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Learn More about Gathering the Landscape
Gillian’s most recent long course, Gathering the Landscape, is packed full of content. With instruction, exercises, and inspiration to get you outside, gathering the landscape around you. Click here to learn more about this self-study course!

Have you ever thought that…
you don’t have any ideas to develop work from?
you find it difficult to know where or how to begin to find and develop your own style?
you want to expand your own personal language in mark making and expression?
you want to go beyond being inspired by other artists but think everything has been done before?
you want to develop your own unique style and create art that you are deeply connected with?
you have the skills to create art, but it no longer excites you?
Then Unearth, Gather, Create is for you.
Learn More about Unearth, Gather, Create
Gillian’s first-ever ecourse, Unearth, Gather, Create, is packed full of content. Click here to learn more about this incredibly popular ecourse, now available exclusively as a self study course!

Every mark tells a story.
Every line is an expression – an unearthing of you as an artist.
A whisper or a shout – the language of drawing.
As unique as your way of communicating – dialect, accent, intonation, phrasing…
…a whisper, a statement or a shout.
Have you ever…
…let fear and that feeling of being ‘stuck’ in your art practice stop you from getting to the easel?
I have! Many times. And this course contains many of the ways that I have overcome this – ways that have helped me grow as an artist and pushed me to discover more and create more.
Have you ever…
…struggled to know how artists make choices between what to include and what to leave out?
…wondered how you can say more with less?
…felt a desire to loosen up and be more expressive in your art?
…wanted to confront fears of imperfection and lack of motivation?
…wanted to gain confidence in tapping into what makes us unique and individual and bring that to your art?
Learn More about Drawn to Expression
Drawn to Expression, the second of Gillian’s ecourse offerings, is now available as a self study course!

What Portraiture Means to Me
Whilst I incorporate various subject matter into my artwork, portraits are an opportunity to work with the familiar and the mysterious all at the same time. As artists, we are all curious, I think, and the challenge of representing the complexities of the human face and form are what keeps me coming back to the easel again and again.
I paint a little of myself into each and every portrait I create. So that whether I am working from life, reference imagery or my imagination, there is an urge to express what is deep inside in order to connect with the world around me. Each portrait becomes a part of my own unique experience.
What are you seeking to express when you create portraits?
A deeper understanding of form?
Expression and emotion?
Exploring narrative?
Connection?
There are endless possibilities and in this course I hope you explore all of the above and more in order to create portraits that express all that is inside of YOU.
Your Art, Your Way
Learn More about Portraits - Your Art, Your Way
Gillian’s newest, incredibly popular long ecourse, Portraits – Your Art, Your Way, focusses completely on portraiture. Previously only available as a live course, Portraits – Your Art, Your Way is now available as a self study course!

Learn More about the Expressive Portrait Short Course
If you’re looking for a shorter, less expensive taster course, Gillian’s newest offering, Expressive Portrait, is for you! Her first-ever self study short course, Expressive Portrait is full of both written and video content, all available for immediate download.