Nina has enjoyed teaching adult classes in the Buckinghamshire area for several years. She has been teaching to a broad range of ability levels, from complete beginners, to the more accomplished.

She is now offering new art courses at Buckingham Park Community Centre that started from 3rd June 2019.

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Nina graduated from Harrow School of Art (now incorporated into the University of Westminster) and has a diversified background in the creative industries. She has sold numerous paintings of her own and taken commissions to paint murals for private homes and businesses. She has previously taught life drawing to GCSE students, as well as her 'Creative Workshops' and various art projects in schools.

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Nina teaches various techniques in pencil drawing, charcoal, soft pastels, oil pastels, watercolours, acrylics and gouache. The lessons cover a wide range of subject matter that includes portraits, urban and rural landscapes, still life, animals and illustration.

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Testimonials also on Facebook  page: Nina's Escape To Art - Art Classes:

Amanda Birkitt

I have been a student of Nina’s for three courses and Wow ,! She has really taught me so much! She is a brilliant artist and teacher and I can well recommend her.

Yvette Cherry

Seeing the work that comes out of those classes is totally inspiring
Nina is a most talented teacher

Nicola Holmes‎
Nina has taught me how to draw and discover a talent I never knew I had. She is quite simply brilliant! If you are contemplating art classes then I can highly recommend these classes 😊

Mernie Sams Crane

Nina's talent extends to various mediums, but I am partial to her oils on canvas that hang in our home. My girls lean toward a recent watercolor we aquired. Looking forward to the next time we visit England to see what this creative artist has produced

Linda

I have really enjoyed the pencil and charcoal course, and I am looking forward to the other courses.

The course has been very much up to my expectation. The class size was smaller than other courses I have been on, but this is good as we get really personalised attention and advice from you. I like the fact we use a variety of mediums and some I have not used before, so this has been a challenge! I like the structure of the lessons - the lesson plans, the demos at the start and then putting it into practice. I have found all the lessons informative and have learnt a lot about perspective, shading. tones etc.

I have thought hard, but there is nothing I can think of to improve - I only wish I had more free time to practice!

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Nina has also adapted and reinvented some of her own artwork that has been sold as designs for clothing, scarves and other merchandise.

If you wish to view her work, please see her other website at:

https://ninabarratt.wixsite.com/janina-barratt

(Please note, that online bookings and payments for 'Nina's Escape to Art' courses can only be made at: www.ninasescapetoart.com and not at the above mentioned site that is currently for viewing her work only.)