E-workshops and Postal Workshops

I am offering my workshops as an email course for people who live too far away to attend for the day. I will show you everything you need to build up a beautiful animal painting in easy stages.  These workshops are extremely popular, with many people steadily working their way through the whole menagerie!  I have to say that I have been very impressed with the results achieved - please have a look at my new Students' Gallery and judge for yourself. 

'*New* - Dartmoor Pony'

When you order an e-workshop, I will start by posting you a pre-drawn image printed on A3 size paper (the image will not fill the paper to the edge). I will also email you a photograph to work from, together with another photograph demonstrating the first stage of the workshop and notes for guidance. When you have completed that stage you can email me for comments and help, attaching a photograph of your completed stage if you wish. Once the first stage has been successfully completed, I will email the next stage over to you and so on. There will be four stages in total, and over the course of the workshop I will give you guidelines on which colours to use and how to apply the colour, also the most suitable types of pastel to use.

Each workshop is self contained, and the cost is £27.50 for each subject, to cover all four stages.  The price is inclusive of £2.50 p&p for the pre-printed drawing. 

As an alternative I can supply my e-workshops by post, which makes them suitable as a gift for those without cyber-skills!  The cost of postal e-workshops is £30.00, to reflect the additional cost of postage and printing.

                       ****New for Christmas****

For an extra £5.00 you can have an additional pre-printed image when ordering your e-workshop.  You can use this to produce a second finished image for a perfect and personal Christmas gift - or to share the workshop with a friend. 

Please contact me to order.  The following images are now available, arranged in order of difficulty:

1.   Jersey Cow;  2.  Cheetah;  3.  Snow Leopard; 4.  Hebridean Ram;  5. Wolf; 6. Spring Lambs; 7.  Tabby Cat;   8.  Exmoor Pony; 9. Dartmoor Pony; 10. Calf (mixed media)

'Coming soon - Cockerel '

Coming soon:

11.  Cockerel (mixed media); 12.  Beast of Exmoor! ; 13. Pheasant; 14.  Meerkat; 15. Tiger

Please click on E-workshop gallery to see the range

                                                    **** Pet Portrait Course by e-mail****

I am now offering my pet portrait courses by e-mail. 

These specialised courses show you how to make the most of the lucrative pet portrait market, and include essential tips on all aspects of pet portraiture, including:

* Photography

* Choice of paper

* Design and composition

* Drawing out

* Choice of pastels

* Different approaches to painting your image

* Presentation

* Marketing suggestions

Whether you are a beginner, or an experienced artist wishing to develop your skills, you will find this course invaluable. 

Two courses are currently available, one covering cats, the other horses - a third course on dogs will follow later in the year.

Once you sign up for my Pet Portrait course, I will send you one of my standard e-workshops (currently Tabby Cat or Exmoor Pony).  These standard e-workshops include full instructional notes and stage images to take you step by step through the process of painting an animal subject.  You will find this an  invaluable "practice session" before you start to paint your own pet.**

Once you have successfully completed the e-workshop stage, I will send you a sample of various types of suitable paper, and e-mail you a set of course notes covering the topics highlighted above.  These will include notes on photography showing you how to take a good photograph of your favourite animal - this is the essential first step to producing a good finished portrait.  I will then help you to select the best photograph for you to work from, post you a sheet of your selected paper, and then provide you with help and advice while you paint your choice of pet from your selected photograph.

As you are working your way through your painting, we can discuss individual modules covered by the course notes as you reach that stage.

At the end of the course you will have two images that you will be proud of - as well as added confidence when taking on commissions.

The cost of the Pet Portrait e-mail course is £95.00, to cover P&P, printing, course notes and tuition.

 **Note - if you have already completed one of my standard e-workshop courses, you may wish to omit this stage if you feel confident enough to proceed without it.  The cost of the course minus the e-workshop will be £67.50.