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We are delighted to congratulate Petra Trokanova, who has completed our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course<\/a> with tutor Paul Weaver and achieved a Distinction. Paul tells us that Petra gave every exercise her full effort, and that he always looked forward to seeing her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petra is an architect, and you can see that background in her confident interior drawings and her careful handling of perspective. Over the course she has covered a huge amount of ground. From detailed pencil studies of hands, feet and faces, quick figure sketches, pen and ink drawings, still life paintings with glass, fruit and flowers, a study after Van Gogh\u2019s bedroom, sunny garden scenes and warm, expressive oil portraits of family and friends. It is a portfolio that shows steady, determined progress, and real growth in confidence with both drawing and colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations, Petra, on a thoroughly deserved result!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to build your own skills in drawing and painting, have a look at our Drawing and Painting Diploma Course<\/a>. It is a wonderful course for exploring a wide range of subjects and techniques, and if you would like to know more, please send us a message using the contact form on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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