WAMA Foundation

BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOPS

Dolores Skowronski - Malloni

09 August 2026 — 09 August 2026

Workshop Tickets

Workshop Series: Native Flowers

Please join us at WAMA Foundation for a botanical illustration workshops with artist Dolores Skowronski-Malloni. You will learn techniques to create your own botanical illustrations using coloured pencil on paper. All workshops are suitable for beginners with all materials provided.

Workshop to be held at WAMA Foundation (MPR room) on Sunday 9th August 2026 from 10am-1pm with all materials supplied by WAMA Foundation and additional resources by Dolores. This workshop is intended for participants 16 years and over and is suitable to beginners. Participants will need to arrive 10-15mins prior to the start of the workshop. Workshop cost is $66.00 (inc GST) please follow the link to purchase tickets. The workshop is limited to 12 places. WAMA will supply complimentary tea and coffee for participants. Each participant will receive complimentary entry to WAMA including the gardens and exhibition. Dolores will provide each participant with a small (printed) drawing upon completion of the workshop.


Biographies

Dolores Skowronski – Malloni

Dolores Skowronski – Malloni was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she studied Graphics and Interior Design. After migrating to Australia, Dolores completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Monash University in 1982. Dolores became involved in Botanical Art in 1993, studying with Jenny Phillips at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne / Naarm.

Dolores’s botanical paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows, with her artwork held in private and corporate collections in Australia and overseas including three works in the State Botanical Collection at the National Herbarium of Victoria.

From 1994 to 2008 Dolores was guest botanical artist for The Grampians Wildflower Show in Victoria. In 2005, Dolores won a silver medal from the Royal Horticultural Society London for her collection of eight passionflower paintings exhibited at the London Flower Show. In 2009, Dolores was invited to participate in the BotanicAsia exhibition with nine other highly acclaimed artists.

Dolores has self-published two books showcasing her artworks of terrestrial orchids of the Grampians and trees of the Geelong Botanic Gardens with her artwork featured in botanical art calendars, Christmas cards, postcards and print series. Dolores has taught a variety of botanical art workshops and from 2010 to 2019 tutored weekly classes at the Geelong Botanical Art School. As part of the 2025 WAMA Art Prize, Dolores received an Award of Excellence for her botanical illustration of the Grampians Bitter-pea. Dolores is currently creating botanical illustrations of the endemic flora of the Grampians / Gariwerd region in collaboration with the team at WAMA Foundation, Halls Gap.