Adults working with me in a workshop environment

water colour and acrylic painting at Trinity evenings

learn about watercolour washes



 figures and portraits

or acrylic land scapes

on location, from memory

or a photo, come and have a go

learning/remembering how to Paint and draw at Trinity evenings

Most children enjoy painting and drawing but many people don't have the confidence or  time to comtinue and they miss it.Come and have a go its very relaxing, in a studio/workshop environment, and I can show you some simple rules of composition and colour  that will help give you confidence to develop your own style. practical advice on  how to draw cartoons or devleoping a painting from a doodle.

 2 point perspective

What ever your level what ever subject interests you 

Colour theory practical tips

 you will develop individually in a non judgemental environment

Drawing to understand volume

 For a couple of years I was lucky enough to teach at Warickshire college
I took on the challenge of teaching waterbased painting and painting and drawing for beginers, I enjoyed very much, but there were a few in built problems for students,size of class & price, for me paperwork .Evening sessions at Trinity aim to address these issues, Evenings at Trinity have very small classes & you pay only when you come. At present demand I am running 3 sessions, this can increase. we start back from September 5th.

Evening sessions at Trinity

I have been developing evening painting sessions at Trinity Catholic School, Leamington Spa. Very small groups of students of all ages and ability work along side me 3 nights a week.

See My page, Classes for details for September.

Still life, we all worked on a set up for learning from each other about colour and form
Acrylic on board, Helena Godwin

Old glass is a challenging but beautiful subject
Acrylic on canvas, Helena Godwin

climbing out of mud, a painted sketch from a photo
this posses the question why paint from a photo, what does the artist bring.
this sketch captures my experience of the numerous times I have been in this situation.

sketch 2

Sculpture has been my Major interest since leaning to carve in the early 1990s
I have produced some beautiful work, that I exhibit regularly, and sometimes sell. the problem is I'm very limited by lack of suitable studio (gazebos blow down) equipment and really good professional materials. so I have focused my energies in two other directions
My garden installation (see older blog posts ) and painting at Trinity.
 I have always found Sculpture very instinctive, ideas come naturally, but I have approached Painting from a more intellectual angle I've had to learn rules and do exercises to practise similar to a musician learning a 2nd instrument.

flowers by students working with me at Trinity evenings

Acrylic on canvas, Miriam

Acylic on canvs, Liza

new acrylic paintings I've painted while at Trinity Wed& Thurs 6.30-9, Fri 3.30 till 6

Last Wed weather was good for a change so we had a go at painting on location Saxon Mill



 Water,light & trees,
 I painted colours that would relax me then added tree design, sightly chinese influence

Water & Light
abstract-I find it very difficult but I think this one worked

Impressions of local landscape

Places I walk