Courses

Emma Shannon is a specialist art teacher who also creates art in her own right. She qualified as a primary teacher in 2006 and, after seeing a need for more drawing and painting support in primary schools, was inspired to set up her own art company ‘Go Sketch’ in 2011. Emma believes that we should teach art and design in a confidence-building way, using sketchbooks to encourage pupils to develop their art skills while exploring their own creative ideas without fear of judgement. Pupils are encouraged to realise that there is no such thing as ‘good art’ and ‘bad art’, there is just art that we like or don’t like and everybody likes different types of art! At the heart of her teaching is the acknowledgment that, just like artists, drawing or creating something you don’t like is an essential part of the creative process. Emma has enjoyed travelling around the UK delivering inspiring workshops to both primary and secondary pupils for over 12 years. She would love to help your pupils increase their confidence, develop their art skills and enjoy the wellbeing that comes hand in hand with creating art.