Join artist printmaker Sisetta Zappone for an inspiring series of evening classes exploring botanical and floral art through a variety of techniques.

TheNeverPress presents a new course in art and printmaking with master printmaker Sisetta Zappone. In this four-session course, Sisetta will expertly guide you through different ways in which you can express your creative voice in botanical artworking - from observation and drawing, through to painting and printmaking, you will discover new ways of looking at the world in an open, friendly and inclusive environment suited to people of all levels. 

Hosted at the wonderful Malavenda Café Bistro (London Fields), you will learn and create in a small and intimate group, ensuring that Sisetta can teach and guide you with her undivided attention. The warm and inviting space offers a relaxing environment to connect with your voice and the group around you. 

Perfect for beginners and those with some experience, this course encourages a playful yet informed approach to making, inspired by historical and contemporary botanical art practices.

What You'll Gain

• A range of botanical artworks across different media
• Confidence in drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques
• Insight into both traditional and contemporary approaches to floral art
• A relaxed, social creative experience in a unique café setting

Details:

• Dates: Tuesdays – June 2, 9, 16, 23
• Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
• Price: £40 per session (includes 1 drink)
• Bundle Offer: Book all 5 sessions for £140 

About Sisetta Zappone

Sisetta Zappone is an Italian visual artist  based in London. Trained in Florence, her practice combines traditional printmaking techniques with watercolour, creating layered, evocative works inspired by natural history, mythology, and the intersection between science and imagination. Her work is held in international public collections, including the V&A Museum in London and national print archives across Europe and beyond.

Sisetta loves sharing knowledge, and works as a tutor at WMC, City Lit and London Drawing. Her teaching spans botanical  and life drawing, watercolour and printmaking. She fosters both technical skill and independent creative development across beginner and advanced levels.

The Course

Week 1 – Botanical Drawing: Observing Nature

Develop careful observation and mark-making skills through drawing from plant specimens.
Focus on line, tone, and structure, exploring both scientific and expressive approaches to botanical illustration.

Week 2 – Botanical Watercolour: Colour & Flow

Learn essential watercolour techniques to capture the softness and vibrancy of flowers.
Explore washes, layering, and colour blending to create luminous floral studies.

Week 3 – Floral Collage: Composition & Texture

Experiment with collage to build layered floral compositions.
Work with cut paper, found materials, and painted elements to explore shape, balance, and abstraction.

Week 4 – Botanical Linocut: Carve & Print

Be introduced to linocut printmaking, from design to carving and hand-printing.
Create a bold botanical print exploring contrast, pattern, and repetition.

The Floral Lab: Botanical Drawing, Painting & Printing with Sisetta Zappone is brought to you by TheNeverPress

TheNeverPress is independent London based publishing atelier and creative collective that transports audiences into worlds they won't want to leave. Driven to translate ideas into reality, and operating an ‘atelier model’, we love diving in and marshalling all our resources to realise the vision and release publications in our own fashion: novels, poetry, short stories, zines, online serialisations, podcasts - anything we can dream up, we’ll make happen.

We exist to bring artists and the creatively curious together to create work that delights, astounds and inspires. We do this by spotlighting and celebrating artistic voices in our print and digital spaces, and we invite artists to share their work and their knowledge with creatives, hobbyists and those wanted to express via courses, workshops and meet-ups. We believe in sharing resources, learning, exploring and deciphering 'the dream' to make it a reality.

Please visit TheNeverPress to find out more about our work across print, digital and IRL spaces and contact us to get involved in creating meaningful art, that delights, astounds and inspires. 

Ultimately we connect people to make astounding things that connect with people.