Yes you can learn to draw and that does mean you!

My name is Barry McCullough and over many years I have developed a system of teaching called 8 Keys to Drawing.

On the Yanu Yacu river in the Amazon - moments before I fell into the river!
I'm a full time professional artist and very focused on my work. It was never my intention to get back into teaching art, (I taught in the Foundation Year in the Crawford Art College in Cork City in the early 80's), but a few years ago I took on one private pupil and from there word has spread.

I also rediscovered not only how much I love teaching art but how excited I am to see the difference it makes to my pupils lives! (I know this sounds corny but it happens to be true).

At the beginning many people have the false belief they just don't have the ability to draw or paint or ' the gift' as some would like to say. Without proper instruction, every poor drawing or painting only seems to confirm this.

It's not because they can't draw it's because they were never taught the 8 Keys to Drawing.

Ability emerges from knowledge and knowledge builds your ability. The 8 Keys to Drawing System is the knowledge you need.

No matter what age you are you CAN learn to draw and paint. If you can see and you can write your name, I can definitely teach you how to draw. There are very definite KEYS to drawing (and painting), which can be clearly understood and taught in a way that is not only fun it's exciting for everyone involved!

Here's what's available here in Skibbereen, West Cork:

  • One-on-one Art Tuition - usually for 2 hours duration each time (Minimum of 8 sessions recommended).
  • Group Secondary Student Art Workshops, and their parent(s), if they're interested! Either weekly or fortnightly for 2 hours duration.
  • Art Workshops - typically two days or more, including 14 day Sketching Adventures to the Amazon and Andes in Peru.

Plus support materials such as books and manuals (in production).

So if you're interested make contact as workshops often happen spontaneously through the likes of a group of friends or students getting together and making arrangements with me. Also please remember I teach privately in my 'spare' time as a professional artist, I'm not part of the normal education system.

If you feel inspired to discover for yourself the truly wonderful and fulfilling world of expressing yourself through art, then you owe it to yourself to do something about it so contact me now.

Barry
(Barry McCullough)

PS. If you have any doubts or think I'm exaggerating, if you phone me I'm quite happy, and so are my pupils, to allow you to make contact with a few of them so that they can tell you themselves how this unique 8 Keys approach to learning how to draw, (and paint), quite literally changed their lives for the better.