Andrew Newton

My name is Andrew Newton and I’m a fine artist and art tutor who resides in Fleet, Hampshire.

I have a 1st class BA (hons) degree in Fine Art, specialising in painting. I’ve been teaching privately for over 9 years, conducting one to one sessions and small workshops to students with a varying abilities, skills and mixed age ranges.
I specialise in teaching different styles of painting, for example impasto expressionism to fine technical realism, mostly concentrating on acrylic and oil based paints.
The subject matter I specialise in is usually portraits and landscape, although I encourage my students to explore all facets of visual arts including mixed media and abstract painting which I also have experience in my own artistic practice.
Besides painting I tutor drawing techniques with pencils, charcoal, chalk and oil pastel as well.

Currently I teach at the `Disability Initiative` charity in Camberley, where I am an observational and technical art instructor to people with both mental and physical disabilities. At the charity I support clients to fulfil their artist potential to create personal and group artworks throughout the course of a 12 week rolling programme.
I`ve also taught for over 8 years at Arthouse Unlimited and The Meath Epilepsy Charity where I delivered similar workshop sessions to groups of people with learning difficulties and epilepsy. Their art works are sold to the public and exhibited in professional exhibitions and art fairs.

My personal artistic style comes from a background of hyper-realistic portraiture, though in recent years my practice has explored drastic changes while implementing abstraction and expressive mark making. Combining the two styles is something I do quite often with my painting, creating juxtaposed duality which relate to my artworks aesthetic.