Education
There is a potential artist in everyone and I have over thirty years of experience working across the age and ability range. I devise and deliver quality art workshops and courses, as well as offer professional development training and mentoring. Over the years I have developed an extensive toolkit of special methods to facilitate each participants creativity. I also regularly work with other practitioners on collaborative, performance-based workshops.
In 2012 I was honoured with a Members Award from the Action for Children’s Arts for my ‘outstanding contribution to the enrichment of children’s lives through the arts’.
My annual Connected Drawing course takes place at Trigonos in Snowdonia, a wonderful residential retreat centre. The next course is on 20-24 May 2018.
Workshops and courses are tailored to suit your needs. Please contact me to discuss details.
Developing Dylan 2014 5m01s
Workshop with performance poet Martin Daws for excluded pupils.
Criw Celf ii 2010
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Criw Celf is an art club to enable young people age 7 – 12 from Gwynedd to participate in artist-led workshops.
Criw Celf iii 2010
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Drawing with Light: Bruntcliffe School 2010
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A group of 6th Form students draw with the video projection technology during a three-day residency, at Bruntcliffe School, Morley in Leeds. Musicians from Opera North joined us for the second day when the students drew the music and the musicians.
MidFrame 2011
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In collaboration with Christine Watkins as part of her performance project Tide Tables, we delivered a one-day workshop for mid-life female creative practitioners.
Drawing with Light – IBLF workshop at Trigonos 2011
This was a taster session for participants on a training week. Professionals from a variety of backgrounds met to work on Partnership Brokering. This session was to offer a different view of creativity in partnership. Most of the participants do not normally draw.
Red Riding Hood
Drawing and painting collaboration between myself and the children.
Beyond Wordplay Fairytale Project: Swansea 2008
For images of my workshops browse the gallery below.
- Drawing at the Osprey centre 2017
- Training day PBA 2017
- Rogues Gallery 2017
- Training day PBA 2017
- Training day PBA 2017
- Moneypenny workshop 2017
- Moneypenny workshop 2017
- Draw the dot 2017
- Drawing the dot 2017
- Drawing the dot 2017
- Drawing movement 2017
- Rogues Gallery 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Drawing workshop for Calderdale Calligraphers 2017
- Connected Drawing course 2017
- Connected Drawing course at Trigonos
- Calligraphers drawing course in Norway
- Connected Drawing course 2016
- Connected Drawing course at Trigonos 2016
- Drawing Ospreys
- Island Art Group workshop
- Observational drawing at Bodelwddan Castle
- Alex – Body Sculpture 2014
- Kieran – Body Sculpture 2014
- Jordan – Body Sculpture 2014
- Kieran working on his sculpture
- Training Day PBA 2014
- PBA workshop painting (detail) 2014
- Painting workshop 2014
- Criw Celf Workshop
- Criw Celf at Ruthin Craft Centre 2014
- Training day PBA 2014
- Training day PBA 2014
- Observational Drawing 2014
- Shadows and Light workshop 2013
- Lines of Transmission 2013
- Lines of Transmission 2013
- Lines of Transmission 2013
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Outside In 2013 Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy
- Drawing Tomorrow 2013
- Drawing Tomorrow 2013
- Drawing tomorrow 2013
- Drawing Tomorrow 2013
- Tone and Line drawing 2012
- Warm to cool painting 2012
- Observational drawing 2012
- Mid Frame workshop 2011
- Drawing with Light 2011 workshop
- Mid Frame workshop 2011
- Mid Frame workshop 2011
- Mid Frame workshop 2011
- Drawing with Light workshop 2011
- Drawing with Light workshop 2011
- Drawing with Light workshop 2011
- Drawing with Light 2011
- Drawing with Light workshop 2011
- Tilly Draws Spring 2011
- Olivia’s Flowers 2010
- Criw Celf Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Criw Celf Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light workshop 2010
- Interactive Drawing workshop 2010
- Interactive Drawing workshop 2010
- Interactive Drawing workshop 2010
- Interactive Drawing workshop 2010
- Interactive Drawing workshop 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Drawing with Light – Bruntcliffe School 2010
- Noreen Selkie 2008
- Niamh as Selkie 2008
- Niamh Selkie 2008
- Darren Selkie 2008
- Ciroa as a Selkie 2008
- Ciroa Selkie Montage 2008
- Original Visions 2008
- Dance and Art workshop 2007
- Hansel and Gretal 2008
- Billy Goats Gruff 2009
- Digital Arts 2007
- Rapunzel 2009
- Rumplestiltskin 2009
- Rumplestiltskin title page 2009
- Rumplestiltskin title page 2009
- Billy Goats Gruff 2007
- Rapunzel 2009
- Billy Goats (title page) 2009
- Rumplestiltskin 2009
- Jack and the Beanstalk 2008
- Red Riding Hood 2008
- Red Riding Hood 2008
- Red Riding Hood 2008
- Snow White cover 2008
- Snow White 2008
- Snowwhite and the witch 2008
- Goldilocks (title page) 2009
- Goldilocks 2009
- Goldilocks 2009
- Digital Arts 2007
- Digital Arts 2007
- Tone Line Colour 2007
- Tone Line Colour 2007
- Tone Lone Colour 2007
- Tone Line Colour 2007
- Warrier Square workshop 2007
- Rogues Gallery, Jersey Youth Arts Group 2006
- Mapping Drawing 2006
- The Firebird 2005
- The Firebird 2005
- The Firebird 2005
- Myself, My Body 2005
- Myself, My Body 2005
- Goldilocks 2009
- Long Walks 2004
- Seeds to Fruits 2004
- Conference of the Birds 2004
- Conference of the Birds 2004
- Conference of the Birds 2004
- Conference of the Birds 2004
- Our Village 2004
- Urban Eye Stoke 2004
- Night And Day 2004
- Edward’s sketch 2004
- Fourth Branch 2003
- Bloduewydd 2003
- Bloduewydd 2003
- Heaven Earth and Hell 2003
- Heaven Earth and Hell 2003
- Fire and Sea 2003
- Fire and Ice 2003
- Body Sculptures 2002
- Body Sculptures 2002
- Labyrinths – Beach Art 2002
- St George and the Dragon After Ucello 2001
- St George and the Dragon After Ucello 2001
- Warm to cool painting 2001 Early Years workshop
- The Skeleton Olympics 1992
- Flight 1994
- The Unicorn Returns 1987
- Mooongarden Unicorn 1987
- Working on the Magic Apple Tree 1987
- Drawing Fear 1987