Emily Ball is an artist and teacher from the UK - she described herself as WHAT SHE IS NOT - an artist who paints things as they look or an abstract painter she is somewhere in between. She wants to make visual poetry. She is a self described magpie.
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Emily advise was so valuable and encouraging about how to keep going as an emerging artist and suggestions of how to grow.
If you would like to purchase Emily's book
Emily's courses can be found on the website Emily Ball at Sea White. http://www.emilyballatseawhite.co.uk