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HELLO!

This website is the creative home of Gloucestershire based Illustrator and Sketchbook artist Emma Leyfield (Hello!). 

 

I'm primarily an analogue artist and enjoy drawing most things but I have especially spent the last 10 years learning to draw people I'm always trying to capture movement and the body language of interactions. At the moment, I'm particularly playing with analogue printmaking techniques.

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I'm a book worm facinated by the magic of storytelling for children of all ages. 

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You may notice my website is looking pretty sparce. It's in the midst of a major overhall to showcase all my new work. I'll be working on this throughout Spring 2026 in preparation for my London Graduate exhibition in Mid Feb and the Bologna book fair in April!

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Please check back in a months time or get in touch via the contact page.

GET IN TOUCH

Studio 9, Three Storeys, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth, GL60JE

emma@valerian.co.uk

07584436655

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Carol, May 2024​

"I’ve had great fun practising my newly learnt skills.  All that I hoped to achieve from the workshops - a looser style, working quicker, being able to work without needing magnifying lenses - has been achieved, and more. What has emerged in me is a new attitude to my art in that I no longer worry about it being perfect but about enjoying the process of portraying what is in front of me. Emma is a gifted teacher - as well as being a very pleasant person who made the sessions so enjoyable as well as productive.

 

Here’s my first attempt, and then a couple of examples from the end of the course. What isn’t captured here is the increased enjoyment in drawing and painting I gained from those first efforts to how I feel when drawing and painting now".

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