Drawing and Painting - qualified teacher, award winning artist, and published illustrator

Qualified Art teacher, ex Head of Art and practicing artist, writer and illustrator.

Do you need an Art Tutor to get you through your GCSE or A Level coursework and exams? Or are you a beginner who wants to learn to draw and paint? Perhaps you need someone to help boost your confidence, or would like a mentor who can support you to develop your skills and ideas?

I`m a former Head of Art Department with over ten years teaching experience in a large comprehensive school, who has now worked for over ten years with two of the major UK exam boards as a GCSE Art moderator. I have a first class degree in both Art and English, and an MA (distinction) in illustration. I also work as a tutor for adult learners at The Royal West Academy in Bristol and offer workshops to communities around South Glos.

I can offer:

Private tuition to help you improve your GCSE and A Level coursework, and raise your grade.
Help developing a portfolio for Art college and university applications and interviews.
Support with your primary, KS3, GCSE and A level Art.

Fun, stimulating Art Classes after school or at weekends in your home for individuals or groups of children or adults, for enjoyment and personal and creative development.

I can teach watercolour, acrylics and oils, all forms of painting and drawing, along with mixed media, printmaking, batik and textiles, craft and 3D design, graphics, illustration, ceramics and more.

About me:
In 2014 I completed an MA in "Authorial Illustration" (with Distinction) at the University of Falmouth. Prior to that I worked as Head of Art at Didcot Girls` School in Oxfordshire for 9 years, before moving South-West towards Bristol where I began working as a tutor at the Royal West Academy amongst other things. I have now just moved up to the Stroud area and am looking for new students and opportunities to share my passion for painting and all things creative. I have an up to date DBS check and I work as a GCSE Art exam moderator every summer so I`m very familiar with the latest requirements from the exam boards and course curricula. I am also an artist, selling paintings locally through various galleries, a writer and the illustrator of several published books. I`m the author of two books: `Soul Color, a ten week course on watercolour painting to cultivate creativity and mindfulness`, and `Earth Color, on making art for nature connection'.