demand, Floral Fusion was first released in Spring 2024 and has been one of her most popular courses to date.

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Are you feeling stuck or in need ofĀ creative inspiration to rejuvenate your practice?

You're in the right place. Read on to find out about Floral Fusion 2025.

Jilly L

The course has changed my mindset and approach and I’m going back to the classes over and over since there’s such a lot of great content to digest.

Angie B

Thank you for this fantastic course! I’ve had such a lot of joy and fun here engaging with all the wonderful ideas, techniques, and new materials. Your creativity, innovation and teaching are amazing! I have learned loads and will be continuing to build on the skills and ideas.

Sarah H

Despite a crazy busy schedule, I couldn’t say no to this class! If having EstĆ© as a teacher again wasn’t enough, Floral Fusion just sounds like the best!

Jutta K

I can not thank you enough for sharing your knowledge with us! I have learned so much in this course.Ā Beside that it is so wonderful to see all the different paintings of the group and how everybody is using your techniques in their own way! What a wonderful experience!šŸ™

Charlotte N

How much joy can a course give you?!!Ā I love folk art and Art Nouveau and here it is….all in this first module. Thank you,Ā this is already an amazing course and I haven’t even seen the rest.

Ilse M

Thank you Este for putting such an inspiring course together and sharing so many fantastic techniques with us. I found the projects challenging in the most positive way.Ā Thank you to all my fellow students for sharing their outcomes from the Modules. It is a great inspiration to see what others have created.Ā Thank you Este for a great course

About Floral Fusion

Hi, I'm EstƩ MacLeod, I'm an artist, designer and educator, since 2015 I've been teaching online courses to thousands of students.

I'm really excited to tell you about this course developed around the topics of florals and botanical forms.

Florals have been present in art, design and decoration since the dawn of civilisation.Ā  They've been used on stylised depictions of lotuses in Egyptian friezes, on Greek and Roman mosaics and in paintings and decorations in Eastern cultures to name but a few. Florals and botanicals has been part of humanity for millennia, the subject matter is timeless, continuously reinvented to suit each era, genre, whim and fancy. It will never go out of fashion.

Flowers are a recurring theme in my own art and I have developed Floral FusionĀ to explore a variety of styles, techniques and processes in watercolour and in combination with other media.

In my practice as a fine artist and designer, I value what I learnt from my original training in textile design, fine art printmaking, ceramics and jewellery. The design principles, adaption and stylisation of plant forms are part of my signature style and I would love to share processes and techniques with you to help you develop or define your own authentic style.Ā 

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Why join?

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Expand your Creativity

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Develop a stronger sense or colour, pattern & form

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Tap into new sources of inspiration

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New Possibilities

Transform your art in three weeks. In Floral Fusion there's a focus on developing and refining individual approaches with an emphasis on theĀ Creative Leap Methodā„¢ where handwriting and letters are used to develop a vocabulary of shapes, textures and forms to be used in different floral and botanical projects.

Simplified ProcessesĀ 

Floral FusionĀ consists of three modules plus a bonus projectĀ at the start where the materials and processes are explained in depth. Within each module, you'll find four projects presented in easy-to-digest portions, one per day, building up to a larger assignment to conclude the module. So that's fifteen projects in total, each designed to kickstart ideas and to promote original and imaginative thinking.Ā 

Finding Inspiration

Each of the modules has a different emphasis with inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from ancient folk art and embroidery, to the Arts and Craft movement and zany mid-century abstraction with lots of room for expanding on ideas and developing of individual styles and approaches.

Permission to Play

Because I am not a purist I love experimenting with a wide range of techniques and processes combining materials. Floral Fusion comes with permission to play and explore traditional media in new ways in order to expand your own ways of thinking and creating.

Develop Skills

A wide selection ofĀ watercolour and gouache techniquesĀ will be explored in combination with acrylic inks and other media, all tailored to the specific module's theme.Ā There's a focus on paint techniques and colour combinations and it's structured approach is designed to not only build your skills, but also to guide you in strengthening your own creative voice with a closer connection to yourĀ imagination.

Suitable for all levels of experience

Expand your creativity and develop a stronger sense of colour, pattern and form with this dynamic drawing and painting course.

Amplify your Voice

During Floral FusionĀ I’ll show you how to create stylised and imaginary florals and forms by developing doodles, drawings and designs into more complex creations.Ā Floral FusionĀ is an ideal course to explore watercolour and mixed media and to expand knowledge useful for all art practices.

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Three Modules

One module a week, fifteen projects in total + additional bonus content.

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Skill Enhancement

Expand your creativity and develop a stronger sense of colour, pattern and form.

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New Techniques

Explore a multitude of watercolour and gouache techniquesĀ in combination with acrylic inks and other media.

Discover and strengthen your unique creative perspective

Using EstĆ©'sĀ Creative Leap Method™ you'll be finding inspiration from handwriting and letters. Used to develop a vocabulary of shapes, textures and forms, these will be used in the floral and botanical projects in each of the three modules.

Push the limits of different materials and processes

We'll be exploring a multitude of watercolour and gouache techniques together with acrylic inks and other media, all tailored to the specific module's theme.

There's a focus on paint techniques and colour combinations and Floral Fusion's structured approach is designed to not only build your skills, but also to guide you in strengthening your own creative voice with a closer connection to yourĀ imagination.

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What's covered in the course?

Week One

Symmetry, Folk Art and Art & Crafts

  • Drawing: Plants & Florals
  • Painting: Folk Art Inspiration
  • Planning Layouts
  • Stylised Plant Drawings
  • Weekend Assignment: Symmetrical Artwork

Week Two

Bold and Strong

  • Wet on Wet Watercolour
  • Drawing from Nature
  • Paint with Stencils
    Negative & Positive
  • Weekend Assignment: Colour and ContrastĀ 

Week Three

Mix It Up

  • Drawing in Different Materials
  • Layering Without a Brush
  • Chalky and Liquid
  • Textures and Lines
  • Weekend Assignment: Expressive LayersĀ 

Frequently Asked Questions

Floral Fusion 2025

Ā£229.60 GBP

Early Bird 20% off ends 15 June

  • Full price Ā£287 GBP, 20% Early Bird discount
  • Three week long modules. fifteen great projects.
  • Additional bonus content
  • One years unlimited access
  • Access to an online community
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Floral Fusion - 30 June to 20 July

Full price is GBP Ā£287 (~ USD $385, EUR €340, AUD $600) with discounts and split payments available. Don't miss out -Ā Floral FusionĀ will not be offered again in this format.

Student Outcomes from 2024

Image credits (top left to bottom right): Jessica Lyth, Ness Butler, Tracey Knight, Tracey Knight, Ness Butler, X, Jutta Kohlbeck, Jilly Lovett, Karen Cizek, Jutta Kohlbeck, Jutta Kohlbeck, Cynthia Riegle, Karen De Luca, Tatyana R, Jutta Kohlbeck, Charlotte Neuhaus, Annick Le Bretton, Jilly Lovett

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