Andrew Geeson

Andrew is an accomplished artist who has been working with watercolours for the past 10 years. He has developed a unique style that is characterised by its loose and quick approach.

Andrew's paintings are filled with energy and movement, and his use of watercolours creates a sense of fluidity and spontaneity that is truly captivating. One of the things that sets Andrew apart as an artist is his passion for teaching others. He loves to share his knowledge and experience with students of all skill levels, and he is known for his ability to make the process of creating art simple and exciting.

Angela Gaughan

Angela Gaughan is a Welsh born artist who is now resident in Calverton, Nottinghamshire. She works in a variety of mediums and is probably best known for her portraits and wildlife studies although she has previously undertaken commissions on a wide variety of subjects.

Angela holds regular classes in Calverton, and has given frequent demonstrations and workshops. She has reached a wide audience through her work for Derwent Pencils and regularly appears at shows and exhibitions. She has also demonstrated her pencil techniques on television.

Annette Morris

Annette Morris is a British artist and urban sketcher based in Languedoc, south of France.

Her work captures the lights, colours and energy of daily French life and the landscape, towns and villages that are a continual source of inspiration to her.

Primarily using watercolour, Annette has developed a magical approach to her paintings, often combining bright washes of colour with ink, other mediums and alternative techniques.

Antonio Bartolo

Currently, Antonio lives in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Throughout his career he has participated in several exhibitions both collective and individual in Portugal and abroad. António had his watercolours exhibited in France, Spain, Canada, Belgium, Greece, Morocco, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Czech Republic, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, China, Pakistan, USA and Switzerland.

Besides being and artist he also gives workshops and watercolour classes. António Bártolo is both IWS Portugal Country leader and IWS board member.

António has collaborated in several watercolour related projects:
Encontro Internacional de Aguarela de Santa Cruz; International Watercolour Meeting of Caldas da Rainha; Portugal country leader in Inarte Fabriano in Aquarello – Italy. He has also been publicised in several publications: “Balade poétique” by request of Villenave d’Ornon city Hall– France; “Diário de uma Cidade” by request Torres Vedras City Hall.

António Bártolo is represented in several public collections in Portugal and abroad: C.M.Torres Vedras, CCC Caldas da Rainha, CCC Torres Vedras, A.M.I. (ONG), Fórum Telecom, Toitorres S.A., Impoeste S.A., Hotel Albatroz, Hotel Altis, Strumica cultural House – Macedonia, Museo Nacional de la Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo and Museo Internazionale dell'Acquarello, Fabriano – Italy, Lowell Senior High School – Indiana, USA.

Ashley Hawkes

Ashley has been making art since she was big enough to sit at a table and took every available art class throughout middle and high school.

In her 20’s she became a full time professional photographer and moved to San Diego California, USA. In 2016 she took a step back from the pro photography business to homeschool her children and began playing in watercolour again. She has been playing, practicing and constantly improving since 2019 when she moved back to Idaho. She recently began doing pet portrait commission work and loves every second in her happy place - her home studio!

Barry Herniman

Barry Herniman is a full time artist from England and has been painting landscapes and seascapes for many years both in the studio and ‘en plein air’. His favourite medium is watercolour, its immediacy and transparency he believes is hard to beat and he never tires of watching the colours mix and mingle on the paper. Barry thinks there are few things more challenging and exciting than painting and sketching in front of my chosen subjects whether it be in the heart of the country, perched on a coastal cliff or in a busy city.

A tutor for over 20 years, Barry delights from watching students produce their own exciting works of art and he has travelled extensively both at home and abroad doing demonstrations, tutoring workshops and painting holidays. Barry regularly writes articles for the Artist magazine and has designed and produced his own lightweight ‘Cloverleaf Paintbox’ which is on sale worldwide.

Brooke Richards

Brooke Richards lives in Georgia in the Untied States. She lives with her daughter and lots of pets, including a lizard named Vinnie Van Gogh.

She has been an art educator for over 20 years. She has taught both teenagers and adults in a variety of art media and techniques. Although she loves teaching high school, she truly loves teaching adult art classes. In teaching both types of students, she seeks to show every student that they have their own voice. She believes that art has healing powers and hopes that her classes and workshops give individuals the freedom to learn new things and to express themselves.

Brooke has explored many art styles and techniques. In the past several years, she has renewed her love of working with watercolor and collage. She enjoys working with vintage photographs, found papers, and hand-painted papers. In each piece she works to tell a short story based on personal memories and handed-down stories based on her family. In telling layered stories, she enjoys working with lots of layers in her pieces and a variety of media.

Brooke’s classes will provided ideas and techniques to help you tell your own stories.

Carne Griffiths

Working primarily with calligraphy inks, graphite and liquids, such as tea, Griffiths’ fascination with drawing focuses on the creation and manipulation of the drawn line. Images explore human, geometric and floral forms, in a combination of both literal and abstract translation and in response to images and situations encountered in daily life.

Originally from Liverpool, Griffiths graduated from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone in 1995. After moving to London he served an apprenticeship at the longest-established gold wire embroidery firm in the world. Here he worked as a designer for twelve years, eventually becoming the creative director. Carne produced intricate designs for the military and the film, theatre, fashion and advertising industries. His designs were used for the uniforms in the films Valkyrie, The Last King of Scotland, and in particular his ‘Red Death Coat’ was used in The Phantom of the Opera. Carne’s elaborate floral designs for Asprey were included in their first ever catwalk collection and his work was featured on the embroidered cover of the 80th Royal Variety Performance programme in 2008.

Since establishing his own studio in 2010, Carne has exhibited in the UK and overseas with work shown at the London Original Print Fair, the Royal Academy, Stroke Art Fair, Affordable Art Fair, the London Art Fair and with solo Exhibitions in Brighton, Hong Kong, Milan and an upcoming show in Hamburg. Carne's illustration work has seen him collaborate with the British photographer Rankin for a 6 page feature in Hunger magazine as well as featuring in publications worldwide, notably for several covers of the New York Observer, English Heritage magazine and for Brand projects including work for Microsoft, Derwent, Peroni, Lakes Distillery and Ibis Hotels.

Carole Massey

Carole is an accomplished all-rounder working in watercolour, water soluble pencils, acrylics, pastel, water based oils and mixed media. She was runner up in the Artist and Illustrator magazine in their "Artist of the Year" and is a best-selling author of books on how to use water soluble pencils, Drawing Masterclass and Drawing Portraits and figures in watercolours.