Melanie
Phillips
Melanie
is a professional artists working full time in pet portraiture since
leaving Art College in 1994. She studied at Bournemouth and Poole
College of Art and Design (UK) in Natural History Illustration, which
gave her a good grounding in drawing and painting animals. She started
her business in 1995 and was commissioned almost immediately and hasn't
looked back since. Melanie has a constant waiting list and can be
booked up at least three months in advance at various times of the
year.
Melanie
is commissioned by clients all around the world. Her work
comes not only from the U.K, but also America and Canada and Japan.
She designs and maintains her own fully e-commerce website and she
updates it every day. Each commissioned piece is photographed
throughout the drawing/painting process and is added to one of the
three work in progress pages on her website for all to see. The clients
adore being part of the creative process and are encouraged to give
feedback.
Melanie is also a tutor for the London Art College. The LAC are a
distance learning college with students worldwide. Melanie has been
working with them since 1998 and has written 4 courses, the Pet
Portrait Course, the Coloured Pencil Course, and two Young Artists
Courses. She
is the sole tutor for the pet portrait course and the coloured pencil
course, and enjoys working with
her students.
Melanie has a studio at her home in rural West Wales, which she shares
with her partner, equine artist Nick Beall. The peace and tranquility
are a vital part of her working environment, as
are her many pets which include sheep, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and
a peacock! Not
forgetting Jenny the dog!
If
you would like more information about Melanie or to view her work in
greater detail please visit her website.
If you are interested in any
of Melanie's courses you will find more information about this at the
London Art College website or by clicking the direct links below.
Contact
details:
http://www.pet-portraitartist.com/
Art College website: www.londonartcollege.co.uk
Coloured Pencil Course
Pet portrait Course
Young Artist Course
