Helen Hallows

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Hello! Let me tell you about the ethos behind my courses. If you have any questions you can email me by clicking on the envelope image at the bottom of the page.

My courses offer you techniques and ideas to build on where you are creatively, to use the resources that you have and to get you inspired about building your confidence and developing sketchbooks ready to make unique art.

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Nourishing your wellbeing is at the root of finding creative flow. My courses encourage you to slow down, switch off and reconnect with nature. Courses are self-led with evergreen access so you can work at your own pace. I share what goes on in my head and how I challenge my inner critic. You will learn to use all your senses to feed your creative soul. Whether you are coming back to art after a long break or looking to re-boot your practice, I offer short and long courses, centred around the sketchbook.

Is it time to put your creativity at the top of your to-do list? Make space for playful, curious exploration. I share mixed media techniques with paint and collage so you can create colourful research pages in your sketchbook that allow you to develop your marks, pattern, colour and texture. Through a series of exciting inspirations and exercises you will be able to create dynamic, confident sketchbooks and find, or hone, your own artistic voice.

Are you ready to get past fear into a place of freedom and flow? Once you let go of outcomes and focus on process you can find joy in your artistic expression. Once you have a toolbox of techniques and approaches you can find direction and satisfaction in your output and progress your art beyond the sketchbook. My courses are aimed at those who want to create from primary sources and develop work for paint, collage or stitch.

I am a Confident, Courageous Creative and I want to guide you to be one too! I have accepted creativity as my purpose and that if I deny myself that then I stop being me. Does that resonate with you? Do you put everyone else's needs ahead of your own?

I am curious not perfect - I have given up on perfectionism. Follow your instincts, journey with your intuition, delve into curiosity. Try new techniques, begin again, and again, and again but keep creating until something clicks, a style, a technique, a motif, a sense of place – because there is such joy in that moment it’s worth it! Are you ready to create with curiosity and joy?

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