DrawPj Wall of Fame
Meet my Clients and Graduates
A great big thank you to our group of wonderful clients and alumni who have agreed to share their stories, artworks, and inspiration.
Interview with Dee Tracy: From Retired Decorator to Illustrator & Author
I'm absolutely delighted to introduce you to Illustrator and Author Dee Tracy who is living proof that retirement is the perfect time to learn to draw. Dee Tracy was born in Franklin, Indiana USA and has lived in the USA her entire life. She’s a retired...
Pam Sims – A Creative Soul-Fulfilling Journey
To live the life of an artist is to live an extraordinary existence and Pam Sim's life is no exception. In this interview we get to know the deeper side, the soul journey that Pam has been through. Art is her way of knowing the world around her, it gives her an...
Retired Director of Nursing – Beginner to Illustrator/Author – Mary Egan
It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you, one of my art lifestyle coaching clients Mary Egan. Mary was born in 1951, in the Bon Secours Hospital, in Tuam, Co. Galway (West coast of Ireland, in the Province of Connacht). She now lives in Co. Mayo, also in the...
Cornelia Urlass – Beginner to Stunning Realism
When I first met Cornelia, her art studio at the time was just a little table and chair on a boat. I found that so intriguing. I admired her so much for her dedication to her art course. In this interview Cornelia Urlass takes us on a wonderful journey of...
Cindy Wider Mentored Artists Showcase 2024
From realism to abstraction, children's book illustration styles and representational art in its many forms, I work with artists in seven different mediums. This showcase is just a small selection of the artworks created by some of the 50 mentored students that...
Johanna Thebige – Beginner to Award Winning Pet Portrait Artist
Artist Johanna Thebige and her husband are full time RV Travelers. She creates her artworks in an incredibly versatile compact area purpose-built by her husband. I've had the privilege of mentoring and coaching Johanna through her artistic development and...
Linda Elliott – Beginner to Professional Pet Portrait Artist
There's something precious about Linda Elliott's pet portraits, she has this amazing gift of capturing their character in a special moment of time. Her artworks are cheerful, heart-warming and show alot of love in their making. Linda's dedication to learning to...
Avril Parkes – Beginner to Art on Jigsaws, Cards and More
Avril Parkes has an amazing natural ability to capture the deep inner beauty, the true essence of the animal in her portraits. In her artworks Avril is bold, courageous and she bravely steps out into the unknown. Her colour choices are spectacular! She dares to go...
Peta Turner – From Beginner to Selling Her Art on Cards and Journals
Melbourne based Australian Artist PetaTurner first came to me as a mentored student in August 2020 as an absolute beginner to drawing. She works in a full-time job as a Teacher of the Deaf in a primary school and mostly studied my course at her kitchen table,...
Niko Vargas – Beginner to Professional Tattoo Technician
Niko Vargas is a professional Tattoo Technician based out of the East Coast, he's been tattoing for 6 years from various studios and recently in his own private studio. His work is a dream come true. He gets to draw for a living! Niko creates beautiful fine art...
Katya Yanovich – From Learning to Sketch to Masterpieces
Katya Yanovich is a naturally gifted, dedicated artist who always fully commits to any drawing challenge she's presented with in my mentoring program, and the results show for her efforts. From very early on I could see by the high quality of mark-making Katya...
Karen Piper – Creating in Multiple Mediums
Karen Piper has a natural desire to use multiple artistic mediums. She creates beautiful artworks in a variety of different art styles from realism to expressive and contemporary, into children's picture book illustration and beyond. She is exploring with pastels,...
Aleksey Kosarev – Imaginative Surrealistic Cityscapes and Environments
The imagination of Russian Artist Aleksey Kosarev is truly spectacular! Through his mesmerizing, expressive body of work, Aleksey transports us into other worlds and places that just don't exist in reality. His work is colourful, imaginative,...
Denise Burns – A star in the making
Artist Denise Burns in her studio Denise Burns has a natural ability to design, compose and create beautiful artworks from the things we often don't notice in nature and man-made objects. From the complex mechanisms of a spectacular horse carousel to the tiny markings...
Lynn Nelson – From beginner to award winner in her 70’s
Artist Lynn Nelson in her studio Lynn Nelson is an absolute inspiration! She has learned to draw in her 70's from an absolute beginner just 5 years ago. After graduating from her beginner course her skills began to really grow rapidly from strength to strength....
Noah Nolywaika – multi award-winning collectable artist in Alaska!
Learning to draw is a journey and everyone was a beginner once. Noah Nolywaika is a young professional artist inspired by the magnificent wilderness of the landscape, flora and fauna in Nenana Alaska. He was just 17 years of age when he first came to study the...
Deepti Mohile
Deepti Mohile has been on an exciting journey from learning to draw as an adult beginner, she has gone on to become a multi-award winning artist. Deepti now enjoys a beautiful new career as a pre-school teacher. Her artwork has a special vibrancy and energy to it,...
Susanne Norling – Art as a Form of Therapy
Susanne Norling is just as comfortable creating stunning realistic portraits as she is creating gorgeous imaginative children's book-style illustrations. From one image to another Susanne uses her newly-acquired skills to express her creativity through a vast variety...
Testimonials from the Freshwater Christian College for my Drawing Program!
During 2019 I presented my specially design children’s drawing program at Freshwater Christian College. See the testimonials from the Teachers about my curriculum.
Olga Rogovets – From DrawPj to Digital Media
Olga is a graduate of The Complete Online Drawing course having studied with DrawPj Mentor Brigitte Back starting in 2016. Olga is now an accomplished artist in both traditional and digital media who is on track to become a professional VFX artist.
