“A fabulous way to explore your inner creativity and have a play with ideas and materials.” Ruth S I love teaching this course – encouraging and guiding students away from the realities they are faced with to discover a creative self-expressive style of drawing. It is so rewarding working through the creative challenges so that […]
Colour mixing in the future has been made a lot easier. Gary L Colour is so amazing and enigmatic I always look forward to teaching this beginners course to colour mixing. It always amazes me how little colour theory is taught in schools and colleges, yet is so important in enabling artists to create their […]
“Detailed exploration of charcoal and two challenging projects. Barbara B With charcoal being one of my own favourite materials I always look forward to teaching this 1-day workshop. I love the way charcoal so easily engages students and encourages them to be bolder and more expressive than they may otherwise be. The drawing results were amazing […]
“Really nice pace, supportive, friendly especially for a real beginner.” Katy M Great to be back teaching the absolute-beginners course. So much potential in the studio – I just love teaching this course guiding and supporting those new to art in the basics of drawing and using a variety of different materials. Their enthusiasm for […]
“Challenging but immensely rewarding.” Joe H We enjoyed a lovely weekend focusing on detail and structure. This course is always quieter and calmer than some of my other courses as more time is needed for focused concentration to achieve the high level of detail that is required to draw realistically. With a small group I […]
The materials day was exactly what I was after and I feel inspired and armed with knowledge to keep my experimentation and exploring going outside of the course.” Marli R It was great to be back in the studio after the Easter holidays with a full studio of students looking to get the foundations to […]
“You definitely gain information that you didn’t have before. You will enjoy a relaxed environment and gain experience. Jean G This was a small group of very keen students. Two had done the level 1 course. The others had not but showed great enthusiasm to improve their acrylic painting skills. In this course, students are […]
“I learnt some good techniques – more than expected. Very enjoyable! Karen P Every course I teach has its own studio dynamics and this Realistic drawing course always creates a quiet focused studio. Critical observation when aiming for high accuracy takes concentration and quiet and I love this mood as it descends over the studio. […]
“Informative, fun, enjoyable, relaxed. I learnt a lot and feel confident having a go moving forward. Emily D This was a very busy class of 10 students who launched themselves enthusiastically into their painting exercises and were totally focussed throughout the weekend. They got along extremely well from the start, supporting and inspiring each other […]
“Great fun, with a lot of content. Great to try out so many different ideas. Juliet C A fabulous group of students all willing to support each other and take on board my teaching – even during the few challenging bits! I enjoyed supporting everyone to put the basics of drawing into practice and explore […]
“An in-depth look into the work of Cezanne and how to apply these skills into my own work. I was hoping to reopen the door to my creative inspiration and taking this class has allowed me to do so.” Kemi S The Cezanne workshop is the first in a series of 3 workshops about the Modern Masters – Cezanne, Matisse […]
“Gave me the inspiration and confidence to continue. Exceeded my expectations.” Sandra R A great way to begin the year! Fabulous students looking to learn the basics of drawing and painting and ensure they learn the important stuff that will help them develop and improve. A great group of students, the atmosphere in the studio was so […]
“As an absolute acrylic novice I found this exactly what I needed!” Gerard G As usual the students got on very well together and were appreciative and supportive of each other’s work. They were all beginners who found it so useful that we start with the basics and build up with technique, knowledge and skills […]
“The course was challenging and interesting. It was presented well and I never felt out of my depth even though I have never drawn or painted anything before.” Belinda D The first course after my return from summer holidays is always special. Getting back into teacher mode giving me an opportunity to share my love […]
Great few days. Really awakened something in me. Way exceeded what level I thought I would get to.” Lionel G Teaching this course holds a very special place in my heart. I grew close to Heather Spears (the author of The Creative Eye book that forms the basis of this course) and love every opportunity […]
