WORKSHOPS

Learning is fundamentally about igniting, developing and extending your own passion through creating and expressing yourself.

I'm committed to helping you discover and tune your unique artistic voice. My approach is built on:-Collaborative Learning: My workshops do not simply focus on instruction, techniques or how to paint like me but seek to create a warm and inclusive environment where artists of all levels can come together, share ideas, and learn from one another. Compassionate Support: Creating art is a deeply personal experience and our visual journey is never fixed. Every course and workshop has at its core personalised support and guidance throughout empowering you to grow and develop as an artist.Nurturing Your Creativity: creativity flourishes when you are enabled to take risks, play and have fun in a safe and nurturing space. My workshops are designed to provide you with a range of tools, techniques, and inspiration which you can then use to express yourself in your own practice. Whether you're a practicing artist looking to refine your skills and thinking or a beginner eager to learn, there is a workshop for you. When workshops are released there is always limited availability so sign up to be the first to hear of up coming dates and promotions.

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Summer Evening
Mini Workshops

A great way to get a group of friends, family or creatives together for a fun and creative evening whether you're an established artist or a complete beginner with all resources supplied.

2.5hr focused workshops in artist's home for groups of up to 6

£35pp with all resources provided

Tue 3rd JUNE

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Sketchbooks on the Fly: Mini Concertina Skettchbooks

In this Evening Mini Art Workshop you will create a double sided mini concertina sketchbook full of abstract line, mark making, colour, texture and collage inspired by both your own ideas and images.

Tue 1st JULY

Art in Layers: Gelli Plate Printing

In this Evening Mini Art Workshop you will create a series of layered monoprints using layers of acrylic paint, textures and botanicals and a reusable Gelli plate to create unique, one-of-a-kind art works.

Tue 8th JULY

Colour Alchemy: Magic of Paint Mixing

In this Evening Mini Art Workshop we will step outside of perhaps the rather 'dry' colour theory which you were taught at school and find alternative ways to select and mix colours which harmonise using a limited palette. I

Tue 9th SEPTEMBER

Single Impressions: Monotype Landscapes

In this Evening Mini Art Workshop you will create a series of beautiful local landscapes using a simple printmaking - mono printing that produces one-of-a-kind prints. This way of printing allows for spontaneity and expressive results.

Drawing large mixed media flowers and grasses

DRAW BIG
WORKSHOP

NEXT WORKSHOP
28th June 2025
10-1PM
£35

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Workshop Description: Lets Draw BIG

Having the space, freedom and bravery to draw big is both exciting and scary at the same time!

If you are comfortable drawing in your sketchbook or drawing from direct observation but wish you could have the opportunity to stretch yourself beyond the confines of the page on a table then this is the afternoon workshop for you.

We will spend the afternoon working with a variety of dry and wet media on a range of paper sizes from A2 up to full body height. Working from both observation and the imagination we will work through a range of exercises to find ways to stretch our mark making ideas and ways of seeing at scale. This is a guided rather than taught range of exercises which will encourage you to step outside your comfort zone to create drawings which have movement and expression.

This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience

All materials and teas/coffees and biscuits will be provided.

Information for participants

What will be provided:-

Papers
Wet and dry 'drawing' media
Drawing tools

What participants need to bring:-

Apron
Wear appropriate studio clothing

INTRODUCTION TO GELLI PRINTING
WORKSHOP
NEXT WORKSHOP
JUNE 2025

Workshop Description: Introduction to Gelli Plate Printing

We will spend half a day experimenting with the basics of Gelli printing. This is a form of mono-printing with a gelatine plate and is an easy and a playful method of printing and layering textures, colour and patterns which can be produced without the need for a press. You will be expertly guided on how to experiment with this technique, layering, masking, stamping using found objects from around the home and garden, stencilling for mark making and collaging to create detailed and highly personal one off pieces. You will come away from the workshop with a wide range of different mono prints printed onto A4 and A5 cartridge paper which can then be used as works in their own right, used to collage into bigger works or to make cards with.

This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience

What attendees say about this workshop:

"I really loved the whole experience-you're a brilliant teacher"

"A special and diverting afternoon"

" Just a brilliant afternoon, so much to take away"

Concertina Sketchbooks laid out together

CONCERTINA SKETCHBOOK WORKSHOP
NEXT WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 2025

Workshop Description: Introduction to Gelli Plate Printing

Sketchbooks are powerful and inspiring but sometimes intimidating right? Perhaps you already regularly use a sketchbook but would love to try working in a different way? Maybe you haven’t tried creating art for some time and the idea of a sketchbook sounds off putting?

This workshop is for everyone whatever your experience.

This workshop aims to show that sketchbooks are wonderful places to explore, play and excite your creativity. We will have fun filling a concertina sketchbook with exciting ways to manipulate and layer media using ink, collage, paint, chalk and pen. You will be given opportunities to experiment with different ideas, techniques and ways of working but your own personal and artistic style, preferences and approaches will shine through this sketchbook by the end of a the day.