
Emma Shannon
FOUNDER
My name is Emma and I have loved art from a very young age. I qualified as a primary teacher in 2006 and soon discovered that, due to timetable restraints, there was not enough time dedicated to the arts at school. I was often seeing children with low confidence being taken out of a rare art lesson to do more maths and English.
I believe that we should value art as a subject more as being creative makes us feel good, increases our self confidence and helps us think in different ways.
I believe in teaching children that there is no such thing as 'good art' and 'bad art', only art we like and don't like. Everyone likes different art! We celebrate 'mistakes' as 'opportunities' within the creative process.
Go Sketch Club aims to develop young artists into self confident, imaginative and creative thinking adults of tomorrow.

Stephanie Tudor
ARTIST AND TEACHER
I am a practising artist and freelance teacher working in and around Bristol. I moved from London, where I studied Textile Design at Central Saint Martins, to Bristol to set up my own practice creating bespoke surface designs and art pieces for interiors and architecture from my studio in Barton Hill. I am inspired by nature and creating connections between people and art, and I believe art should be fun and exciting and shouldn't be confined to galleries! To see more have a look at my website at www.stephanietudor.co.uk
I have always loved teaching children, and after spending 3 years teaching dressmaking and textile crafts to children in London, I was thrilled to start working for Emma at GO SKETCH. I have been teaching after school art clubs and parties for over a year and love it! It is a pleasure to work with children for a couple of hours each week, seeing their creative flair and watching their confidence grow in their art work in a fun and stress free environment!
Cai Burton
ARTIST AND ASSISTANT
Which basically means I draw things (and I think that's pretty cool!)
Bev Cavender
ARTIST AND ASSISTANT
Lois McKendrick
ARTIST AND ASSISTANT

Elisabet Prieto Orellana
ARTIST AND ASSISTANT
I am an artist running my own little project called, Pocket Size Paintings. Follow this next link to see my page on Facebook. I studied the Fine Art Degree and a Master Degree in Education in Spain, where I am from. My specialities are painting and engraving but I am open to all new techniques and love experimenting with new materials and styles. At the moment I am mixing my two passions, art and children. I have been working with children for 10 years in different contexts like schools, summer camps, secondary schools etc. When I moved to England I did my Diploma Level 3 in Early Years and I also work as a practitioner in a local nursery in Bristol letting the a little ones develop themselves through our messy and creative activities.

Sophie Osborne
ARTIST AND TEACHER
I am a qualified primary school teacher who has always had a passion for the arts. I studied fine art up until A-Level and have kept it as a hobby ever since. I love attending art and craft workshops myself and in my spare time you'll almost always see me with one of my many projects in my hand! I like to paint, draw, sew, create papercuts and most recently I have taken up textiles using a range of hand embroidery techniques and creating scenes using different fabrics and free motion machine embroidery.
I am delighted to be part of a team that gives children the opportunity to engage in the creative process. I believe that art is a way for children to investigate their imaginations; it is a therapeutic process and a way to express oneself. It is a pleasure to see children learning and developing their confidence on this creative journey.