David Bellamy is a well known artist and author of 13 books and many DVDs. He demonstrates at art exhibitions all over the country and runs courses and expeditions all over the world. He specialises in painting mountain and rugged scenes and is particularly fascinated by the moods of nature in wild places. Through his painting and writing he hopes to bring about a greater awareness of the threats to the natural environment and he is particularly active in conserving the wild areas.

www.davidbellamy.co.uk

Joe Francis Dowden painted his first landscape in watercolour at the age of six, with tuition from his father, himself a painter. He trained at Epsom School of Art and Design and Teesside Polytechnic. He was brought up in the rural backwoods of Southern England where he now lives and works. He travels whenever he can to gather source material for his paintings, sketching on site rapidly and prolifically. Joe is an accomplished watercolour painter with an international reputation.

His work has sold in many galleries and is sought by collectors worldwide. He has written many books, produced many DVDs/TV Programmes and writes regularly for art magazines including the SAA. He has demonstrated many leading manufacturers products including DaVinci, Hahnemuhle and Schmincke.

He is passionate about painting and the British countryside as he sees it. He loves painting water including everything from a muddy puddle in a lane to beautiful reflections on a lake. He likes to capture light bouncing off different surfaces and uses many different techniques to achieve this. He works hard to make students feel at ease and is enthusiastic about teaching people at all levels always wanting to encourage people to achieve their goals whether a beginner, a discouraged painter or an advanced artist.

www.joedowden.net

Charles Evans was born in Yorkshire in 1953 and he had the privilege of a childhood spent playing in the countryside for which he had an inbred appreciation. He had always drawn and was always striving to improve his drawings. His heroes were Turner, Flint and Constable. He would wonder at the magic, mood and atmosphere that Turner managed to get into his skies, and marvelled how Constable managed to get the effect of his trees.

He studied at Lincoln College of Art and finally turned to the medium of watercolour. Watercolour is the traditional English medium because, as many artists have discovered, it captures the beautiful sense of atmosphere, haziness, dampness and watery skies of the British landscape. He had his first one-man exhibition in Leeds in 1983 which was featured on Yorkshire Television which led onto other exhibitions. He has produced many Programmes for Tyne Tees Television and Discovery Real Time. He has also released many DVDs and books on painting and is a demonstrator for Winsor-Newton.

www.charlesevansart.com

Keith Fenwick is a professional artist, multi-company demonstrator, author of 8 books, has made over 20 DVDs and demonstrates to over 30 art societies each year.  With thirty years experience of teaching and running painting holidays, he is appreciative of student needs and aspirations. Keith has appeared on many TV programs including his series "The Art Doctor"  shown by Sky, Granada TV's Art School and has been on the BBC and Cable TV.  He is regularly on the Painting and Drawing Channel and is an advisory panel member of the Society for all Artists.

Keith is one of the UK's leading teachers of landscape painting and enjoys a tremendous following among leisure painters who watch him paint at most major fine art and craft shows nationwide. Keith has an approach to landscape painting that is refreshingly different.

As a trained and natural teacher he explains his methods in a down to earth, humorous manner.  He is a sympathetic tutor and finds great satisfaction in encouraging those who have always wanted to paint but lack the confidence to 'have a go' as well as helping more experienced painters to develop their skills further.

www.keithfenwick.co.uk

Tim Fisher is one of Leicestershire's rising stars in the world of fine art and a popular art tutor. Born in Leicestershire, Tim became a professional artist in 2000, following a successful career in research for an international US company. Within this environment, Tim was viewed as a highly creative person and currently holds two worldwide patents.

Since the launch of his new career, Tim has won numerous art awards. He was short listed from 12,000 entrants for the first Daily Mail Not the Turner Prize competition. His pastel entitled "Pink Hydrangeas" has subsequently been displayed at the Mall Galleries, London and now is on loan to Leicester University. Approaching his paintings like a researcher, Tim works with the heart of a purist and the mind of a realist. Whenever possible he collects his own reference material by observation, field sketches and taking photographs.

www.timfisherartist.co.uk

Jeremy Ford lives in Ackworth near Pontefract in West Yorkshire. He studied Graphic Design at Southport College of Art (1972-5), Illustration at Harrow College of Art, London (1975-8) and has been a professional Artist and Illustrator since then, illustrating in the advertising, publishing, and greeting card industry. Jeremy is a versatile painter with over thirty years experience working in all mediums and is a fully qualified teacher.

