About Beverley Haines the Artist and Illustrator
As an Ambassador for Derwent Pencils Beverley has grown an audience by developing new ways to use traditional art products and while her illustration background gives her the advantage of being able to draw and paint near photo- realistic images, her interest lies in fusing the known and the unknown by introducing random mark making into her artwork through over-printing and layering different media.
She has designed and illustrated four commissioned children’s books and is in the process of completing two of her own children’s tales. With a detailed knowledge of digital design software she is able to produce books, posters, flyers with ease and has experience of the process of self-publishing.
With a background in psychotherapy and mental health Beverley understands the importance of creativity and uses her artistic abilities to facilitate the creative development of others. To this end she started the daily practice of a sketchbook ‘gratitude blog’ in 2012 in which she drew three things she was grateful for every day for a year. She has built an online following through this blog continues to post regularly to it.
Beverley is a qualified teacher trainer with over twenty years’ experience of leading both art and mental wellbeing workshops. She has delivered training lectures at Universities as well as appearing as a guest artist at Art Fairs and clubs throughout the UK.
She prefers to work in oils and soft pastels when working on larger landscapes or natural scenes but also likes to underlayer these paintings with more permanent ink based or digital prints which can show through when the surface layer is erased. This produces evocative and atmospheric works like her Quantum series of large planetary Oil paintings.
Beverley is a versatile and resourceful Artist who is always stretching herself to experiment with new media she also produces craft items such as hand painted nesting doll sets and hand felted animals which can be made to order.
I have just found your blog and being someone who uses creativity to get through periods of depression, I am glad to have found it! I started my own blog for similar reasons and just wanted to post some words of encouragement. Your artwork is beautiful.
Thankyou so much ,that is wonderful! I’m so glad that you like my posts…I am finding the blog a real challenge but it is getting easier every day. It is really hard to stay focused on the positives, but the act of drawing kind of trains the mind in a different way. I have looked at your blog I hope you carry on posting regularly . Dont be afraid to sketch it is the best thing ever…do it for yourself primarily. I dont know if you know the book ‘ The Creative License’ by Danny Gregory it inspired me to do this blog perhaps it will inspire you to get sketching too x Bev
I will look into the book; once my confidence is up I hope to post little pencil sketches I do each day. I am following several blogs and yours which inspire me.
Many thanks!
Lovely blog you have! I love your enthusiasm to be happy when creating art. I will be visiting your blog regularly 🙂
Thanks so much for your lovely comment 🙂
was encouraging to see some sketchbook pages on word press. Inspired
Thanks v much I will look up your illustrations too . Great place to live by the way. I used to Live down south in Devon and love Cornwall .
right on, proper job! good to hear it.
Just letting you know I’ve passed the One Lovely Blog award on to you! Here’s the post
http://winloseordraw.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/lovely-jubbly/
That is fantastic! thankyou so much. I am really happy to receive this award and will try to continue to spread the award around…the thing is I am so so busy at the moment it may take me a while to find the people to give some to myself (I love all the people you have listed ) …is there a time limit on these things?
Once again thanks a million xx
I am a bit of a technophobe!!! howdo I get the award pic to show up in my blog? b
such a sumptuous and beautiful blog. I’ve just started blogging on here so I’m still getting to grips with it, but seeing blogs like this are a real inspiration to continue mine in a similar vein. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thanks Nicki I love doing it x good luck with your blog I will visit ! B