by heather | May 16, 2015 | Blog
The latter weeks of the Restoration Course heightened my fears about finding work, One of the students had been over to Portsmouth University and said that they had an Open day. I knew nothing about Degrees, none of my family and none of my friends had ever...
by heather | May 15, 2015 | Blog
The trauma of my divorce and all that it entailed was diminishing and all focus was now on College life. Portsmouth College of Art offered us the most wonderful opportunity to spend four weeks on a student exchange to Ashville, North Carolina, USA. We were to ...
by heather | May 14, 2015 | Blog
No money, a rickety old bike for transport, weekends of working in a café and surviving on a pittance. I chose this new life and I had to get on with it. The great thing about being in college every day was that I felt as if I was no longer connected to the world...
by heather | May 13, 2015 | Blog
Fitting into college life as a Mature student took a huge amount of adjustment. Learning new specialist painting skills like imitating woods, oak, burr walnut, pine and mahogany, as well and all styles of marble was difficult. Woodcarving was wonderful. Gilding...
by heather | May 12, 2015 | Blog
Being accepted as a mature student for the Restoration and Decoration Course was one thing. I knew it was going to be hard to juggle family, home life and work. However, the advantage of part owning a business and having staff, meant that I was in a fortunate...
