©2010 Carole Massey
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Carole studied art at St Albans and Leicester before following a successful career as a commercial artist running her own design business.
She returned to her first love of painting initially gaining a reputation as a portrait painter. Her subjects have included members of the royal family and show business personalities, including Rolf Harris, the celebrated painter and TV star. Amongst several TV appearances Carole debuted with Rolf on the BBC’s ‘The Big Event’ which featured a giant reproduction of Constable’s "The Hay Wain."
Today Carole is a professional artist, popular tutor and demonstrator whose work is in private collections in Europe, the USA and the Far East. She is an accomplished all rounder working in watercolour, water soluble pencils, acrylics, pastel, water based oils and mixed media. In 2010 she was in the national Artist and Illustrator magazine in their "Artist of the Year 2010" competition with her painting "Reflections 3"
As a best-selling author she has written books on how to use water soluble pencils, on painting flowers in acrylics and figures in watercolours. She has also contributed to two large compendium books on drawing techniques and acrylics - see Publications Page. Her new 96 page book "Drawing - Portraits" will be published in the Spring of 2012, a bible for aspiring portrait artists.
The Cumberland Pencil Company have commissioned Carole to select a special set of 12 pencils for their new Pastel Pencil Portrait set, which will be in the available in Spring 2012. Have a look at their website to see three step-by-step portrait tutorials by Carole and a landscape one too, all using Derwent pastel pencils.
She is a professional associate of the SAA and is a regular contributor to their "Paint" magazine. Last July she ran workshops for the SAA at their exhibition "It's all about Art" at the Business Design Centre, London.
Carole leads many courses in the UK at the popular locations of Flatford Mill, Suffolk, for the Field Studies Council, and Watershed Studios, Essex. New this year is a day workshop at the renown Beth Chatto Gardens near Colchester (see courses page). Throughout the year she will be demonstrating to many art groups in the Home Counties and Southern England.
In 2012 she will be returning to South-west France in the midi Pyrenees to tutor another painting holiday at Manzac d'en Bas in addition to offering her own popular breaks in Brittany where she lives. (see Painting Holidays.)
She returned to her first love of painting initially gaining a reputation as a portrait painter. Her subjects have included members of the royal family and show business personalities, including Rolf Harris, the celebrated painter and TV star. Amongst several TV appearances Carole debuted with Rolf on the BBC’s ‘The Big Event’ which featured a giant reproduction of Constable’s "The Hay Wain."
Today Carole is a professional artist, popular tutor and demonstrator whose work is in private collections in Europe, the USA and the Far East. She is an accomplished all rounder working in watercolour, water soluble pencils, acrylics, pastel, water based oils and mixed media. In 2010 she was in the national Artist and Illustrator magazine in their "Artist of the Year 2010" competition with her painting "Reflections 3"
As a best-selling author she has written books on how to use water soluble pencils, on painting flowers in acrylics and figures in watercolours. She has also contributed to two large compendium books on drawing techniques and acrylics - see Publications Page. Her new 96 page book "Drawing - Portraits" will be published in the Spring of 2012, a bible for aspiring portrait artists.
The Cumberland Pencil Company have commissioned Carole to select a special set of 12 pencils for their new Pastel Pencil Portrait set, which will be in the available in Spring 2012. Have a look at their website to see three step-by-step portrait tutorials by Carole and a landscape one too, all using Derwent pastel pencils.
She is a professional associate of the SAA and is a regular contributor to their "Paint" magazine. Last July she ran workshops for the SAA at their exhibition "It's all about Art" at the Business Design Centre, London.
Carole leads many courses in the UK at the popular locations of Flatford Mill, Suffolk, for the Field Studies Council, and Watershed Studios, Essex. New this year is a day workshop at the renown Beth Chatto Gardens near Colchester (see courses page). Throughout the year she will be demonstrating to many art groups in the Home Counties and Southern England.
In 2012 she will be returning to South-west France in the midi Pyrenees to tutor another painting holiday at Manzac d'en Bas in addition to offering her own popular breaks in Brittany where she lives. (see Painting Holidays.)
Carole with Rolf Harris
Painting in the Country
Carole Massey
Artist • Tutor • Author • Demonstrator
Artist • Tutor • Author • Demonstrator
