I first picked up pencils in 2020, as my now husband suggested I find a hobby in lockdown! And I was then hooked into the magic of drawing and how it helped calm me. I learnt some invaluable techniques from online tutorials, workshops, and fellow local AAA member France Baudin,  and I continue to practice and develop my own techniques and style.  

Wanting to share the power of pencils with others I now run beginners' workshops in my local area as “Peace, Pencils & Portraits” to encourage people to try pencils. I also combine drawing with my meditation training in mindful sessions, along with offering commissions.  

Central to my art are the animals I draw. There is something very spiritual about studying their unique character and capturing their soul onto paper. My favourite animals to draw are birds and dogs, (ably supervised by my own pup Leicester!) but I am now branching out into others as I develop a set of work called Big and Small.  

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