Classes, Tutoring, and Mentoring

As an art teacher I have over ten years experience offering support to students. I've worked with students of every age, teaching total beginners as well as art students and more established artists. While I specialise in animals, I teach a wide variety of subjects and can assist in developing your skills drawing any subject. I teach lessons and workshops in all media I'm proficient in, including graphite, colour pencil, charcoal, soft pastel, ink, watercolour, and digital drawing techniques. Check below for more details and to look at some of my past students' work.

• One-to-One Tutoring
  £35 p/h - in person £30 p/h - online

One-to-one art lessons in person at my home in Glasgow or online. Fully personlisable to ensure you're working on the exact skills you're looking to develop. Materials are provided in in-person classes and you have the opportunity to try out a range of professional grade equipment without investing in it yourself. I provide tailored lessons for complete beginners through to professional development. In addition to technical art skills, I also offer academic tuition for Nat5 and Higher art students in practical art skills, theory, written exams, and portfolio preparation for college and university.

• Business Mentoring and Coaching £50 p/h

Are you wanting to start freelancing as an artist or would like to set up your own creative business? Is the process of where to start overwhelming? Or perhaps you've been freelancing for a while but are struggling with the ins and outs of running your business? Sometimes working alone, it can also be difficult to self-motivate, and having someone to hold us accountable, provide solid targets and schedules can be what we need to take off. If this sounds like you, I offer tailored business mentoring for fellow artists. With ten years experience of freelancing, I can help you find your niche, build your portfolio, teach you good business practice and how to successfully interact with your customers, and overall develop as a professional artist.

Coaching is available online and in person. Get your first consultation half price for just £25 for an hour! If you'd like ongoing support, I offer an 8 week package discount. An hour per week for 8 weeks for £320 (individual 8 hour mentoring price is £400)

• Art Classes and Workshops

I host various in-person short art courses and workshops around Glasgow, including at Cass Art in the city centre. Class sizes are kept small to ensure plenty of one-to-one tuition and are suitable for beginner and intermediate artists. Themes and mediums vary from workshop to workshop. Updates for when new classes are running are posted on my social media accounts. Additionally, I have a class mailing list, which is the first to be updated for new classes and courses. If you'd like to be added to the mailing list, please drop me an email!

If you have a friend or a small group of friends and would like to set up your own semi-private art class, I am available to do this. I’m also available to hire for parties and other creative events.

• Parties

Looking for a unique theme for a party? I offer a range of fun activities to suit your personal creative interests and can plan parties suitable for children, teenagers, and adults. Themes of previous parties and creative workshops I've run have included, manga, comics and character design, fantasy creatures, science and art, animals, pets, portraiture, collage, watercolours and more. If you'd be interested in hiring an artist for your party and live in or close to Glasgow, feel free to get in touch for a personalised quote.

How Do I Teach?

Unlike a lot of formal art courses, my lessons heavily emphasize technique and giving you both the skill and theoretical fundermentals to progress quickly with your artistic ability. My workshops and classes are kept small to allow for plenty of one-to-one tuition time where I can demonstrate techniques and work with you individually. Classes typically focus on realism which is fundermental to stylistic approaches, and in particular, we study anatomy, textures, and the theory and application behind achieving realistic light and colour.

Student Gallery

Dog Portraits

Student Sketch Books

Birds

Nature and Wildlife

Beginners watercolour workshop

Creature concept design workshops

Testimonials