Tim Fisher

Artist Details

Artist Name: Tim Fisher
Artist Home Page: www.timfisherartist.co.uk
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Tuition

Tim Fisher is entirely self taught and is one of the UK's leading demonstrators and tutors. He was nominated 'Tutor of the Month' by the Leisure Painter magazine.
He is the UK demonstrator for Sennelier pastels and has also demonstrated for Derwent pencils and The Artist's Publishing co.
He is happy to teach and demonstrate in a variety of media, one to one tuition is available from his studio based in Frisby on the Wreake, Leicestershire. This autumn he will be running art classes from the village hall at Frisby in a variety of mediums.

 

Biography

Tim Fisher entirely self taught, Tim is established as a leading demostrator and tutor.His book "Paint Flowers in Acrylic" published by Search Press was released last year. Tim has also  filmed a DVD with the SAA to accompany the book, some of this filming appeared on the Paint Channel. He was nominated Tutor of the month by the Leisure Painter magazine and his articles regularly appear in this and other art publications. Tim is the UK demonstrator for Sennelier Soft pastels and creator of Fisher400 artpaper used worldwide by pastel, mixed media artists and more recently coloured pencil artists.
New Year 2013 saw him busy with a painting commission for a local hotel refurbishment. One of the paintings was a triptych of Belvoir Castle and surrounding Leicestershire countryside. The largest canvas measured 4 foot by 3 foot, so large it had to be fixed to the studio wall during the painting process!
The oil painting Melton Millenium Meet is owned by Leicestershire Museums and is one of the paintings featured on the BBC paintings website in conjuction with the Public Catalogue Foundation.
Tim was also the front page featured artist in the June issue of the Leisure Painter magazine.

 

Exhibitions

 

Awards

Tutor of the month Leisure Painter Magazine.
Front page Daler Rowney
Runner up in the first Not the Turner Prize, sponsored by the Daily Mail.
Front page feature of the Leisure Painter magazine in December 06, September 08 and February 09.
Featured tutor in SAA art club news Nov 08
New book "Paint Flowers in Acrylic" by Search Press due for released Decemer 2011 and accompanying DVD available.
Front page artist in the June issue of the Leisure Painter.

 

Media

Acrylic Inks, Acrylics, Canvas, Coloured Pencil, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oil pastel, Oils, Pastels, Pen & Ink, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Water soluble pastels, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencil

 

Subjects

Aircraft, Animals, Buildings, Cars & Trains, Colour Mixing, Figure, Flowers And Gardens, Illustration, Impressionism, Landscape, Life Drawing, Portrait, Seascapes and Water, Skies, Still Life, Townscapes, Trees and Foliage, Waterways and Canals, Wildlife