I work in mixed media, acrylic, pencil, watercolour, pastel (see website). I run one off or series of workshops for art groups and societies and present talks on my travels as an artist in Antarctica, the Arctic, China, Egypt and UK. I have run workshops for Kew Palace, Bay Tree Cottage http://www.btcworkshops.co.uk/ and other organisations and am tutoring the Clwydian Art Society Summer School in 2016, this does have spaces for non-members so look at the website if you are interested in a few days in Snowdonia. I tutor art holidays in France, Wales, Norfolk and Cornwall and Italy with new venues coming on stream each year. Please email or see the website for details. I cover a range of media and direct the workshops at beginners and more experienced students. We learn together and have fun exploring and experimenting with various media and subjects. Recommendations: “They (the workshops) were both entertaining and stimulating sessions and everyone remarked about the way she made the subject so interesting and informative. The group learnt a lot from Sonia and I will definitely be booking her again. Especially as I know lots of our members will turn up!” Sara Blenkharn – Kingfisher Art Group ‘Your painting courses were the first classes I did to get myself out there and if you hadn’t of made them so fun and not intimidating I doubt I would have signed up the following term and gained in confidence, so thank you’ Maria Ludlow (now practicing artist) ‘You’ve changed my life, I’ve always wanted to paint like this, now you’ve persuaded me to use a big brush I can,’ Beryl Roberts, student. www.soniahawes.co.uk find me on facebook at Sonia Hawes - Arts page