{"id":885,"date":"2026-09-19T05:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T05:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/sketchbook\/studio\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T07:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T07:08:48","slug":"studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/sketchbook\/studio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Painter first, teacher by accident.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It started with one neighbour and a kitchen table, and grew slowly into a proper Paddington studio.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Who teaches<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A neighbour asked for help with skies.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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One Tuesday lesson became six, her pages went from muddy to luminous, and strangers started asking for the same thing. The studio grew out of that kitchen table, one small class at a time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mara teaches every class herself. Nothing here is a video recorded once and replayed \u2014 if you are in the room, you are getting looked at, and the page in front of you gets a real answer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Four promises to every student<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The rules the studio runs on, whichever course you pick.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Process over product<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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You are marked on pages filled, never on frames earned.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Small classes<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ten seats at most, so everyone in the room gets looked at.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Honest critique<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kind, specific, and about the page in front of us \u2014 never a template reply.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A materials list, not a shopping list<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Every lesson works with a starter palette. A supply list goes out on booking, well before the first class.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A term in the studio<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pages, not paintings \u2014 a few spreads from an ordinary week.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Paint from life<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A still life set up fresh most weeks \u2014 fruit, pottery, whatever the light is doing that day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Room for ten<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Easels spaced properly, so nobody is painting over anybody\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The wash<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where most of a lesson actually happens \u2014 before a single mark goes down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Between classes<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Brushes live in the studio between terms if you would rather not carry them home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Small on purpose<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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These figures have not moved since the studio opened its own door, and that is deliberate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2019<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Teaching in Paddington since<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Seats in a class, at most<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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There is usually a seat left in the next term.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Classes are small on purpose, so the earlier you ask, the better the chance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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