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About Kirsteen, about the artist, Edinburgh art tours.

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About Kirsteen, the artist   About Kirsteen Local Artist Kirsteen Lyons (BA Hons) grew up in the art scene in Scotland - Educated in Design at Heriot-Watt university, Edinburgh, she has spent a lifetime helping others create art. "I have been making art, teaching and tutoring art all my life. I have a degree in design from Heriot Watt University but even before that I have taught and made; art, drama, design, photography, sculpture, drawing, ceramics and more. I think art is very important to happiness, all of us need art in our lives, to have beauty around us and to reach for what is good in mankind. I love to encourage people to set aside the monsters in their heads that tell then they cannot do art and help them reach that happiness that comes from pure creation. I have run arts festivals, created blogs, taught workshops, created a craft fair, run businesses and taught in schools but all with one drive, to help more adults and children find more peace and joy through art."...

New Art Tour opens in Edinburgh inclusive, green and giving back to the community.

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  New Art Tour opens in Edinburgh inclusive, green and giving back to the community. Now visitors and locals alike can now tour Edinburgh galleries with a real artist, and make art at the galleries. Local artist Kirsteen Lyons-Benson (Bachelor of Arts with Honours) will tour visitors through inspiring Scottish art and then teach them how to create your own art to treasure as a memory of the experience. The tour will be small groups and lots of help will be available so any level of ability including complete beginners can enjoy the experience. Kirsteen grew up in Scotland’s art scene, her parents met at Glasgow School of Art and were friends and contemporaries with such famous names as Alastair Grey - who read Lanark to her father while he was writing it (and burned any pages her father did not enjoy). Kirsteen later interviewed Alastair Grey about his paintings and drawings long before the solo show at the National Galleries of Scotland brought these works to their rightful acclai...

Help with Photography

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Help with Photography Walk around the best photo spots with helpful advice on better photos. Phone camera is fine. (Half day. Quite a lot of walking and best in OK weather.) Contact me today to create a tour and workshop for you. Kirsteen +44 (0) 7799201417 kirsteenann@gmail.com  

Mixed Media Art Workshop

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  Mixed Media Art Learn from the masters in the National Gallery of Scotland then lunch break. Get expert help creating your own art in the Museum of Scotland. (One day. Mostly indoors, suitable for terrible weather.) Contact me today to create a tour and workshop for you. Kirsteen +44 (0) 7799201417 kirsteenann@gmail.com

Urban sketching workshop

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  Urban sketching workshop Gallery tour in National Gallery of Scotland then lunch break then urban sketching in the National Portrait Gallery or up on Carlton Hill if the weather is good. (One day. Can be done mostly indoors. Good for poor weather.) Contact me today to create a tour and workshop for you. Kirsteen +44 (0) 7799201417 kirsteenann@gmail.com