We enjoyed another fabulous weekend teaching the Creative drawing: introduction course to a group of 7 very creative and passionate students from a very diverse background of experiences. Kate thought that the course was an “excellent course for all abilities, takes you on a journey where you end up discovering you can do more than […]
Begin to draw + paint course diary The Begin to draw + paint weekend course last week was once again fully booked. It was a lovely group of students to teach who all got along well and supported each other in their learning. Lizzie considered the course to be “Amazing – awesome – informative – detailed.” […]
Begin to draw + paint It was fab teaching this course to a full studio of students, yet again. I just love the enthusiasm and willingness to learn that everyone brings with them when they attend this course to learn to Begin to draw + paint. As Michele, a student on the course said when asked […]
Tonight was the start of another Essential Drawing Foundations course. I only teach this twice a year at the moment, so I always look forward to it arriving. The course content is largely based on Heather Spears’s book ‘The Creative Eye’ which is a kind of training manual to help you change your approach to […]
What did the students learn?The Drawing techniques evening course allows students the opportunity to explore and learn ways of developing their drawing skills in a fine art approach to making art. The course questions creativity and why we often struggle to draw what we see in front of us – why is the simple […]
Re-interpreting still life Diary: 11-12 June 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. A creative weekend of relaxed hard work with a small group of students. Students were challenged with different exercises to help free up their approach to image making. They all did amazingly well and I […]
Essential Drawing Foundations Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. This course enabled all 7 students to learn how to improve their creativity and drawing skills. The course is exciting, challenging and fun. Each week offers a different experience and teaches students practical techniques to […]
Course Photo Diary: 23-24 April 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings and paintings. I thoroughly enjoyed supporting a group of 10 beginners to take their first steps into the world of drawing and painting. I filled up the 2 days with as much […]
The students on this beginner’s course were really looking forward to the weekend, hoping it would answer all their questions and fill in the missing gaps in their knowledge. They were looking to this course as the springboard to be able to continue their drawing and painting with renewed confidence, secure in the knowledge that […]
Flow and Movement Session 1 (8 October 2014) The theme for my double session of life drawing class at Salford Art Group was Flow and Movement. I described to the art class a ‘toolkit of exercises’ that when returned to over time will help students improve their sense of movement and dynamics in their drawings. […]
The Creative Eye “Look up from this book, and see what is front of you. This is your visual field”. So starts Heather Spears’ amazing book “The Creative Eye”. I can count on one hand the people, books, events that have been a pivotal influence on my life. That have changed, not just the way […]
