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Who's Sophie?

I am an artist based in the UK. I love painting portraits and have exhibited my portraits at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the BP Portrait Award (where I won the BP Travel Award), the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and elsewhere. I have enjoyed many portrait commissions and work in oils and pastel.

What Others Said About My Courses:

Sophie's Pastel Place is an amazing place! It was just what I was looking for when I discovered soft pastels and wanted to know what to do with them. I learned so much and my work grew with every lesson and every comment Sophie gave on my work. She is so helpful! If there is anything you don't understand, she keeps explaining and giving examples until you do. I wouldn't have wanted to miss out on this!

I loved it. The videos were great; felt like I was watching over your shoulder. Commentary was good too. You have a lovely voice. Very soothing and reassuring.

Sophie has created a great community where everyone is very supportive of each other whatever their level of ability. Sophie is a great teacher, her feedback gives you encouragement & is really instructive. I love that I can work at my own pace without any pressure.

I feel so much more confident with oils now, it's opened up a whole new world!

It really is fascinating, and so instructive, to watch a painting grow from the first few searching brushstrokes through to the final refining touches. I can't recommend it highly enough.

If you want to learn how to paint with pastels then this is an excellent on-line course. I was a little wary myself initially, not having followed a course on-line before. Would I miss being with other students?; would I miss having feedback from the teacher on my work and progress ? All these fears were unfounded with Sophie's course. Take the plunge and enter the Pastel Place where you'll receive lots of good tuition in manageable bite size videos, plenty of support and optional feedback on the regular short assignments and a very supportive and friendly community of other learners. The format of the course is also perfect for slotting into busy lifestyles.

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