Hello! I’m Ali Hodgkinson, an artist living and working in Folkestone. You can see some of my work here. I have been teaching art in this beautiful seaside town since 2015.

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My teaching is centred on painting: colour, brushwork, paint handling, tone, composition, surface, and the expressive possibilities of different materials.

 

I help students build strong practical skills while also encouraging them to develop confidence, curiosity, and their own way of seeing. For me, painting is about learning how to look, how to respond, and how to make work that feels personal as well as technically grounded.

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I studied Art History at the University of London; drawing, painting and printmaking at the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch; and Portraiture at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea. I have a PGCE from the University of Greenwich and have worked in a wide variety of educational settings abroad and at home, including Kensington and Chelsea College, where I was a Course Director.

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I am DBS checked and have public liability insurance.

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