N Pickup

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Tuition

Nina holds a degree in Education and has been teaching painting for many years to amateur artists. This includes several years as a tutor with the local Scarborough branch of the U3A [University of the 3rd age]

Tuition is currently availably in Nina's working studio in The Market Vaults, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Sessions are friendly and deliberately kept small to ensure a satisfactory tutor/pupil ratio.

Media covered are usually watercolour, acrylic, pastels and oil paints, but other media can be studied too.

Painting tuition can be arranged for regular weekly attendance or even a one off basis.

 

Biography

Nina has been a professional artist for the last 12 years and has her own studio and gallery in Scarborough Market Vaults.

She is a self-taught artist and is proficient in many media.

She gained A Level Art and a Diploma in Painting and Print making as a mature student. She also has a degree in Education [B.Ed] from Leeds University.

In recent years she studied briefly with Jenny Caruana in Malta and Alvaro Castagnet in Scotland.

Nina is a member of the Oil Pastel Society and a past treasurer of Scarborough Art Society. She is also an active member of the internet artists community - WetCanvas.com.

 

Exhibitions

July/Aug 2008 Ingrid Flute Gallery, Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.

July/Aug 2007 Ingrid Flute Gallery, Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.

July 2006 Ingrid Flute Gallery, Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.
[Most recent Solo exhibition]

East Coast Open Exhibition
Scarborough Art Gallery
2008
2006
2000
1998

Winter Exhibition
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
2008
2001
2000
1999
1998
1985

 

Awards

North Yorkshire Vintage Machinery Fair Sept 2008. First prize craft demonstration section.

Honourable mention in Oil Pastel Society exhibition 2005 with "Pretty Boy" a portrait of a military macaaw.

 

Media

Acrylic Inks, Acrylics, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oil pastel, Oils, Pastels, Pen & Ink, Pen And Wash, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencil

 

Subjects

Animals, Buildings, Colour Mixing, Flowers And Gardens, Landscape, Seascapes and Water, Skies, Still Life, Townscapes, Trees and Foliage, Wildlife