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Kid's Holiday Workshops : Famous artist themes
Before I had kids I taught at an art summer camp in Bermuda. Each day was themed with a country with lots of activities. There were also beach mornings, with swimming and coloured sand sculpture. Bermuda is so hot and humid and I was exhausted at the end of each day. But it was great fun. My daughter went along for a week of the same camp many years later. She had a ball. -
Kids Holiday Workshops: How I got started with Mosaic
I have been running workshops for kids during the school holidays since 2010. Each School holiday I run a series of all-day workshops which are themed with a famous artist or art movement. I was thinking back to when I first started and realised just how far I have come. -
Agapanthus : new downloadable Guided Painting Class
Agapanthus I have always loved agapanthus and blue is my favourite colour, I remind myself not to paint every image I make blue. As a child I loved... -
Custom Canine and Equine : the evolution of animal imagery in my practice
Custom Canine and Equine is a new body of work which I started in 2019.
I love dogs and I started to think about how they had often featured in my work. Then I had a look back at my old work and remembered that animals have been part of my practice virtually since the beginning. My BA thesis was about artists who used animal imagery, something I had completely forgotton about.
So here is the stroy of how I have used animal imagery throughut my career.
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Blue Jug , Downloadable Guided Painting, new for November
Blue Jug, Downloadable Guided Painting November 2019
I first painted this image in early 2018. I love blue and white and as a child had loved the Cornish ware pottery we had at home. Cornish ware is blue and white striped earthenware.
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Paint your Own Van Gogh
On Saturday I ran this term’s Guided Painting class. This time I tried something different. I offered two images to choose from, my take of Van Gogh’s Starry Night and his Sunflowers.
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Drawing for Adults
When a new adult student comes along to my classes I encourage them to start with my back to basics drawing course. The aim of the course is to int... -
Term Three Drawing with Children
This term the After-School class will be working on drawing and I have been busy putting together some great lesson plans for the girls. I will also be running a drawing class at Samford Sate School as part of the SEEP programme.
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Guided Painting Live
Term Two Guided Painting 2019 is a little different. I ran a Van Gogh kid's workshop over the Easter break which was a huge success, so I thought why let the kids have all the fun. Students paint their own Van Gogh with a choice of two of his most famous paintings, “Sunflowers” or “Starry Night” in a step by step style class. -
Enacustic Workshop Weekend
Encaustic Workshop Weekend 2019 Weekend Workshop June 29 and 30 I first came across encaustic in the late 1990’s. We were living in Bermuda and s... -
Samford and Surrounds Open Studios and Arts Trails 2019
The SSaS Open Studios and Arts Trail (known as The Trails) have been running since 2014. 2019 is my fifth year participating. This will be the first year I will only be in my in my home studio. In previous years I opened my studio in the train carriage and my home studio for every weekend. This year I am opening for the middle two weekends only. -
Adult Classes at The Art Train
I have been teaching adult classes on a weekly basis for around 9 years. The programme has developed over time
So, I don’t want my students to feel confused and I’m certainly not worried about you making work like me. You aren’t me. I aim to be completely transparent in my teaching. I do not claim to know everything, but I will tell you everything that I have picked up along the way. I teach many things which I was never told at art college.
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