Michele Webber
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Artist Name: Michele WebberTuition
AVAILABLE NOW IN SUDBURY, SUFFOLK:
REGULAR SAT MORNING CLASSES IN GREAT CORNARD, SUDBURY
There is a short waiting list for places to get on the (no obligation) list, please email me!
PRIVATE TUITION
Available at my studio £21 per hour, (Places limited). Please note, I am only currently taking private student appointments for Saturday afternoons.
OCCASIONAL ONE DAY COURSES HELD AT VARIOUS VENUES INCLUDING GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE
For up to date details please see my personal website
** No one day courses currently planned for Summer 2011 due to my workload for this year
WORKSHOPS AND DEMOS
Price dependent on details, please email. Note that I am not taking any more bookings for 2011 due to my workload.
HOLIDAYS
Details to be finalised, but it is possible there may be a painting holiday in Spain 2012 or 2013
- Future Tuition:
- Adults Painting and Drawing, Sat Mornings
- Private one to one tuition
Biography
I was born in Middlesex, but moved house a lot during my childhood, attending no less than 8 schools. Disillusioned with school, reading and drawing were all I cared for. On leaving school at 16 the careers officer explained that my best plan was to learn to type, and get an office job, my ideas of being an artist were dismissed as unrealistic.
I stopped drawing entirely, trained as a hairdresser, but became bored with it as soon as I was qualified. Most of my twenties were spent copy-typing in offices.
After moving to Suffolk, 18 years ago, I became gradually aware that the desire to produce artwork was still very strong. A holiday in St Ives in Cornwall introduced me to watercolour painting; initially I did very badly, but somehow I knew that painting was the only thing for me. Unexpectedly becoming a single parent gave me the push I needed. I had no qualifications, a skill (copy-typing) that was obsolete. I couldn't even drive. I was terrified, but it was now or never. Art or a desk job.
Since the day I realised I was meant to be an artist all along it has been my only path. Advice to ‘get a proper job' was ignored. Every time someone told me it was a bad idea my determination doubled. Fear has gone out the window as I have thrown myself headlong into every opportunity that has come my way.
Today I still live in Suffolk, with my lovely supportive partner as well as my now teenage daughter, and work from my newly built garden studio. My work is hugely varied; as well as selling artwork I market my images on products, tutor classes and workshops, write articles and undertake illustration commissions. For the immediate future I would like to do more illustration work, consolidate my artwork marketing and find a venue for teaching art holidays abroad.
Exhibitions
Currently exhibiting work in various East Anglian galleries and premises. For up to date details please see my main website.
Media
Coloured Pencil, Drawing, Mixed Media, Monoprint, Mosaic, Oil pastel, Pastels, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencil
Subjects
Animals, Buildings, Flowers And Gardens, Illustration, Landscape, Life Drawing, Portrait, Seascapes and Water, Skies, Still Life, Surrealism, Townscapes, Trees and Foliage, Wildlife