Jeremy demonstrates painting at many popular art events, teaches step-by-step workshops to art groups and undertakes work to commission. He regularly features on the Painting and Drawing Channel. Jeremy is a Professional Associate and a key demonstrator for the SAA. He is a demonstrator for St Cuthbert's Paper Mill in Somerset, the makers of Bockingford and Saunders Waterford watercolour papers, and is Senior Tutor and Principal UK Demonstrator for the Michael Wilcox School of Colour and has a particular interest in the study of colour, pigments and colour-mixing. He has made several DVDs on painting in watercolour and contributed to numerous art books.

www.jeremyford.co.uk

Steve Hall grew up on the outskirts of Bath and drew from an early age but art was considered a low priority until 40 years later when he started watercolour painting. His background is that of teaching architecture and construction which helped him with his drawing skills. 

In 1994 he was able to take early retirement and once more escape into the world of watercolour and he has always had a love of the English landscape and a desire to capture its ever changing moods and seasons on paper. As a result he returned to his childhood aspirations and in 1996 he started to paint in earnest.

Like all artists he struggled to find his own style and was always buying the latest book or video, the result being that he was failing to recognise the basics of good watercolour and losing himself in the myriad of gimmicks and gismos that were being offered by the commercial art world.

At about the time of the millennium his efforts took a dramatic turn for the better when he first became aware of the work of Edward Wesson, someone who had managed to put aside all the verbal clutter about the medium of watercolour and put down on paper what he observed in as simple and honest fashion as was possible. Other artists have also influenced his style including Edward Seago, Jack Merriott, James Fletcher-Watson and lately John Yardley.

www.stevehallartist.co.uk

Becky Samuelson has been painting professionally for twenty years and she works from her studio in St Helens on the Isle of Wight where she specialises in marine, landscape and architectural painting in watercolour, acrylic and pastel. Much of her inspiration comes from the amazing island countryside with its huge diversity and great natural light providing her with constant inspiration. She is a regular contributor to Leisure Painter Magazine in a variety of media.

She particularly loves the use of colour and the effect of light and tries to seek out new and innovative ways of interpreting her subject. She spends as much time as possible sketching, with her preferred method as pen and wash, mainly for its immediacy and the impressionistic style that she can achieve with this. She is equally at home painting the various classes of sailing boats in the Solent as she is with beach and landscape scenes. Her work has been exhibited in major galleries both on and off the Island. She teaches for the Adult Education Service at the Isle of Wight College and runs private outdoor summer classes and tuition.

www.beckysamuelsonfinearts.co.uk

Michael Sanders was born in 1950 in Plymouth and has spent most of his life living in the South West of England. He has also lived in the South East and in the South of France. He now lives in the charming village of Calstock, nestled in the Tamar Valley on the border between Cornwall and Devon. He studied graphics at Plymouth College of Art and ceramics at Bristol. He worked as a graphic artist, signwriter and potter before becoming a professional artist and tutor. Michael is a regular contributor to various painting magazines, has written books and produced many instructional DVDs.

He demonstrates for art retailers and art societies and runs painting holidays using all media. He brings a wealth of experience and insight into his workshops, demonstrations and paintings. He is a superb teacher, a gifted artist and writer.

www.michaelsanders.co.uk

Joanne Thomas is an accomplished gifted artist who specialises in watercolours. Not only is she a respected artist but she is also a highly professional tutor with many years of teaching experience. Joanne tutors many watercolour workshops, runs painting holidays, demonstrates watercolour techniques for various Art Societies and she also writes and demonstrates for Leisure Painter magazine. 'I have always loved to paint, draw and create. I feel the need to paint every day'. She was encouraged at an early age by a teacher who recognised her love of drawing and since that time creativity has always played an important role throughout her life. For her the qualities she is looking for in a great piece of work are pleasing composition, harmonious colour, interesting textures and a quality of light.

www.artbyboon.co.uk or www.saa.co.uk/art/artbyboon