Clare Shepherd
Artist and Teacher
Artist led Art Classes

Some followed the lesson but quite a few came with their own projects from home (which I encourage). Many students were pleasantly...

I'll be asking my students to bring a good complex still-life from which to work. We'll be looking specifically at tone and contrast with...

We were looking at the work of well known artists and responding to examples of their paintings. Students learned a great deal about the...

It's been very common for artists to choose a well known work of art an re-interpret it in their own style. Picasso was a master at this....

I accidentally deleted some and managed to retrieve a few but everything is back out of order...Computer thumbs!! Anyway here's a picture...

Having a lovely time, great to see the family - very changeable weather, hot & sunny, cold and wet! We're just in time for the cherry...

We travelled south from Osaka on the bullet trains at about 200mph ( fantastic trains) to a dedicated art island, Naoshima, staying in...

I'm sorry to have missed the snow a 2nd time this winter. However swimming in Antarctic-temperature seas makes up for it! A few pics...

Some of the work still in progress, a lovely day of making working drawings which were then translated into the paintings you see here....

I'm almost home from my amazing road trip! Here is the outline plan of the workshop day below. This workshop day is about the working...