My name is Sophie Balchin and I am an artist living in Melbourne. I completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts, Sydney in 1993 and a Master of Art (by coursework) in  2001. I have been practising and exhibiting my work since leaving art school. In 2007 I became the first person accredited to teach Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain workshops in Australia.  Click here to see some of my artwork.

I believe that everyone can learn to draw. Drawing is a skill like any other- reading, riding a bike, playing the piano . Like any other skill, the key to success with drawing is to learn the basics and then practise them until they become second nature.  I teach drawing using methods that enable students to build their drawing skills based on the assumption that to learn to draw you need to learn to look at things differently -  to see differently. In effect when you learn to draw, you are actually learning to process visual information in a completely new way.  This makes drawing a great way to keep your brain active, to improve problem solving skills and increase lateral thinking and creativity.  


     
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