Learn watercolour painting Live or online with Hugh
Hugh is following in the footsteps of his great great grandparents whom in the 1890’s moved around the North-West of England with their travelling Music Hall theatre. Throughout his 48 year career Hugh has taught tens of thousands of adults & children the skills of fine art watercolour painting. He is still teacher in residence at Bury Art Gallery where Granada TV first filmed him as a young artist in Nov ’92. He went on to teach aboard the QE2; throughout the UK, in the USA, and Istanbul. Awarded ‘Outstanding’ from Ofsted, his teaching skills were described as ‘remarkable’ in an article by the Times Educational Supplement. He gained a Distinction in his art education degree from the University of Manchester. Interviewed in Sir James Ratcliffe’s INEOS magazine in the same issue as the Princess of Wales where they spoke about the importance of art & mindfulness. Hugh has tried & tested his ‘Art as a recreational therapy’ workshops over years. He has developed a way to tap into the wealth of unused creativity and peacefulness within the right-side of the brain – helping individuals find a little bit of time to heal by withdrawing from the cares that will not withdraw from us.