Heather SpearsHeather is a Canadian born author, artist and poet living in Denmark.Her drawings capture life in the moment through the use of exquisite line.Her book The Creative Eye is an influential drawing manual published world-wide.
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.” […]
Creative drawing: introduction What a fabulous course this was to teach this weekend – with a full studio of enthusiastic students from a wide variety of backgrounds and ages, we all shared our experiences and stories which made the weekend that much richer and interesting. It’s what I love about teaching adults – everyone has […]
Course Diary Another wonderful weekend in my studio with a group of enthusiastic students. With rain pouring outside we were happy to be in the nice warm studio focusing on learning how to draw and getting a glimpse of a wide range of drawing and painting materials on the Begin to draw and paint course […]
Finally got to attend Ian’s peer life drawing session after ages of not being able to go. Started working on a new direction – trying to move from drawing to a more painterly style. Here’s what I ended up with by the end of the day. I like the idea of working somewhere between drawing […]
We attended this fab exhibition at Tate Liverpool this weekend. Some really interesting drawings, picked up on a couple of new techniques I want to experiment with, discovered some new artists and revisited old favourites, saw some stunning animations and went away with a head full of ideas and inspiration. Sorry for no pictures but […]
A thrilling, exhilirating yet exhausting day today – the 3rd day of Heather Spears’ ‘Drawing the Head’ course. Here’s an overview of what we have been doing : Day 1: A stunning introduction by Heather to understanding the head as a form with weight and density. She showed us techniques on how to gain a […]
[slideshow]I went to Dave Pearson’s studio on the weekend, now run by The Dave Pearson Trust. Had teh most amazing time. I’ve never had the privilage to have the freedom to look freely through the life time work of an amazingly passionate artist like dave. So prolific thtough his life with the bulk of his […]
The first Essential Drawing Foundation course has been developed out of Heather Spears’ book The Creative Eye. I was hugely influenced by her ideas and techniques and decided it is essential that I share her ideas with artists who don’t wish to do life drawing. This course adapts Heather Spears’ ideas and shows how they […]
I went to the 6th Manchester Artists Book Fair at the Holden Gallery at MMU. What a delightful and exciting exhibition this was – packed full of creative ideas – in such a wide variety of book formats. I was hoping that an artist by the name of David Barton would be there as I’d […]
