MAGGIE READ
ARTIST · TUTOR · DEMONSTRATOR
- PORTRAIT
- FIGURES
- LANDSCAPES
- SEASCAPES
- BUILDINGS
- STILL-LIFE
- DRAWING
- WATERCOLOURS
- PEN AND WASH
- MIXED MEDIA
- PASTELS
- ACRYLICS
About The Artist
Surrey artist, Maggie Read was trained at the Epsom College of Art and Design (now known as the University of the Creative Arts) where she studied Graphic Design and Illustration. She worked as a freelance illustrator for several years before having a family and re-launching her career as an Art Tutor in Adult Education. Maggie continued to paint and accept commissions for portraits and illustrations. Eleven years ago she opened Pirbright Art Club in Surrey and regularly organises and runs exhibitions, outdoor painting days, workshops, art holidays and private classes.
Experienced in teaching most media, Maggie's strengths are in drawing; watercolours; pastels and pen & wash. She is skilled in showing students how to achieve interesting composition and prepare sketches for paintings. Demonstrations are clear, and colour-mixing is kept simple.
Maggie demonstrates to art groups and societies as well as in her regular classes. Figures and portraits, landscapes, seascapes and still-life are among the many subjects which she demonstrates. In October 2011, Maggie gave a demonstration to Brookwood Art Group on seascapes in watercolour, with added pastel as a finishing technique.
Surrey artist, Maggie Read was trained at the Epsom College of Art and Design (now known as the University of the Creative Arts) where she studied Graphic Design and Illustration. She worked as a freelance illustrator for several years before having a family and re-launching her career as an Art Tutor in Adult Education. Maggie continued to paint and accept commissions for portraits and illustrations. Eleven years ago she opened Pirbright Art Club in Surrey and regularly organises and runs exhibitions, outdoor painting days, workshops, art holidays and private classes.
Experienced in teaching most media, Maggie's strengths are in drawing; watercolours; pastels and pen & wash. She is skilled in showing students how to achieve interesting composition and prepare sketches for paintings. Demonstrations are clear, and colour-mixing is kept simple.
Maggie demonstrates to art groups and societies as well as in her regular classes. Figures and portraits, landscapes, seascapes and still-life are among the many subjects which she demonstrates. In October 2011, Maggie gave a demonstration to Brookwood Art Group on seascapes in watercolour, with added pastel as a finishing technique.
LATEST NEWS
Art Holiday to France, 2012
The next holiday will take place from Tuesday 5th June to Monday 11th June, 2012.
Art course tuition runs from Wednesday to Saturday inclusive. The course is structured but flexible and will include tips on composition, drawing techniques, painting in watercolour and using pen and wash. For further information and how to book, click here
Art Holiday to France, 2012
The next holiday will take place from Tuesday 5th June to Monday 11th June, 2012.
Art course tuition runs from Wednesday to Saturday inclusive. The course is structured but flexible and will include tips on composition, drawing techniques, painting in watercolour and using pen and wash. For further information and how to book, click here
Exhibitions
Surrey Artists Open Studios
Maggie
recently took part in the Surrey Artists
Open Studios
event. This event allowed visitors across Surrey to gain an insight into the working
practices of various artists, through visiting their studios, viewing
finished work and having the chance to discuss the artist's techniques
used in their creative processes. Maggie's studio is located at The Mayford Centre,
Smart's Heath Road, Woking. For further information see the
Surrey Artists Open
Studios web-site.
Surrey Artists Open Studios
Maggie
recently took part in the Surrey Artists
Open Studios
event. This event allowed visitors across Surrey to gain an insight into the working
practices of various artists, through visiting their studios, viewing
finished work and having the chance to discuss the artist's techniques
used in their creative processes. Maggie's studio is located at The Mayford Centre,
Smart's Heath Road, Woking. For further information see the
Surrey Artists Open
Studios web-site.
