Tuition is an important part of my work and I find supporting others inspires me. I often draw my students at work and I am interested in the relationship between artist and subject. I aim for a collaborative approach to my sessions, with an emphasis on experimentation, challenge and personal development. I hold a variety of classes in Blewbury, which are listed below. I also tutor at Sunningwell School of Art, and have held workshops at Charleston House, OVADA, MOMA Oxford, as well as private art groups and 1:1. This summer I am excited to be tutoring with Art East Anglia and in the Autumn with Penn Studio School of Art.
If you would like to find out about tuition for yourself or your group please get in touch.
EXPERIMENTAL OIL PAINTING
26 & 27 October | Monday & Tuesday
10am - 3pm | £152
A wonderful opportunity to explore oil painting in a loose and freeing way! Experiment with mediums, application and surfaces. Designed to liberate you from conventions and encourage a playful relationship with oil paint. Bring your own studies and sketches to work from, or create a small still life with the objects I have. Whatever your subject, the aim is to experiment with oil paint and enjoy all that it can do for you, and all that you can do with it. I’ll be sharing a little of my own process and with spaces limited to a small supportive group there is plenty of scope for flexibility in work and time for individual and group discussion. We break for tea and biscuits, and for lunch.
Spaces are limited and on a first come basis.
LAST FEW SPACES
LIFE DRAWING MOVEMENT
4 December | Friday
10am - 3pm | £72
Draw our dancer model as she glides across the room. Spend a day exploring a variety of movement based drawing exercises in a loose and relaxing way. Experiment with materials, mark making and what it means to capture a sense of movement. Go beyond the literal and enjoy expressive gestures and energetic lines, and enjoy the freedom created through capturing movement. Drawing materials are provided and paper is sold at cost. We break for tea and biscuits, and for lunch.
Spaces are limited and on a first come basis.
PAINTING WITH PAPER
4 January - 8 February | Mondays | Online (& recorded)
10am - 12pm | £180 six weeks
I wanted to create a course to navigate the winter and this is it! Explore the slow, gentle rhythm of collage making with me and inject some colour into the darkest months of the year. Learn how to transform simple drawings into colourful and evocative collages. Consider how collaging can compliment and enhance your broader practice. In this small, online group we’ll explore technique, composition and colour palettes as I work alongside you to share the calming experience of painting with paper.
Spaces are limited and on a first come basis.
1:1 TUITION
Week day and evening slots | Online
1hr | £110 each / £295 block of 3
Sometimes we need deeper conversations and longer chats. A demo that’s tailor made, a technique explained in detail. Permission to keep digging, to ask more questions. Help finding our way out of a hole or to reignite our curiosity… These hour long 1:1 sessions are guided by you and your needs. Focusing on your creative development, we’ll take an in depth look at your work, share ideas, discuss processes and next steps. I do not pretend to have all the answers, my aim is to extract from you the strengths within your own work and to guide you forwards.
Spaces are limited and on a first come basis.
LIFE CLASS
18th September - 27th November (30th October - no class) | Fridays
10am - 12:30pm | £308 ten week term
Drawing is a means of communicating your ideas and sharing your observations. Whether you are a professional artist or a beginner, life drawing is like exercise for your eyes, and everyone can benefit from it.
During the Life Class you'll tackle a series of liberating exercises, designed to free you up and be honest about what you see. From blind drawing to negative spaces. You'll get to experiment with a range of materials, draw with chalk on sticks, practice measured drawing, tackle moving poses and find the model amongst a jumble of furniture.
Each week the group is given an exercise, but the critique is always individually focused, with no ‘right’, ‘wrong’ or ‘expected’ outcome, but rather a goal of individual development and original expression. So that beginners and practising artists alike are equally challenged and supported. The outcome being a continuous maturing of skill and confidence, in a relaxing and supportive environment.
We break for cups of tea and biscuits. I aim to end each session with some longer poses so that you have time to do your own thing and put what you've learnt into practice.
Spaces are limited and on a first come basis.
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Painting Group
18th September - 27th November (30th October - no class) | Fridays
1:30pm - 3:30pm | £288 ten week term
A small painting group for those with some experience. Working from observation, sketches and studies, you will explore a variety of ways to develop your painting. From colour to mark making, each term the group is given a project to hang their ideas on and encouraged to delve deeply into this, investigating with paint, collage and drawing, and really pushing a subject to its limits. With no set universal outcome the focus is on the journey of personal development and individual expression.
Spaces are limited and on a first come basis.
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