Art by Angela Birchall / You CAN draw and paint

I turn your special memories of people, pets and places into original artworks for you to treasure forever through art that you commission. I draw and paint pictures for sale that will delight you and complement your home and lifestyle. Plus I teach people that they really CAN draw and paint. That’s because I’m both an artist and an art educator based in Southport on the Lancashire border.

I was so lucky that as a teenager I got a place at art school and was taught by the most inspirational artist and teacher one could ever wish for: 47 years later I’m still drawing and painting and still loving it. I’m also still using his teaching methods to help my students to realise that they, too, really CAN draw and paint.

I have two sides to my art business: “Art by Angela Birchall” which is my own work and where I take on commissions. I work in acrylics, watercolours, oils, pencil, pastel and charcoal, doing portraits (pet and people), birds, animals, figures, landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, flowers and still life. Most of my commission work is either pet or people portraits or turning photos of places with special memories into paintings.

The second half is the teaching side called “You CAN draw and paint” because that is what I teach my students that they can do! I teach face-to-face classes in drawing and painting with classes for beginners and more experienced artists. I am currently creating books on teaching people to paint.